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Denny
Regarding the bass tracks, I have no info, but I'd hazard that it's K.R. playing all of the bass

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First of all, boys and girls, a little bit of complete disclosure: the original Wingless Angels album (released in 1997) has received its fair share of play around the cabin here over the years – it’s good Sunday morning music. What’s even better is having a visitor ask, “That’s a cool vibe – who is that?” because that sets you up to casually reply, “Oh, you know: just Keith Richards and some of his Rasta buds,” and watch their heads spin around like a barn owl.

I bring this up mainly because it feels like the secret is out now. Whereas the first Wingless Angels album just sort of eased out into the world – you either knew about it or you didn’t – Wingless Angels II is getting the kind of attention that music like this deserves.

Woah – hang that cynical attitude on the nail by the door, my friend. I heard you mutter, “Oh, yeah – Keith puts out a smoke-filled recording of him and a bunch of his Jamaican weed buddies partying and the world calls it ‘vital’ just ‘cause it’s got a Stone on it.”

You couldn’t be more wrong.

Doesn’t matter what your zip code is, the color of your skin, who you believe is (or isn’t) watching over us all, or how many years you’ve been on this planet this time around – this music will make your bones hum with its pureness if you let it. Core-of-the-earth drumbeats and ancient melodies that were first uttered way back when this ol’ earth looked a lot different are the key elements to the sound of the Wingless Angels.

Born from seed planted back in 1972 (the Stones had crash-landed in Jamaica at that point to mellow out after their post-Exile US tour and begin work on Goats Head Soup), the friendship between Richards and the loose band of Rastafarian drummers and singers evolved because of his spirit and being. The Stones didn’t mean anything to them. When Keef was first invited to sit in on some of the Rastas’ musical sessions, it was as a guest listener, not a musical participant. And when he was eventually given the nod to join the circle, he did it with respect and appreciation – not as a rock star.

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with sssoul
I can't stop listening to these two disks these days - what gorgeous music,
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kovach
One of my favorite things to listen to when I'm sitting on the balcony of a condo on the beach while on vacation and sipping a rum drink and doing some reading.

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quietbeatle
Anybody have a link to the second album?