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HonkeyTonkFlash
<Actually Matt Clifford replaced Stu '89/'90.
Chuck toured with the Stones including Stu already in'82.>
Matt Clifford played synths, etc, not piano so you can't say he took Stu's role. Chuck tickled the ivories...As for 1982, Chuck had a much less prominent role than what he took on in '89.
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Fernandobsas
Hello,
please look at this video of Ian Mclagan
[www.youtube.com]
you can not replace this magic with anyone better trained, the same apply to Ian Steawrt and Bill Wyman.
Bye
Fernando
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woodyweaving
This is part of the reason I feel annoyed when people rip on Ronnie both live and studio work. Would any other guitarist be able to flourish in the environment that Ronnie has toured under for the most part since joining the stones? Or in the studio where mick and keith rule but their song output declined compared to their prior years?
Without Mac/Stu/Hopkins/keys/wyman I feel like the environment has become sterile for producing music but as has been stated earlier they don't tour any more for spontaneity they do it for a predictable and likeable show.
The last time I can recall feeling any kind of excitement or suprise since the 82 tours was when clapton came out and killed it on I think it was little red roosterin 89. Since then I can't recall much and the "guest stars" such as the talentless taylor swift etc from the modern era pale in comparison, at least for my personal tastes.
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HMS
Chuck holds the band together, without him they would drift apart, he is the band´s backbone on stage. He became musical director not just for nothing. The Stones need a musician like Chuck and the Stones know it. And that´s why he has got the job. VL- and Licks-Tour were highlights in the Stones´ touring career. And nowadays they need Chuck´s helping hand more than ever to keep on delivering great live-shows. Thank God for Chuck, he is a very talented and very appreciated musician (take a look at the impressive list of famous artists he´s been working with), an organizer, a mediator, a friendly man, a cool cat and last but not least he has a beautiful white beard and hair galore.
The Ians could never be the backbone of the band, 1981/82 was fun but a mess. Today´s crowds would never accept that. Everybody knows that the Stones never played worse than in 1981/82, except for a very few occasions.
About Darryl Jones/Bill Wyman: I never noticed any difference. Bill Wyman playing bass, Keith playing bass, Ronnie playing bass, even Mick playing bass - no difference at all for me. Bill did not play on Emotional Rescue, nevertheless what great bass line. I think he did not play on Winning Ugly and still - great bass. About Karl Denson I´ve said everything there is to say: he is a giant with a marvelous tone, if they would let him play Slave, his solo perhaps would be better/even more expressive than Sonny Rollins´.
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woodyweaving
Since then I can't recall much and the "guest stars" such as the talentless taylor swift etc from the modern era pale in comparison, at least for my personal tastes.
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rbk
Chuck brought organization to the chaos. He is the "musical director" of the Rolling Stones whether the stalwart fans here wish to admit it or not. He and Mick pick the setlists and arrangements and sweat over the detailia. He's the conduit between Mick and the band so they don't have to deal with each other. You need only read Ronnie's description of Chuck's position as detailed in "According to The Rolling Stones." I think it's somewhere around page 238.
Were it not for Chuck Leavell the Stones would not have been able to function as a world class, stadium attraction appealing to the broadest common denominator of paying customers for, lo, these past three decades. Chuck ain't leaving and Mick Taylor ain't coming back.
I'm sorry purists but it's like that and that's the way it is.
And he sterilized them in the process.
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rbk
Chuck brought organization to the chaos. He is the "musical director" of the Rolling Stones whether the stalwart fans here wish to admit it or not. He and Mick pick the setlists and arrangements and sweat over the detailia. He's the conduit between Mick and the band so they don't have to deal with each other.
Were it not for Chuck Leavell the Stones would not have been able to function as a world class, stadium attraction appealing to the broadest common denominator of paying customers for, lo, these past three decades.
I'm sorry purists but it's like that and that's the way it is.
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Fernandobsas
Hello,
please look at this video of Ian Mclagan
[www.youtube.com]
you can not replace this magic with anyone better trained, the same apply to Ian Steawrt and Bill Wyman.
Bye
Fernando
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Fernandobsas
Hello,
please look at this video of Ian Mclagan
[www.youtube.com]
you can not replace this magic with anyone better trained, the same apply to Ian Steawrt and Bill Wyman.
Bye
Fernando
Beautiful!!Tears in me eyes !!last time i saw Mac, was the reunion of the Faces at Bospop, Weert, Holland in 2010. That was great too. Surely missed, also with the Stones he is missed. By me at least. he gave the band a raw edge.
Jeroen
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GasLightStreet
Just about any guitar player on the planet is probably technically better than Keith. That is a completely pointless point.
Oh please spare me... Listen to lick Keith plays at 5:09 in this video: [www.youtube.com].
That's a lick even a virtuoso player like Paul Gilbert says is very technically challenging, look at 1:40: Paul Gilbert String Skipping
I bet most amateur guitar players who think they are technically better than Keith would not be able to play that lick at the same speed with the same precision as Keith does in the video I posted.
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HMS
The Ians could never be the backbone of the band, 1981/82 was fun but a mess. Today´s crowds would never accept that. Everybody knows that the Stones never played worse than in 1981/82, except for a very few occasions.
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HMS
About Darryl Jones/Bill Wyman: I never noticed any difference.
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HMS
Bill Wyman playing bass, Keith playing bass, Ronnie playing bass, even Mick playing bass - no difference at all for me.
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HMS
Bill did not play on Emotional Rescue, nevertheless what great bass line. I think he did not play on Winning Ugly and still - great bass.
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HMS
About Karl Denson I´ve said everything there is to say: he is a giant with a marvelous tone, if they would let him play Slave, his solo perhaps would be better/even more expressive than Sonny Rollins´.
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HMS
The Ians could never be the backbone of the band, 1981/82 was fun but a mess. Today´s crowds would never accept that. Everybody knows that the Stones never played worse than in 1981/82,
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HMS
For the Stones it seems not very important who actually plays bass. Taking a look at the album-credits it seems that the bass part is quite often done by whoever is in the studio and has not his fingers broken. So why should I care more for who´s playing bass than the Stones themselves?
GLS, I think you need to adjust your BS-detector. It´s very well known that musically the 1981/82-tour was nearly a disaster. Keith and Ronnie fuked up almost every song, they were a messy amateur-garage-band playing in front of 50.000 people. Like I said it was fun, but from a musical point of view it was horrible.
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HMS
For the Stones it seems not very important who actually plays bass. Taking a look at the album-credits it seems that the bass part is quite often done by whoever is in the studio and has not his fingers broken. So why should I care more for who´s playing bass than the Stones themselves?
GLS, I think you need to adjust your BS-detector. It´s very well known that musically the 1981/82-tour was nearly a disaster. Keith and Ronnie fuked up almost every song, they were a messy amateur-garage-band playing in front of 50.000 people. Like I said it was fun, but from a musical point of view it was horrible.
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GasLightStreet
In one aspect he may be right: speaker technology has improved drastically since the early 1980s.
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HMS
The Ians could never be the backbone of the band, 1981/82 was fun but a mess. Today´s crowds would never accept that. Everybody knows that the Stones never played worse than in 1981/82, except for a very few occasions.
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