If I recall correctly, Wyman portrays this as an act of Keith being selfish and insensitive, taking "wyman's place" in the Dirty Mac.

Does anyone know the real story for how the band got together and how it ended up with the personnel it did?

I kinda like "Whole Lotta Yoko", they get a nice groove going.



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How can offering John and Eric the guitar slots in an all star band on YOUR gig be selfish?

I did read about it this some time ago, but then the focus was on Keith being a gentleman, if memory serves

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How can offering John and Eric the guitar slots in an all star band on YOUR gig be selfish?

I did read about it this some time ago, but then the focus was on Keith being a gentleman, if memory serves

selfish because wyman felt that he deserved the slot as it was a slot for a bass player.

just to be clear: i'm not saying it was selfish, i'm just saying the only discussion i can recall about how the band came together was in wyman's book, and he said this.



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How can offering John and Eric the guitar slots in an all star band on YOUR gig be selfish?

I did read about it this some time ago, but then the focus was on Keith being a gentleman, if memory serves

selfish because wyman felt that he deserved the slot as it was a slot for a bass player.

just to be clear: i'm not saying it was selfish, i'm just saying the only discussion i can recall about how the band came together was in woman's book, and he said this.

But it was a super group. Come on, Bill!

LoFL - Turner, I was sitting here with your first post struggling to figure out
in what sense it was "woman's place" to play bass in that line-up.
Now I see you meant Wyman's place ... but you read about it in woman's book :E

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i'm just saying the only discussion i can recall about how the band came together was in woman's book,
and he said this.

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LoFL - Turner, I was sitting here with your first post struggling to figure out
in what sense it was "woman's place" to play bass in that line-up.
Now I see you meant Wyman's place ... but you read about it in woman's book :E

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i'm just saying the only discussion i can recall about how the band came together was in woman's book,
and he said this.

yep, one of my more egregious typos :-) glad it brought some laughter into the world.

I thought you meant «ladies first», that Keith should have being more polite and offered Yoko the position?

Just kidding.

lol!

it's amazing that Yoko's music became such a huge success in this past decade. still blows my mind.

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lol!

it's amazing that Yoko's music became such a huge success in this past decade. still blows my mind.

She was a well-respected artist. Many of her followers probably saw/heard the art in her music as well...

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lol!

it's amazing that Yoko's music became such a huge success in this past decade. still blows my mind.

She was a well-respected artist. Many of her followers probably saw/heard the art in her music as well...

Her last album, Take Me To The Land Of Hell, was really excellent.

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lol!

it's amazing that Yoko's music became such a huge success in this past decade. still blows my mind.

She was a well-respected artist. Many of her followers probably saw/heard the art in her music as well...

Her last album, Take Me To The Land Of Hell, was really excellent.

she has had 10 #1 songs on the US Dance charts over the last 10 years.

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lol!

it's amazing that Yoko's music became such a huge success in this past decade. still blows my mind.

She was a well-respected artist. Many of her followers probably saw/heard the art in her music as well...

Her last album, Take Me To The Land Of Hell, was really excellent.

I thought you were kidding about that title until I looked it up. It truly would've been funny if you'd made that title up so I'm somewhat disappointed. Anyways, carry on.

I thought Keith was on bass was a better way to represent The Stones. That's my way of looking at it. Think he did a great job too.

If it were the Stones with Lennon and Clapton guesting, then I could understand Wyman's gripe to a degree. However, it was a super-group, with no obligation towards Wyman whatsoever. I like the old sod, but he's become a a real whinge-bag in recent years.

one could possibly think, after reading Bill's remarks over the years, that

he didn't like Keith very much...

what about Mitch (Mitchell) on drums, I never heard Charlie Bitch...

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lol!

it's amazing that Yoko's music became such a huge success in this past decade. still blows my mind.

She was a well-respected artist. ...

Please. You sound like her there. She was a con women.

Hey I just took a piss, while screaming, and throwing paint against my wall. I am an artist.

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lol!

it's amazing that Yoko's music became such a huge success in this past decade. still blows my mind.

She was a well-respected artist. ...

Please. You sound like her there. She was a con women.

Hey I just took a piss, while screaming, and throwing paint against my wall. I am an artist.

She was a well respected artist before John met her. That's a fact, like it or not.

Mitch Mitchell, great drummer and Keith was good on bass.

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I kinda like "Whole Lotta Yoko", they get a nice groove going.

Good God. I always considered it among the best ever rock performances, followed immediately with one of the worst.

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I kinda like "Whole Lotta Yoko", they get a nice groove going.

Good God. I always considered it among the best ever rock performances, followed immediately with one of the worst.

it's a great groove, if you forget about her voice.

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lol!

it's amazing that Yoko's music became such a huge success in this past decade. still blows my mind.

She was a well-respected artist. ...

Please. You sound like her there. She was a con women.

Hey I just took a piss, while screaming, and throwing paint against my wall. I am an artist.

She was a well respected artist before John met her. That's a fact, like it or not.

and musically speaking she has had huge success on the US Dance charts over the past 10 years.

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I kinda like "Whole Lotta Yoko", they get a nice groove going.

Good God. I always considered it among the best ever rock performances, followed immediately with one of the worst.

it's a great groove, if you forget about her voice.

Someone needs to take some vocal remover software and remove her voice because I agree it was a decent groove and it's unfortunate that she was allowed to walk all over it.

as far as Keith playing bass in the Dirty Mac, he did a fine job, it wouldn't have been the same with Wyman, that was one cool lineup!

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one could possibly think, after reading Bill's remarks over the years, that

he didn't like Keith very much...

It's pretty obvious...whether due to his lack of artistic credit over the decades, or their drastically different lifestyles.

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Mitch Mitchell, great drummer and Keith was good on bass.

Did they lock in with each other?

(Stone Alone)



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Keith wanted everyone to know he played the bass on JJF, SFM and SFTD. Thats the only real reason. Had Bill been a dick about it he could have insisted on playing the guitar on JJF. Or keyboards.

Thank you Z that's what I remembered

Imagine that, a rock star having a big ego!

That paragraph alone is loaded with mistakes

A Quick One is from... A Quick One, Bill...

I'm also pretty sure Keith could have vetoed himself in on any instrument he'd like in that super group. It was the Stones's show!

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That paragraph alone is loaded with mistakes

A Quick One is from... A Quick One, Bill...

I'm also pretty sure Keith could have vetoed himself in on any instrument he'd like in that super group. It was the Stones's show!

I don't think Lennon would agree to play unless it was the lineup he wanted.
You don't think it was the Stones that wanted them to perform one of Yoko's songs do you?

Wyman's screw-up of saying the Who played "Tommy" is great example of why we can't place too much emphasis on what one person says, especially if it is self-serving ("I wrote Jumping Jack Flash").



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