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sweetcharmedlife
Interesting MT interview. Posted on Rocks Off by Stoneshead from this site.
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IceGiant
Doxa,
Maybe I am reading too much into it, Woman's intuition .
Also I didn't know he had a wife named Susan.
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IceGiant
Doxa,
Maybe I am reading too much into it, Woman's intuition .
Also I didn't know he had a wife named Susan.
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Lightnin'
That's probably because he didn't. They had a child in 1996 from a short affair which ended on bad terms. Ms McMinamin met MT in a hotel bar in London while on a cruise of Europe with her father. She got his address from his manager and started writing letters to invite him for a visit. Taylor declined. She came to England to pursue him (arrived on his doorstep unannounced). Taylor had doubts about the relationship from the start but because she got pregnant he tried to do the honourable thing. It didn't work out and she left to Florida (without telling him) while he was on tour, taking their baby daughter with her, as well as most of the furniture. Taylor went into a major depression after this. They were never married.
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IceGiant
Doxa,
Maybe I am reading too much into it, Woman's intuition .
Also I didn't know he had a wife named Susan.
That's probably because he didn't. They had a child in 1996 from a short affair which ended on bad terms. Ms McMinamin met MT in a hotel bar in London while on a cruise of Europe with her father. She got his address from his manager and started writing letters to invite him for a visit. Taylor declined. She came to England to pursue him (arrived on his doorstep unannounced). Taylor had doubts about the relationship from the start but because she got pregnant he tried to do the honourable thing. It didn't work out and she left to Florida (without telling him) while he was on tour, taking their baby daughter with her, as well as most of the furniture. Taylor went into a major depression after this. They were never married.
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kleermaker
But I can't help feeling sorry for the Master Guitarist everytime I hear him play and see his pictures. Look at that Milano DVD 1970, it moves me to see him play that way, can't explain it but it makes me feel sad.
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kleermaker
As far as I know MT hasn't also contact with his first child (with Rosie, his first (and only?) wife. I don't know the name of the child and that's also not important. I'm not interested in those details, but the overal fact is imo that MT didn't have a very lucky private life (to use an understatement). Musically he had some bad luck as well, because he didn't profit from his quitting the Stones. I'm not well informed, but I mean to know that MT had (and still has?) quite some addiction problems, drugs, booze, eating. I think that he's a very kind and maybe too soft a man. But perhaps that's only my imagination because I don't know him personally of course. But I can't help feeling sorry for the Master Guitarist everytime I hear him play and see his pictures. Look at that Milano DVD 1970, it moves me to see him play that way, can't explain it but it makes me feel sad.
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Lightnin'
Kleermaker - I did notice you made mention that you were in doubt about some of your own perceptions. There are certain assertions about Taylor that are now widespread, despite the fact they are erroneous. Obviously, false reports in tabloids have done much to facilitate this.
So when I see these false notions repeated (even with a question mark attached) I feel it's appropriate to point out where the traps are located that the unsuspecting reader will fall victim to, unless they are warned in advance.
Basically, I'm just trying to steer you (and others that care to know what's real) through a minefield of misinformation...
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kleermaker
That's just fine, Lightnin'. I'm aware of the negative assertions about MT...
...but also of MT himself lifting up a glass of ? has contributed to those assumptions and opinions. And as long as MT himself keeps silent they will only grow I think.
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I find it harder to get out, there are no indoor tennis courts in Diss. I'm not bad at tennis. I beat her." (“No he didn't," she insists)
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kleermaker
I think that he's a very kind and maybe too soft a man. But perhaps that's only my imagination because I don't know him personally of course.
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Lightnin'
MT actually finds it quite strange that people are fascinated by him and want to know about his personal life. So when paparazzi with long lenses show up and try to score his picture (when he's not at work and wants to be left alone), he doesn't understand what they're after.
That is of course your opinion. So why do you think Woody is better than Mick? Just curious...Quote
flilflam
Ronnie Wood is a great guitarist. He is an equal to Taylor and possibly even better.
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slew
Can the Mick Taylor hero worship PLEASE STOP!!!!