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Gazza

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I don't get it. Just because someone is organsing a tribute concert 25 years after someone passed away doesn't mean that everybody who was close to him should travel half way around the world to joing him on stage!
He played on the cd which is a nice gesture already.

If ever there was an occasion where the Stones could suspend their over-inflated egoes and do a few songs outside the 'bubble' of a mega tour, then surely this was it. The fact that it's over three decades since they've done a single non-tour public performance speaks volumes and only adds fuel to the argument that they're a corporation first and being a band comes a very distant second.

Ben Waters, a guy who at 35, never even met Ian Stewart, goes to the trouble of putting together a CD and arranging a concert to honour his memory, yet the man who insists in his recently published autobiography that it was basically Stu who put the Stones together can't even be arsed to perform? Yet he can fly in to do a book signing?

It reflects poorly on any Stones band member - past or present - who chooses to be elsewhere tonight - but, unless there's some pressing personal matters that prevent him from making it, it especially makes Keith's near deification of Stu in 'Life' look very hollow indeed. They were able to do it in 1986 - why not in 2011?

Didn't expect Mick or Keith to be there tonight from the moment this event was announced, which is why I elected to pass on it. If they can't be bothered supporting it, then it doesn't paint a very good picture of what the Stones represent in 2011.

For the sake of the band and the fans who have bought tickets for this event, I really hope I'm proved wrong and that one of both of them show up tonight. The whole band should be there. It's not THAT difficult or too much to ask for, is it?

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ineedadrink
did mick taylor not show up for rehearsals? the "you never can tell" video is the second video now i've seen where he's unsure of which key the song is in.

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Wuudy
I don't get it. Just because someone is organsing a tribute concert 25 years after someone passed away doesn't mean that everybody who was close to him should travel half way around the world to joing him on stage!
He played on the cd which is a nice gesture already.

If ever there was an occasion where the Stones could suspend their over-inflated egoes and do a few songs outside the 'bubble' of a mega tour, then surely this was it. The fact that it's over three decades since they've done a single non-tour public performance speaks volumes and only adds fuel to the argument that they're a corporation first and being a band comes a very distant second.

Ben Waters, a guy who at 35, never even met Ian Stewart, goes to the trouble of putting together a CD and arranging a concert to honour his memory, yet the man who insists in his recently published autobiography that it was basically Stu who put the Stones together can't even be arsed to perform? Yet he can fly in to do a book signing?

It reflects poorly on any Stones band member - past or present - who chooses to be elsewhere tonight - but, unless there's some pressing personal matters that prevent him from making it, it especially makes Keith's near deification of Stu in 'Life' look very hollow indeed. They were able to do it in 1986 - why not in 2011?

Didn't expect Mick or Keith to be there tonight from the moment this event was announced, which is why I elected to pass on it. If they can't be bothered supporting it, then it doesn't paint a very good picture of what the Stones represent in 2011.

For the sake of the band and the fans who have bought tickets for this event, I really hope I'm proved wrong and that one of both of them show up tonight. The whole band should be there. It's not THAT difficult or too much to ask for, is it?

Excellent post, as usual Gazza!

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The idea of a boogie woogie band was forgotten until 1978, when some of England's best musician celebrated the 50th anniversary of boogie woogie...[/i]

- Doxa

I went to what I believe was Charlie's first gig outside of The Rolling Stones, at Dingwalls in 1978. I queued up for several hours beforehand and met Charlie as he was walking in. I asked whether I could take some shots of him and he graciously posed for me, resplendent in a white suit.
But, more memorable, was the site of Stu, whose Landrover Charlie arrived in, lugging Charlie's drums into the venue. I have a photo of that somewhere which I will look for.

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Gazza

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Wuudy
I don't get it. Just because someone is organsing a tribute concert 25 years after someone passed away doesn't mean that everybody who was close to him should travel half way around the world to joing him on stage!
He played on the cd which is a nice gesture already.

If ever there was an occasion where the Stones could suspend their over-inflated egoes and do a few songs outside the 'bubble' of a mega tour, then surely this was it. The fact that it's over three decades since they've done a single non-tour public performance speaks volumes and only adds fuel to the argument that they're a corporation first and being a band comes a very distant second.

Ben Waters, a guy who at 35, never even met Ian Stewart, goes to the trouble of putting together a CD and arranging a concert to honour his memory, yet the man who insists in his recently published autobiography that it was basically Stu who put the Stones together can't even be arsed to perform? Yet he can fly in to do a book signing?

It reflects poorly on any Stones band member - past or present - who chooses to be elsewhere tonight - but, unless there's some pressing personal matters that prevent him from making it, it especially makes Keith's near deification of Stu in 'Life' look very hollow indeed. They were able to do it in 1986 - why not in 2011?

Didn't expect Mick or Keith to be there tonight from the moment this event was announced, which is why I elected to pass on it. If they can't be bothered supporting it, then it doesn't paint a very good picture of what the Stones represent in 2011.

For the sake of the band and the fans who have bought tickets for this event, I really hope I'm proved wrong and that one of both of them show up tonight. The whole band should be there. It's not THAT difficult or too much to ask for, is it?

Excellent post, as usual Gazza!

so gazza chose not to attend this event solely based on the fact that mick and keith weren't going to attend as well? that's not really an excellent post, in my opinion. what happened to going out for the sake of music and having a good time rather than seeing your heroes reunite?
edit: it sucks that mick and keith weren't there, but to chose not to go because of that is just dumb, in my opinion. no offense

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Almost feel sorry for someone that couldn't enjoy that gig for what it was. Wyman and Watts smiled more in the videos than I'd EVER seen them smile on stage with the Stones.

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ineedadrink
so gazza chose not to attend this event solely based on the fact that mick and keith weren't going to attend as well? that's not really an excellent post, in my opinion. what happened to going out for the sake of music and having a good time rather than seeing your heroes reunite?
edit: it sucks that mick and keith weren't there, but to chose not to go because of that is just dumb, in my opinion. no offense

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alright. my apologies.

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no, you don't owe anyone an explanation, Gazza honey, but be fair: you're the one who wrote (above):
"Didn't expect Mick or Keith to be there tonight from the moment this event was announced, which is why I elected to pass on it"
and people are entitled to take your word for it, aren't we? so it turns out that there's more to your absence than meets the eye?
fine, so how about we ALL stop being so judgemental about people who didn't make it??

yeah, it was more than a stroll down the street for a bunch of us who did choose to make it
and were thrilled and honoured to be there for all that joyful glorious raunch. it was a great great night -
thanks and praises to everyone involved

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ineedadrink
so because mick and keith weren't there, it wasn't a night to remember for you?