Why Mick Taylor Left The Rolling Stones
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Mick Taylor gave the Stones the best years they ever had
Good years, but the Brian 's years were so creative. The stones were already a huge band when he went on stage.
@@BlueLou974 I agree about Brian, but they were much bigger when Taylor left. Brian and Taylor left the Stones with a foundation that carried them till now.
The albums made during the Mick Taylor years speaks for itself. The Stones at their best!
Sorry Ronnie but M Taylor could really do the Lead links. Spontaneous and original.
Poor old Ronnie is Keith's Yes man..
The Stones at their best... I am not going to disagree, but will say that the Stones have been extremely great with and without Mick Taylor.
@@thomassicard3733 They were great before Mick Taylor and after,but there was something magical with him . “ can you hear the music “
But the best of the Brian era was better than Goats Head Soup and It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll. And Let It Bleed was almost a complete album when Taylor joined.
@@fuchsiaswing8545 yes , the best of the Brian Jones era was great. Jumpin Jack Flash is my favorite Stones single, and Beggars Banquet is my 2nd favorite album, Exile on Main Street is my favorite. Unfortunately Brian was about wasted for Let It Bleed. When M Taylor joined it began a string of some pretty good Stones albums
The best Stones guitarist by far.
I'd agree with that! But Brian Jones was very good with musical instruments! Ad it not for Brian Jones the Rooling Stone's would have never come about! There first release! Was Comon!the beatles and stones used to ring one another up so they wouldn't release their record at the same time. That's why they never at to compete with one another in the chorts 😊!upstairs for thinking downstairs for dancing !?.
The Taylor period is peak Stones. They produced some brilliant stuff before and great stuff afterwards, but when Mick Taylor was in the band they were sublime.
what 'great stuff' came afterwards?? there were some good songs here and there, but after "Some Girls" is was basically over
Imo their best album mix was Sticky Fingers
@@theyrekrnations8990 No way! Had some good tunes, but was nothing like 'Some Girls' or the REAL Rolling Stones .
After Mick Taylor left they went downhill, and just got by because of their name and their previous successes.
@@PostFamilyOfOrigin just my opinion , talking about the sound quality
Mick was a Classic Guitar Player and the albums with Mick on them were the best.
Mick Taylor is one of many understated guitar player's of that time, so it's nice to see him getting the the kudos he rightly deserves.
Think Keef mayve Ben threatened by him !Mickl was a Blues gurrist n Keef was always a Rock N Roll guitarist !!
@@jeremygreen2198looks like you've been smoking some nice tackle yourself mate,by the state of your comment 🤯👍👍👍😵💫
I don't think he is understated. He did appear in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 greatest guitarists of all time list.
No he wasn't.............did you live those times? Everybody knew of him.
I was born in 1970 so no I didnt know of him until much later@@dontworrydon
In my opinion Taylor is the best guitarist that the Stones ever had
That is a fact not just an opinion.
And an opinion that has been stated as a singular opinion on UA-cam close to 85 billion times. @@alphadog1961
lead guitar yes and The Stones were at their best between 1969 and 1974 but, Keith is maybe an asshole but with Malcom Young, certainly one of the best rythm guitar player and riff creator.
Agreed.
The Rolling Stones are singing songs, not just an nice gift package for a guitar hero.
Lawyer here. Can’t believe Mick didn’t get legal advice. Naturally the correct legal position is determined by the specific wording of the relevant contracts, but just because the Stones changed labels doesn’t mean any previous contractual obligations to pay Mick are invalidated. I hope he finally got his due.
I was lucky to see the Stones with Mick Taylor about 71-72. They played Sympathy for the Devil, and the best songs from their most recent two or three albums. Taylor was on the side of the stage closest to me, and I had a good close seat. He made the sound glow, really, and solidified the band while Mick marched up and down the stage. I was mesmerized and astounded, couldn't quit smiling for a week after, and it was all Mick Taylor for me.
so cool thanks for the memories!
Mick Taylor was Gold for the Stones the years he was there. My favorite period of their existence.
If Mick Taylor was so good for the Stones as Jagger says why did he swindle him out out of his royalties around 1982? Taylor did so much for the history and popularity of the Stones.
