I love the fact that when someone mentions Mick Taylor always says that he was the best guitarist Stones had, with that "period" at the end. You know what? He was a massive bluesman, creator of fantastic solos, but Mick Taylor must be fond to the Stones, for what he became among them. And I still think Keith Richards, with the mountains of drugs and heroin, was the best rhythm guitar player ever. Different point of views, so, and Mick Taylor had only one famous song in the Stones, having credits on it, which is "Can't you hear me knocking".
Bob is such a lovely fella and always so graceful with his interviewing skills. His delivery always was almost tantamount to that of a youth councilor. Treading carefully and always listening.
It was out even before that. Goats Head Soup and Only Rock n Roll had them coasting on fumes. They turned into a corporate joke and stated that way since. Heroin and egos ruined that band. The Mick Taylor era was amazing though.
I was a Jack Bruce & Mick Taylor fan in 1975 , so this was my favorite band in 1975, saw them in Glasgow Apollo and recorded them on cassette...ssshhh!, was specially thrilled with Taylor`s contribution which for me was so inspiring and new. I worked out the chord structures and consequential solo scales which was a whole new guitar world which I happily embraced back then. However, all came to an abrupt end by the time Mick`s first solo album was released as these new scales were forgotten. Anyway, we still have the Jack Bruce Band material and it is absolutely unique. Mick, did you leave these guitar scales behind deliberately? I guess since the solos were created specifically for Jack & this bands songs and music you perhaps didn`t want to carry on to a different project. I really miss those new scales, as they took the music to a transcendent , other worldly place... maybe just jazz scales nicked from someone else, reminds me of Pat Metheny
The first interview after he left the Stones to start his amazing solo career……..47 years later we are still waiting. The single biggest mistake in rock history. He is playing in bars for a few people as his replacement has amassed an estimated 200 million. I love his work with the Stones - their best period. He was simply a 26 year old kid using heroin at the time who made a stupid decision that failed badly
What dya mean. He went on to play Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells live with a an all star cast of prog and experimental musicians. People like Steve Hillage. Mike Ratledge. Fred Frith. Pierre Moerlen. Etc.. and joined the post Daevid Allen Gong. These were serious musicians not pop stars.
He probably would rather starve for his art than play those songs for 50 years. He was born with a gift and he went with it and I'm sure he was musically much happier playing with Gong etc.. It ain't about the money. Money doesn't make it.
really comfortable listening on this... not like these annoying screaming people on tv to day Mick Taylor also seem very down to earth, which makes me happy :)
@@johna.4334 The point is Donavan was Scottish too as as the fact that ther Beatles were Liverpudlians was important too in the overall scheme odf things!~ lmfao
When Mick quit the band and left Jack hanging it was devastating and in Shapiro's biography of Jack (Composing Himself)- Jack so stung called the abrupt departure "soul destroying". Heroin, miscommunications, lack of writing cooperation and personality issues all stopped Jack from reaching large venues and completing his album. Musically they sounded great together. Drummer Bruce Gary would fit in nicely to Jack's expectations of drummers. Jack turned 32 the night the band played in Hamburg. Shapiro cites this Interview as being very telling of what would soon transpire. Jack so dominant as seen here. Both using heroin, both losing a great band opportunity for so many reasons.
I saw them ( Jack Bruce Band) in Stockholm, Sweden. I feel privileged to have been there. I was completely drained by the end of the night, their music was so complicated! They did Sunshine of your Love at the end. It was the simplest song all night! Jack’s voice was so pure, it could cut butter with it! Another great musician gone to the great jam in the sky! Or somewhere better!
I read that Jagger and MT worked together on Moonlight Mile and maybe some others, and when the album came out , Jagger gave him no credit for it and feels that he is owed millions. That was the last straw.
Wow! Almost forgot about that collaboration. Too bad it didn't last a bit longer. Their only known recordings were a live gig in Manchester, and a spot on The Old Grey Whistle Test appearance. I don't think Mick's blues licks were fitting for Jack's mad-jazz inclinations at the time, but it was interesting at the least. Both are great in their own right............ Miss you Jack, RIP
"Their only known recordings were a live gig in Manchester, and a spot on The Old Grey Whistle Test appearance" - I guess you could call it an Old Grey Whistle Test appearance, but it was a concert series on the Beeb, so it was a fairly full set, they were the only band playing - maybe an hour long? - I remember rushing to get home from a band practise to see the Bruce/Taylor band play in the show in '75. Wish I had a time capsule to take me back then.
