The garage bands of the 60s were maturing musically and the singer songwriter was just arriving on the scene and the year I graduated from High School. The perfect storm.
@@t.j.payeur5331 yes we were. I kind of had a sense that it was just a temporary phase but mostly I thought it would just keep expanding and growing forever.
RIP the great Bobby Keys on saxophone.. wonderful documentary on him on netflix or youtube.. man the stories he had of his days touring with the Stones..
Had the pleasure of parting with him in Austin after he'd returned from a Stones' tour of Europe in the good year 1986! Verdy... UR reactions are great! merci from Wsconsin1
The second half of Can't You Hear Me Knocking was an unplanned piece. Supposedly after the first part of the song was done some of the musicians kept on going in an impromptu jam session, something the Stones did a lot in the studio sessions. The Recording Engineer didn't stop the tape and let it continue to record. The musicians who stepped away all eventually came back in the studio and re-joined in the jam. History was then made and the brilliance of Mick Taylor and his guitar was showcased for the world to enjoy. You Got To Move is basically the style and sound of old old school Mississippi Blues with acoustic dobro slide guitars and kick drum and cymbal, very reminiscent of late 1800 to early 1900 blues before the electric guitar age
Mick Taylor was the one who kept playing. They later filled in the time before the other guys returned to their instruments with the sax solo and the percussion. My favorite part is Charlie giving the guys multiple cues to to wrap it up, because if it went too long it would just be a jam and wouldn't make it onto the album. He knew it was something special and didn't want it to go to waste. Yeah, great solo by Mick!
That’s wrong keef was the one that carried on playing and the rest continued, I honestly don’t know why the ending gets so much love it’s a poor man’s Santana jam, the glory is the song, keefs peak open tuning playing
@@fredtheted2259 You say; "That's wrong", but what you mean is; "That's not the story I'm familiar with", since you, yourself, actually have no way of knowing what's right or wrong.
I’ve listened to these songs on classic rock radio for DECADES and this wonderful young lady seems to catch details in the songs that I was barely aware of. What ears! She has great attention to detail…
I know, right, lol! There are definitely some reactors who have put me to shame with what they notice after just one hearing! Crystal Shannon is one, tho she seems to have sort of dropped out, but her Beatles reviews especially are, frankly, brilliant. Amber at Rob Squad has the same knack. Soul Train Brother excels with Zeppelin.
@@joescott8877 Yeah, she certainly caught on instantly to some of the subtleties and nuances -- so much so that I wouldn't be surprised if she had done a little research before she listened, and btw, I think that's the best way to do these reactions. Personally, I don't enjoy hearing some reactors stumble through cluelessly having no idea of what they're listening to. You're really right on it shouting out Amber at Rob Squad. She's got an amazing ear and music processor in her brain. As for her other half.........uh, better to say nothing as he comes across as a very good dude. What's amazing (if true), I believe he started the channel intending to do it by himself - Amber came on as a guest and everybody knew she needed to be there. They should definitely change the name of the channel to honor her.
A. That instrument in Brown Sugar and heard at other times throughout the album is a tenor saxophone, played by the late, great Bobby Keys. The sax is one of the hottest and sexiest instruments in rock and blues. B. This was made during the Stones best era. That era covers the period when guitarist Mick Taylor was part of the band. C. The most unique album cover in history. It was designed by Andy Warhol and the zipper actually operated.
This is the golden age of the Rolling Stones, the Mick Taylor on guitar years, which along with this album includes Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, Exile on Main Street and Get Yer Ya Yas Out. I bought this album when it came out. The album cover had a working zipper.
This is partly true but can be misleading. Mick Taylor didn't play on Beggar's Banquet and his participation to Let It Bleed was minimal. I would add "Goat's Head Soup" to this selection as it's one of my favorite Stones records. He also plays on "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" but it is a much weaker records except maybe "Dance little sister" and "Fingerprint file".
That guitar playing you liked so much in the left channel was played by the great Mick Taylor. Taylor was in the Stones from 1969 to 1974. He replaced Stones founder Brian Jones. The Stones were never as good again after Taylor quit in 1974.
Mick Taylor and Keith Richards together was always ALWAYS FIRE 🔥 GUITAR! These two albums - this and the next, Exile On Main St., are such classics because of the alchemy between them. I mean…everybody else in the band is perfection too. Just a peak time in the life of a band with more than a few peaks!
“Sway” is without a doubt one of Mick Taylor’s finest moments with the Stones. Plays the bottleneck solo during the bridge and an amazing virtuosic solo in the outro. I also love Jagger’s rough-hewn style of rhythm guitar-he has such a distinct sound when he plays rhythm. No Keith, either - only on backing vocals.
I was 15 when this album came out. Living in Nairobi, Kenya. Bought the album at East African Music Store. Back then we’d carry the albums to each others houses, get stoned and rock out. What great memories! Thanks to the Glimmer Twins!
The horn you hear on the instrumental break in 'Brown Sugar" is a saxophone, played by Bobby Keys, who was an "unofficial" member or the band in the late 60s and 70s. Even years after first hearing it, I still think "Brown Sugar" is one of the top ten rock and roll songs of all time, and that sax solo is one reason. It is perfect for this song, and no sax solo was ever better.
The saxophone on Brown Sugar & the solo on Knocking was played by Bobby Keys. Who started being a regular member of the Stones records & their touring band from this album on to his passing in 2014. He mostly played the Tenor & Baritone sax.