Probably got into that habit with his predecessor.
It's common for record companies to screw bands, but to screw your own band mate that contributed so many great solos and contributed to your fame is beyond my comprehension. May the guilty parties burn in hell.@@mygreatbigfoot1679
The main reason why I have never played the guitar for others ...The style , notes,gear and shapes of the chords should be known only to the true authors
You may have denied others of the happiness of hearing your music.@@radomirratkovic9014
The problem wth two guitarist situations is that sometimes some very ordinary skilled guy just follows the other guitarist way of playing note for the note ...playing exactly the same shapes ,same octaves ..everything ...In the Stones case they were weaving together ...all that open G stuff unfolded while Mick Taylor played the standard tuning and it melded very good together
I credit Mick Taylor for keeping the band from falling apart completely. Almost any song from his time, Taylor is the glue that makes it work. I particularly love the song Winter, without his brilliant guitar, we probably would have never heard the song, and there are lots of other examples. He is definitely the most talented person to every play with the band and is criminally underappreciated. Charlie and Bill deserve some credit too for being a solid rhythm section during those years when Keith was messed up and Jagger was becoming a schtick on an ego trip. Taylor elevated the band and kept it relevant when they needed it the most.
I agree with most of that. I do disagree with Mick Taylor being the most talented person. As a musician, yes, but as a songwriter no. Mick and Keith are legends as songwriters.
@@jameschristenbury2625 You are absolutely right. Taylor was the most talented guitarist for sure. But it takes more than one guitar player to make a great band.
Absolutely Taylor was a great guitar player, but the fact that he tried to overdub Charlie's drums and Bill's bass, to me shows that he had a horrid ego that was never going to last in that band. There's enough ego going on with Keith for anymore ego in that band.
If you are f**kin with Charlie's drums and think you know better than him when it comes to musicality as a drummer, let alone the rhythm section of Charlie and Bill then you are not the right man for that band.
I'm fed up with everyone saying that The Stones best period was when Taylor was in the band and implying that this was solely down to him.
It wasn't. Mick, Keith, Charlie and Bill were playing and creatively fabulous at that point in time.
Also Nicky Hopkins probably had as much of a musical influence as Taylor did on these records yet he's not held in as such high regard.
Agreed, "Winter" is in my top 3 if not my favourite, but it's also worth mentioning that Keith didn't actually play on that song. Jagger is playing rhythm 12-string and Taylor is on the lead, no Keith.
Sick of hearing this crap about Taylor
We just have to be thankful for those years. With MT in the studio, the Stones made maybe their best albums, and on stage never rocked harder.
Agreed. Ronnie is just what Keith wanted/"desired.... A Yes boy..
Mick was far more spontaneous and "real" than Ronnie, but Ron fitted Keith's ego better.
@@josielymbery1096Their sound became a lot narrower with Ron. Still some incredible LPs especially
some Girls imo. That one is end to end among their best
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL agreed.
LOL You all have no evidence that Wood is a "yes boy." You're not in the studio or stage. Taylor fans just love insulting everyone else. It's a sign of insecurity.@@josielymbery1096
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL I Think they used a few different gat players on Some Girls.
"Time waits for No One" has always been my fav Stones song.
Mick Jagger cuts the solo that Mick Taylor made for that song, that was the moment when Mick Taylor threw the Guitar and get out of the stones forever.
Einer der besten unbekannten" Songs der Steine.
It's a GREAT track!
It was mainly his song and he got no credits
The Stones have not played it since.
On his last years Charlie Watts said it: EVERYONE OF US WAS INVOLVED IN COMPOSITING ALL THE SONGS. You can see the composition talent behin Bill Wyman hearing his solo albums (they are a lot) so the whole musicians deserve credit for what they did.
well said
Absolutly. But who listen to the bass, when a cute guitarist with a LP is on stage? Most of people watch music, not listen at.
I agree. In Classical music, the composer writes every part for every instrument: the violins, the french horns, the oboes, etc. So that's a real composer. In most rock bands, the song's author writes the lyrics and the basic melody, but the band fills out the rest. They are all the song's composer. This may be why U2 always lists all four band members as the composers of their songs.
