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His Majesty

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I think the beauty of the Rolling Stones (or maybe even Rock 'N' Roll in general) is they don't have to be technically perfect to be enjoyed. Steve Van Zandt recently said that the Stones are better technically than ever, so did he mean all the Stones are technically better with Keith being the one exception? Maybe if he listens in occasionally (Says the Stones are his life) maybe he could "weigh in" on Keith's current abilities and how much support he actually receives these days from the back up musicians. I would tend to believe someone like Steven Van Zandt over some "unknown".

No matter who he is, his statement that they are technically better than ever is silly and doesn't really have anything to back it up.

Technically, and ignoring quality of songs etc, as a guitar player Keith reached a peak of some kind in 80's, his playing during 90's was excellent too. Basically he was in control of the instrument, he had the ability and knowledge to play whatever he wanted to play.

He was mostly fine until he had his accident, the accident plus his finger issues have definitely affected his ability to play guitar.

Well, he has had plenty of time to heal up from his accident now and he says he can "play around" his arthritis so maybe he will be in better form for 2012?

Without seeing his medical records, how can anyone actually say this?

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It would be interesting to hear what other guitarists (pro or not) has to say about Keith's guitar skills and abilities the last 10-20 years. They should know what they are talking about.

They are too polite to talk about that, and respect his contribution to music too much to talk about that.

I'm a guitarist, & I think that both Keith Richards & Chuck Berry are playing better than ever.

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commenting on it has nothing to do with wanting to be that player.