listening to boots from various tours i notice that ronnies guitar playing is never the same from one show to another- so what time period/ tour did he sound best?

66

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Any Faces tour!

Stones wise - 76 was cool but 78 was best

Prague 90.
(how's that paper going, brewcrew87?)


"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

One thing for sure is it does change tour to tour. I was recently watching the DVD Seattle 1981 with a friend and when the solo came up on Shattered I noticed Ron doesn't even play it, he just sort trades riffs with Keith. However Hampton 1981 Ronnie is playing great. I like how he sounded during some shows in 1978. In 1975 he sounds like he is still sort of learning or fitting into his role with the Stones so his sound is very different, a good example is listening to him play Gimme Shelter or Heartbreaker in 75, completely different than any other versions of these songs. I also like how he played Hot Stuff live in 1976.

Than you have the later years, on the B2B dvd you can't even hear Ronnie play anything for the first several songs, its all Keith. Ronnie played pretty well at the two shows I saw at Giants Stadium in 1994. And he was great at MSG 2005. However other nights in another story.

fine thanks for asking i have to do a poster board and relate the rolling stones to these 3 areas- history, economics, and pop culture. For the history i put up those pics u sent me of prague 1990 and attached a little bit explaining how important that show was, for the economics i attached articles about how the stones make so much money touring, and for the pop culture i put up a bunch of cartoons makign fun of the stones age- its goign well and its the first time ive ever WANTED to finish a school project

Some off his 89-90 stuff was excellent, even up to Voodoo Lounge Tour. However, his worst stuff (so far) was Licks tour - Europe Leg. I've yet to hear him on this tour so I'll hold judgement for now, although from the boots I've heard he varies a hell of a lot.

I like him best when I saw the Faces, early seventies

I wasn't 21 yet and they were giving away free Champaine upstairs at the
Hollywood Pallidum, my brother was 21 and he dropped his wallet down to me &
my "underage" friends and we all got in!!! good stuff

The Faces had a traveling bar at the time, a line of beers up there and
Rod Stewart was handing them out left & right to the crowd!!

The biggest scramble was for the bottle of Jack Daniels Rod took a hit off of
and handed to the crowd in front!!!

The Faces were a fun group in those days!! girls dancing on tables!!

MLC

Faces era without doubt. He's had some good moments with the Stones, but he's NEVER been the MONSTER on guitar he was in Rod's company, both in the Faces and on his solo albums. I will accept NO DISSENSION on this.



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The whole Buenos Aires TV-Show 2006 is awesome! Everyone was great, the crowd was just unbelievible and Ronnie was on fire. He was shining not on YCAGWYW only.

stupid question- was ronnie the only guitarist in the faces?

yes

stupid answer: yes

I'm not so sure about his playing but his dancing and hair were definitly the best in this '66 video........





the white turtle neck on a rocker! Oh ya, he is 19 years old!

'78 No doubt in my mind!!!!!
Awesome guitar playing by Ronnie!

Cheers,
Wuudy

I love his first live attempt at Sway. (kidding)


for Stones era '78 was best imho.

Best playing = Faces and solo material

Best Stones playing = 1978

The Faces stuff by far, but the raw playing on the New Barbs tour, was good too.
his best tour with the stones was usa 75-europe 76

p.s. if the stones call it quits, let's hope Ron and Rod, with Mac and Kenny,
get it on

sean

Dissent no more!!!!

His role in the Stones has been complicated, as was Jones' & Taylor's - they all end up addicts, songwriting credit issues, marginaization, younger brother role (& RW is always in that role, it seems, especially given he IS the youngest brotyher in his fam) etc. I like the best '78 shows. I like the shows I've seen on this tour. But check out the wit & subtlety of his work on "Gasoline Alley" (slow stuff especially) or from the Faces box: "That's All You Need," "Love In Vain," "Stealer," the BBC version of "Plynth," "Skewiff (Mend the Fuse)" & so much more. Stones records w/ superb KR/RW interaction: Emotional Rescue ('Down In The Hole'), Dirty Work, & parts of most of the other studio albums.

Atlanta 06! He was on FIRE!!!!

"It's Good To Be Here, It's Good To Be Anywhere"-Keith Richards

"Halloween Is Every Night Of My Life"-Keith Richards

"I Got The Sticky Fingers, For Some Girls"

The New barbarian shows were a mess. A very fun mess but there was no brilliance LOL.
78 was great because it all gelled so well. Keith and Ron were right on the same plane. beautiful!
In 76, as great as he was, it was more of the Taylor vs Keith set-up. And I'd like to point out that there seemed to have been quite a diff between 75 and 76.
81 was much like 78 IMO.
But there is absolutely no Q that with the Faces he was most awesome. I am always amazed how he carried that band with a f8cking SLIDE!!
I just don't think that after 89 there is any show that one can say Ronnie was "on fire". he has better moments or sequences but he has never been authorative anymore. Ever.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

With the Stones..probably 75-76..or '81..he seems to always blaze on YCAGWYW, ie anything 75/76 or LSTNT version in 81..

his best poses are clearly on the BTB DVD - i love those grimaces during the (quite good) TD solo.

1994-1995.

JumpingKentFlash

just listen to the guitar intro to the Faces "Stay With Me".........there's the answer

Best playing = Faces and solo material

Best Stones playing = 1975-1990

Among recent tours, Ronnie was fantastic on the Voodoo Lounge stage...

But hands-down I think his best (and Keith's too for that matter) was Forty Licks... certainly their best as a "guitar duo".

"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."

Are you kidding me Born on the Bayou?!?!?!
You think that there best playing as a duo is on the Licks tour?
It is better than on B2B but in '78 and '81/'82 there IMHO at their peack as far as the weaving is concerned. After that they never really had that weaving sound again, except for Gimmie SHelter Paradiso '95 of course wich is awesome to listen to with headphones on!

Cheers,
Wuudy

What amazes me is that I see Ronnie show up on these Rod Stewart special DVDs (Unplugged, and recently at Royal Albert Hall) and he is brilliant. Then, I see him in concert making a mess of Start Me up. Can't figure it out.