While I think The Stones were in their zenith in the Jones era, Taylor’s guitar playing is legendary. He was probably the only thing that could’ve saved them from Brian’s death at the time because of his virtuoso playing. Too bad they didn’t give him credit where he deserved, guess they didn’t learn their lesson with Brian.
The Stones were in their zenith in the Taylor era. Have you listened to their records from that era?
@@mikeymutual5489 I have, and I like them. But music is all subjective.
@@mikeymutual5489the Jones era music was very creative ,but Taylor was the best guitarist.
@@manuelaguirre1062 While the writers were at the top of their form.
Brian is too much idolized, he was a good musician, he lost the leadership very soon, he takes too many wrong drugs. 3 great Stones periods, with Brian, without Brian(Beggars banquet, Let it bleed), with Taylor.
I am thankful for the time Mick Taylor was with the Rolling Stones. His contribution was immeasurable and historic. Ronnie Wood filled the gap. God bless all of them.
One of the best examples showing that the Stones were at their peak with Mick Taylor is their live 1971 performance of “Dead Flowers” at the Marquee Club.
For this Stones fan, "Time Waits For No One", one of the songs Mick Taylor co-wrote with Jagger seems like the perfect song that sums up how Taylor must've felt before he decided to leave the band.
And Jagger's singing is just annoying. Song is saved only by Taylor's solo.
Yep! Can you imagine all those juicy guitar and slide licks we've all missed out on since he left the stones!
The last album i bought is Tattoo You then I gave up on the Stones. Ronnie Wood is awful as lead guitar player
Very nicely done. I loved Mick Taylor's playing.
Thanks
It was really no doubt that he and Charlie were the best musicians in the band.
Actually Brian Jones was.....
@@rutherfordBHAZED not by a long shot.
@@TK-fk4powhy the hate?? He founded the group.
@@jalisabradford6201 True. But nowhere near as technically proficient. Neither was Keith. Although both of them were extremely creative, they were definitely limited by guitar chops. Not to say Brian wasn’t influential, but as a guitar player, Mick was the best player in the band. Way better than Ron Wood as well.
@@TK-fk4po Mick was definitely in a higher league than Keith, and Ronnie later. But how many different instruments on iconic Stones songs did Charlie Watts play....uuuuuh---ONE, drums! And Mick Taylor???? Did he play a sitar? How about xylophone? Recorder/flute? All rhetorical questions. I rest my case.
Winter by Taylor era Stones is magical. Mick’s solo is perfect on it.
Don't get me wrong, Wood is the man, hated to see him leave the Faces, but Taylor marked the best era of the Stones.
The Faces were BREAKING UP anyhow. Rod Stewart went SOLO the other Ronnie was going his way it was kismet that RW was AVAILABLE at just that time!
He was the best Stones guitarist ever and sticky Fingers and Exile were in my opinión the best of the Stones 😊with great influence of Mick s Blues guitar playing ❤
And Let it bleed
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" doesn't get enough credit. Could listen to that all day. Tremendous solo by MT.
Better at lead guitar for sure, but not rhythm. Keith Richards is the greatest rhythm player of all time.
Brilliant, brilliant guitar playing. He and Brian were the 2 most talented, as far as my ears can tell.
I think so as well. People really overlook Brian’s guitar playing
@@J..398 Not to mention his overall musicality and talent for playing many different instruments.
@@chicklets4ever51 yeah, there’s all his different instrumentation which is great. But just in terms of guitar, his playing tends to get overlooked a lot of the time. He always gets his credit as multi-instrumentalist though
@@J..398 Good point. I have in fact noticed when I see the old live footage of Brian with the Stones, his guitar playing always seems very solid.
Even though he didn't get credit for "Time waits for no one".. THAT SONG Has Taylor named stamped all over it...that song is forever his!.
Moonlight Mile, Winter, Sway, etc.
As a kid, I wouldn't have picked up the guitar if it weren't for Mick Taylor. He was not only my favorite guitarist
of The Stones ever had but my top favorite guitarist period. In The Stones towards the end, he got a raw deal and I can't blame the guy for wanting to stop his addictions and move on from them. Most every fan thought
he was crazy for quitting, but in reality, he did the right thing for himself. Sometimes even the greatest music
doesn't last long if you think about it, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the list goes well on. Sure they had tremendous success but at a cost too. I will always be a Stones fan because there is such good music and
it brings me joy whenever I listen to them. The Taylor years will always be most special to me.
