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Rolling Hansie
According to Nico Zentgraf: [www.nzentgraf.de]
1973
1st September - 19th October: THE ROLLING STONES. European Tour.
Line-up: MJ (voc, harm)/KR (gtr, voc)/MT (gtr)/BW (bass)/CW (dr)/
Billy Preston (p, org, clavinet)/Trevor Lawrence (sax)/Steve
Madaio (tp, tb, perc)/Bobby Keys (sax; probably only until October 13)
Note: At some shows Marshall Chess was invited to join the band for the encore to
play some tambourine.
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Bobby became unreliable during the 73 Tour. He was shipped back home and replaced with T. Lawrence. My guess is Jagger axed him...
There was an interesting thread here comparing the gigs from Munich (1973-09-28) and Frankfurt (1973-09-30) and the obvious differences in the sax playing. So BK could have been fired on Sept. 29. (Zentgraf opts for Oct.13)
But Keith managed to have him back around/in the band despite Jagger's death sentence :
-for the July 11, 1975 L.A. gig
- during the SG sessions
- at the July 24 &26 gigs
- during the summer 78 RCA sessions
- the 1979 Nassau recording sessions
- the Barbarians tour
I'll stop here...
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tornandfrayed72
Hey All...quick question regarding the standing of Bobby Keys in the band in the early 70s. It seems that he was a staple in the Stones camp starting with his solo on Live With Me. He toured with them in '70-'73, stayed at Nelcotte, and even (according to Keith in Life) served as Mick's best man in his wedding to Bianca in '71. He was obviously tight with Keith too...so what happened? I know the bathtub story on the European tour in '73 caused him to be given the boot from the tour, and that he didn't tour with them again until '89, but given his prior standing that seems pretty harsh. Anybody know more of the story?
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Hey All...quick question regarding the standing of Bobby Keys in the band in the early 70s. It seems that he was a staple in the Stones camp starting with his solo on Live With Me. He toured with them in '70-'73, stayed at Nelcotte, and even (according to Keith in Life) served as Mick's best man in his wedding to Bianca in '71. He was obviously tight with Keith too...so what happened? I know the bathtub story on the European tour in '73 caused him to be given the boot from the tour, and that he didn't tour with them again until '89, but given his prior standing that seems pretty harsh. Anybody know more of the story?
He came out on the '81 tour to play Brown Sugar, but that's all.
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Good thing it's not him on the Brussels show, the sax in YCAGWYW is boring as hell, playing the same lick 20 times, almost ruins the song, especially after Mick Taylor's sublime solo.
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Good thing it's not him on the Brussels show, the sax in YCAGWYW is boring as hell, playing the same lick 20 times, almost ruins the song, especially after Mick Taylor's sublime solo.
whereas others would argue that trevor takes mick's solo and lifts the song to another level entirely.
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Good thing it's not him on the Brussels show, the sax in YCAGWYW is boring as hell, playing the same lick 20 times, almost ruins the song, especially after Mick Taylor's sublime solo.
whereas others would argue that trevor takes mick's solo and lifts the song to another level entirely.
Sometimes a higher level is not a better level.
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ernie is still very much alive and active. he's fabulous....never undersood the criticism he routinely encounters here. he's played with zappa and many others in various jazz/rock circles. he gave the '81 tour the juice it was sorely missing.
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ernie is still very much alive and active. he's fabulous....never undersood the criticism he routinely encounters here. he's played with zappa and many others in various jazz/rock circles. he gave the '81 tour the juice it was sorely missing.
Well, since I've been one of the critics, I think it's a question of whether his smoother style works well with the Stones. A matter of taste, no criticism of Ernie personally intended.
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ernie is still very much alive and active. he's fabulous....never undersood the criticism he routinely encounters here. he's played with zappa and many others in various jazz/rock circles. he gave the '81 tour the juice it was sorely missing.
Well, since I've been one of the critics, I think it's a question of whether his smoother style works well with the Stones. A matter of taste, no criticism of Ernie personally intended.
smooth? really? as in kenny g? ernie's a solid, raunchy saxist to my ears....
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Good thing it's not him on the Brussels show, the sax in YCAGWYW is boring as hell, playing the same lick 20 times, almost ruins the song, especially after Mick Taylor's sublime solo.
whereas others would argue that trevor takes mick's solo and lifts the song to another level entirely.
Sometimes a higher level is not a better level.
who said higher? i guess it's implied with the lifting part...but....well....hmmm...there are better levels that are lower?
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Ian Stewart plays practically in EVERY song in the film. Never took notice of this before. He was actually THERE always, not just for some ocasional numbers.