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StonesTod
he joined the party at the san diego october 7 show. lee allen was there for a few shows prior to that...
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dcba
"Lee Allen was there for a few shows prior to that..."
He sucked badly and he was sent home quickly. EW obviously was a fast learner and he developped a fantastic musical chemistry with the band.
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dcba
"Lee Allen was there for a few shows prior to that..."
He sucked badly and he was sent home quickly. EW obviously was a fast learner and he developped a fantastic musical chemistry with the band.
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dadrob
EW played with Zappa and was in the Tonight Show band when Johnny Carson had the show..he is a great musician.. I read somewhere that Sonny Rollins was offered the spot but while he liked the money offered he did not want to become the "jazz featurette."
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steel driving hammer
Hats off to Ernie.
Seriously.
God he's good ain't he?
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Palace Revolution 2000
Don't mind EW as a musician, but I did not like him at all with the Stones.
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StonesTod
he joined the party at the san diego october 7 show. lee allen was there for a few shows prior to that...
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Stoneage
Agree with Gazza here. He blends in perfectly and is both solid and fluent. Maybe some don't like him because he is too good? Or because he didn't look like a rock star (half bald and older)?
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stonesdan60
"Playing with the Stones is exactly like playing with a jazz band. Everything is improvisation. Some nights solos may be longer or shorter or someone might just launch into a solo that leads to a fantastic unplanned jam. It's all intuition and reading each other. The Stones work just like a jazz band."
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Palace Revolution 2000
Don't mind EW as a musician, but I did not like him at all with the Stones.
what was he with the stones, a circus clown?
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Mathijs
Just to note -Ernie Watts apparently hated touring with the Stones, even so much that he declined for the 1982 tour. He stated in a 90's interview that he spent 23 hours per day on his hotel room, and then was dragged out onto the stage. He said that he didn't have a social life for two months, and that he didn't have any interaction with any of the Stones when they weren't on the stage. He did admire Bobby Keys deeply for not complaining, as Keys was in the same position and even only played on two tracks per show.
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steel driving hammer
Hats off to Ernie.
Seriously.
God he's good ain't he?
Not to everyone's taste it appears, but I think he's f***ing brilliant on these shows.
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steel driving hammer
Hats off to Ernie.
Seriously.
God he's good ain't he?
Not to everyone's taste it appears, but I think he's f***ing brilliant on these shows.
technically brilliant...BUT...played too long during songs!! Stones fans are used to intricate sax moments in songs, not over blown solos that went too long...and then proceed to dominate the rest of the songs!
it's just annoying to me....sorry!
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steel driving hammer
Hats off to Ernie.
Seriously.
God he's good ain't he?
Not to everyone's taste it appears, but I think he's f***ing brilliant on these shows.
technically brilliant...BUT...played too long during songs!! Stones fans are used to intricate sax moments in songs, not over blown solos that went too long...and then proceed to dominate the rest of the songs!
it's just annoying to me....sorry!
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steel driving hammer
Hats off to Ernie.
Seriously.
God he's good ain't he?
Not to everyone's taste it appears, but I think he's f***ing brilliant on these shows.
technically brilliant...BUT...played too long during songs!! Stones fans are used to intricate sax moments in songs, not over blown solos that went too long...and then proceed to dominate the rest of the songs!
it's just annoying to me....sorry!
It had to do with the material the Stones were playing at the time, imo.
Songs like Waiting On A Friend, Imagination and Beast Of Burden are perfect for long sax parts.
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steel driving hammer
Hats off to Ernie.
Seriously.
God he's good ain't he?
Not to everyone's taste it appears, but I think he's f***ing brilliant on these shows.
technically brilliant...BUT...played too long during songs!! Stones fans are used to intricate sax moments in songs, not over blown solos that went too long...and then proceed to dominate the rest of the songs!
it's just annoying to me....sorry!
It had to do with the material the Stones were playing at the time, imo.
Songs like Waiting On A Friend, Imagination and Beast Of Burden are perfect for long sax parts.
i dont mind long sax parts, but sax parts during guitar solos and singing...sorry not for me.
Just listening to Hampton and songs like Let It Bleed etc.. dont and shouldn't have sax in them.
I reckon they let him do whatever because of his talent.
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Mathijs
Just to note -Ernie Watts apparently hated touring with the Stones, even so much that he declined for the 1982 tour. He stated in a 90's interview that he spent 23 hours per day on his hotel room, and then was dragged out onto the stage. He said that he didn't have a social life for two months, and that he didn't have any interaction with any of the Stones when they weren't on the stage. He did admire Bobby Keys deeply for not complaining, as Keys was in the same position and even only played on two tracks per show.
Mathijs