Great comment, thanks Michael
Just for me, Exile on Main Street remains the definitive Stones album and Mick Taylor is a huge part of it. I very much enjoy the entire album to this very day.
It might be the greatest rock album of all time. In my opinion, it is head and shoulders above Sgt. Pepper.
Mick Taylor - sounds like the most grounded assessment of the Stones I've ever heard! ❤
I played on the same bill as Mick Taylor back in 1994 at the Green Parrot in Key West.
I had no idea who he was, but he rocked!
so cool Craig!
G😅😊lub
He says he had no idea who you were either
Come on. How could you not know who he was? I guess you never heard of the Stones either…
Definitely upped their level if musicianship. His playing complemented Keith's magically: improving the latter's technique and tone
Well said
What would improve your illiteracy?
@@helmutsecke3529 Hard to type on this phone you erudite elitist
@@francovani393 .
Yes you're right Nick Taylor played on probably the four greatest rolling Stone albums he did not write the music or the words Jagger and Richards we're at their best
Time waits for no one is a beautiful song. Best on the album.
No. Jagger's singing is terrible on that song. Only really good part is the solo .
@@johnhitz1185 Mick Jagger's singing is terrible period.
He was brilliant. He gave them a dimension they did not have before and have not had since. It is not a well-known track but Jiving Sister Fanny is a good example of his brilliance.
Yes, how true, and I think that Mick Taylor received a song-writing credit for his contributions to Jiving Sister Fanny.
The albums that Mick Taylor did with the stones are the cream of their catalog. He deserves a lot of credit for the transformation of The Rolling Stones into a band that changed with the times. And I recall him saying that he left around age 25 because he had turned into a millionaire heroin Junkie. He made the right decision
Really good insight on Taylor and the band.
It sounds like a mix bag of frustration.
I’m glad the man exists. I absolutely love those recordings mick played on. ✌️
A gifted guitar player
Quite. 😅
A1 video, he was roped back in for their 50th. Those incredible melodic guitar solos exemplified the 70s, sensual vibrato, such finesse
Thanks very much!
True, but thereafter they got a bit more funkier thanks to Ron Wood; entered a new, different but just as great era really mate.
@@walter77ify well, wood brought Hey Nigrita to the band, Black n blue is a classic. I like Ron, but can’t think of any memorable solos of his, whereas Taylor’s solos play note for note in my mind. I’ve probably heard them thousands of times, I was listening to the stones in the 70s
Best Stones stuff's w/Taylor & best Taylor stuff's w/the Stones.
Taylor Swift? 🤓🤡
Swift did join the Stones for some shows a few years ago, doing Merry Clayton’s part on Gimme Shelter. I’m sure she helped a lot:^)
Nique Jaeger ha ha ha 😂( Guy platteau Marseille France)
...it WAS the best version of the Rolling Stones
No
I saw Mick Taylor at the Lone Star. Immediately you could tell that he was the sound of the Stones. He really should have been given writing credit because you could hear how much his playing defined those songs.
My favourite Stones albums was during the Mick Taylor years.I read a quote in Cream magazine many years ago attributed to Taylor concerning why he left the Stones-“when you’re a tax exile living France,you’ve been up all night doing heroin with Keith Richards,you know there’s something wrong”.
Thanks for doing this video. This is the most detailed and interesting account of the relationship between Mick Taylor and his departure from the Rolling Stones that I have heard or read.
…this was fascinating! just listened to Ya-Ya’s a couple nights ago…Micks’ playing is so good…it’s not an accident that the Stones lost the two best guitarists they had…
…also didn’t realize Glyn Johns was gay…and had such a bad attitude, lol…
@@jamesnash7262 I didnt either are you sure ?
…not sure, but his sassy snappy talk to Mick Taylor makes me think so…
@@jamesnash7262if you don’t really know why mention?
And what’s the point anyway?!
