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Don Was: L'Wren cried, thought "Following the River" was Mick saying goodbye

Posted by: twenny revlights ()

Date: June 7, 2010 07:15

(the following excerpts come from two similar longer Don Was
stories linked below, about his appearance last week at the Grammy museum)

Was noted that Richards spent three days in New York to record his parts for the bonus tracks, and that Mick
Jagger had not seen guitarist Mick Taylor in twenty five-years. As far as Taylor’s newly added licks, Was commented
that Taylor “knocked them out in an hour.”

(this would seem to contradict Keith's quote that he only put acoustic guitar on one track)

Recalling his attending the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, surrounded by a political underground that included
the Students for Democratic Society (SDS) and the Weatherman, Was indicated, “There was a growing sense you
couldn’t work in the system...You had to get out, or blow it up.” Was said that his left-leaning environment,
coupled with listening to Exile, had a profound impact on him, and that he would make the decision to drop out of
college. He then joked that was not likely Mick Jagger’s intent. “It’s pretty clear now, all they had in mind was,
‘Let’s get our money back.’"

While rumors and postings have persisted in the internet for years that there is unreleased material featuring
Keith Richards and the late Gram Parsons, Was confirmed that there was none.

He said that with the track “Following The River,” “It was really Nicky (Hopkins) and Keith playing. There was no
indication of what the lyrics or the melody would be, so Mick had to approach it from scratch.” It was poignant
when Was talked about the first time he listened to that bonus track. "The lyrics are very emotional and chilling.
I heard it as a farewell to the audience, no more live shows, and Mick’s girlfriend started crying thinking it
was farewell to her. But I talked to him (Jagger), and it was something else.”

Was pontificated that fans project themselves into the band, and into the meanings of their lyrics. He used his incorrect
assumption about the lyrics from “Following The River” as an example of such projections. Was also joked, “If Mick
Jagger is ten years older than I am, and he’s running all over the stage like that, then I’m not old yet.” He stated his
belief that fans neuroses merge into their attraction for the band. Was said of Keith Richards, “He’s your designated
Wildman. It (admiration of Richards) verifies that ‘it’ is still alive in you.”

Was joked about the bonus track “Dancing In the Light,” saying that he had toyed with the thought of adding some bass
to it, himself. “I’m at home. Who’s gonna know?” joked Was. “Forget it,” said Was. “He (Wyman) is one of the great bass
players of all time.”

Was raved about a still unreleased track recorded for Goats Head Soup called “Scarlet,” proclaiming, “It could be a hit.”

The band has a slew of outtakes. Was, who says the Stones’ Some Girls era was one of his favorite places in the band’s
timeline, said, “There’s a ton of stuff in the vault from that period,” adding, “You could easily make ten or twelve records
like this Exile thing.”

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