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I would say Bobby Keys but that would sort of trash the latest iteration as Mick once put it when asked about Ronnie
Bobby? We all miss Bobby. But Karl hasn't missed a beat. It hasn't effected the band at all. Karl has brought some life into the horn section.
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That's an easy one! No
In my case,yes.
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DandelionPowderman
That's an easy one! No
In my case,yes.
Each to their own. I miss them all
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Wyman, for the chemistry alone. The real core of the Stones is Keith, Charlie and Bill. You remove one leg from that three legged stool and it's not the same. Bill could improve a song, envelop the sound and give it form. Darryl has nothing personal about his playing. You could hear humor in Bill's playing, like the rubbery notes on She's So Cold. Darryl simply fills a hole.
People underestimate Bill as a musician. He could also play keyboards, and marimbas and steel drum. His sensitivity was a bit overwhelmed by Brian's, but it became more apparent once Brian was gone.
Mick is not in "the real core"?
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bleedingman
Brian. If he'd stayed engaged musically the original Rolling Stones would have taken it to a whole other level.
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Brian. If he'd stayed engaged musically the original Rolling Stones would have taken it to a whole other level.
I don't agree. I think his musical ideas were very much rooted in their times = the 60's. While, between 68-72 Mick and Keef basically invented a form of rock that's still relevant today.
Therefore I don't think Brian's ideas would have been taken to another level, they would have clashed with what Mick and Keef wanted to do during the "modern" era (starting with JJF).
Imho the logical consequence is Brian would have split from the band he created and become a cult (= a bit overrated?) musical figure working with the cult artist du jour (Nico, Nick Drake, Robert Wyatt etc etc?) and selling a marginal amount of records.
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Stoneage
The majority is right. It's Bill. The other's replacements all kept the core intact while adding something new. More or less. When Bill left he took half of the rhythm section with him.
Never to be replaced. Luckily he left rather late, around 1993. When all (well, almost) was said and done, really.
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Mick Taylor!
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Name the songs he played on the albums? Maybe5percentof their songs from1963 to1982? And with few exceptions they are not memorable or crucial to the song like Nicky on Sympathy,She’s a Rainbow or Billy on Shine a Light.Agreat guy,early member and integral inner member.But his musical contributions are minor.
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Wyman, for the chemistry alone. The real core of the Stones is Keith, Charlie and Bill. You remove one leg from that three legged stool and it's not the same. Bill could improve a song, envelop the sound and give it form. Darryl has nothing personal about his playing. You could hear humor in Bill's playing, like the rubbery notes on She's So Cold. Darryl simply fills a hole.
People underestimate Bill as a musician. He could also play keyboards, and marimbas and steel drum. His sensitivity was a bit overwhelmed by Brian's, but it became more apparent once Brian was gone.
Mick is not in "the real core"?
I'm sorry. I should have inserted the real INSTRUMENTAL core of the Stones. Obviously Mick Jagger has become increasingly more important as a musician over the years. He's a crappy bass player, though, so I guess it ain't that easy. The Brian spot, or the 'wing' guitar, has always been a wild card, and three different players of wildly different talents have filled it. One can't imagine the early blues, and on into psychedelia without Brian. Or the harder rock era without Mick T., and the funkier times without Ron Wood.
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Mariuna
I would say that the WWIII between Keith and Mick caused the most negative affectivity on the band