…were you not listening to this video ? No Straight Man in England or elsewhere talked like that in the 60s or 70s…I’m saying “not sure” just to be conversational…perhaps if you have nothing to add to the conversation you should stay seated at the children’s table…
Ya Yas is one of the best live albums in existence, any guitarist worth his salt will know this. 🇺🇸👮🏻♂️🎸
I've been cranking the album in my car for the last month and a half. can never get tired of it
I love Ya-Ya’s, even if it's heavily dubbed. However, the best live material of the Stones is the European 1973 shows (all bootlegs), which are as raw as raw can be but showcase a band at the height of their prowess. Plus, unlike in 1969, Taylor is now FULLY unleashed.
@@fuchsiaswing8545 it would be interesting to kmow exactly what was over dubbed. I can hear in the left right mix lots of peculiarities . Even so, it is a brilliant album to listen to cuz most can not come across the bootlegs.
@@theyrekrnations8990 All vocals are overdubbed and I think also the rhythm guitar parts of some of the Berry songs on the album. They didn't have to overdub Mick Taylor's guitar playing though.
@@Kleermaker1000 i noticed on the song Carol in the right channel 1st verse, Taylors rythm guitar is clear and as the song progresses it disappears and the piano is broufht up in the mix
I agree with Taylor that the Sticky Fingers lineup was the best one of the Stones. It's the only Stones album I own.
Good for you.
Is this still interesting - after fifty years. Living in the past.
@@christianmay3959 Yeah , no one should listen to Bach either. Where's the facetious font ?
Sticky Fingers is Great no doubt ..but EXILE ON MAIN STREET imo is the best they ever did
@@charlessteenburgen It is to many fans for some reason. I liked everything up to then, but I don't like a single song on it. To me it sounds like 1/2 finished songs , poorly recorded by the same guys who were way, way too messed up on Cocaine. But it must have something that just doesn't resonate w me since true fans absolutely love it.
I think the time Mick Taylor was in this band was the only time they could truly call themselves the "Greatest Rock n Roll band in the world"
Saw Mick in a small nightclub in Vancouver 40 yrs ago. Felt privileged to have been there.
It is clear what Mick Taylor did on "Time Waits for No One", Jagger said it was a little "melody thing". Great story Goose.
I saw the rolling stones live in about 2013 mick taylor played as a guest artist and was fantastic . Micj Jager Introduced him as a old friend of the stones which I thought was abit inaccurate he wasn't really a friend just their best ever guitar player.
I love the solo on Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Thanks much. Mick Taylor's work etches out my favorite Stones Era.
pleasure
Memorized Taylor days!! No doubt band playing include Taylor leads!!
Micks a great musician.👍🏻
The Mick Taylor years were my favorite for live Stones; from everything I’ve read, he left mainly due to drugs…he couldn’t afford to keep pace with Keith etc…my first concert ever was The Stones with MT in ‘72 & I also saw their 50th anniversary tour where MT played in a few…I met him outside a small club he was playing in Philly & complimented his first solo album and he said “Oh, you’re the one that bought it..”
There was a second magic period with the Stones and 3 of the best Stones' albums are there to tell the story. I am talking about, first, Brian's indelible influence on the band and then when Mick Taylor was in the band. He gave what he could and followed his instinct and listened to his inner voice and left the band on the crest of a wave of popularity and adulation and not in a casket.
What songs did Brian write? His Three chord strumming enhanced what song.
In other words, you know nothing about this band. Sit down.@@kaiserbld
@@TheaterPup Are you really that stupid? I noticed my simple question was way too much for you.. How many times have you seen the stones live?
@@TheaterPup What happened? Are you listening to Brian Jones greatest hits? Ha. None.
I actually have a Brian Jones playlist, up to 182 songs now. Sit down, fake fan.@@kaiserbld
Don't mess with someone's writing credits. Never ends well.
That's not the only reason he left. Taylor thought the Stones were doomed and left them at perhaps one of their most dysfunctional periods. He estimated wrong.
Agreed
Agree, same happened with Billy Preston
And Brian as well
@@fuchsiaswing8545. He didn’t think they were “doomed,” he thought they’d end up an absurd looking band of lizard-looking octogenarians clinging onto their former success. He was right.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I always thought of Jagger as an egotistical backstabber. Mick Taylor deserved so much more.