Mick and Keith both liked country music a lot, and you hear that coming through in something like "Wild Horses". They often mix country and blues influences in their songs, and it's a mixture that really speaks to the soul when done right.
Yes, you're right @Dean Roddey - but for me, stylistically, "dead flowers" is the best number that shows that they have a country affinity. Greets from hamburg (germany)
I forgot how much that influenced their music. It sounds so good, that mixture of rock, country, and blues. Three American genres played by an iconic British rock band.
@@27bayoubengals Sometimes it happens that way, for whatever reasons of nature and nurture. Look at The Band, a 4/5ths Canadian band that recorded some of the most iconic American heartland rock of all time. Of course another thing about albums like this is that they were made almost the opposite of how music is made today. They could care less if there were mistakes, as long as the atmosphere and vibe was outstanding. These days, all of these human flaws would be removed by some guy sitting at the computer for days, editing like crazy.
Props to Ry Cooder on slide guitar. Keith's 5-string open G tuning came from exposure to Ry's 6-string open G tuning--Keith didn't like the low D and removed the string.
That's Robert "Bobby" Keys on SAX. He played with the Stones forever .(RIP) That rip on Bown Sugar is one of the all time great rock sax solos! Not a bad song on the album. I first saw the Stones in 1972 when I was but a kid (13 yo) I've seen them at least a dozen tines since!
I'm loving your reaction. This is my second favourite album of all time. Looking forward to side 2! Even though 'Exile on Main Street' is my favourite Stones album, I recommend that you listen to 'Let it Bleed' next. It's shorter and has more commercial hits on it.
I think a lot of us would LOVE to hear your reaction to the album Beggar's Banquet or Let It Bleed.... can't go wrong with either but I particularly love Beggar's Banquet. you'll see both why they are as big as they are and also how while they're very rooted in the blues they were different than anything going on when the Beatles were doing the Beatles thing.
Love your channel Verdy. Bobby Keys (on sax) and Keith Richard were brothers from separate mothers. Both were born on the same day - December 18,1943 - Keith in London and Bobby Keys in Slaton, Texas. They met at a gig in San Antonio in 1964, and soon became best friends.
Let it Bleed was a great album that really pulled them through the void when Brian Jones had really stopped contributing. One of the few albums Keith played nearly all the guitar parts himself!
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (one of my all-time favs with Gimme Shelter) was on the soundtrack of cult movie "Blow" with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz.
I've been listening to Sticky Fingers since the mid-70's, when my one of my friends used to play it in his basement. I liked it, but I it wasn't anything special to me at the time. In 2007 another friend who was in the basement back then and I really got into this album (he became a huge Stones fan in the intervening years). It so happened that I was planning to take a 6-week photography trip that summer, driving across the country visiting national parks. I was so into Sticky Fingers that I decided to listen to that album only for the entire trip. It was something of an experiment--could I listen to the same album for 6 weeks straight? Would it still sound good after hearing it over and over? I don't know how many times I heard it, but I never got sick of it and it still sounded great when I pulled into my driveway six weeks later.
You are correct. Can't You Hear Me Knocking was a complete jam session for the second half of the song and they were just having fun during a recording session. They decided to keep it on the track as it was so darn good. :)
That is Chuck Levell on Keys, Keith Richards is rocking the 5 string Telecaster iin open G, Bobby Keys on saxophone (tenor sax not a "surf trumpet?" ) . Mick Taylor on lead guitar, Mick, of course was in the middle of his "wild phase".
To my knowledge Chuck Leavell did not play on Sticky Fingers. He is not credited. Not sure which track you are referencing but there are few musicians contributing various keyboards. Jim Dickinson, Nicky Hopkins, Ian Stewart, Billy Preston and Jack Nietzsche.
It was a saxophone(tenor) that instrument in 'Can't you hear me knocking' and the first song off this side, and the player's name was Bobby Keyes. You gotta move is an old song cover where Keith really has really picked up the style and feel of Mississippi Fred McDowell. As with the Beatles, not only standalone talents each one, but such a wonderful collection of them.
Like Bill Bruford of YES, Charlie Watts was a jazz drummer who played rock for a living... The horn you heard is a saxophone played by Bobby Keys. Some of the tracks on this - "You Gotta Move," "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses."- were recorded in the Muscle Shoals Sound studio, in Sheffield, Alabama in 1969. The session players there are legendary in their influence on rock, much the same as the guys at Sun Studios in Memphis. It's worth finding the film, Gimme Shelter and watching it. There are some scenes filmed at Muscle Shoals during the tracking of Sticky Fingers. The Stones were in fine form back then!
Brown Sugar - No trumpet. Tenor saxophone, Bobby Keys - RIP. Also on Can't You Hear Me Knockin'. You Gotta Move. Such a New Orleans style dirge - I couldn't be happier, Verdi, than to have you diving into the Rolling Stones.
