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What has become of music? These guys could do this while strung out. Dead Flowers [youtube] No one could do it now - sober, w/ an athletic trainer, voice coach, guitar filters, auto tune, and on and on.

The band was already great, but Taylor made them even greater in the early 70's. He was/is a phenomenal guitarist. Keith was a great writer and guitarist, but he couldn't do the things Taylor could do w/ a guitar. Not then, not now, not ever.

For the first time in years, the Rolling Stones are performing “Moonlight Mile” at arenas during their 15-city North American “Zip Code” concert tour. Written by Mick Jagger in 1970, the eclectic road song closed “Sticky Fingers,” the band’s 1971 album, which is being reissued on June 9 by Universal as a two-CD set with bonus material. Fans have long speculated about the song’s meaning, with many assuming that lyrics such as “a head full of snow” and “moonlight mile” were code for cocaine. Mr. Jagger dismissed such suggestions last week, saying the song was written about his loneliness during...

The free concert in London's Hyde Park in 1969 was eagerly anticipated as the public debut of the Rolling Stones' freshly-recruited guitar virtuoso Mick Taylor, which it was- but unfortunately, the man he replaced -the talented, yet hapless Brian Jones- was found dead in his swimming pool two days earlier, casting a pall over the show as it became more a memorial event. This live performance of the then-just-released single Honky Tonk Women is a real gem nonetheless, and the freshened lineup was a great boost to morale... due to drug abuse and personality flaws, Jones had become a major...