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A little off topic, but I after reading a bit about the background story of the El Mocamba club show, a question came up.
The Stones came to Toronto in February 1977 for the Toronto club show and reserved some time for rehearsals. Keith was arrested in his hotel room on February 27th, 1977, for possession of a serious amount of heroin (and intent to traffic) and some cocaine. He was released on bail (I assume the same day), so he returned to the hotel.
The El Mocambo shows where on 4th and 5th of March. So practically Keith had 4 or 5 days to sober up and do the first show. So my question is: did Keith get clean in this short period (cold turkey)? It seems unlikely to me, because I can't imagine that 'after three days of climbing walls' someone is able to stand on his feet normally, not to say perform a show. I know, we're talking about Keith Richards, not a good example what is 'normal', but anyway it's still pretty impressing.
More likely would be that he was still into heroin the week after the bust. But if that's the case, didn't he take a huge risk of getting caught again and face years and years in prison?
Really curious how he got in shape for the El Mocamba shows. Does anyone have information about his condition on stage during those shows (probably not too bad, regarding the good reviews of the two nights)?
According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
Actually that was according to Keith, from his book Life. Wyman may have confirmed the story later though...
Actually that was first reported in Bill's book, 'Rolling With the Stones' published 2002.
You're probably right, I never read that one. First I ever heard that story was from the Keith book, don't recall anyone ever bringing that up before, not on this msg. board. Hence why I thought Keith was the first reveal.
I remember reading it and feeling it was a bit of betrayal on Bill's part. Maybe that was something that should have been kept private between Bill and Keith. And I thought it could have created ill feelings between the two. It doesn't appear so, and as you noted, Keith did mention it in his later book.
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According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
There's always a good side to not looking like a rock star...
Joke aside it took some genuine courage from Bill to go score as the hotels the band members were staying at were crawling with plain-clothes cops, probably eager to add another one to their head count.
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According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
There's always a good side to not looking like a rock star...
Joke aside it took some genuine courage from Bill to go score as the hotels the band members were staying at were crawling with plain-clothes cops, probably eager to add another one to their head count.
Yeah, I thought about that too. I think Bill is the only Stone never to do smack. He managed to avoid most hard drugs around the band. Think of all the inconvenience over the years it caused him waiting for Keith to show up, or come out of the bathroom. Don't know if he copped the junk to help his friend Keith, or for Bill's band, the Rolling Stones.
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According to this site (and Google translate) the Japan version gets 3 bonustracks from the 4th show. But I am really curious if it are different tracks than Luxury, Melody and Worried about you which are the bonus on the normal version. The site doesn't mention which songs are Japan exclusive
[www.cdjapan.co.jp]
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According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
There's always a good side to not looking like a rock star...
Joke aside it took some genuine courage from Bill to go score as the hotels the band members were staying at were crawling with plain-clothes cops, probably eager to add another one to their head count.
Yeah, I thought about that too. I think Bill is the only Stone never to do smack. He managed to avoid most hard drugs around the band. Think of all the inconvenience over the years it caused him waiting for Keith to show up, or come out of the bathroom. Don't know if he copped the junk to help his friend Keith, or for Bill's band, the Rolling Stones.
He liked 13 year old girls instead
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According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
There's always a good side to not looking like a rock star...
Joke aside it took some genuine courage from Bill to go score as the hotels the band members were staying at were crawling with plain-clothes cops, probably eager to add another one to their head count.
Yeah, I thought about that too. I think Bill is the only Stone never to do smack. He managed to avoid most hard drugs around the band. Think of all the inconvenience over the years it caused him waiting for Keith to show up, or come out of the bathroom. Don't know if he copped the junk to help his friend Keith, or for Bill's band, the Rolling Stones.
He liked 13 year old girls instead
Before you cast the first STONE, remember, there might be others in the group with the same prediliction. 'I hear the click clack of yo' feet on the stairs...'
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According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
There's always a good side to not looking like a rock star...