@Blue-qr7qe Orchestral instruments saxophone and trumpet have been with us since the 1800's in orchestral music and have been used in R&R since its inception. It wouldn't hurt to know the difference between them. The trumpet is a member of the BRASS FAMILY (trumpet, trombone, french horn, tuba). The sound is produced from a vibration between the lips while blowing into a mouthpiece. Two well-known trumpet players are Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong. The saxophone is a member of the WOODWIND FAMILY (flutes, saxophones, clarinets). The sound is produced by a bamboo reed held between the lips. Saxophones are named by their pitch,the same as vocalists are: Soprano, alto, tenor, baritone. I would highly recommend that you listen to the entire KIND OF BLUE jazz album by Miles Davis. Miles plays the trumpet, and two sax players, alto saxophonist, Cannonball Adderley, and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, are featured as soloists and in accompaniment. If you listen to KIND OF BLUE, you'll be able to know these instruments upon hearing them, and won't sound like an idiot for not knowing which is which.You'll also have expanded your appreciation of music 100%. Yours in constructive criticism, BLUE - 💙 💙 💙
I saw them in Charlotte in 1972. They opened with Brown Sugar and played everything on this album plus much more. Incredible concert. Stevie Wonder was the warm-up act!
From what I remember they only played three tunes from Sticky Fingers on the 72 tour. They were Brown Sugar, Bitch and Dead Flowers. At least that’s what they played at all three shows In Philadelphia.
This album is fookin great!!! ❤❤ You have to listen to other Stones masterpieces like "Beggars Banquet", "Let it Bleed" and "Exile on Main Street"...and many other great Stones songs like "We Love You", Honky Tonk Woman", "Jumping Jack Flash" ....
The Stones era with Mick Taylor on lead guitar is 💯 pure rock and roll at its best! IMO their releases of Beggar’s Banquet (which was pre-Mick Taylor), Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed, and Exile on Main Street, are arguably the greatest consecutive four albums by any band in rock and roll history 👍
Bobby Keys a young prodigy who as a young teen lived around the corner from Buddy Holly and would go on to play on a catastrophe of tunes from various artist from the early 1960s till his passing in 2014. Bobby played on Run Around Sue by Dion and also baritone sax on Elvis Return To Sender. Check out his biography film Every Night Is A Saturday Night.
Mick Taylor is so underrated.. when he left the stones to pursue other things, he came up with this gem...Spanish / A Minor ua-cam.com/video/4YJB6UKZaFg/v-deo.html
You commented about both the horns (saxophone) and piano. The Stones had some great side men who contributed on many albums and tours. Piano is usually Nicky Hopkins or Ian Stewart (an original Stones member and later their tour manager/piano player). Bobby Keys is the saxophone player. You picked a great album! On certain days, "Sticky Fingers" is my favorite album.
Great choice for a first Stones listen. For one, it might be their more consistently strong album. Many people are on the fence about 'You gotta move' but if you take it as it's intended (to be funny) then it's a nice little coda to Can't you hear me knocking. Speaking of, the extended jam at the end of the song gives serious Santana vibes. The first song, Brown Sugar is one of their biggest hit and signature song and at the time it gathered quite the controversy for the subject matter of slave owners having midnight sex with their female slaves. Jagger wanted to name the song 'Black Pussy' but the record company stepped in 🤪 The second one, Sway, might be my favorite on the album. The end solo by the always talented Mick Taylor as well as the violins joining in, just rock heaven. Wild horses, one of their best known ballad. The second side has some killer songs as well and sticky fingers is the first album on their new label with the now famous lips logo. Sticky Fingers is definitely the best album to introduce someone to the Stones because it is the quintessential Stones album and has everything, visually and sonically that makes the Rolling Stones what they are.
During that time period the Rolling Stones were in top form. They could play anything and had an incredible guitarist in the band: Mick Taylor. He could play so incredibly beautiful guitar lines while the band sounded incredibly dirty, nasty. decadent and dangerous.
authentic primative comes to mind to fill out your wonderful, spot-on narrative of some of these songs. Thanx genuine thank U's for Your heartfelt reactions. hello from Wisconsin😎
Wild HOrses was first recorded by The Flying Burrito Bros., led by Gram Parsons. There's a lot of Parsons in that song, which has led some to believe he wrote it or co-wrote it. Parsons is a deep dive and one of the most influential artists ever. He gets a lot of credit for country rock movement. Emmylou Harris' Boulder to Birmingham is a tribute to Parsons after he died from a heroin overdose.
I love Gram, but he didn't write “Wild Horses,” even by his own admission. His influence is readily felt in the country-tinged sound that permeates from Let It Bleed to Exile, however.
Gram's own "working diary" shows Wild Horses appearing 3 times over the months before he recorded it, as he worked on the song, refining the lyrics. It relates directly to his own sister. He even recorded it a year before it appeared on Sticky Fingers. Mick and Keith wrote nothing like it in 50 years. Yes, Gram wrote the song.
@@avlisk that’s good info. I always thought it was grams song. The lyrics and music are pure Parsons. Stones probably bought the song under the table. Happened all the time.
Lady Jane,ruby Tuesday you’ve got the silver, wild horses,I got the blues,angie,memory motel,beast of burden, slipping away and a load more amazing ballads all thanks to mr Richards,despite his image keef is an old romantic at heart,and a absolute wonderful acoustic player
The solo on Brown Sugar was a tenor saxophone played by Bobby Keys. The pianist on that song was Ian Stewart. An important and early figure in the London blues/rock scene. Bobby Keys was a highly regarded American session musician with a long list of musical accomplishments whose main gig was the Stones. Both have since past. Despite popular belief ian Stewart along with Brian Jones were the original co-founders of the band. Not Keith and Mick who they asked to join them. Ian Stewart was fired from the band in 1963 by their then manager Andrew Loog Oldham because he didn't fit in with the look of the band, i.e., not a skinny, cool looking rock & roller. He was also almost 10 years older than the other band members. But he was asked by that same manager to remain on as tour manager which to everyone's surprise he accepted with grace and dignity. Keith, Mick, Charlie and Bill had such high regard for him they let him pick and choose which songs he played on both live and in the studio until he passed in 1985. By all accounts he was a lovely and quite contented man despite not being in the limelight and receiving the accolades and wealth of the other members of the band he co-founded.
