A great as ABB is, the only disappoitment is Ronnie missing from most tracks. Keith does a good job of playing both parts, but it's missing the Kiff/Woody interweaving I fell in love with on some girls.

Look closely at the credits, Ronnie is only credited for slide guitar and it took awhile to find his name.

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hes on 10/16 songs
hes only missing on:

back of my hand
this place is empty
sweet neocon
dangerous beauty
laugh i nearly died
infamy


imo he plays a real good slide and guitar on this album

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Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

Ronnie does and can play well still, it's just he was left out of the "meat" of most songs. I hear Kiff in my left speaker, I hear Kiff in my right. I guess 2 is company and 3 is a crowd when it come to writing great Stones songs. At least it's not Kiff and Waddy Wachtel.
It still rocks! Charlie does a great job at 64!

I do wish he was as involved in the album as he is on the tour - don't know what the issue was, tho I don't recall any publicized detoxes from late '04 - early '05.