The finest moments from MT. Hard to keep it to just ten. Tried to mix up the era and not just focus on Stones output. Soooooooo much great stuff left out.

1. Vacation - Blues From Laurel Canyon: Easily as good as Clapton's playing/tone on the Beano record.

2. Marriage Madness - Back To The Roots

3. Sway - Sticky Fingers: The quintessential MT solo. Truly defines his playing, feel and tonality for me. My favorite solo of all time.

4. Can't You Hear Me Knocking - Sticky Fingers: Act 1: The Keith show. Act 2: The MT show. Encapsulates, for me, what Keith does at his best and what MT brings to the table for the Stones (or brought).

5. Dead Flowers - Get Your Leeds Lungs Out: Love how he extends the solo on this live boot. Super sweet and tasty licks. Maybe the tastiest ever.

6. Sympathy For The Devil - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out

7. Time Waits For No One - IORR

8. Gimme Shelter - Brussels Affair: Jesus, he was on fire this tour. Obviously the lead is ridiculously hot. He just owns this version. Flying high above everybody on the stage...metaphorically.

9. Spanish/A Minor - Mick Taylor: Jazz/rock fusion heaven.

10. Winter - 2 Hot 4 Snakes: Went with this over the GHS studio version. Mostly for the extended solo. Flip a coin.

Thanks for taking the time to read. Look forward to your opinions.

TD75

I would like to add Stranger In This Town, title track from that record he semmed to have been cheated financially and especially Lost In The Desert from A Stones' Throw. From his first solo album I love Alabama.

I can think of a couple LIVs I would toss in there.

Sway from live album with Carla Olson - probably one of the greatest guitar solos ever.

Toss a couple of YCAGWYW's in too please. And some SFMen

I love All Down the Line from Brussels 1973:

Gimme Shelter from Philadelphia 1972 (first show).
Street Fighting Man on Ya Ya's.



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Sway belongs on that list...
Also love that guitar sound on "Let It Loose,"
although I don't know who's playing what on that.
Love the guitar work on Get Your Ya Yas Out.
It's all good...

"Marie, we need more butter on the flapjacks, please."

1. SFTD - YA-YA'S
2. CYHMK - STICKY FINGERS
3. MOONLIGHT MILE - STICKY FINGERS
4. WINTER - GOATS HEAD SOUP
5. TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE - IORR
6. BITCH - STICKY FINGERS
7. SHINE A LIGHT - EXILE
8. LITTLE QUEENIE - YA-YA'S
9. CAROL - YA-YA'S
10.TOPS - TATTOO YOU

Most Criminal Waste of Taylor's talents on a Stones-related disc:

1. I COULD HAVE STOOD YOU UP - TALK IS CHEAP

Where is Blind Willie McTell, there are a few great versions of this song. A Dylan song, yes, but his arrangement is excellent.

1. SFD Ya Ya's
2. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
3. Love in Vain Ya Ya's
4. Winter
5. Time Waits For No One
6. I and I from Real Live
7. Sway
8. Let it Loose
9. You Can't Always Get What You Want, Welcome to NY
10. Stop Breaking Down

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1. SFTD - YA-YA'S
2. CYHMK - STICKY FINGERS
3. MOONLIGHT MILE - STICKY FINGERS
4. WINTER - GOATS HEAD SOUP
5. TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE - IORR
6. BITCH - STICKY FINGERS
7. SHINE A LIGHT - EXILE
8. LITTLE QUEENIE - YA-YA'S
9. CAROL - YA-YA'S
10.TOPS - TATTOO YOU

Most Criminal Waste of Taylor's talents on a Stones-related disc:

1. I COULD HAVE STOOD YOU UP - TALK IS CHEAP

Do we know for a fact that Taylor is playing here (Bitch)?

<Do we know for a fact that Taylor is playing here (Bitch)?> <DP>

No, but I sure like Taylor's fluid version. And Keith is great here.

The long version of Winter is on Ring of Truth, not Too Hot for Snakes.

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1. SFTD - YA-YA'S
2. CYHMK - STICKY FINGERS
3. MOONLIGHT MILE - STICKY FINGERS
4. WINTER - GOATS HEAD SOUP
5. TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE - IORR
6. BITCH - STICKY FINGERS
7. SHINE A LIGHT - EXILE
8. LITTLE QUEENIE - YA-YA'S
9. CAROL - YA-YA'S
10.TOPS - TATTOO YOU

Most Criminal Waste of Taylor's talents on a Stones-related disc:

1. I COULD HAVE STOOD YOU UP - TALK IS CHEAP

Do we know for a fact that Taylor is playing here (Bitch)?

isnt it great how two such different players can sound so similar ?
all through the song it could be either but the closing variations clinch it , its mick taylor


also 8. LITTLE QUEENIE - YA-YA'S
sorry both guitars are keith , see the gimme shelter bonus tracks
[www.iorr.org]

Without focusing on a particular performance I would also mention the '82-'84 Bluesbreakers reunion period. Taylor's playing during that time was absolutely joyous. "Have You Heard," "My Time After A While," "So Many Roads," "The Stumble"...etc. Each show had many highlights. Mayall gave Taylor plenty of room to move and lots of verbal encouragement. It was a perfect spot for Taylor. He was the star of the show without being the "star." Very little of this period was ever released, but there are many fine recordings that are prized by Taylor collectors.