The horn-like sound that appears in "Brown Sugar" is played on a saxophone. The saxophone solo is performed by Bobby Keys, who was a regular collaborator with The Rolling Stones and contributed to many of their releases. Keys' saxophone solo gives the song an extra level of energy and excitement, unmistakably enhancing its unique sound. His saxophone solo has become a memorable and iconic element of the song and is one of the reasons why "Brown Sugar" remains a classic rock staple to this day.
As we all did back in the day didn’t really take any notice the lyrics In Brown Sugar because the rock beat and guitar work was so good it was a staple in there live concerts for over 40 years but it’s now been withdrawn how things have changed
When I watch your reaction to the decades videos (70s, 80, 90s 00s) and I see the heavy infuence disco/RnB/Dance has had on you, it makes me appreciate your Rock reactions that much more (Boston, Supertramp, Yes, Stones etc) keep up the good work.
Jimmy Page played a 1965 Fender XII twelve string, and a 1959 Fender Telecaster that was given to him by Jeff Beck ( the infamous Dragon Tele ) for the lead guitar part.
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When I bought the vinyl of this album, there was an actual zipper for the jeans on the cover!
Hope you kept it!
So .. Zipp It !!
Ya ,I got Andy Warhol's original cover and the zip works
PS : its Warhol on the cover
One of the best albums of the era. In 1971 everyone was cooking, a peak year in rock. Great reaction
The garage bands of the 60s were maturing musically and the singer songwriter was just arriving on the scene and the year I graduated from High School. The perfect storm.
@@bumperu it was a perfect storm
Man..we were Spoiled Rotten!
@@t.j.payeur5331 yes we were. I kind of had a sense that it was just a temporary phase but mostly I thought it would just keep expanding and growing forever.
Can you imagine what this was like for a 16 year old hearing this when it first came out? Sensational!
Does 17 count? 😅
@@mjeffn2 Live. I was 17.
As a matter of fact... I can :)
I was 13 I loved it
I DID imagine it lol
RIP the great Bobby Keys on saxophone.. wonderful documentary on him on netflix or youtube.. man the stories he had of his days touring with the Stones..
Bobby Keys was dope and always a highlight when he appeared on a Stones record.
Had the pleasure of parting with him in Austin after he'd returned from a Stones' tour of Europe in the good year 1986! Verdy... UR reactions are great! merci from Wsconsin1
The second half of Can't You Hear Me Knocking was an unplanned piece. Supposedly after the first part of the song was done some of the musicians kept on going in an impromptu jam session, something the Stones did a lot in the studio sessions. The Recording Engineer didn't stop the tape and let it continue to record. The musicians who stepped away all eventually came back in the studio and re-joined in the jam. History was then made and the brilliance of Mick Taylor and his guitar was showcased for the world to enjoy.
You Got To Move is basically the style and sound of old old school Mississippi Blues with acoustic dobro slide guitars and kick drum and cymbal, very reminiscent of late 1800 to early 1900 blues before the electric guitar age
Mick Taylor was the one who kept playing. They later filled in the time before the other guys returned to their instruments with the sax solo and the percussion. My favorite part is Charlie giving the guys multiple cues to to wrap it up, because if it went too long it would just be a jam and wouldn't make it onto the album. He knew it was something special and didn't want it to go to waste. Yeah, great solo by Mick!
That’s wrong keef was the one that carried on playing and the rest continued, I honestly don’t know why the ending gets so much love it’s a poor man’s Santana jam, the glory is the song, keefs peak open tuning playing
@@fredtheted2259 okay Felicia
@@fredtheted2259 You say; "That's wrong", but what you mean is; "That's not the story I'm familiar with", since you, yourself, actually have no way of knowing what's right or wrong.
@@fredtheted2259 It was Mick.
I’ve listened to these songs on classic rock radio for DECADES and this wonderful young lady seems to catch details in the songs that I was barely aware of. What ears! She has great attention to detail…
I know, right, lol! There are definitely some reactors who have put me to shame with what they notice after just one hearing! Crystal Shannon is one, tho she seems to have sort of dropped out, but her Beatles reviews especially are, frankly, brilliant. Amber at Rob Squad has the same knack. Soul Train Brother excels with Zeppelin.
@@joescott8877 Yeah, she certainly caught on instantly to some of the subtleties and nuances -- so much so that I wouldn't be surprised if she had done a little research before she listened, and btw, I think that's the best way to do these reactions. Personally, I don't enjoy hearing some reactors stumble through cluelessly having no idea of what they're listening to. You're really right on it shouting out Amber at Rob Squad. She's got an amazing ear and music processor in her brain. As for her other half.........uh, better to say nothing as he comes across as a very good dude. What's amazing (if true), I believe he started the channel intending to do it by himself - Amber came on as a guest and everybody knew she needed to be there. They should definitely change the name of the channel to honor her.
The zipper still works on my album's cover of this masterpiece ~
Mine too but the disk looks like it was sandpapered.
@@stevenmotchan2048 I thought it was cool when I bought it then over time I began to hate the zipper. Had to keep the album in its own slot.
