Anyone got any pics of Mick Taylor smiling? Serious question, his time in the Stones is always portrayed as misery but he must have enjoyed some of it surely! Although maybe not when anyone was taking a photo
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After all this debate my final word is perhaps this is a case of occam's razor, Keith plays the left hand guitar, lead fills and acoustic, Taylor plays right hand guitar job done...
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QuoteTravelinMan QuoteFP QuoteDandelionPowderman He probably said that he played the leading riff. It's a rather unique riff in the Stones cannon, not really a Keith-sounding riff, imo. Here is the quote: Jas: Who did the leads in “Bitch”? Mick: I did that. And interveiw: He’s probably thinking of the London Underground version, which according to an interview of th
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Someone in one of the numerous threads related to Brown Sugar says Taylor only plays for the first 30 seconds of the tune, however can't find the quote and interested who it was?
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QuoteMathijs Quotemstmst The key diff with BS versus jjf, gs, and to some degree the other warhorses is that this is the sound of the band standing in the same room playing at the same time -shit hot from the road. Most of the others were layered together piece by piece in the studio. There's not much difference between all those tracks: the basics where recorded live with the entire band,
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QuoteDandelionPowderman He probably said that he played the leading riff. It's a rather unique riff in the Stones cannon, not really a Keith-sounding riff, imo. Here is the quote: Jas: Who did the leads in “Bitch”? Mick: I did that. And interveiw:
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QuoteMathijs QuoteTravelinMan But, let’s not forget. You and others were skeptical at one point about the rhythm guitar on Bitch saying it’s too crunchy to be Taylor, the rhythm is unique etc. BUT then the extended take came out and it was blatantly obvious it was Taylor because by the time they got to the end of the song that would be faded out he was throwing in extended runs and licks. Th
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QuoteTravelinMan QuoteMathijs QuoteTravelinMan QuoteMathijs QuoteTravelinMan Regarding parts: anybody could have played the Berry rhythm. Sure, but nobody plays it like Keith. This is 100% Keith. Mathijs It sounds like a pretty basic Berry rhythm lower in the mix than the other electric. Nothing profound, nothing unique. Listen again. The timing and phrasing of the Berry boogie rhythm
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Brown Sugar at Altamont. Interestingly I think Keith plays the lead solo while MT sticks to some straight forward rhythm with arpeggios over the intro. His tone is much more muted while Keith's is dominant. Interesting to compare to the Marquee version where MT plays pretty much lead riffs through out. video:
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QuoteMathijs QuoteTravelinMan QuoteMathijs QuoteTravelinMan Regarding parts: anybody could have played the Berry rhythm. Sure, but nobody plays it like Keith. This is 100% Keith. Mathijs It sounds like a pretty basic Berry rhythm lower in the mix than the other electric. Nothing profound, nothing unique. Listen again. The timing and phrasing of the Berry boogie rhythm is fantastic -it
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Mono single mix, note opening riff doesn't have the slap back echo. video:
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Hot Rock alternate mix apparently. With the weird solo at 1.52 that sounds like a kazoo! Actually this is the one from the (Alternate Takes & Demos [1968/1969] album I mentioned. video:
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QuoteTravelinMan QuoteFP Quoteexilestones In The Studio: Recording The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” Sessions November 21, 2020 Bruce Borgerson Reconstructing the night that produced a rock song for the ages... full article It's interesting how Jimmy Johnson talks about Richards and Taylor's amp micing and positioning. I love how Keith has to have his amp enclosed in a boot
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Quoteexilestones In The Studio: Recording The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” Sessions November 21, 2020 Bruce Borgerson Reconstructing the night that produced a rock song for the ages... full article It's interesting how Jimmy Johnson talks about Richards and Taylor's amp micing and positioning. I love how Keith has to have his amp enclosed in a booth with the door shut! In
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Quoteexilestones In The Studio: Recording The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” Sessions November 21, 2020 Bruce Borgerson Reconstructing the night that produced a rock song for the ages... full article Thanks for sourcing the full article!!
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QuoteDandelionPowderman (not the solos which are standard) Which solos? There is just a sax solo. The licks are in open G. Try playing the lick right before the chorus in standard and make it sound like Keith Yes I mean the licks, I will try them in open G thanks
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QuoteTheflyingDutchman QuoteTaylor1 [Taylor could easily play like one of the two electric guitars on Brown Sugar. Not the open G part I think, at least not like Keith. Different players. The rest he could do. However, if you want to enjoy Taylor on Browns Sugar, better listen to the live versions. I agree, I mainly listen to live stuff now having worn out the studio versions. In particular
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Listening to all these takes I think that firstly there were lots of guitar parts recorded, the crazy Leslie speak solo and various Keith and Taylor solo ideas shows how much experimentation there was to get the vision Keith had in his head for the track. It would be interesting to know for certain if all the guitars were recorded at Muscle Shoals. I would assume Keith's main rhythm track
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Brown Sugar from Gimme Shelter documentary with extra Keith lead lines. video:
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Yet another mix, with acoustic guitar and some nice alternate Keith licks over the intro riff. At 1.40 there is a peculiar solo that sounds like it is through a Leslie speaker. video:
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Mix with some nice jangling arpeggios, the posted says it is MT but I think it is KR. Not sure if the arpeggio guitar is double tracked or a 12 string as sounds a bit chorusey. However Taylor solo at 1.50 and 3.20. Pleasant but not his greatest IMO and can understand why they were removed. video:
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Brown Sugar (take 2,3,4) False starts and then what sounds pretty close to the final mix with sax. video:
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Take 1 apparently, not sure if the takes I am listing are actually takes or mixes of the basic track, I assume the latter. There are clearly two rhythm guitar parts playing similar parts along with Keith's famous lead parts which are an overdub. From about 3.00 minutes there are some snakey lead parts that could be MT. video:
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteTaylor1 QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteTaylor1 And Nico says Mick Taylor guitar Just like the album's liner notes. However, it's obvious that none of the three guitars are Taylor.Okay , you know more than the Muscle Shoals producerNico and the Stones themselves who authorized the album notes. And show me where in any interview, Keith said he played all 3
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Great take from Marquee club show. video:
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Part 2 of Jim Dickinson interview. video:
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Two amazing interviews about the whole Muscle Shoals session including talk about Brown Sugar by Jim Dickinson. video:
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The great man himself discusses the session. video:
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Great interview with Jimmy Johnson, you can only read part of it but will try and find rest. https://tapeop.com/interviews/26/rolling-stones/
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Recording history from Nico's excellent nzentgraf site. 691202A 2nd - 4th December: Florence, Alabama, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. Producer: Jimmy Miller. Sound engineer: Jimmy Johnson. 2nd December: - You Gotta Move I (Fred McDowell/Rev. Gary Davis) -unverified 3rd December: - Brown Sug
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