I have a soft spot for his slide solo on I Don't Know Why from July 1969.

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1. SFTD - YA-YA'S
2. CYHMK - STICKY FINGERS
3. MOONLIGHT MILE - STICKY FINGERS
4. WINTER - GOATS HEAD SOUP
5. TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE - IORR
6. BITCH - STICKY FINGERS
7. SHINE A LIGHT - EXILE
8. LITTLE QUEENIE - YA-YA'S
9. CAROL - YA-YA'S
10.TOPS - TATTOO YOU

Most Criminal Waste of Taylor's talents on a Stones-related disc:

1. I COULD HAVE STOOD YOU UP - TALK IS CHEAP

Do we know for a fact that Taylor is playing here (Bitch)?

isnt it great how two such different players can sound so similar ?
all through the song it could be either but the closing variations clinch it , its mick taylor


also 8. LITTLE QUEENIE - YA-YA'S
sorry both guitars are keith , see the gimme shelter bonus tracks
[www.iorr.org]

What do you have to back this up? All we know is the Glyn Johns-interview about Keith coming in late, changing the RIFF on Bitch, and all of a sudden the song was swinging.

And the solo guitar is classic Keith, imo.

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I have a soft spot for his slide solo on I Don't Know Why from July 1969.

Me too! Looped or not.

While I wasn't there, I can only judge by my ears. To my ears, when Keith and Taylor really blended (the ancient art of weaving) on YA-YA'S, "Bitch" and "CYHMK" on STICKY FINGERS, and LADIES & GENTLEMEN it was as good as it got. I say that as someone who loves SOME GIRLS through TATTOO YOU, and ranks 1990s studio output by the band (concert performances were far less consistent) or the Glimmers solo as among their best work. And yes, I love the Brian Jones era minus parts of SATANIC MAJESTIES.

"Dancing with Mr. D" from Brussels 1973..........

1. Sway w/ Carla Olson - Too Hot for Snakes
2. Call It Stormy Monday w/Albert King - '82 "Mayall and Bluesbreakers Jammin' With The Blues Greats" The last time a blues great ever said "Michael, take a few".
3. Rip This Joint/Jumpin Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man - Brussels (Kind of a cheat, but they play it like its one song, and he smokes through the entire set.)
4, Started Walking The extended 8:30 live version , recorded at Falmer College, Brighton, May 1968.
5. Sweetheart Like You - Infidels
6.Vacation - Laurel Canyon
7. Sway - Sticky Fingers
8. Shine A Light - Exiles
9. The solo's between I Can't Quit You Baby and My Own Fault (both excellent Taylor vehicles themselves) from Diary of A Band, Volume One with Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. Not sure if Mayall was trying a Zappa here, but the solos burn and then stop on a dime for some talks with Taylor, Keef Hartley, Mayall and some Dutch fellow who's already worried Taylor might leave the band like Clapton and Green, but if you can get beyond that, the playing is borderline insane considering this was from the Crusade tour and MT was like 17 or 18.
10. I Ain't Lying - Bootleg version NOT Exiles re-release, whatever they ended up calling it.

Thought this was a great idea until I realize how many I'm leaving off here. There's surely another 20 or more just as good that could have made it on here on another day.
After writing about number 9, I'm wonder if MT is the only musician who played with two Keefs in his career.

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1. Sway w/ Carla Olson - Too Hot for Snakes
2. Call It Stormy Monday w/Albert King - '82 "Mayall and Bluesbreakers Jammin' With The Blues Greats" The last time a blues great ever said "Michael, take a few".
3. Rip This Joint/Jumpin Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man - Brussels (Kind of a cheat, but they play it like its one song, and he smokes through the entire set.)
4, Started Walking The extended 8:30 live version , recorded at Falmer College, Brighton, May 1968.
5. Sweetheart Like You - Infidels
6.Vacation - Laurel Canyon
7. Sway - Sticky Fingers
8. Shine A Light - Exiles
9. The solo's between I Can't Quit You Baby and My Own Fault (both excellent Taylor vehicles themselves) from Diary of A Band, Volume One with Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. Not sure if Mayall was trying a Zappa here, but the solos burn and then stop on a dime for some talks with Taylor, Keef Hartley, Mayall and some Dutch fellow who's already worried Taylor might leave the band like Clapton and Green, but if you can get beyond that, the playing is borderline insane considering this was from the Crusade tour and MT was like 17 or 18.
10. I Ain't Lying - Bootleg version NOT Exiles re-release, whatever they ended up calling it.

