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Kyle Ross
Mr frampton,
Is it true that you auditioned for the rolling stones after mick taylor left?
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Peter Frampton No, I was on a short list of about 5 or 6. I later asked Mick if this was true and he confirmed it.
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DartfordRenegade
I was in Ballyshannon, Ireland some years back (birthplace of Rory Gallagher), In a small museum there dedicated to Rory it was claimed that he turned the Stones down after he was offered the position left vacant by Mick Taylor.
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Rory with the Stones... Would have been the perfect replacement for Mick.
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DartfordRenegade
I was in Ballyshannon, Ireland some years back (birthplace of Rory Gallagher), In a small museum there dedicated to Rory it was claimed that he turned the Stones down after he was offered the position left vacant by Mick Taylor.
Really? Whose claim was this?
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Palace Revolution 2000
It surprises me when I see the supposed list. Because if these lists with big names on them are for real, drawn up by the Stones, then, yes I am surprised.
I would think Jagger and Keith would know about their own band chemistry, and that it is not about a great guitarist, but who will fit in.
So - Rory Gallagher, Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott, Mick Ronson, Jeff Beck...all too strong and dominant.
Was it a list drawn up by Jagger?
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roryfaninva
Gotta assume that Keiths stated preference for Steve Marriott was simply to rankle Jagger- hey lets bring in a legendary singer/frontman to play guitar. Would have been interesting, though.
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Ronnie Wood was the best choice at the time- just wish he'd stuck with the fat crunchy "Pool Hall Richard" type sound he was making at the end of the Faces....
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roryfaninva
Gotta assume that Keiths stated preference for Steve Marriott was simply to rankle Jagger- hey lets bring in a legendary singer/frontman to play guitar. Would have been interesting, though.
Could've been good vocally too. I can easily imagine Steve singing those high harmonies on 'Honky Tonk Women' & 'Rocks Off'.Quote
roryfaninva
Ronnie Wood was the best choice at the time- just wish he'd stuck with the fat crunchy "Pool Hall Richard" type sound he was making at the end of the Faces....
Yes, Ronnie was always more impressive with The Faces... & probably still is.
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roryfaninva
Gotta assume that Keiths stated preference for Steve Marriott was simply to rankle Jagger- hey lets bring in a legendary singer/frontman to play guitar. Would have been interesting, though.
Could've been good vocally too. I can easily imagine Steve singing those high harmonies on 'Honky Tonk Women' & 'Rocks Off'.Quote
roryfaninva
Ronnie Wood was the best choice at the time- just wish he'd stuck with the fat crunchy "Pool Hall Richard" type sound he was making at the end of the Faces....
Yes, Ronnie was always more impressive with The Faces... & probably still is.
I think he was just as impressive on the 75/76 tours as he was in the Faces. After that, he changed his sound, and the long solos were long gone. Still like him, though.
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Mathijs
I actually really don't believe all those lists, and there is certainly no evidence what so ever that any other guitarist other than Wood, Perkins and Mandel was ever truly considered. Sure, any guitarist would claim that he was considered to boost his importance, but none ever was invited to do any sessions. Jeff Beck claimed he was considered, but his jam with the Stones was by all account nothing but a 12 hour walk-in in Rotterdam.
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Mathijs
I actually really don't believe all those lists, and there is certainly no evidence what so ever that any other guitarist other than Wood, Perkins and Mandel was ever truly considered. Sure, any guitarist would claim that he was considered to boost his importance, but none ever was invited to do any sessions. Jeff Beck claimed he was considered, but his jam with the Stones was by all account nothing but a 12 hour walk-in in Rotterdam.
Mathijs
"On the right I'm here, thank you. Not that I wouldn't want to experience some of the things that went on with them but I was into speed and detail and gung-ho playing - and the way they were drinking I just don't think it would have worked.
"I thought, 'This is a life of booze and women. Who needs that?' So I caught the next plane out."
Jeff Beck.
Beck's statement seems more reliable to me than Keith at the time, who was hooked and let guests like Beck and Gallagher wait to play, cause he couldn't score dope in Rotterdam or whatever.
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The GR
In Rorys brothers book he claims Rory jammed with the Stones and a few years later he heard the song that he 'wrote' on the radio...Miss You. I've posted this info here many times in the past. Rory was there however for a couple of days before going to Japan. Detail at www.nzentgraf.de
Nils Lofgren claims to have got the call in 75 too.