Joke aside it took some genuine courage from Bill to go score as the hotels the band members were staying at were crawling with plain-clothes cops, probably eager to add another one to their head count.
Yeah, I thought about that too. I think Bill is the only Stone never to do smack. He managed to avoid most hard drugs around the band. Think of all the inconvenience over the years it caused him waiting for Keith to show up, or come out of the bathroom. Don't know if he copped the junk to help his friend Keith, or for Bill's band, the Rolling Stones.
He liked 13 year old girls instead
Before you cast the first STONE, remember, there might be others in the group with the same prediliction. 'I hear the click clack of yo' feet on the stairs...'
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lazy sleeve art work... Another tongue...
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According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
There's always a good side to not looking like a rock star...
Joke aside it took some genuine courage from Bill to go score as the hotels the band members were staying at were crawling with plain-clothes cops, probably eager to add another one to their head count.
Yeah, I thought about that too. I think Bill is the only Stone never to do smack. He managed to avoid most hard drugs around the band. Think of all the inconvenience over the years it caused him waiting for Keith to show up, or come out of the bathroom. Don't know if he copped the junk to help his friend Keith, or for Bill's band, the Rolling Stones.
He liked 13 year old girls instead
Before you cast the first STONE, remember, there might be others in the group with the same prediliction. 'I hear the click clack of yo' feet on the stairs...'
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Maybe it'll be "March.4 only" tracks?
Acc. to Nico the setlist from the 1st night was much longer than the 2nd's.
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Does anyone have an offical set set from the March 4th show.
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According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
There's always a good side to not looking like a rock star...
Joke aside it took some genuine courage from Bill to go score as the hotels the band members were staying at were crawling with plain-clothes cops, probably eager to add another one to their head count.
Yeah, I thought about that too. I think Bill is the only Stone never to do smack. He managed to avoid most hard drugs around the band. Think of all the inconvenience over the years it caused him waiting for Keith to show up, or come out of the bathroom. Don't know if he copped the junk to help his friend Keith, or for Bill's band, the Rolling Stones.
He liked 13 year old girls instead
Before you cast the first STONE, remember, there might be others in the group with the same prediliction. 'I hear the click clack of yo' feet on the stairs...'
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Do you know what a contraction is? The common usage is cannot, not can not.
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Of the tracks now available on bootleg, which are from the 4th?
Worried About You
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That neon sign palm tree would have been the perfect sleeve design.
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"Absent and disinterested"? Maybe he didn't like working late night, early morning, shifts (Keith time)? Keith ran the show, Jagger showed up between his solo work.
The Biff @#$%& trio ruled. Wyman wasn't part of that.
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According to Bill Wyman he went out and copped some junk for Keith. So....there's that.
There's always a good side to not looking like a rock star...
Joke aside it took some genuine courage from Bill to go score as the hotels the band members were staying at were crawling with plain-clothes cops, probably eager to add another one to their head count.
Yeah, I thought about that too. I think Bill is the only Stone never to do smack. He managed to avoid most hard drugs around the band. Think of all the inconvenience over the years it caused him waiting for Keith to show up, or come out of the bathroom. Don't know if he copped the junk to help his friend Keith, or for Bill's band, the Rolling Stones.
He liked 13 year old girls instead
Before you cast the first STONE, remember, there might be others in the group with the same prediliction. 'I hear the click clack of yo' feet on the stairs...'
Don’t use words that you can not spell
Do you know what a contraction is? The common usage is cannot, not can not.
prediliction.....try again. Do I have to spell it out for you. Geeeez.
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Of the tracks now available on bootleg, which are from the 4th?
Worried About You
We dont know yet until we can compare the soundboard with the upcoming release. WAY wasnt played on 5th March it seems, so the bootlegged version is therefore definitely from the 4th. The previous assumption that all the circulating tracks (on both the soundboard and LYL) are from 5th March is incorrect, although its probably safe to say that most of them are. The band intro from LYL is definitely from March 5th anyway!