I'm going with the first half of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking".

stray cat blues - the third note he plays...if we can expand it a bit - the first 5 notes.

When he wrote Gimme Shelter.
When he sang for da queen.
When he started Wentworth Primary School in 1951, where Jagger went. [members.tripod.com]
When he started chatted about rock & other rootsy music with Jagger in 1961.
When he sat by the radio & listened.
When he hung out with Gus Dupree.
When he pushed oevr and over for new Stones activities thruout the 80s.

His guitar break on SFTD was the first thing that entered my head. I know there's talk that it wasn't Keith but it has to be him, doesn't it?
Also the rhythm on Rip This Joint is absolute dynamite.

I think he did his most impressive stuff when he was the "lone" guitarist, around 1968-69. The lead in Sympathy, the fingerpickin' in Prodigal Son, all the slide guitars on the Let It Bleed album, the innovative semi-acoustic sounds of Beggars Banquet, etc. His best live playing was in 1969-70.

He had tons of brilliant moments that defined his style on Sticky Fingers and Exile, but it was already by that time getting "easier" and "lazier", addled by Mick Taylor and heroin.

Rocks Off
She's So Cold
All Down The Line
Whip It Up
Only Found Out Yesterday
I'm Going Down
Knocking

them early live shows. super hot all the time

The opening and bridge to Monkey Man

YCAGWYW - Live Intro
Gimme Shelter - Studio Intro
Sympathy - Solo
JJF - BS - SMU - Intros
You Got The Silver - He's the Gold Mine of Rock
Happy - He looks always....

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The opening and bridge to Monkey Man

Good call. Also, Munich mentioned "Whip It Up". What about solo stuff? I also like WIU, and the rhythm lead at the end of "It Means A Lot".

"No Anchovies, Please"

Thats a hard one....Shelter, Definitely ranks---Sympathy (2) solo from Altamont...any Chuck Berry solo from 69-72, and of course, all of his playing on SFM from Ya Yas.

JR

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When he started Wentworth Primary School in 1951, where Jagger went. [members.tripod.com]

Whoever made that website must have been on LSD



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SFTD from Ya-Ya's
Honky Tonk Women (studio)

Captain Teague.

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When he started Wentworth Primary School in 1951, where Jagger went. [members.tripod.com]

Whoever made that website must have been on LSD

Well, that's Blue Lena, good friend of Keith's kids as well as Keith's friend.

The studio Sympathy-the greatest guitar break in rock (notice not rock AND roll) history!

As a songwriter : Gimme shelter , Beast of Burden

As a guitar player : : All of Get Your Yas Yas out and Dance Little Sister

AS a singer : You Got the Silver

When he wrote "Stray Cat Blues"......and sing 'You Got The Silver" and composed "Gimme Shelter" and don't forget 'Jig Saw Puzzle"...and his cool boots



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Bicycle wheel on Continental Drift ..........



ROCKMAN

My number 1 is with no doubt "Gimme shelter"
Maybe the finest moment of all.
For the rock'n'roll spirit
i always liked ;
Before they make me run
She's so cold
and
Little T&A
I also like very much the feeling in "Slipping away"

HMN

"...and his cool boots"

And don't forget his rubber-soled shoes that kept him from being killed in Sacto.


**And, hopefully it will be this Tuesday eve @ the Knitting Fact in NYC

I don't mean to be a jerk, but this is a dumb thread. Ya know? What, you're supposed to encapsulate your favorite musical moments of a musicians career who you've loved for 40+ years? C'mon! Get more specific, and it'll be more interesting!

"Oh. His rhythm guitar on Brown Suger".

Fascinating.

Opening chords of Brown Sugar.
Solo on Sympathy For The Devil.
His licks on Sparks Will Fly.
First part of Can't You Hear Me Knocking.
Opening chords on Rough Justice.
The weird bridge on Rocks Off.
The riff on Flip The Switch.
The riff on Satisfaction.
The riff on Start Me Up.
This Place Is Empty.

JumpingKentFlash

There are more than a few moments but what immediately comes to mind is practically all of Get Yer Ya Yas Out and his playing on Let It Rock from Leeds in '71. I can hear these ad infinitum and I'm knocked out every time.

1986, Chuck Berry Birthday Concert, His solo during "Little Queenie". FANTASTIC PERFECT SOLO, AN EXACT SONIC MESSAGE THAT DEFINES KEITHS STYLE.
MILO NYC

Australia 73 (en fuego all the time, Rocks Off is a gas)
Leeds 70 (Let It Rock)
Fool to Cry Europe 76 (probably his best solo-ing)

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1986, Chuck Berry Birthday Concert, His solo during "Little Queenie". FANTASTIC PERFECT SOLO, AN EXACT SONIC MESSAGE THAT DEFINES KEITHS STYLE.
MILO NYC

This is a good one. I think that is one of those moments Keith has practised and waited for all of his adult life, starting from those Little boy Blue and The Blues Boys tapes, continuing in YA-YA's, etc. There is so much Keith Richards invested in that particular solo.

- Doxa



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I don't mean to be a jerk, but this is a dumb thread. Ya know? What, you're supposed to encapsulate your favorite musical moments of a musicians career who you've loved for 40+ years? C'mon! Get more specific, and it'll be more interesting!

"Oh. His rhythm guitar on Brown Suger".

Fascinating.

Here's a better one - the list of memorable threads created by Muffet HiFI:

I didn't know Keith is into musicals...

Monkey man, Gimme Shelter, the 89/90 tour, the 97-99 tour, just to mention a few moments.