As most of us know this project never got off the ground, but amidst the microcosmic mid 1970's this film shows you just how much we relied on OGWT back then and its seemingly infinitive obligation to inform us of what new band was coming next, whether or not it already had a drummer in place ;) Great times.....
I wish Mick had stayed, because though Woody really helped the band to remain whole, as a group; Mick T really made them shine, and because he’s such a Bluesman, he brought such great things in, as their interests overlapped greatly…there was so much more there…
Considering all the other musicians that are on the stage with Jagger/Richards no reason they couldn't have 3 guitarists up there. Keith and Ron on rhythm and Taylor on lead.
@@389383 Yes it was done for old times sake, Mick was never going to stay in the stone's forever he said this, I'm surprised he stayed as long as he did. Didn't he leave his next partner Jack Bruce in the lurch abandoning him in the middle of doing a album, I recall a Mick Tayler interview from long ago where he said leaving the Stones was partly just about heroin. I love all these guy's, but all had faults.
Taylor has done the odd great thing here and there since having left the Stones but yes, his solo material hasn't exactly been prolific or particularly adventurous. I think he does struggle to write good songs hence why he's relied on blues standards in a live setting. In one sense, it's a bit sad to see for someone who is so naturally gifted, on the other I'm somewhat glad he went down the route he did because he's stayed close to his blues roots and that's really what Taylor does best.
If you listen to Mick Taylors' 'Leather Jackets' - someone asked me why he left the Stones and I gave them 'Leather Jackets' to listen to and said, "That's why."
Mick Taylor, had not put down his guitar or a fork since he left the Stones. Seriously, MT had an impossible task of becoming part of the Jagger Richards team. They were never going to let him in, so he really was never part of the band or appreciated for his contributions, which was immense.
That's a boring cliché comment that only some Stones fans share, not worth repeating. Mick Taylo had his time with the Stones and left. Ron Wood is another thing and the Stones have come up with great stuff and done great tours. No, it's not the same as the the early 70's but no one else was either. The Rolling Stones GATHER NO MOSS.
They all brought something unique Brian, mick Ronnie if we’re talking about guitar playing mick takes that but Brian was the best musician yet he couldn’t write like mick and Keith
I met Mick Taylor at a weird record convention at the LA forum in 1992 or 93. Heidi Fleiss was there, signing autographs while wearing a bathrobe. Shook Taylor's hand for a second and he took off faster than when he left the Stones. For real.
Why didn’t this band turn into, what should have been, the Supergroup of the ‘70’s? In a word: Heroin. Smack ruins everyone and everything. Jack talks about Mick like he’s not even in the room.
@peacefrog1916 It's a tough life in that bubble and he was very sensitive that was his downfall. Mick and Keith were already rod tough when he joined and he couldn't keep up and be tough like them that doesn't mean he wasn't brilliant,he was,but he wasn't tough. Neither was Brian and HE DIED! All that talent ,fame ,money and still not happy? Damn shame. Loved his guitar playing with the Stones.
@theplourde well they have in a way... they included him when they were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 89. But Mick should have gotten more recognition WHILE he was in the band and for that I agree 100%. That said, I love Jagger and Richards but the Stones weren't the same without Mick.
The greatest mistake the Stones ever made was not doing WHATEVER IT TOOK, to keep Mick Taylor in the band. For starters, they could have PAID him. He was given no credits on SEVERAL albums---in other words, no residuals. In addition, his mates should have helped him with drug addiction and got him the help he needed to stay with the band. They did not... With all due respect to Keith Richards---on Mick Taylor's WORSE DAY, Keef couldn't hold a candle to him. Make no mistake, Keith Richards is a very good guitarist. Mick Taylor is a GREAT guitarist. A guitar genius. Right up there with Hendrix, Clapton, and Santana. No doubt about it. The five albums he produced with the Stones from '69-'74 are all classics. The band was never the same after 1974.
and btw....I would NEVER say it is Keith's masterpiece; I was just making a point about how difficult it is with this song to say who "owns" it - Keith (as was often the case) did bring the original inspiration to the table. Without that, the song never would have graced out lives; but without Mick J's lyrics and perhaps whatever intricate melodic magic Taylor brought to the table, it would also not have come into being...
