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Taylor1
He does not play accordion on Back Street Girl. I don’t think he plays piano on Ruby Tuesday.That’s Nietzche.He doesn’t play on Baby Your a Rich Man
Great job summarizing his contributions.Had he lived, with the advances in recording and instruments I think he would have done some great and adventurous music.Brian Eno with a fantastic sense of rhythm.Probably would have done that and still done the bluesQuote
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Taylor1
He does not play accordion on Back Street Girl. I don’t think he plays piano on Ruby Tuesday.That’s Nietzche.He doesn’t play on Baby Your a Rich Man
Right, fixed the bug, in fact the accordion in Back Street Girl is played by Nick De Caro, the final version of Ruby Tuesday on piano was Nietzche (only an early version Brian play recorder & piano) and on Baby You're a Rich Man Lennon played the clavioline on its oboe setting
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Taylor1
He does not play accordion on Back Street Girl. I don’t think he plays piano on Ruby Tuesday.That’s Nietzche.He doesn’t play on Baby Your a Rich Man
Right, fixed the bug, in fact the accordion in Back Street Girl is played by Nick De Caro, the final version of Ruby Tuesday on piano was Nietzche (only an early version Brian play recorder & piano) and on Baby You're a Rich Man Lennon played the clavioline on its oboe setting
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triceratops
Brian Jones was their original harmonica player and made some great contributions. I doubt Mick ever played harmonica publicly and recordings while Brian was in The Stones.
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Hairball
Versatile, experimental, and innovative - he probably would have been successful even without the Rolling Stones, while the same can't be said of the others in the band.
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triceratops
Brian Jones was their original harmonica player and made some great contributions. I doubt Mick ever played harmonica publicly and recordings while Brian was in The Stones.
Check out Little By Little on their very first album (after Mick says "my turn")
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Taylor1Great job summarizing his contributions.Had he lived, with the advances in recording and instruments I think he would have done some great and adventurous music.Brian Eno with a fantastic sense of rhythm.Probably would have done that and still done the bluesQuote
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Taylor1
He does not play accordion on Back Street Girl. I don’t think he plays piano on Ruby Tuesday.That’s Nietzche.He doesn’t play on Baby Your a Rich Man
Right, fixed the bug, in fact the accordion in Back Street Girl is played by Nick De Caro, the final version of Ruby Tuesday on piano was Nietzche (only an early version Brian play recorder & piano) and on Baby You're a Rich Man Lennon played the clavioline on its oboe setting
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Taylor1
He does not play accordion on Back Street Girl. I don’t think he plays piano on Ruby Tuesday.That’s Nietzche.He doesn’t play on Baby Your a Rich Man
Right, fixed the bug, in fact the accordion in Back Street Girl is played by Nick De Caro, the final version of Ruby Tuesday on piano was Nietzche (only an early version Brian play recorder & piano) and on Baby You're a Rich Man Lennon played the clavioline on its oboe setting
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Organ on That's How Strong My Love Is. As far as Ruby Tuesday, 40 Licks booklet states he's playing piano and recorder and Bill's book says he's playing it, too.
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triceratops
Brian Jones was their original harmonica player and made some great contributions. I doubt Mick ever played harmonica publicly and recordings while Brian was in The Stones.
Check out Little By Little on their very first album (after Mick says "my turn")
. Brian could write music as evidenced in his soundtrack for a Degree of Murder he just up to that point wasn’t writing 3 minute pop songs.But the time frame, 1964-1969 when he wasn’t coming up with any useable songs was so short and he was so young when he died, who knows if he might have been able to dowithout Mick and Keith .He was morethan a guitarist and harmonica player.His mellotron playing on that primitive instrument was great.Had he lived he’d have synthesizers and computers and even AI to work with.And he unarguably created the sound of The Rolling Stones with Mick and KeithQuote
24FPS
What indication is there Brian would have been a success on his own? He was a rhythm guitarist and harmonica player. He couldn't sing. Couldn't/wouldn't/didn't write songs. The best he could have hoped for was as a sideman for another British Invasion group. He was undisciplined. Wanted to be the leader but wasn't a leader. What exactly would he have been a success at?
And to intimate the others wouldn't have been anything on their own. Mick would have figured out some kind of business if he didn't make it as a vocalist. Charlie was a much sought-after drummer independently of Brian. Remember, they chased after him, including Brian. Bill was such a great bass player. Any band would have been lucky to have him. Keith was quite a talented guitar player. Somebody would have picked him up.
They were all talented. They were more than the five individual parts when they came together. Brian was only slightly ahead of them musically in the beginning. Then they caught up and surpassed him.
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24FPS
What indication is there Brian would have been a success on his own? .
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Mariuana
Can not disagree more on the only Brian could have made a successful solo career among all the Stones.
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Hairball
Without being in the Stones, Mick and Keith might have never had the chance to realize their songwriting potential- they might have been relegated to being a small time Chuck Berry/blues covers pub band