Hi all,

Bit of an intro. My name's Jerry, I live in California. I play guitar poorly and drums a bit better. Have been a Stones fan ever since I really listened to Let It Bleed in college. It was the first time I realized the Stones were more than just another rock band on the radio.

Anyhow, I'm hoping to get some help from the real folks here who know the intimate details of band history and trivia. I'm setting up a scavenger hunt with a rock and roll theme. My friends and I are going to take some time over the summer to visit the places that are important in music history. For example, in St. Louis we're going to Chuck Berry's family home and the Fox Theatre where Hail Hail RnR was filmed.

All I can think of for the Stones is Altamont. And maybe the house where Scott Cantrell died, though that's pretty gruesome. I'd rather find some better spots, like maybe a club or theatre where they performed noteworthy shows. Their first ever US show was in Bakersfield, but the hall has been town down. What else?

It could be recording studios where they worked, places they lived, places where they did something interesting or important. Weird and obscure places are good too. It could be the drum shop in Manhattan where Charlie buys his drumsticks. This thing is North America based, so we can't go to Dartford or London.

Any ideas you guys have would be hugely appreciated.

Cheers,
Jerry

Fordyce County, Arkansas sheriff's office & jail.

Yeah, that's exactly the kind of place! Perfect.

What else?

Fort Harrison Hotel, Clearwater, Florida.

2120 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago.

The song MEMORY MOTEL was inspired by a real Memory Motel that still exists on Long Island. The Stones rehearsed at Andy Warhol's house nearby and would then hang out at the Memory Motel because it had a pool table.

Address: 692 Montauk Highway, Montauk (Long Island), New York.

Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
Last show Mick Taylor appeared on stage with the Stones and played with the entire band in December 1981.

Sunset Sound in LA, where they completed Exile On Main Street. The house in Laurel Canyon where they stayed. Wasn't their first US show in Bakersfield?

Long View Farm Studios, North Brookfield, Massachusetts - 1981 tour rehearsals and the source of a well-known Keith bootleg.

(Does the site of the nearby warm-up gig at Sir Morgan's Cove still exist?)

Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Brown Sugar, Wild Horses and You Gotta Move were recorded.

96-98 St Marks Place, NYC
The building were they shot the video for Waiting On A friend

Also a place for Led Zep fans ( the artwork of Physical Graffiti)

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The corner of West 8th Street and 6th Avenue, NYC (namechecked in Dance Pt. 1, near Electric Lady Studios).

Central Park, where Jagger was walking and singing after dark, people say he's crazy in Miss You;

Manhattan, where Jagger was splattered all over in Shattered;

The White House lawn, on which a certain unnamed female was the easiest lay in Respectable; and

all sorts of places in Rip This Joint, including old DC, Dick and Pat (Nixon) are gonna hold some sh-t for Jagger.



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Sir Morgan Cove is still there, but a different name.

Most obvious place in NYC : The Garden
The Stones played there in 69 72 75 81 98 02 03 05 06

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Rock and roll hall of fame in Cleveland. Rolling Stones exhibit.

Joshua Tree


Michael Cooper

Cool thread

Churchill Downs - Kentucky Derby Day

Shuffle of the Buffalo but Don't Stop. Keep going north to Toronto. Downsview Park (SARS SHOW) and a few rehersal halls and club shows in the city itself. A Stones resturant and bar on Queen Street.

Finisterra Hotel in Cabo, where Keith got married.

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Finisterra Hotel in Cabo, where Keith got married.

Sorry I didn't see that is US only. I thiught it was North America

That shot of the Physical Graffiti bldg differs from the album cover. It looks like the same building for sure, but the album cover is missing one floor. Guess they photoshopped it. (back in those days, probably an exacto blade.)

Thanks for all the input, guys. You are great.

Toad's Place, New Haven CT - Rehearsal gig for Steel Wheels tour

Double Door - Chicago

Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago where Mick, Keith and Ronnie jammed with Muddy Waters

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro MA the Stones christened the place.