There's no doubt the Stones' best stuff was made during Taylor's years but who knows what may have happened if he hadn't joined. Richards was at his peak in the late 60s/early 70s and though Taylor was a fantastic player, I think Keith's writing and playing would still have made those the best years with a different lead player. But damn Taylor was incredible...especially live.
@Bobby Sternlicht OK Thanks. I didn't know. I'm American and wasn't exposed to much of the BBC, especially for me almost 50 years ago, a baby. My first interests were The Young Ones and Top of the Pops. I like this kind of stuff now. Not that I don't like the others, but this is a good one. Thanks Bobby
I think Mick Taylor speaks from the heart here in the interview. Unlike so many other times he was asked the same question, he said that he got an offer AND he was also thinking on leaving (maybe also because of Money not being paid) . Not any mention to debauchery. A pity that this mega band did not make it and had its own demons too.
@DiavrX89 I have talked to him. I used to hang with him when he lived in New York. He told me a lot. There are a lot of reasons as to why he quit the Stones.
I Love the guitar playing work & style Mick`s very well, and over all. Solo and in the Band of John Mayall. But in the Stones I love more the time, with Brian Jones. This was really the best time oft the Stones ever. Sorry, but it`s the truth.
Hi Susan, No, the melody line (the intro riff that follows the melody) is all Mick's. "The japanese thing" is the riff toward the ending that Taylor plays (not very different from what Keith plays on UMT, I'm Free and other songs), actually. I think Taylor spiced it up with the beautiful slide guitar and the almost oriental-like leads. He made the great song brilliant. Then again, that is easier when you have a great song to begin with (hence song writing credits)
I find it odd that JB doesn't recognize MT's work with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. He's worked with JM as well. MT didn't start with the Stones. What's up with that?
Dandelion you probably know it's pretty much official that life was breathed into "Moonlight Mile" by Mick Taylor and Mick Jagger working it out together in an overnight session--its genesis being a short guitar piece Keith had been toying around with, which he'd been calling "Japanese Thing."
Poignant comment from Mick Taylor "at this stage in their career it would probably be better if they just used , friends." He knew they ( the stones) had reached their pinnacle .
@swiggy58a: See the comment above mine from DogCatchersBand: ("Mick told Roy Buchanan that the stones got him hooked on the yam yam.") I assume that yam yam is either heroine or cocaine, but I've never heard this slang term before.
Simply put, Mick Taylor was the dream guitarist for the Stones as the recordings show, but the Stones were not Taylor's dream band. They were pirates at heart and if you're going to be in the band you gotta be a pirate.
Love Mick Taylor. All evidence refers to his escape from the Stones lifestyle. He was hooked on Heroin & a family man. He could not cope with this Crap anymore.
hi Dande--curious how you know "Japanese Thing" isn't the opening riff? Also, riff at end: do you mean part played w/piano echoing the same thing? sounds like a Mick Taylor creation to me - not sure which part you mean b/c not hearing similarity to UMT/Free, 'specially b/c they weren't in open-g and this is, isn't it? I'd really need to spend much more time listening to and parsing out the whole song, as well as reading what they claim about its writing to believe I know for sure, cuz I don't :)
The Mick Taylor era of The Stones were the best......period.
Absolutely agree
I love the fact that when someone mentions Mick Taylor always says that he was the best guitarist Stones had, with that "period" at the end. You know what? He was a massive bluesman, creator of fantastic solos, but Mick Taylor must be fond to the Stones, for what he became among them. And I still think Keith Richards, with the mountains of drugs and heroin, was the best rhythm guitar player ever. Different point of views, so, and Mick Taylor had only one famous song in the Stones, having credits on it, which is "Can't you hear me knocking".
