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vudicus
Lambchop do an interesting cover of this one
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His Majesty
There is a harpsichord in there, it comes in during the first chorus and then does some subtle notes during the end of verses etc.
As far as I am aware the accordian player has never been named by any of the band or Oldham.
We assume it's Brian, but apparently someone contacted ABKCO and they were told the session log mentions someone else. It's always possible that the player was actually Jack Nitzsche or perhaps he scored the part for a session musician as Jack was present at both the US and UK sessions... hmmm!?
I think that if it was Brian, that one of the band would have mentioned it by now as it is very well played?
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His Majesty
As far as I am aware the accordian player has never been named by any of the band or Oldham.
We assume it's Brian, but apparently someone contacted ABKCO and they were told the session log mentions someone else.
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neptune
Perhaps the accordion player has never been named because BSG was not a popular hit. Mick Jagger's two comments about the song are all the info we have. There are a lot of Stones songs that have a similar lack of info about who played what, so just because Brian wasn't 'named' the accordion player, doesn't mean he didn't play it. In many songs from that era, people are unfortunately left to guess who contributed what and that's a real shame. I think its about time Mick and Keith and Charie begin talking more about the songs from that era, detailing the contributions made from each of the Stones. All it would take is a couple bold journalists to ask these questions rather than the same old tired ones. Stones fans deserve to know more about the band's recording history! Lastly, HM, can you please verify/elaborate on your latter comment about ABKCO? Thanks.