The Glimmer Twins are as bad as the record companies at cheating artists it appears. Richards complains in his autobiography about selling the rights to Satisfaction for cheap and then having to pay the royalty owner each time The Stones play it. And this is something he sold, got money for and makes money off of through ticket sales and he still complains. That makes him a hypocrite in Taylor's case by not even paying Taylor at all.
Brian as well
You feel that because Jagger IS an egostistical backstabber. His effort in trying to make himself frontman and some kind of royal wannabe made The Stones irrelevant already back in the late 60’s. The front page more important than being the great band they were. Blaming other band members to be under the influence whilst being a junkie himself didn’t improve the rambling and commotion that was The Stones in the 70’s. After the early 70’s the band just became increasingly irrelevant and now just a bunch og geezers travelling the world trying to be sophisticated about it all. For me "Get yer YaYa’s out" is the last great thing they made and one of the world’s most underrated live albums.
Jagger could have been replaced by a real singer at any time. I read that Steve Marriott was considered for jones replacement but jagger said no probably because of marriotts superior vocals. And Jeff beck was asked too but turned them down because he couldn’t see himself playing 3 chord blues forever. He also said it was the worst financial decision he ever made.
Yeah, he is as BAD as MACCA....
the best version of the stones. a great live player filling in their sound.
I get it, Jagger & Richards are critical to the Stones success, so for all those who tee off when I say what I say, remember that.
Make no mistake, the same way they screwed Taylor out of song writing and treated him coldly at times is how they helped do in Brian. You can just hear Mick Taylor’s influence all over the tracks just like you can hear Brian’s influence all over the tracks. The sound from both has never again been visible on the songs under Wood. I like Woody, but to me he peaked with the Faces as he clearly was able to show his talents. I dig a lot of tunes from Black n Bluee onwards, but the feel on all the albums flows into each other and doesn’t present anything that unique or innovative like they did under Jones and Taylor. Imagine ceasing payment to Taylor with the new label contract after all those amazing contributions. That’s Jagger and Richards ego doing that (we’re the Stones). It’s why they slag Jones left and right cause they know his contributions impacts the legacy they want to tell
Wish they’d just grow up
Yep,,the glimmer twins.. two girly bitchy men...lol
Mick and Eric Clapton could have done something together.
There is no doubt that Taylor's stint with the Stones produced their best music, it's hard to debate seriously. It's hard to believe, however, that part of him doesn't regret leaving. I do understand how a decision like that could be made, however. I'm sure he was very hurt about how he got screwed out of songwriting credit, and he probably figured if this is how it's going to be, screw these guys. Ego gets in the way of practicality, nothing new under the sun there, we've all been there, done that.
yeah, as the Stones themselves admit, the serious money didn't start to roll in until the 1980's and those stadium tours etc. I think it's precisely why Bill Wyman quit when he did - After the Steel Wheels tour or thereabouts he genuinely no longer needed the money - none of them did, and that would have included Taylor had he stayed those 15 years. Of course, he would say he probably wouldn't have survived them but who knows?
They screwed Bill Wyman out of songwriting credit for Jumpin' Jack Flash too.
I wouldn’t go that far, but the Taylor years are great
I think some of the material on Tattoo You was either from or originated from the MT years. Like “Waiting On A Friend”
@@jpc54 2 songs from Goats Head and MT years - Waiting on a Friend and Tops. Slave and Worried about you are from Black & Blue and the rest are outtakes from Some Girls or Emotional Rescue.
I've heard some of the 'better' musicians complain about how long it takes Keith to get things 'right'. Meanwhile, the Stones have a thick catalog of classics, because, eventually, he gets things EXACTLY right, & the complainers are still back-up hacks.
His soloing on ‘Time Waits’ is just stunning.
How he got no writing credit, is just fraud.
His teaching tapes sure helped me.
"Sticky Fingers" and "Exiles on Main Street" are my favorite Stones albums. Taylor on both.
Great albums
The best incarnation of the Stones was with Taylor. Hands down. I was there in 65 when they first 'burst' onto the scene. But Sticky Fingers blew it all away.
Sticky Fingers is still my favorite Stones album. I consider it their peak.
I 100% agree. It's one of my favorite albums and I think it's their best work.@@thehighllama8101
To me they become boring and predictable after Jones left.