Yeah , that they gave him credit for ! He contributed way more tgan they credited him for. @tommasomolinari5726
Mick Taylor IS a great guitar player.
The best they had.
no rocker can play the blues like mick,,single handily but with two hands rescued the Stones thx.
Yes he surely is. I wonder if nowadays he still plays live
@@pauldinardo973 thx to that responce, I've found a lot of
Micks stuff on ytube-I do believe
he's still making music. ! 🀄
Took the Stones to stratospheric heights.
I can imagine Bob Ross being interviewed by this guy. It would be the most calming thing ever.
I would count to u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep n wake n sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Interviewer clm n sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
MMCU Made Me Crack Up! Yes, the interviewer is very calming indeed.
Who says musicians are stupid? Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones for … um … Jack Bruce and his band. Brilliant.
uh no,he left to save himself and his family from the drugs. @@MegaMkmiller
It seems such an obvious joke but it's cracking me up anyways oh my God that's so funny bless your heart
these guys are so peaceful and calm compared to modern musicians.
They probably are! :)
yeah we get it old man, everything was better back in your day
The tone is set by the interviewer who is very low key.
@@giovanna8187 yes and also as we say "like a fine wine musicians, age
thx., !( °_° )!
It's because they were both smackheads Mark
Jagger and Richards have never given Mick the recognition he deserves.
It's what they do, look how they did jones
Jones and Mick both
@@brianfalarski6074 Keef even stole his woman.
@@FuturePast2019 ya, broke the bro code
@@FuturePast2019 seriously? Where did you heard that?
Love the part when Jack said Mick is an amazing guitar player.
Imagine this world without addiction.
So many great people have fallen aside.
Sobriety is where it’s at.
Bob is such a lovely fella and always so graceful with his interviewing skills. His delivery always was almost tantamount to that of a youth councilor. Treading carefully and always listening.
His 1974 interview w Keef is Asmr quality .... both guys are pretty much whispering ....
He lives down the road from me in Oxfordshire. Been to his house a couple of times playing stuff for his son. Nice people
@@groofoot is it on UA-cam?
Shame this project never went anywhere :(
The Stones were phenomenal with Mick Taylor
Heroin had a heavy grip on both of them at this point. There was no way the group could last.
Unfortunately yes. Both of them are in dire need of a fix here.
@@MikeL-7Seems like they have had a few Xanax here to chill a bit.
I thought Taylor had chucked Heroin by this point 🤔
This interviewer is so relaxing
When Mick left The Stones fire went out.
It was out even before that. Goats Head Soup and Only Rock n Roll had them coasting on fumes. They turned into a corporate joke and stated that way since. Heroin and egos ruined that band. The Mick Taylor era was amazing though.
astute comment tom t.h.x.
@@paulespinosa5195 Seconded.
Absolutely. They have never been the same.
I was a Jack Bruce & Mick Taylor fan in 1975 , so this was my favorite band in 1975, saw them in Glasgow Apollo and recorded them on cassette...ssshhh!, was specially thrilled with Taylor`s contribution which for me was so inspiring and new. I worked out the chord structures and consequential solo scales which was a whole new guitar world which I happily embraced back then. However, all came to an abrupt end by the time Mick`s first solo album was released as these new scales were forgotten. Anyway, we still have the Jack Bruce Band material and it is absolutely unique. Mick, did you leave these guitar scales behind deliberately? I guess since the solos were created specifically for Jack & this bands songs and music you perhaps didn`t want to carry on to a different project. I really miss those new scales, as they took the music to a transcendent , other worldly place... maybe just jazz scales nicked from someone else, reminds me of Pat Metheny
Jagger and Richards owe Mick Taylor a lot of money!
Ok they want him to stay with Stones??❤
Seriously
Thank God the interviewer didn't ask if Ginger Baker was joining the band!
Jack and Mick would be shouting "Bollocks!" and "Fuck off!".
I think he knew better than that!!😁😁😁
Bob Harris' interviews are fuckin' relaxing goddamn that whispering voice and that silence around
Legendary Musicians! R.ip Jack bruce(1943-2014)
Mick Taylor was the Stones' sound and a great lead guitar player ..the best with midnight rambler on Stone's tour 2014...