I don’t know how many times I tried to stick a finger in that zipper and it never got sticky.
My favorite album of all time. Every song a banger. I swear, I listen to this once a week!
Same here. It's probably the best Stones experience - apart from a live show.
It's a tie with Beggars Banquet for My Favorite Stones, And They're 3rd fave for me behind Doors L.A Woman and Zeppelin IV.
A. That instrument in Brown Sugar and heard at other times throughout the album is a tenor saxophone, played by the late, great Bobby Keys.
The sax is one of the hottest and sexiest instruments in rock and blues.
B. This was made during the Stones best era. That era covers the period when guitarist Mick Taylor was part of the band.
C. The most unique album cover in history. It was designed by Andy Warhol and the zipper actually operated.
This is the golden age of the Rolling Stones, the Mick Taylor on guitar years, which along with this album includes Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, Exile on Main Street and Get Yer Ya Yas Out. I bought this album when it came out. The album cover had a working zipper.
This is partly true but can be misleading. Mick Taylor didn't play on Beggar's Banquet and his participation to Let It Bleed was minimal. I would add "Goat's Head Soup" to this selection as it's one of my favorite Stones records. He also plays on "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" but it is a much weaker records except maybe "Dance little sister" and "Fingerprint file".
Jimmy Miller, the producer, was the secret sauce on all of those albums. His production really elevated their music.
@@saulturner3567 Yes, I was going to add the Brian Jones-Mick Taylor transition years/albums.
Still have the original first press and zipper cover. A novelty in its day, to be sure.
So much quality, so few years.
Can't You Hear Me Knocking is my fav Stones song.
Probably the best riffs of any rock 'n' roll song ever and certainly the opening.
That guitar playing you liked so much in the left channel was played by the great Mick Taylor. Taylor was in the Stones from 1969 to 1974. He replaced Stones founder Brian Jones. The Stones were never as good again after Taylor quit in 1974.
I thought she was referring to the rhythm from Keith rather than the solo.
@ARD In "Sway" she was talking about Taylor's lead in the left channel. Keith doesn't even play on that one. The rhythm guitar on "Sway" is Mick J.
@@ARD-lk5pr no she's not talking about the rhythm, she's talking about Taylor's lead, in the left channel.
@@davescurry69 Yeah that makes more sense!
Mick Taylor and Keith Richards together was always ALWAYS FIRE 🔥 GUITAR! These two albums - this and the next, Exile On Main St., are such classics because of the alchemy between them. I mean…everybody else in the band is perfection too. Just a peak time in the life of a band with more than a few peaks!
You made my day ;-)) Greets from hamburg (germany)
The alchemy disappeared by Goats Head Soup and never came back.
Brown Sugar was a worldwide #1 hit in 1971 and so was this legendary album
and it had that wicked cover!
They stopped playing it, since a few thought it was “offensive”! Gawd, I hate weak minded cancel culture!
There’s an alternate version of “Brown Sugar” released with Eric Clapton on lead guitar instead of Richards. Amazing! 🎸
@@ricktaylor5397 It was deemed racist for the lyrics, not the music!
The opening riff of " Can't you hear me knocking" still makes my toes curl after a thousand listens.
Sway, Bitch, and Moonlight Mile are fantastic songs.
In Brown Sugar ,the horn was a Saxophone and the shaker sound were Mic Jagger playing Maracas !
“Sway” is without a doubt one of Mick Taylor’s finest moments with the Stones. Plays the bottleneck solo during the bridge and an amazing virtuosic solo in the outro. I also love Jagger’s rough-hewn style of rhythm guitar-he has such a distinct sound when he plays rhythm. No Keith, either - only on backing vocals.
Possibly the greatest guitar solo of all time.
his solo on Winter is great also
I was 15 when this album came out. Living in Nairobi, Kenya. Bought the album at East African Music Store. Back then we’d carry the albums to each others houses, get stoned and rock out. What great memories! Thanks to the Glimmer Twins!
The horn you hear on the instrumental break in 'Brown Sugar" is a saxophone, played by Bobby Keys, who was an "unofficial" member or the band in the late 60s and 70s. Even years after first hearing it, I still think "Brown Sugar" is one of the top ten rock and roll songs of all time, and that sax solo is one reason. It is perfect for this song, and no sax solo was ever better.
Bobby Keys…he hooked up with them in the late 60’s. True Texan that became Keith Richards best friend on the road.
Sax legend
The saxophone on Brown Sugar & the solo on Knocking was played by Bobby Keys. Who started being a regular member of the Stones records & their touring band from this album on to his passing in 2014. He mostly played the Tenor & Baritone sax.
"Can't you Hear Me Knocking," was my first song that I learned the lead guitar too. As a teen, around 14 I think. I love that song!
Mick and Keith both liked country music a lot, and you hear that coming through in something like "Wild Horses". They often mix country and blues influences in their songs, and it's a mixture that really speaks to the soul when done right.
I love the Country Blues sound of this record
Yes, you're right @Dean Roddey - but for me, stylistically, "dead flowers" is the best number that shows that they have a country affinity. Greets from hamburg (germany)
I forgot how much that influenced their music. It sounds so good, that mixture of rock, country, and blues. Three American genres played by an iconic British rock band.
@@27bayoubengals Sometimes it happens that way, for whatever reasons of nature and nurture. Look at The Band, a 4/5ths Canadian band that recorded some of the most iconic American heartland rock of all time.