Thought this was a great idea until I realize how many I'm leaving off here. There's surely another 20 or more just as good that could have made it on here on another day.
After writing about number 9, I'm wonder if MT is the only musician who played with two Keefs in his career.

I think he played at least with ten Keefs. All in one.

Thanks for your interesting list. I would like to add the different solos of MT on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Love In Vain". No version I know is lacking of intensity, musicality and technical brilliance.

Others worthy of mention:

Slow Blues
Stranger In This Town
Stray Cat Blues - One of the best live solos in rock history
Within An Ace
Heartbreaker - London 73
Cant stop - with Alvin Lee 1981
Masters Of War - Live 1984
Angie - 1973 Brussels
YCAGWYW - Philly Special - Great Solo and Brilliant Octave Riff Over Chorus


play the guitar boy

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1. SFTD - YA-YA'S
2. CYHMK - STICKY FINGERS
3. MOONLIGHT MILE - STICKY FINGERS
4. WINTER - GOATS HEAD SOUP
5. TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE - IORR
6. BITCH - STICKY FINGERS
7. SHINE A LIGHT - EXILE
8. LITTLE QUEENIE - YA-YA'S
9. CAROL - YA-YA'S
10.TOPS - TATTOO YOU

Most Criminal Waste of Taylor's talents on a Stones-related disc:

1. I COULD HAVE STOOD YOU UP - TALK IS CHEAP

Do we know for a fact that Taylor is playing here (Bitch)?

isnt it great how two such different players can sound so similar ?
all through the song it could be either but the closing variations clinch it , its mick taylor


also 8. LITTLE QUEENIE - YA-YA'S
sorry both guitars are keith , see the gimme shelter bonus tracks
[www.iorr.org]

What do you have to back this up? All we know is the Glyn Johns-interview about Keith coming in late, changing the RIFF on Bitch, and all of a sudden the song was swinging.

And the solo guitar is classic Keith, imo.

And the solo guitar is classic Keith,

of course it is , and i dont mean that it isnt keiths riff either i just mean that the riffing guitar is played by mick t because of the closing variations doesnt sound like anything keith would have played.

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I have a soft spot for his slide solo on I Don't Know Why from July 1969.

You can count me in...absolutely a spot-on solo that goes straight to ones soul...the sheer imagination of the Stones doing this song live in 1969 or 1972 with an extended Taylor slide solo sends shivers down my spine.

His solo on Love In Vain - YaYas is of the same otherworldly quality, he absolutely nails it,and everytime I hear this version, I can't await the start of his solo.

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The long version of Winter is on Ring of Truth, not Too Hot for Snakes.

wrong, it is on 2 Hot

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The long version of Winter is on Ring of Truth, not Too Hot for Snakes.

wrong, it is on 2 Hot

Of course, it's on Ring of Truth...

010709A 9th July : CARLA OLSON.
CD ‘Ring Of Truth’ (Evangeline Recorded Works GEL 4024). Producer: Carla
Olson. Recorded 16th - 18th June 2000 in Los Angeles, The Bakery Recording
Studio and/or Clover Recording Studio. Incl.
- Loserville (Carla Olson/Robert Ford) -Robert Ford on guitar, Gia Ciambotti on
backing vocals
- The Low Way (Carla Olson/Robert Ford) -Robert Ford on guitar
- The Ring Of Truth (Saul Davis/Carla Olson/Robert Ford)
- Sweeter (Gregg Sutton/Bruce Brody) -Gia Ciambotti on backing vocals
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Bob Dylan) -John Sebastian on
harmonica
- Great Black Hole (Carla Olson/Brian Brown)
- Friends In Baltimore (Carla Olson/Rick Hemmert/Brian Brown) -Billy Sullivan
on congas
- After You’ve Gone (MT/Barry Goldberg) -instrumental
- Winter (MJ/KR)
Musicians: MT (gtr)/Carla Olson (voc, gtr)/Barry Goldberg (p, org)/Brian Brown
(gtr)/Gregg Sutton (bass, bvoc)/Rick Hemmert (dr)

and, of course, it's on Too Hot For Snakes - the re-release...the alternate version, that is...

080420A 20th April: CARLA OLSON & MICK TAYLOR.
2 CD's 'Too Hot For Snakes Plus' (Collector's Choice Music WWCCM09252, -US).
Incl. one previously alternate version from a session in June 2000 (see 000616A).
- Winter (MJ/KR)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Carla Olson (voc, gtr)/Barry Goldberg (keyb)/Brian Brown
(gtr)/Gregg Sutton (bass)/Rick Hemmert (dr)

Why don't you just check Nico's site?!
CrazyMama

why should I check a site when I have the bloody CD?