The first interview after he left the Stones to start his amazing solo career……..47 years later we are still waiting. The single biggest mistake in rock history. He is playing in bars for a few people as his replacement has amassed an estimated 200 million. I love his work with the Stones - their best period. He was simply a 26 year old kid using heroin at the time who made a stupid decision that failed badly
What dya mean. He went on to play Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells live with a an all star cast of prog and experimental musicians. People like Steve Hillage. Mike Ratledge. Fred Frith. Pierre Moerlen. Etc.. and joined the post Daevid Allen Gong. These were serious musicians not pop stars.
He probably would rather starve for his art than play those songs for 50 years. He was born with a gift and he went with it and I'm sure he was musically much happier playing with Gong etc.. It ain't about the money. Money doesn't make it.
Totally Agree with you.
Agree 100%. Biggest mistake in the history of rock n roll
Amazing interview with Mick Taylor and Jack Bruce (R.I.P.)
Taylor is a fantastic guitar player...Stones were great with him
really comfortable listening on this... not like these annoying screaming people on tv to day
Mick Taylor also seem very down to earth, which makes me happy :)
Immortal human
capricorn
( * _ * )
Jack was Scottish
and one hell of a
songwriter and bassist
Lol , such depth in describing Jack
And Brian was Welsh. So what's your point?
@@johna.4334 The point is Donavan was Scottish too as as the fact that ther Beatles were Liverpudlians was important too in the overall scheme odf things!~ lmfao
agree probably why I learned about
Bass,,I married one >( ° _ ° )
And singer!!!
Great interview by Mr. Quay Lude.
Dork.
Mick Taylor was a great guitar player
When Mick quit the band and left Jack hanging it was devastating and in Shapiro's biography of Jack (Composing Himself)- Jack so stung called the abrupt departure "soul destroying". Heroin, miscommunications, lack of writing cooperation and personality issues all stopped Jack from reaching large venues and completing his album. Musically they sounded great together. Drummer Bruce Gary would fit in nicely to Jack's expectations of drummers. Jack turned 32 the night the band played in Hamburg. Shapiro cites this Interview as being very telling of what would soon transpire. Jack so dominant as seen here. Both using heroin, both losing a great band opportunity for so many reasons.
I saw them ( Jack Bruce Band) in Stockholm, Sweden. I feel privileged to have been there. I was completely drained by the end of the night, their music was so complicated! They did Sunshine of your Love at the end. It was the simplest song all night! Jack’s voice was so pure, it could cut butter with it! Another great musician gone to the great jam in the sky! Or somewhere better!
I didn't no that
I read that Jagger and MT worked together on Moonlight Mile and maybe some others, and when the album came out , Jagger gave him no credit for it and feels that he is owed millions. That was the last straw.
Taylor was totally screwed on that
Yea plus Winter
Winter, Sway, Moonlight Mile, Time Waits for No One to name a few.
Wow! Almost forgot about that collaboration. Too bad it didn't last a bit longer. Their only known recordings were a live gig in Manchester, and a spot on The Old Grey Whistle Test appearance. I don't think Mick's blues licks were fitting for Jack's mad-jazz inclinations at the time, but it was interesting at the least. Both are great in their own right............ Miss you Jack, RIP
"Their only known recordings were a live gig in Manchester, and a spot on The Old Grey Whistle Test appearance" - I guess you could call it an Old Grey Whistle Test appearance, but it was a concert series on the Beeb, so it was a fairly full set, they were the only band playing - maybe an hour long? - I remember rushing to get home from a band practise to see the Bruce/Taylor band play in the show in '75. Wish I had a time capsule to take me back then.
Everyone whispered like this in 1975...😅
As most of us know this project never got off the ground, but amidst the microcosmic mid 1970's this film shows you just how much we relied on OGWT back then and its seemingly infinitive obligation to inform us of what new band was coming next, whether or not it already had a drummer in place ;) Great times.....
Really calming and relaxing interview. This was like listening to a Bob Ross episode.
@Fighter91. Yes. you nailed it.
yes not a great recipe for rock n roll. The should have opened a library.
I think Sticky Fingers is the best Stone's recording.