Of course another thing about albums like this is that they were made almost the opposite of how music is made today. They could care less if there were mistakes, as long as the atmosphere and vibe was outstanding. These days, all of these human flaws would be removed by some guy sitting at the computer for days, editing like crazy.
@@deanroddey2881 I agree and still by your side !
a combination of rock, blues, jazz and gospel, great album, by the way love your reactions.
This album was mostly recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, because Mick and Keith wanted that funky sound the studio there was famous for producing. ..
Moonlight Mile is my favorite off this album. I could swear it could be a Van Morrison song.
Probably the very best Stones album. I love your spirit and beauty.
Not probably; definitely.
As always I love to watch you listen , Bobby Keys played tenor sax on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and Billy Preston was playing the organ.
Props to Ry Cooder on slide guitar. Keith's 5-string open G tuning came from exposure to Ry's 6-string open G tuning--Keith didn't like the low D and removed the string.
And that became his signature tuning. 5 string open G!
Sticky Fingers !!!! Yeah. Let's Go !!!! 😂
The whole album is pure diamond. Sway is my favourite tune of all time.
That's Robert "Bobby" Keys on SAX. He played with the Stones forever .(RIP) That rip on Bown Sugar is one of the all time great rock sax solos! Not a bad song on the album. I first saw the Stones in 1972 when I was but a kid (13 yo) I've seen them at least a dozen tines since!
I've been to two Stones concerts, 30 years apart. They are master class.
Yes- best show. Outdoors, a carnival atmosphere, that was my experience. Best.
I'm loving your reaction. This is my second favourite album of all time. Looking forward to side 2!
Even though 'Exile on Main Street' is my favourite Stones album, I recommend that you listen to 'Let it Bleed' next. It's shorter and has more commercial hits on it.
The Stones' best LP and Verdy's reaction made my day 😁 You're hearing the late, great Bobby Keys on all things saxophone ;-)
I think a lot of us would LOVE to hear your reaction to the album Beggar's Banquet or Let It Bleed.... can't go wrong with either but I particularly love Beggar's Banquet. you'll see both why they are as big as they are and also how while they're very rooted in the blues they were different than anything going on when the Beatles were doing the Beatles thing.
Love your channel Verdy.
Bobby Keys (on sax) and Keith Richard were brothers from separate mothers. Both were born on the same day - December 18,1943 - Keith in London and Bobby Keys in Slaton, Texas. They met at a gig in San Antonio in 1964, and soon became best friends.
Please do the “Let it Bleed” album by the same band. That and this one are my two favorites.
I'd LOVE to hear her do Let It Bleed.... or Beggar's Banquet... I might lean toward Beggar's Banquet... something about the rawness i love.
Let it Bleed was a great album that really pulled them through the void when Brian Jones had really stopped contributing. One of the few albums Keith played nearly all the guitar parts himself!
sax player Bobby Keys.. RIP
if only he was still around..Too sad a demise...
They were a hit machine and
in-concert legends for a reason
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (one of my all-time favs with Gimme Shelter) was on the soundtrack of cult movie "Blow" with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz.
I've been listening to Sticky Fingers since the mid-70's, when my one of my friends used to play it in his basement. I liked it, but I it wasn't anything special to me at the time. In 2007 another friend who was in the basement back then and I really got into this album (he became a huge Stones fan in the intervening years). It so happened that I was planning to take a 6-week photography trip that summer, driving across the country visiting national parks. I was so into Sticky Fingers that I decided to listen to that album only for the entire trip. It was something of an experiment--could I listen to the same album for 6 weeks straight? Would it still sound good after hearing it over and over? I don't know how many times I heard it, but I never got sick of it and it still sounded great when I pulled into my driveway six weeks later.
You are correct. Can't You Hear Me Knocking was a complete jam session for the second half of the song and they were just having fun during a recording session. They decided to keep it on the track as it was so darn good. :)
That is Chuck Levell on Keys, Keith Richards is rocking the 5 string Telecaster iin open G, Bobby Keys on saxophone (tenor sax not a "surf trumpet?" ) . Mick Taylor on lead guitar, Mick, of course was in the middle of his "wild phase".
To my knowledge Chuck Leavell did not play on Sticky Fingers. He is not credited. Not sure which track you are referencing but there are few musicians contributing various keyboards. Jim Dickinson, Nicky Hopkins, Ian Stewart, Billy Preston and Jack Nietzsche.
@@CaryOn11 It was the great Nicky Hopkins. Chuck did not join the band until the early eighties.
We know exactly what you mean. The Stones have always been able to put out something and make you think WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM?
It was a saxophone(tenor) that instrument in 'Can't you hear me knocking' and the first song off this side, and the player's name was Bobby Keyes. You gotta move is an old song cover where Keith really has really picked up the style and feel of Mississippi Fred McDowell. As with the Beatles, not only standalone talents each one, but such a wonderful collection of them.
Like Bill Bruford of YES, Charlie Watts was a jazz drummer who played rock for a living... The horn you heard is a saxophone played by Bobby Keys. Some of the tracks on this - "You Gotta Move," "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses."- were recorded in the Muscle Shoals Sound studio, in Sheffield, Alabama in 1969. The session players there are legendary in their influence on rock, much the same as the guys at Sun Studios in Memphis. It's worth finding the film, Gimme Shelter and watching it. There are some scenes filmed at Muscle Shoals during the tracking of Sticky Fingers. The Stones were in fine form back then!
