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mstmst
How many of you have noticed that the opening riff to this is also exactly the same as the first lead by Keith on Carol on 'Ya Yas'? Only difference is down The Road is in a shuffle beat and Carol is straight four.
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Christian
What means "you can lose your lead"?
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mstmst
How many of you have noticed that the opening riff to this is also exactly the same as the first lead by Keith on Carol on 'Ya Yas'? Only difference is down The Road is in a shuffle beat and Carol is straight four.
Can't say I agree with you there. DTRA is much more standard rockabilly than the the trademark Berry-lick that Keith starts on his first Carol lead.
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Bitch2
I agree, how could they leave this from the 81 set list? Only played in Philly replaced by 20 FR. A perfect Ian Stewart song as well they whole band is groving...
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StonesTod
the production on this particular recording seems to stand out from the pack of most other material from this era - for no discernible reason....
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StonesTod
the production on this particular recording seems to stand out from the pack of most other material from this era - for no discernible reason....
That's the studio. In those tyo days at Chess studio the band played with more precise and rigor they ever would. The 'masters' were watching and the 'boys' did their very best. If I recall reading right no one else but Chuck Berry was watching them doing "Down The Road Apiece" and said there were doing alright... I don't thnk ALO had too much to do with the production - which explains partly its clear and distinctive sound...
I think its really "Keith's song" - there he can really show how he had master his chuckberry-licks. His guitar leads the song from start to finish and Keith doesn't waste the opportunity to show what he knows. (Brian get his place to shine in "I Can't Be Satisfied" from the same session).
Their two most mature blues covers perhaps ever - "Look What You've Done" and "Confessin' The Blues" (listen especially the incredible harp parts!) - - enjoy the similar concentration they seem to have in those Chess sessions.
All in all, from a pure technical sense the Chess studio sessions was a kind of peak of the early Stones - they seemingly put everything they know by then there, and they were still very tight group and had enough Richmond club circuit in their blood - the following 18 months of screaming madness would make them sloppier which also can be heard in their studio work.
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Sohoe
To my ears The Stones' take on this track is basically a copy of the version Chuck put on his Rockin' At The Hops album
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mstmst
How many of you have noticed that the opening riff to this is also exactly the same as the first lead by Keith on Carol on 'Ya Yas'? Only difference is down The Road is in a shuffle beat and Carol is straight four.
Can't say I agree with you there. DTRA is much more standard rockabilly than the the trademark Berry-lick that Keith starts on his first Carol lead.
That's a fairly ubiquitous Chuck Berry stop-start riff. I think it pops up also in Let it Rock ( 'especially 78 tour flavor).
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Barn Owl
Along with You Can't Catch Me, this is the other clear stand-out track from the Rolling Stones No.2 album, with a great lead vocal, a magnificent rythm section and some nifty piano work. The guitars aren't too bad, either.
...soon they would have to stop relying upon Chuck Berry for their best songs.
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Barn Owl
Along with You Can't Catch Me, this is the other clear stand-out track from the Rolling Stones No.2 album, with a great lead vocal, a magnificent rythm section and some nifty piano work. The guitars aren't too bad, either.
...soon they would have to stop relying upon Chuck Berry for their best songs.
I agree, one of Mick's best early vocals, total command of the lyrics
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Barn Owl
Along with You Can't Catch Me, this is the other clear stand-out track from the Rolling Stones No.2 album, with a great lead vocal, a magnificent rythm section and some nifty piano work. The guitars aren't too bad, either.
...soon they would have to stop relying upon Chuck Berry for their best songs.
I agree, one of Mick's best early vocals, total command of the lyrics
even though he's misheard several of them? yeah, somehow they work anyway.
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mstmst
How many of you have noticed that the opening riff to this is also exactly the same as the first lead by Keith on Carol on 'Ya Yas'? Only difference is down The Road is in a shuffle beat and Carol is straight four.
Can't say I agree with you there. DTRA is much more standard rockabilly than the the trademark Berry-lick that Keith starts on his first Carol lead.
That's a fairly ubiquitous Chuck Berry stop-start riff. I think it pops up also in Let it Rock ( 'especially 78 tour flavor).