Smokey Wrote:
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> Yes, he developed as an artist since he left the
> Stones.
>
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Smokey, thanks for your points, which are good. It's not that I don't appreciate the breadth of the stones' music -- for example, Black & Blue is one of my favorite albums -- but I just don't like where "Time Waits for No One" takes them. I see some connection to "Waiting on a Friend," but the lyrics to that song are excellent, where "Time"'s are IMO terrible, and in "Waiting" there is no extended taylor solo, which is good thing by me, even if they had never overdubbed the brilliant Sonny Rollins. Anyway, my main point there was that I feel bad for taylor fans who must wish there were more songs like "Time."

Thanks for reminding me of what was said in the dylan conversation. I've only heard a few '84 shows (there's one from Barcelona, I think, with great sound), so I can't comment on the consistency, but I do hear why taylor's playing doesn't quite click with dylan, even if it's ultimately dylan's fault for hiring him. That said, taylor's work on "Blind Willie McTell" is quite apt.

I haven't heard any of taylor's solo stuff.

cc

listen to taylor's collaboration with Joe Henry a singer songwriter(Maddona's
brother in law)Taylor plays on 6 songs and fantastic(Our band leader Chuck Leavel
also plays on that record how ironic,the stones will always somehow be connected with taylor. The record is Murders Crow

Open G - you brought up an excellent point here re: Keith's acoustic playing. I am consistently amazed by his acoustic work to this day. He picks up an acoustic, and it's like he's a different person...and I think that's been the case from '62 to '05. Incredible acoustic guitar player...



OpenG Wrote:
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> IMO- I think keith developed as a guitar player
> and songwriter with beggars and
> Let It Bleed.Over the last 40 years he has kept it
> simple and developed is own
> sound and style using all his bag of tricks with
> capo and open tunings.He has
> not got better techically and I prefer him on
> acoustic guitar these days where
> I find him to be more challenged and in my mind he
> has always been perfect on
> acoustic making SFM and JJF sound like electric
> guitars on the studio cuts.
>
> You Guys sometimes don,t give credit to what
> taylor brought to the stones an element of
> improvisation and melody that will never be
> replaced.

yes even today Keith is just PERFECT on ACOUSTIC

KevStonesFan Wrote:
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> Open G - you brought up an excellent point here
> re: Keith's acoustic playing. I am consistently
> amazed by his acoustic work to this day. He picks
> up an acoustic, and it's like he's a different
> person...and I think that's been the case from '62
> to '05. Incredible acoustic guitar player...

That may be true when he is playing in the studio. But it is not true when he plays live - he poses most of the time or just ruins the song (like "As tears go by"). An exception is "The worst" but that's no wonder since he plays it all the time.

I agree its studio work where keith can play it until its perfect

It took many trys to play sweet black angel like keith,Its sounds easy but
takes some time to get down the rhythm

well of to florida for a 3 day accounting conference hope this theard does not die long live the vibrato

What is Joe Henry's most famous songs? He sounds familiar...