After listening last night to Keith singing "The harder they come" I really got the impression, that he is or was a lot into reggae.

Beside the live performance, the variety of muscic styles the stones tried out is maybe the most important thing for me that made me become a fan.

My question is: Are there any reggae songs, the stones wrote by themselfs?
(I mean beside the early version of start me up)

Thanks

Words Of Wonder - Keith Richards/Waddy Wachtel/Steve Jordan



ROCKMAN

You Don't Have To Mean It

Actually adds a different twist to the studio and
live versions when ya learn it's Babi doing the horn part....It's a groove



KEITH RICHARDS - 1992



ROCKMAN

Send It To Me (ER, 1980)

Ed

I Got a Letter (a 74 demo you can find on a lot of bootlegs) is said to be Keith's first reggae number.

Thank you guys.
Is it possible, that Mick refused to do a lot of reggae songs to keith?

No....Mick also knows and loves Reggae....



ROCKMAN

Yes indeed, Rockman.



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Keith and Robbie Shakespeare, Kingston.... Photo Adrian Boot



ROCKMAN

Cherry oh baby is not a Stones song, but a good reggae song though.

Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger

Bob Marley...Mick Jagger...Peter Tosh...Palladium Theatre New York 1978 - Michael Putland



ROCKMAN

Keith Richards 1974



ROCKMAN

reggae is black music, and keef loves all kinds of black music. he feels the music.

The reggae songs they've written to my knowledge are:

Luxury
I Got A Letter
Munich Reggae
Send It To Me
Feel On Baby
You Don't Have To Mean It

All of which are great songs.

She Never Listen to Me (85)

Keith Richards..Locksley Whitlock..Neville Beckerd..Justin Hinds..Vincent Ellis..Warrin Williamson & Sister Maureen.

Photo J.Bouquet



ROCKMAN

Keith features in albums by Sly and Robbie (Friends) and also by Toots and the Maytall (True Love).

ah, if we're branching out into nonStones stuff: the Wingless Angels.
and Tosh's Bush Doctor. (sorry, did someone say that already?)



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There's some great Keith/Wingless Angels views and reads
over at Keithrichards.com....also an amazing interview by
Reggae heavyweight...Roger Steffens....Keith talking about
seeing Harder They Come in Kingston theatre and Rasta's firing shooters at da screen...COOL

See it mon Multimedia at....[www.keithrichards.com]



ROCKMAN

To Rude is good
i like the live version
hey nigrita is good to

Keith plays reggae with a real authenticity. It suits his style and feel perfectly.

I think these songs more or less were influenced by caribbean music:

Sweet Black Angel
Luxury
Jah Is Not Dead
Münich Reggae
Cherry Oh Baby
Hey Negrita
Crackin' Up (Love You Live version)
Everything Is Turning To Gold
Don't Look Back
The Harder They Come
Send It To Me
Indian Girl
Start Me Up (early reggae version)
Feel On Baby
Too Rude
Sweethearts Together
Moon Is Up
You Don't Have To Mean It

More???

Maybe "Thief in the Night" and "Just Wanna See His Face" also have some caribbean touch?

hm. i wouldn't bunch the Central/South American-flavour tracks in with the reggae, but:

>> More??? <<

yeah: She Never Listen to Me
which is starting to seem strangely self-referential. great track :E

<Indian Girl>
<Sweethearts Together>

I think we'll stay in Mexico (or on the border) for those tunes.

Charlie once said that Keith was listening to The Harder They Come album every single day during the 81/82 tour! That's why Charlie called it the Harder They Come tour.

Rockman Wrote:
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> There's some great Keith/Wingless Angels views and
> reads
> over at Keithrichards.com....also an amazing
> interview by
> Reggae heavyweight...Roger Steffens....Keith
> talking about
> seeing Harder They Come in Kingston theatre and
> Rasta's firing shooters at da screen...COOL
>
> See it mon Multimedia
> at....[www.keithrichards.com]
> l

Thanks for the reminder!

I always have the impression that reggea did not suit the stones rhythm section too much.

Keith is ok, of course. And so is ron. Jah is not dead proves that mick can sing great.

But the backbone is somehow weak.

Cherry o baby is slightly flat

Max Romeo pumps it up a little send it to me

Not surprising that the stones best effort arrives only with feel on baby from undercover, and it had shakespeare on bass and bunbar helping on drums, plus half a dozen percussionists

Even too rude sounds good, with ronnie playing bass and drums

True Charlie is back on you don't have to mean it (one of the greatest numbers of B2 but he had been working a lot with keltner at the time and DJ's bass lines are killers!

C



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