100% agree.
I think Brown Sugar is.
@@FuturePast2019
Over played to death on the radio -pass.
Agreed, along with 'Let it Bleed'.
Exile trumps Sticky Fingers IMO
I wish Mick had stayed, because though Woody really helped the band to remain whole, as a group; Mick T really made them shine, and because he’s such a Bluesman, he brought such great things in, as their interests overlapped greatly…there was so much more there…
Considering all the other musicians that are on the stage with Jagger/Richards no reason they couldn't have 3 guitarists up there. Keith and Ron on rhythm and Taylor on lead.
@@389383 It happened once before..I don't recall the date but they all shared the stage not so long ago.
@@dwaynemcallister7231Yes but that was a one-off like they did with Bill Wyman. I don't think Taylor has the stamina or desire for a tour.
@@389383 Yes it was done for old times sake, Mick was never going to stay in the stone's forever he said this, I'm surprised he stayed as long as he did. Didn't he leave his next partner Jack Bruce in the lurch abandoning him in the middle of doing a album, I recall a Mick Tayler interview from long ago where he said leaving the Stones was partly just about heroin.
I love all these guy's, but all had faults.
Huge fan of Jack Bruce....have the volume all the way up but barely can hear Bob Ross
I had to put my head set on to hear it
Mick Taylor never really went anywhere after the Stones. A good guitar player still needs good songs.
Taylor has done the odd great thing here and there since having left the Stones but yes, his solo material hasn't exactly been prolific or particularly adventurous. I think he does struggle to write good songs hence why he's relied on blues standards in a live setting. In one sense, it's a bit sad to see for someone who is so naturally gifted, on the other I'm somewhat glad he went down the route he did because he's stayed close to his blues roots and that's really what Taylor does best.
If you listen to Mick Taylors' 'Leather Jackets' - someone asked me why he left the Stones and I gave them 'Leather Jackets' to listen to and said, "That's why."
If Jagger sang it . Would have been a great Stones song
Great interview! Thanks for this!
Mick Taylor, had not put down his guitar or a fork since he left the Stones. Seriously, MT had an impossible task of becoming part of the Jagger Richards team. They were never going to let him in, so he really was never part of the band or appreciated for his contributions, which was immense.
Yep. Can't crack that Glimmer Twins cr*p. Ron Wood could never hold an axe to Mick T.
jack was my idol, and Mick's era with the Stones was their best one. They have been worth nothing since he left.
That's a boring cliché comment that only some Stones fans share, not worth repeating. Mick Taylo had his time with the Stones and left. Ron Wood is another thing and the Stones have come up with great stuff and done great tours. No, it's not the same as the the early 70's but no one else was either. The Rolling Stones GATHER NO MOSS.
RIP jack
The Stones were never as good after MT left. Ronnie just doesn't compare in my opinion.
@Les Moore Tatoo You was a good album and Start Me Up was an excellent tune. It was very popular when it came out.
@Les Moore They still make millions of dollars on their tours.
They all brought something unique Brian, mick Ronnie if we’re talking about guitar playing mick takes that but Brian was the best musician yet he couldn’t write like mick and Keith
Just different
@68’ Rumble Bee and keith?
Golden age music - loved these guys
I met Mick Taylor at a weird record convention at the LA forum in 1992 or 93. Heidi Fleiss was there, signing autographs while wearing a bathrobe. Shook Taylor's hand for a second and he took off faster than when he left the Stones. For real.
Can't follow
lol why did he take off so fast
Why didn’t this band turn into, what should have been, the Supergroup of the ‘70’s? In a word: Heroin. Smack ruins everyone and everything. Jack talks about Mick like he’s not even in the room.
Taylor joined a band of brick and left it one of marble.
The stones best stuff was with taylor..i wish he became rich
nonsense.
@peacefrog1916 It's a tough life in that bubble and he was very sensitive that was his downfall. Mick and Keith were already rod tough when he joined and he couldn't keep up and be tough like them that doesn't mean he wasn't brilliant,he was,but he wasn't tough. Neither was Brian and HE DIED! All that talent ,fame ,money and still not happy? Damn shame. Loved his guitar playing with the Stones.
