Ronnie Wood released his first album for Columbia/CBS Records, Gimme Some Neck, in January 1979. It was his third overall solo album after his 1974 debut I've Got My Own Album to Do and the 1975 follow-up Now Look, both released on Atlantic Records (the same label his old group The Faces were signed to for the U.S. market). However, his fourth solo release, 1981's 1234, was the first
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Do you guys believe the Rolling Stones will take a page from Def Leppard and go into the studio to re-record some of their old songs (and those re-recordings would have to sound as original as can be) to ward off record company royalties regarding the use of their songs in licensing and digital downloading? The Def Leppard story on record label problems and their decision to re-record, or &quo
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Mick (Jagger, that is) also played bass guitar on a few songs from A Bigger Bang. ~Ben
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Perhaps Darryl Jones might be able to do that... ~Ben
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A few famous examples: "Theme from Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr. sounds like "I Want a New Drug" by Huey Lewis & the News. Both were big hits of 1984, but as "I Want a New Drug" was recorded in 1983, Ray's song is the copycat. Huey sued Ray, but then Ray retaliated after Huey discussed the details of the outcome on "Behind the Music." And
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I also don't trust Bill's assertion that "Paint It Black" was a total group effort as Wikipedia currently states. Mark my words: only Mick and Keith themselves would know for sure whether or not the song deserved complete songwriting credit by all those involved. ~Ben
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And this version's a medley, or suite, which in this case is broken up in seven parts: a. "Black on Black in Black" b. "Paint It Black I" c. "Laurel and Hardy" d. "Pintelo Negro II" (Spanish version of you know what) e. "P. C. 3" f. "Black Bird" g. "Paint It Black III" In addition to this medley, there are not on
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Yes (band) - in 1991, there was a mega lineup of nearly every member in this prog-rock group's history, excepting Patrick Moraz and Peter Banks. ~Ben (BrianJones1969)
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If Bill doesn't like flying, he can ride the boat between continents. ~Ben
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Quoteowlbynite Am sure you meant .....Brian Jones died broke......, tho. Good eagle eye, I fixed it. Must've typed that too fast. ~Ben
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From page 132 of The Rolling Stones Chronicle by Massimo Bonanno: Bill Wyman says (May 1974): "People ask me why I don't do more on stage. But I'm a bass player, and when I get up there, the only thing that matters to me is bass, whether the ceiling falls in or anything. I have to listen like mad to hear the beat of those drunks over the kids screaming. That's what I play
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Can anyone think of any Stones recordings in which the bass guitar is played in a "pop and slap" method? "Pop and slap" are techniques for bass guitar or upright bass which let out a jazz-like sound. The theme from the Seinfeld TV series makes use of the technique, even though it is played on a synthesizer. Notable songs (other than the Stones) featuring (real) "pop
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I want to let you know that it was me that edited this Wikipedia entry to include the fact that there had, indeed, existed, a version of the Some Girls cover art that did not use the cutouts. (Wiki main page) (Wiki talk page) However, all that aside, I still want to know who came up with the third version of the cover art I am mentioning. Meaning, did Peter Corriston still design the fron
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I'll have to start a new pinball thread if this is what you want. You could make all the 90-days-or-older threads "Archive Only." ~Ben
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This is the most recently added YouTube submission of a 1980 Rolling Stones pinball machine. Please tell me what you think of it today. ~Ben
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I'm wondering if there were those of you who'd dreamed of seeing him behind the 1980 Rolling Stones pinball machine (by Bally)? ~Ben
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So... what is your opinion about the 1980 Bally RS pinball machine and Stern's 2011 version? Which of the two do you like better? Video of the 1980 machine: ~Ben
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QuoteHorseswild Is that your site Ben? Great stuff and from all those other artists. Also Honestman your posts at Stonescave are awesome . Best Stones collectors site. Thanks. No. I ran across this link while I searched Google about both Mick Jagger and Brian Jones playing harmonicas. ~Ben
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This link will be very interesting. One of the pictures shown is for Hohner Harmonicas. ~Ben
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Wikipedia claims that it was Bill Wyman who said, according to a few of his autobiographies, "Paint" was the final "Nanker Phelge" credit, for he says it was a collective effort rather than just the common "Jagger/Richards" credit. Bill Wyman played bass and also did the back-and-forth pumping of the organ pedals, and Brian Jones played sitar. Charlie Watts also c
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I wonder if the Rolling Stones ever used a guitar synthesizer? I mean, with a guitar synthesizer, imagine hearing Keith or Ronnie use one of these and their landmark solos end up sounding like a synthesized horn? ~Ben
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QuoteWorriedAboutYou She looks really good for 85. 85? Right now she's 65. ~Ben
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Take a look at the guest list. It seems like an amalgam of performers who backed the Stones' live sets: including Blondie Chaplin, Lisa Fischer and Kent Smith. We cannot forget that Sugar Blue is the harmonica player here. His work was previously mentioned on "Miss You." ~Ben
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QuoteElmo Lewis Never had a problem liking Stones and Eagles and Beatles. Here's one from Frey that I really like: From his 1982 debut solo LP, No Fun Aloud. ~Ben
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I wonder if anyone here is a fan of the Eagles and one of its three noted members, Glenn Frey? (Don Henley and Joe Walsh were the other two Eagles who had solo careers of varying degrees.) "The Heat Is On" (from Beverly Hills Cop original motion picture soundtrack) (those "Whoa-oh-oh"s that creep up before "Caught up in the action" and the "Tell me can you
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When the music video for "Undercover of the Night" was seen on VH1's Pop-Up Video series, one of the scenes in the video that has a sign outside the hotel reading "BIENVENIDOS SAN SALVADOR" (tr.: WELCOME TO SAN SALVADOR), the PUV quote balloon suggests that was "false advertising." How can the message outside that hotel that translates as "Welcome to Sa
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I also want to add that Billy Joel's 1971 debut album, Cold Spring Harbor, also suffered from tape speed discrepancy. He apparently was so upset the first time he listened to it in its final form, that according to legend he threw the record out as if to destroy it. He couldn't change the speed issue then. In 1983, CSH was remastered by Columbia Records, however, Artie Ripp (the man
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Is there any proof, as per the Wikipedia article of this song, that "Paint It, Black" was considered to be the last "Nanker Phelge" composition rather than the usual "Jagger/Richards" composition credit it has held for years and years? We know, of course, the "Nanker Phelge" songwriting credit was discontinued during 1965 (one year before "Paint"
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Quoteineedadrink QuoteBrianJones1969 Bands that shouldn't reunite: The Who - down to two members The Beatles - down to two members should be "bands that CAN'T reunite". how can you reunite a band that doesn't exist? also, kudos to Abba for not taking the money and reuniting under false pretenses. they get such a bad rap. even the mere mention of Abba makes some peopl
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Quotebackstreetboy1 ben,are you well? Yes, Roger and out. IMO, I may think this song could benefit from taking a few bits and pieces of other Stones songs to give it more of a prog-rock concept-album vibe. I could imagine dropping a few bits from "Jumpin' Jack Flash" here and "Happy" there, correct? ~Ben Edge (BrianJones1969)
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