@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 your on Acid
@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 EXILE ON MAIN STREET blows all that Jones stuff away..Jones was boring
Mick Taylor made the Stones. Their best era ever.
What do you think of Ron wood and Brian
@@PPBalloons I LOVE the Brian era. As a musician, when I do cover tunes, I cover several songs from the Brian era. Ron is ok, but nothing can touch the guitar playing on Wild Horses or Gimme Shelter. The Mick era is above my head musically to try to cover. You'd have to be another genius to do it credit.
Best albums were hands down with Taylor.
Mick Taylor
I was gonna say, Winter, Moonlight Mile, Honkey Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, Time Waits for No One, Wild Horse, Silvertrain, Dead Flowers, The Hand of Fate and others....love your showmanship and looking the part Ronnie - but Taylor defined their golden era (in my humble but 100% correct opinion).
Mick Taylor was a wonderful player prior to joining the Stones, and I urge fans to check into the three studio albums with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, the band where Eric Clapton and Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green also made their names. Those Taylor-enhanced albums are 'Crusade', 'Bare Wires' and 'Blues From Laurel Canyon'. There is also the live double-set 'Diary of a Band'. Instrumentals including 'Snowy Wood', 'Driving Sideways' and 'Hartley Quits' as well as his playing in all other tunes is great. Check the wah-wah-driven 'No Reply' with him on guitar and Mayall singing - just the two of them. There is also the stunning solo in 'I Started Walking'. The studio version is killer. The longer live version is ripping. Unfortuantely, it seems that few Stones fans have ever heard Taylor's Bluesbreakers-era playing. Anyone who hasn't is certainly missing out.
They absolutely never would never never have risen to the reputation of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world without Mick Taylor he was the engine axis center that gave all those songs balls with spanky raw rock blues power sound also put Keith a average player into a competitive more crunching rhythm that will never be reproduced. Ron Wood is a good player but doesn’t even hold a candle to this virtuoso that he was at that stage in his life
great comment David
Mick T was very wise to leave the Stones, I believe. And Rory Gallagher (irrespective of his death at a young age) was very wise not to join them.
It certainly prolonged Micks life
@@TheGuitarShow He recovered his health and became his own man again. As we all know, these are of vital importance in our time on this Earth.
Gallagher and Jeff Beck, who also might have joined, would never have worked inside the Stones framework. They were way too talented (in different ways) and would not have been able to play "second fiddle" like Ronnie Wood. Wood was the right choice. They were both forces of musical nature in their own right, no way either of those guys would have been happy in that situation.
@@jaykay6387 Ry Cooder, too, come to think of it.
@@TheGuitarShowMick Taylor was a heroin addict for the entire 1980s.
The best period of the Stones was from Beggars Banquet to Exile on Main St. Those 4 albums are why you should listen to The Rolling Stones. And Mick Taylor was contributing to 3 out of those 4 albums.
Great choices here!
Loved this, Mick Taylor was such a gifted guitarist & I love the Stones. The pics are fantastic especially the one of Keith @ 5:49 grrrrr 😅
Best Stones guitarist by far...
egoism, overconfidence, narcissism, drugs, money...., that is a distroying mix, not only the greatest Rock n Roll Band ( 69-74 ). I remember that news 74, like if it happened yesterday, I was real deeply shattered...it is the past. Anyway I joined a lots of gigs during the decades, but when Charly died, I decided, to stop it...for my soul :-) if they would do a tour with Ringo on the drums, Taylor on the lead and Bill the bass,...that would kick me back:-)
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤😊
Thank you 🙏
With Taylor the improvement was immense, Keith knew a little bit but he always sounded the same using the same few chords, with Taylor they started to sound cleaner, much tighter, and sophisticated, it was obvious Taylor was the right person but both of them competing for the prize would have made staying together in one location, (France) unbearable, and as much as Mick would have loved to dump Keith for Taylor was impossible since Keith was with Mick
when he killed Brian and would have let the cat out.
So, Taylor was right, it was never meant to be..