@theplourde well they have in a way... they included him when they were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 89. But Mick should have gotten more recognition WHILE he was in the band and for that I agree 100%. That said, I love Jagger and Richards but the Stones weren't the same without Mick.
hi the Stones weren't the same with him, imho m.taylor was the star, his effort to R.Stones history >(* _ * )
can be summed up to evolutionary for their all growth thx G.lov
Great stuff, thanks for posting this! Taylor's eyes looked a little "glazed" over!
Mick Taylor rarely looked happy didn't he?
Yeah, that really was a brilliant career move
The greatest mistake the Stones ever made was not doing WHATEVER IT TOOK, to keep Mick Taylor in the band.
For starters, they could have PAID him. He was given no credits on SEVERAL albums---in other words, no residuals.
In addition, his mates should have helped him with drug addiction and got him the help he needed to stay with the band.
They did not...
With all due respect to Keith Richards---on Mick Taylor's WORSE DAY, Keef couldn't hold a candle to him.
Make no mistake, Keith Richards is a very good guitarist. Mick Taylor is a GREAT guitarist. A guitar genius.
Right up there with Hendrix, Clapton, and Santana.
No doubt about it.
The five albums he produced with the Stones from '69-'74 are all classics. The band was never the same after 1974.
Stones have only put his name on the credits of TWO songs. Ventilator Blues and Criss Cross. Shameful.
Bad audio -can hardly hear the damn interview.
and btw....I would NEVER say it is Keith's masterpiece; I was just making a point about how difficult it is with this song to say who "owns" it - Keith (as was often the case) did bring the original inspiration to the table. Without that, the song never would have graced out lives; but without Mick J's lyrics and perhaps whatever intricate melodic magic Taylor brought to the table, it would also not have come into being...
WOW! Two of the BEST of Rock..... I almost fell asleep....zzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ
There's no doubt the Stones' best stuff was made during Taylor's years but who knows what may have happened if he hadn't joined. Richards was at his peak in the late 60s/early 70s and though Taylor was a fantastic player, I think Keith's writing and playing would still have made those the best years with a different lead player. But damn Taylor was incredible...especially live.
Exactly why the punk/new wave revolution a few years later had to happen.
He's only 26.
OK Mick lets go...you had a year off, when's the tour start?!!!!!
My god what a quiet interview.
Why is everyone so quiet? The Interviewer is practically whispering. Is there a sleeping baby in the room?
@Bobby Sternlicht OK Thanks. I didn't know. I'm American and wasn't exposed to much of the BBC, especially for me almost 50 years ago, a baby. My first interests were The Young Ones and Top of the Pops. I like this kind of stuff now. Not that I don't like the others, but this is a good one. Thanks Bobby
It’s the style of this show, I personally like it, just a nice calm conversation
I think Mick Taylor speaks from the heart here in the interview. Unlike so many other times he was asked the same question, he said that he got an offer AND he was also thinking on leaving (maybe also because of Money not being paid) . Not any mention to debauchery.
A pity that this mega band did not make it and had its own demons too.
Did the three of them just wake up?
Thanks for uploading the interview.
I feel the same way after 10 years this reply to your commentary oh that's so funny! Wakey wakey eggs and bakey
Stoned
They sound like they're under-miked, rather than stoned.
@DiavrX89 I have talked to him. I used to hang with him when he lived in New York. He told me a lot. There are a lot of reasons as to why he quit the Stones.
one of the best bassist players ever!
😂😂😂he s not a bass player😂😂
@@Nghaka123 exact.
sorry. He was also a good singer.
Sorry by oblivion.
Thee Best ever! No contest.
@@Nghaka123 Jack Bruce sure was
*Imagine having Mick Taylor in your band, and encouraging him to play the fecking piano*
omg mick taylor can talk
Right?!
well, he was being polite, after a barrage of questions!!
i love jack and jaco,!!
cheers
I never really understood Jack Bruce. Was he ever in any band for more than a couple years? He must have been difficult to work with.
I miss those days - in fact, I miss that entire generation with the clashing clothes, patchouli and not very potent spliffs.
