Backstage, Partying with the Rolling Stones in 1981

[@aylamiller5752]

Oh man the energy that comes from this band even when their not playing is amazing. You can feel that their enjoying themselves while waiting to get on stage.

[@PAULLONDEN]

*@Ayla Miller* .......While in essence its just about two people Jagger/Richards . It's amazing how they'seem to be a law unto themselves....probably the main reason they're unable to leave that spotlight behind ,while having the millions to do more interesting things , than playing their pre 1980 material ad infinitum for the last few years they have on this planet . Even Watts passing can't keep them from finally bowing out gracefully ; it seems he was easily replaceable.

[@bristleconepinus2378]

one must prime the pump.

[@ParkerPPipe]

It’s called cocaine

[@gregshouse9246]

Cocaine is a helluva drug

[@ojamaworld7385]

Real party 🎉🎉

[@zeus-mt7wx]

How they managed to stay alive mostly still together still touring is simply amazing.

[@josearriola7537]

That's what I keep asking myself to LOL LOL I Love You Rolling Stones

[@weeooh1]

They enjoy what they are doing very much. Thats what keeps them alive.

[@phuyuckyuuuuu4842]

Heroine

[@jimmycain8669]

Money

[@janpierzchala2004]

Many died, Brian Jones in particular early in the 60s, other than that - success will keep you going way better than failure, so ...find a more plausible question perhaps

[@samlewis7878]

These guys were at this night and day for decades. What a bunch!

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

The reason I love this video clip so much is to see George Thorogood getting so much respect from Keith Richards and Ron Wood. I remember how the Rolling Stone Record Guide just ripped Thorogood to shreds. Dave Marsh and his elitist assholes said he was a fraudulent white blues performer even though so many of the classic black blues performers respected him. George has always done his own thing. He's a had a few massive hits, but he primarily just makes a living out of playing the music he deeply loves. What's not to like?

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

07:00 do the Hip Shake thang!

[@markherring3513]

George, at one point, was considered to join the stones.

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

I saw the Stones on the Tattoo You tour with George Throrogood supporting. He was very well received with the audience calling him back for at least two encores. I remember being blown away.

[@OldRunt]

Fanboys are not to like.

[@bmcg8888]

Cool I thought that was him coming back off stage b b b baaad

[@TheLinkIsLost]

Just imagine the great times you could have being a rockstar in those days. This is awesome!

[@AdrianaLaCerva126]

There’re are no more rockstars. Just the originals. No originality now. Mass produced crap

[@strokethefurrywall7151]

@@AdrianaLaCerva126 Rubbish. You're looking in the wrong places.

[@jimbanda]

Ah yes for sure, back in the day when stagehands and techs did not get sacked for having a ciggie , and when the support band partied with the big boys, and when lead singers did not need an oxygen tent side stage , the buzz must have brilliant, and the kids running about, imagine the memories?. BTW, I knew Mac was small but he is pocket sized RIP and Ian Stuart like a faithful old border collie RIP . "Thank you for the days" sang RD..... and so says me.

[@frankstephenson1746]

Those days aren’t over for me. Yes I’m only club level, but it’s all about the vibe. LSD, love, and music. Keep on rockin in the free world…

[@Shoulderdevil2023]

wow that nervous energy backstage even with Giants of Rock N roll.!! Cool to see so much love and Family orientation. Keith is hugging his kids before going onstage very sweet-

[@curtismoff]

I saw this tour I was 17 and a senior in high school. Man those were the best times. I had my whole life ahead of me and didn't have a freaking clue.

[@tonyedwards2064]

@Sir Tristan shorter of breath. One day closer to death.

[@blainecolbry3192]

Same here, seen them in Detroit on the same tour, wild times senior in high school.

[@tonyedwards2064]

@@blainecolbry3192 Yea the Silverdome, saw them there some years later.. Show I saw in like 95 -96 sounded kinna shitty, good time tho

[@blainecolbry3192]

@@tonyedwards2064 Yeah I saw them on the 95/96 tour also....same place the Silverdome, then once again in Chicago.