Brown Sugar - No trumpet. Tenor saxophone, Bobby Keys - RIP. Also on Can't You Hear Me Knockin'.
You Gotta Move. Such a New Orleans style dirge -
I couldn't be happier, Verdi, than to have you diving into the Rolling Stones.
@Blue-qr7qe
Orchestral instruments saxophone and trumpet have been with us since the 1800's in orchestral music and have been used in R&R since its inception. It wouldn't hurt to know the difference between them.
The trumpet is a member of the BRASS FAMILY (trumpet, trombone, french horn, tuba). The sound is produced from a vibration between the lips while blowing into a mouthpiece.
Two well-known trumpet players are Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong.
The saxophone is a member of the WOODWIND FAMILY (flutes, saxophones, clarinets). The sound is produced by a bamboo reed held between the lips. Saxophones are named by their pitch,the same as vocalists are: Soprano, alto, tenor, baritone.
I would highly recommend that you listen to the entire KIND OF BLUE jazz album by Miles Davis. Miles plays the trumpet, and two sax players, alto saxophonist, Cannonball Adderley, and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, are featured as soloists and in accompaniment.
If you listen to KIND OF BLUE, you'll be able to know these instruments upon hearing them, and won't sound like an idiot for not knowing which is which.You'll also have expanded your appreciation of music 100%.
Yours in constructive criticism, BLUE - 💙 💙 💙
What a fantastic album! Very much looking forward to side 2.😎
I missed the 30k celebration
Congrats Verdy
I really enjoy a younger impression of songs we have heard a million times 🤩🤩
They’ve had some amazing albums over the years and this album is one of my favourite. This was beginning of their time when they were smoking hot
They began in 1968.
1968-1972 they had it dialed in!
Great album! And a perfect reaction! Great job!
Your face during Can ya hear me knocking ! Yes! Enjoy your reactions!
I saw them in Charlotte in 1972. They opened with Brown Sugar and played everything on this album plus much more. Incredible concert. Stevie Wonder was the warm-up act!
From what I remember they only played three tunes from Sticky Fingers on the 72 tour. They were Brown Sugar, Bitch and Dead Flowers. At least that’s what they played at all three shows In Philadelphia.
So glad someone as young as yourself is hip enough to be open to all music 1 of the alltime great classic albums. Great observations.
The instrument you were looking to identify in " Brown Sugar " is the tenor saxophone being played by the late great Bobby Keys. RIP Bobby!
This album is fookin great!!! ❤❤
You have to listen to other Stones masterpieces like "Beggars Banquet", "Let it Bleed" and "Exile on Main Street"...and many other great Stones songs like "We Love You", Honky Tonk Woman", "Jumping Jack Flash" ....
The Stones era with Mick Taylor on lead guitar is 💯 pure rock and roll at its best! IMO their releases of Beggar’s Banquet (which was pre-Mick Taylor), Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed, and Exile on Main Street, are arguably the greatest consecutive four albums by any band in rock and roll history 👍
Thank you sooooo much! My favorite Stones' LP.
My favorite Stones' jam. Stones at their best during the Mick Taylor era. And the boys still have it. Saw them in Paris last July. A blast
Me, too. The concert was a surprise bday present from my two boys and their wives. We all went. Lots of fun and good music
Love your reactions to my fave album of all time!
Bout time! Stones have kicked ass for 60 years.
He'll yeah
That's a saxophone on Brown Sugar, not a trumpet. Played by the late Bobby Keys, one of Keith Richards' closest friends.
Bobby Keys a young prodigy who as a young teen lived around the corner from Buddy Holly and would go on to play on a catastrophe of tunes from various artist from the early 1960s till his passing in 2014. Bobby played on Run Around Sue by Dion and also baritone sax on Elvis Return To Sender. Check out his biography film Every Night Is A Saturday Night.
Mick Taylor is so underrated.. when he left the stones to pursue other things, he came up with this gem...Spanish / A Minor ua-cam.com/video/4YJB6UKZaFg/v-deo.html
I was 11 when I reacted like her, cannot help but move and groove. Now im 62 and groove
You commented about both the horns (saxophone) and piano. The Stones had some great side men who contributed on many albums and tours. Piano is usually Nicky Hopkins or Ian Stewart (an original Stones member and later their tour manager/piano player).
Bobby Keys is the saxophone player.
You picked a great album! On certain days, "Sticky Fingers" is my favorite album.
You should listen to the live album Get Yer Ya Ya's Out by The Rolling Stones. May be one of the greatest live albums ever done, it is fantastic.
Top five rock albums of all time. Definitely one I would carry to a desert isle.
I remember getting this when it came out. There was a real zipper in the cover.
I enjoyed the heck out of you enjoying Wild Horses! It transcends time…
Nice reaction VERDY, you’re hearing what I heard 50 years ago. Great music doesn’t grow old xx
Great choice for a first Stones listen.
For one, it might be their more consistently strong album. Many people are on the fence about 'You gotta move' but if you take it as it's intended (to be funny) then it's a nice little coda to Can't you hear me knocking.
Speaking of, the extended jam at the end of the song gives serious Santana vibes.
The first song, Brown Sugar is one of their biggest hit and signature song and at the time it gathered quite the controversy for the subject matter of slave owners having midnight sex with their female slaves. Jagger wanted to name the song 'Black Pussy' but the record company stepped in 🤪
The second one, Sway, might be my favorite on the album. The end solo by the always talented Mick Taylor as well as the violins joining in, just rock heaven.
