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bv
Hey, we are getting extra blues while Ronnie is fixing his guitar! Then Ronnie is taking off his jacket, and I expect him to beat up somebody, or freak out. But the blues riffs Keith is doing suddenly develops into Little red Rooster, a spontanous choice made by Keith this very moment!
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Wednesday Jan. 14, 1998
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bv
It has happened before. I remember one time on the B-stage at MSG 1998, then Keith changed the set list because of a guitar problem Ronnie had. I wrote the following in my report then:
They did It's Only Rock'n Roll first. The sound was really muddy, but it improved, and the song itself was great. Then they were about to do The Last Time, which was in the pre-printed setlist. But Ronnie could not get any guitar to work properly. Ronnie tried out another guitar, then another guitar. He looked really disappointed. Mick was wandering around like a mad dog. Did a quick conversation with Keith. Keith stood calmly on his side, and then Keith just started to play a blues. Hey, we are getting extra blues while Ronnie is fixing his guitar! Then Ronnie is taking off his jacket, and I expect him to beat up somebody, or freak out. But the blues riffs Keith is doing suddenly develops into Little red Rooster, a spontanous choice made by Keith this very moment!
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Wednesday Jan. 14, 1998
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waterrats
...And then came, what's the Stones is about: Some unexpected trouble happens, some improvising is needed - and The Stones are double-fresh and running on all intuitive cylinders...
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waterrats
...And then came, what's the Stones is about: Some unexpected trouble happens, some improvising is needed - and The Stones are double-fresh and running on all intuitive cylinders...
Exactly! I loved it!!
From this semi-awkward situation, we ended up with a special version of WH.
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bv
They do have large racks of guitar backstage, but they are of course not prepared all of them. So this was a special guitar, and Keith fixed it. I am sure Pierre had a tough time truing to fix the acoustic 10-string but then it took too long, and Mick was impatient, so we got it electric and no worries.
It has happened before. I remember one time on the B-stage at MSG 1998, then Keith changed the set list because of a guitar problem Ronnie had. I wrote the following in my report then:
They did It's Only Rock'n Roll first. The sound was really muddy, but it improved, and the song itself was great. Then they were about to do The Last Time, which was in the pre-printed setlist. But Ronnie could not get any guitar to work properly. Ronnie tried out another guitar, then another guitar. He looked really disappointed. Mick was wandering around like a mad dog. Did a quick conversation with Keith. Keith stood calmly on his side, and then Keith just started to play a blues. Hey, we are getting extra blues while Ronnie is fixing his guitar! Then Ronnie is taking off his jacket, and I expect him to beat up somebody, or freak out. But the blues riffs Keith is doing suddenly develops into Little red Rooster, a spontanous choice made by Keith this very moment!
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Wednesday Jan. 14, 1998