At first sight, those "shakers" don't look too rock and roll. But Mick Jagger has made good use of them mostly in the early years of the rolling stones. I like them particularly in "Not fade away" and "Sympathy for the devil".
Thank you the stones for rattling that rarely used percussion instrument which one brings exotic and woodoo shake vibes to your rock and roll music.
Rock and roll,
Mops

.....the big thanks probably should go ta Bo Diddley's off sider Jerome Green





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Maracas PLUS some drum-sticking like on the Stones' "Shake Your Hips"







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Very cool, Rockman. I think Mick should bring back the double maracas.

YEAH!!!

and and and..andand great shot Tele



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I think we need more cow bell

Great topic. And one of my favorite topics re. the Stones. Maracas, yes; but also a lot more. And much praise goes to Jimmy Miller. A man who understood the impact of the right percussion. The times must have been perfect for all that: bands and producers willing to try anything. And from day one the Stones seemed to have always been open to percussion in the studio.
"Sympathy" , 'Gimme Shelter", Street Fighting Man, 'Brown Sugar" , Jumping Jack Flash - it is the percussion that puts them into overdrive. And makes them unique . In some tunes it is part of the basic skeleton of thr song. In others they add it for dynamics. When a shaker comes in to boost the solo, or the 3rd verse.

Didn't Mick play 'em at the start of each "Voodoo Lounge tour", when opening with "Not fade Away"?
(I'm not at all sure about it; but I seem to remember that...)


EDIT: did a quick 'Youtube' search for '94-'95 concerts... Quite lot of "Not Fade Away"'s I found; not a single one with Mick on maracas. So memory playin' tricks on me, no doubt!



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jimmy miller created the distinctive opening


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Good topic!! The Stones found a good thing at the end of JJF, and they use that again at the last verse of Brown sugar. I bet your mamma... really push you up an that's the maracas and Keith's backing vocals.

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Didn't Mick play 'em at the start of each "Voodoo Lounge tour", when opening with "Not fade Away"?
(I'm not at all sure about it; but I seem to remember that...)


EDIT: did a quick 'Youtube' search for '94-'95 concerts... Quite lot of "Not Fade Away"'s I found; not a single one with Mick on maracas. So memory playin' tricks on me, no doubt!

If I remember well they used a recorded track.

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"we used the harmonica a lot back then...
and maracas, tambourines and that bo diddley jungle rhythm format.
we tried to get that really earthy thing because we liked it.
it wasn't fake. it wasn't pseudo. it was really down to earth and very, very exciting."
we'd play this stuff to people's faces and we'd see their mouths gape




the 1994 1995 voodoo tour
not fade away was used as opening.
it started with a recorded percussion track,
charly took over the bo diddley jungle rhythm format,
basically the latin clave rhythm:

...bump....... bump..bump... BA.dump

bo diddley jungle beat

"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

Mick was a pioneer when it came to bringing maracas to rock 'n' roll. He and Steven Tyler (who probably got it from Mick) made me love that stuff at an early age. It also helped that Brian Jones brought in tons of exotic stuff.

The chorus in Brown Sugar might be the best maracas ever in rock music.

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Mick was a pioneer when it came to bringing maracas to rock 'n' roll. He and Steven Tyler (who probably got it from Mick) made me love that stuff at an early age. It also helped that Brian Jones brought in tons of exotic stuff.

The chorus in Brown Sugar might be the best maracas ever in rock music.

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Mick seems to have given the maracas up after he saw James Brown at the TAMI show.

Ray Cooper may be the greatest percussion guy ever (Stones related: on the IORR album).

Davy Jones was an even better tamborine player than Laurie Partridge (she looked better though).

Somebody mentionned the "cowbell" which worked really well on Honky tonk women. Cowbell is only good in very small doses; like the SNL shetch proved it , too much of that thing is unbearable!! Maracas in comparison don't get on someone's nerves as quickly.
Rock and roll,
Mops

Like any good tourist, Mick always carries his maracas with him wherever he go, as you can see on this video.