Wild horses, one of their best known ballad.
The second side has some killer songs as well and sticky fingers is the first album on their new label with the now famous lips logo.
Sticky Fingers is definitely the best album to introduce someone to the Stones because it is the quintessential Stones album and has everything, visually and sonically that makes the Rolling Stones what they are.
My favorite Stones album sooo good 😊✌️❤️🔥😎
Exile on main street is best album
Bless you. Down and dirty Stones in all their unrepentant glory
My all time favourite Stones song!
I was actually hoping that you would do a reaction to the stones. And this is a great one to start with. This is perfection!!!
During that time period the Rolling Stones were in top form. They could play anything and had an incredible guitarist in the band: Mick Taylor. He could play so incredibly beautiful guitar lines while the band sounded incredibly dirty, nasty. decadent and dangerous.
Peak Stones! The pinnacle of the Mick Taylor era. The swirling, churning rhythm guitars on "Sway" are a force of nature.
authentic primative comes to mind to fill out your wonderful, spot-on narrative of some of these songs. Thanx genuine thank U's for Your heartfelt reactions. hello from Wisconsin😎
Wild HOrses was first recorded by The Flying Burrito Bros., led by Gram Parsons. There's a lot of Parsons in that song, which has led some to believe he wrote it or co-wrote it. Parsons is a deep dive and one of the most influential artists ever. He gets a lot of credit for country rock movement. Emmylou Harris' Boulder to Birmingham is a tribute to Parsons after he died from a heroin overdose.
Gram parsons. Brilliant.
I love Gram, but he didn't write “Wild Horses,” even by his own admission. His influence is readily felt in the country-tinged sound that permeates from Let It Bleed to Exile, however.
Gram's own "working diary" shows Wild Horses appearing 3 times over the months before he recorded it, as he worked on the song, refining the lyrics. It relates directly to his own sister. He even recorded it a year before it appeared on Sticky Fingers. Mick and Keith wrote nothing like it in 50 years. Yes, Gram wrote the song.
@@avlisk that’s good info. I always thought it was grams song. The lyrics and music are pure Parsons. Stones probably bought the song under the table. Happened all the time.
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Lady Jane,ruby Tuesday you’ve got the silver, wild horses,I got the blues,angie,memory motel,beast of burden, slipping away and a load more amazing ballads all thanks to mr Richards,despite his image keef is an old romantic at heart,and a absolute wonderful acoustic player
In the 1st song, the solo instrument is a tenor saxophone.
I was just listening to your 30,000 subscribers live stream and thinking you needed some Stones!
The solo on Brown Sugar was a tenor saxophone played by Bobby Keys. The pianist on that song was Ian Stewart. An important and early figure in the London blues/rock scene. Bobby Keys was a highly regarded American session musician with a long list of musical accomplishments whose main gig was the Stones. Both have since past. Despite popular belief ian Stewart along with Brian Jones were the original co-founders of the band. Not Keith and Mick who they asked to join them. Ian Stewart was fired from the band in 1963 by their then manager Andrew Loog Oldham because he didn't fit in with the look of the band, i.e., not a skinny, cool looking rock & roller. He was also almost 10 years older than the other band members. But he was asked by that same manager to remain on as tour manager which to everyone's surprise he accepted with grace and dignity. Keith, Mick, Charlie and Bill had such high regard for him they let him pick and choose which songs he played on both live and in the studio until he passed in 1985. By all accounts he was a lovely and quite contented man despite not being in the limelight and receiving the accolades and wealth of the other members of the band he co-founded.
The horn-like sound that appears in "Brown Sugar" is played on a saxophone. The saxophone solo is performed by Bobby Keys, who was a regular collaborator with The Rolling Stones and contributed to many of their releases.
Keys' saxophone solo gives the song an extra level of energy and excitement, unmistakably enhancing its unique sound. His saxophone solo has become a memorable and iconic element of the song and is one of the reasons why "Brown Sugar" remains a classic rock staple to this day.
I wish I could listen to this classic masterpiece for the first time again on Headphones
I remember doing it!!!
Still Rocks
As we all did back in the day didn’t really take any notice the lyrics In Brown Sugar because the rock beat and guitar work was so good it was a staple in there live concerts for over 40 years but it’s now been withdrawn how things have changed
After this LP came Exile On Main St. The greatest Stones album of them all!
Brown Sugar is one of the greatest rock songs ever written and the fact that the Stones won’t play it live anymore is a shame.
The 2nd greatest album of all time just behind “ Exile”.
Nicky Hopkins on Piano and Keys. One of the best. Bobby Keys on Sax... phenomenal.
Saw them do this live in ‘72. My first concert.
Your English and understanding of the songs is impressive 👏 👌 🙏❤
When I watch your reaction to the decades videos (70s, 80, 90s 00s) and I see the heavy infuence disco/RnB/Dance has had on you, it makes me appreciate your Rock reactions that much more (Boston, Supertramp, Yes, Stones etc) keep up the good work.
Amazing, perennially cool record. Side 2 may be even better! Great reaction Verdy.
I'm 63 still grooving Charlie and Kieth like this lovely girl. So cool
Keith's riffing at its finest. That Sound only HE HAS
Jimmy Page played a 1965 Fender XII twelve string, and a 1959 Fender Telecaster that was given to him by Jeff Beck ( the infamous Dragon Tele ) for the lead guitar part.