dick york was the first darrin, no? sargent #2?

Ok then, just switch the names.

Its not like Mr. Fanatic will know the difference anyway.

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Ok then, just switch the names.

just switch dicks?

You'll have to ask Mr. Fanatic. I'm sure he has done that sort of thing before.

<In 1975 / 1976 there is too much Billy in the shows , it just like it is Billy Preston and The Rolling Stones >.




And Taylor nowhere in '75 and '76. What a coincidence,someone has to fill the hole..

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<In 1975 / 1976 there is too much Billy in the shows , it just like it is Billy Preston and The Rolling Stones >.




And Taylor nowhere in '75 and '76. What a coincidence,someone has to fill the hole..

Yep , and Ronnie Wood did that , or did you not noticed that ?

No!

I think a tour has to be always analyzed and judged in the context of its time. It is easy to criticize a tour in hindsight. One must remember that in the 1975/76 time frame, Preston was quite a star in his own right - with several top radio hits to his credit - and had been giving the Stones a sprinkle of his stardust since 1973, so he felt like he was part of the band.

I saw several shows on that tour - both in the U.S.A. and Europe - and Preston was an integral part of the Stones sound of that era...although he was not as dominant in the live arena as he was in the recorded output of that time (Goat's Head Soup really comes to mind). At the time (mid-1970's) his contributions were looked at in mostly very positive terms...and the Stones of that era seemed more open and rollicking and fun (and more keyboard-oriented) than the darker, blusier, more intense era(s) preceding it.

Another point was that at that time Keef was thought to be fading fast (at least on the Stone's recorded output) and Billy was seen as a tent-pole to hold up the sound (again, see Goat Head's Soup).

In retrospect, when I listen to bootlegs of that era, the keyboard sound does seem simultaneously intrusive and dated. But at the time it was the hip and funky new sound of the Stones. People dug it and the Stones thought they needed it.

A few years later Punk's challenge, Keef's resurgence, Ronnie's integration and Glam and Funk's relative declines made Preston expendable.