It's really sad that Keith and Mick Taylor didn't get along, together they made some great music, but as you can see Keith is one of the best composer in the rock n roll music and a very underrated guitar players. I've been playing for 50 yrs. and his work in the alternative tuning was just magic, Brown Sugar, Can't you hear me knockin, monkey man, and on and on. I don't think he really knows how great a player he is.
Time waits for no one is my all-time favourite RS. The guitar solo is amazing, but noone talks about it when it comes to the best rock guitar solo.
Best period for the Stones
That's a very interesting video Goose, I really enjoyed it. Thank you!
Pleasure is mine!
I saw Mick wth John Mayall at the Marquee several times, He was already a very accomplished guitarist at the age of 16.
John Mayall was nobody's fool when it came to spotting talent.
Really excellent post.
Thank you
Love the way you dig up this stuff... most entertaining
Mick does a solo with Mayall on "Oh Pretty Woman" that I really dig
cheers
Pleasure bro
When I was about 15 my cousin gave me a live Rolling Stones bootleg record from 1973. I remember listening to the live version of GimmeShelter and thinking "wow, who's playing the lead guitar solo?" Turns out it was Mick Taylor. Ive been a fan ever since. I love the Stones but the records that i own are all from the '69 to '74 period. The Stones were so good during that time. Richards and Taylor were one of the great guitar teams. Too bad it didn't continue but it sounds like the drugs were getting pretty bad.
A couple of songs? Those albums would have never existed at that level without Taylor. It wouldn't matter who the Stones got to replace Jones, nobody would have done what Taylor did. Wood is good and I love Some Girls but that was the last good album The Stones did.
I agree, SG is the only classic album of the Ron Wood era although Love You Live is a good live album but most of their post-Mick Taylor albums have a slapped together quality about them and the songs are weaker.
This is the best / most comprehensive presentation of facts I have found in this subject; in other words: great job.
The Mick Taylor era was easily the best period for the Rolling Stones both studio and live. I knew that Taylor was cheated out of some songwriting credits, but was very disappointed to hear that the Stones cheated him out of royalties for the LP's he played on. That is simply blatant obvious thievery given that his name appears on the LP packaging. You can dispute who provided the words, the melodies, certain musical elements within a song when you're sitting around for days on end trying to create new songs. There can be no dispute regarding who was present in the studio when the LP was made or the concert was recorded.
@9.07 Taylor has a top wrap on his Burst there must be at least three different Burst's in this clip!! it was the crap sound Richards had on his burst that put me off them until Clapton's BEANO!
I noticed that also! They'll be a Mick Taylor guitar history coming in the next week.
Wow , seems like it would be hard to get a bad Les Paul tone. What songs ?
he was in the best iteration of the stones, all classic stuff
Best guitarist Stones had. Was lucky enough to see Mick Taylor come on & play Midnight Rambler as a guest with The Stones in London, Hyde park 2013, bloody brilliant.
Taylor was a strong presence in the Stones, but to tell you the truth, i liked his playing much better during his stint with Mayall. Taylor was a true blues guy, and his style was really captivating. imo ... and though i am still a Clapton fanboi ... Taylor was right up there at his level, and even beyond. Check out some of his late 60's recordings with Mayall ... super great stuff.
Vacation is one of my favorite songs.
I've been a stones fan since the early 60s and have seen them live many times.. And I personally think they were at their best when Brian was in the band.. And when Mick Taylor joined.. His guitar playing was sensational and they haven't been as good since he left.. But that's just my opinion
I agree. The Jones era will always be my favorite, but the Taylor years are amazing in their own right too
@@J..398 exactly
Drug addiction makes a person do things that their world never forgets or forgives. Got to be tough to be a rolling stone. Taylor saved his own life and left leaving beautiful songs .thankyou
"THE" most fluid guitar I have ever listened too.
Brian Jones could not get any of his songs approved as well - according to an insider . Everything had to be Jagger/Richards....
NICKY HOPKINS...keiths book gives a few sentences for NH...after all NH did for their music. Mick taylor did so much for the stones.
I saw Mick with John Mayall back in the 60s. He was amazing even at that age. Very melodic...
I had the privilege to tour as a roadie helper for a week with Mick and his band about 13 years ago in the US. You pretty much nailed it…I was surprised when Mick told me he’d rather play with the Beatles. The Stones were too Bar Room for his taste.