I Love the guitar playing work & style Mick`s very well, and over all. Solo and in the Band of John Mayall. But in the Stones I love more the time, with Brian Jones. This was really the best time oft the Stones ever. Sorry, but it`s the truth.
Jack Bruce wearing a rattlesnake print vest???
Crotalus is a decidedly Un-British species.
Just imagine opting out of the Rolling Stones when they had just made three of the most iconic albums in rock-music history.
Mick in the crossfire documentary said he had to leave the Stones cos he had developed a drug problem
Hi Susan, No, the melody line (the intro riff that follows the melody) is all Mick's. "The japanese thing" is the riff toward the ending that Taylor plays (not very different from what Keith plays on UMT, I'm Free and other songs), actually.
I think Taylor spiced it up with the beautiful slide guitar and the almost oriental-like leads. He made the great song brilliant. Then again, that is easier when you have a great song to begin with (hence song writing credits)
Happy Birth day Jack, my isparation when I play bass.
Thanks for posting, blimey Mick's a posho inne?!
Why so hush-hush? Were they conducting this interview in a library?
It could've been that during a sound check they were told to speak at a low level.
is speaking in a quiet, reserved, and introspective manner and a fucking crime these days?
Lol
I think he has a beautiful voice. I'm glad he's not blustering and bullying.
@@deanluke603 shut up dork
Great heavyweight musicians such has these two will never exist again
I find it odd that JB doesn't recognize MT's work with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. He's worked with JM as well. MT didn't start with the Stones. What's up with that?
Benny Hill once spoofed this interviewer.
On the whole, I prefer the Benny Hill spoof.
I would love to see that video.
It must be hilarious.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Benny Hill was a wonderful talented actor RIP.
Kate
MT's musical brilliance aside, jezuz, he was drop dead good looking.
Dandelion you probably know it's pretty much official that life was breathed into "Moonlight Mile" by Mick Taylor and Mick Jagger working it out together in an overnight session--its genesis being a short guitar piece Keith had been toying around with, which he'd been calling "Japanese Thing."
What a tragedy that Mick did not "fulfill that potential". Perhaps he should have stayed with the Stones.
Mick's former wife Eva is a good friend of mine, and she still has high regards for Mick still. Cheers
Poignant comment from Mick Taylor "at this stage in their career it would probably be better if they just used , friends."
He knew they ( the stones) had reached their pinnacle .
Yup, and that's exactly what happened!
@swiggy58a: See the comment above mine from DogCatchersBand: ("Mick told Roy Buchanan that the stones got him hooked on the yam yam.") I assume that yam yam is either heroine or cocaine, but I've never heard this slang term before.
Why did Jagger wanted to replace mick with Rory Gallagher ? Why Rory didn't accept the offer I wonder
Jack was king and Mick was the savior of the stones
Jack always had a youthful face back then, he looks about 23 years old here
Simply put, Mick Taylor was the dream guitarist for the Stones as the recordings show, but the Stones were not Taylor's dream band. They were pirates at heart and if you're going to be in the band you gotta be a pirate.
More like jagger Richard's pirated his ideas
The only thing those effeminate hacks ever pirated was the beautiful Black American blues music that they gracelessly sullied.
Most of these guys were young back in the 1970'srock is a business that few understand.
Love Mick Taylor. All evidence refers to his escape from the Stones lifestyle. He was hooked on Heroin & a family man. He could not cope with this Crap anymore.
Great interview.
However, Bob Harris always gives me the creeps.
Actually it wasn't since Sticky Fingers was released in '71 and he quit in '74...
Mick? Michael Phillip?
Agreed,,super kool.!!
hi Dande--curious how you know "Japanese Thing" isn't the opening riff? Also, riff at end: do you mean part played w/piano echoing the same thing? sounds like a Mick Taylor creation to me - not sure which part you mean b/c not hearing similarity to UMT/Free, 'specially b/c they weren't in open-g and this is, isn't it? I'd really need to spend much more time listening to and parsing out the whole song, as well as reading what they claim about its writing to believe I know for sure, cuz I don't :)
0:05 Mick's eyes very odd. 👹
Jack mentioned recording up in Jamaica, this was 75 just as bob Marley was making his name. I wonder which studio