[@tonyedwards2064]

@@blainecolbry3192 Right on, were you see them in Chi Town?.

[@mattconnors9419]

Amazing! The girl at the urinal, Mick opens the Gatorade for Keith, and the roadie lighting a cig for Ron! Thanks!

[@Liam123-r8o]

What was with that girl at the Urinal?😮

[@kevinhaslett1721]

It's only rock and roll...

[@brad1368]

George Thorogood opened the Gatorade for Keith...unless I missed another Gatorade being opened. Keith didn't seem to like it as much as his bourbon. And did I see sheep?

[@jeffbaker7209]

​@@brad1368-- I saw a sheep, two goats, and a chicken. I don't want to know 😂

[@hazor777]

George Thurogood , Ian Stewart, Ian Maclagan , nice mix of old faces(pun intended - some, will get that), friends who've passed etc.... Truly a charmed life to be/have been a Rolling Stone.

[@jeffbaker7209]

Okay - I'll take a guess at your pun: Were some of those people in the band Faces?

[@hazor777]

@ Yes - in reference to Ian Maclagan

[@dent20111]

Richards just oozes coolness. Love that man, my idol. I advise you to read his autobioigraphy, he was the stones really!

[@christopher19894]

I love how these guys can't get enough music. They're always jamming.

[@rman52]

Great observation. Probably an intangible reason for their unmatched success and longevity.

[@gavinvalentino1313]

It's called a pre-gig warmup, genius. Every band who has ever played any venue in the history of mankind has done it.

[@christopher19894]

@@gavinvalentino1313 Oh. I've always just warmed up at sound check, then chilled out right before the gig...

[@mychoicetaken]

Not like this band my friend.

[@stenmark2235]

Knarkar och försöker spela.

[@bid84]

Ah yes a fresh faced Keith Richards back when he was only about 142 years old

[@dontanner232]

Ronaldo Lacradri

[@itwontcomeout5678]

He is still going strong for 786

[@Flipson456]

Keith Richards defies the aging process..

[@rufus3898]

Sounds correct enough.😆

[@TheLinkIsLost]

Good stuff right here man! Ha ha!!

[@Alfs_SoundZ]

Damn i miss the 80's, life was easy, people were free and easy, happy times playing in bands and constantly on the road making memories to remember and cherish for the rest of my life, great times! 🤘🏻🎸

[@blackmore4]

It's exactly the same thing that everyone says about their decade of choice.

[@markwinegarden2469]

Yeah I know what you mean DD's

[@aunch3]

@Blackmore that’s true, but I think it’s obvious America was better during the 80s, and I’m a millennial. Just look around, kids can’ barely leave their house at this point .

[@markorollo.]

@@blackmore4 thought the same thing, for me it was the 90's. My college years.

[@daisycocoa2557]

Not really. Opportunity for only those blessed with it and I’m not talking anything racial. Opportunities were far and few. If you didn’t have a family member supporting you you were most likely screwed. The internet changed all that with the free flow of information. Leveled the playing field everywhere. Now racial bs is trying to change the playing field again to unfair.

[@missyounorm33]

I was in High School in Hampton in 81 - one day an art teacher walks into our class and says if we make some banners we could see the Stones concert at the coliseum - 2 days later I'm standing behind the stage watching the world's greatest rock n roll band - with all our paper banners ringing the mezzanine- for free. True

[@gregvangaasbeek813]

Which High School?

[@missyounorm33]

@@gregvangaasbeek813 Hampton HS

[@glitter-lk5dz]

!!

[@gavinvalentino1313]

I enjoyed a few Crabbers girls in the '80s. A couple of occasions at marinas at night on strangers' boats (when they weren't around). '80s ruled.

[@jbelafonte]

I have an original VHS tape of this show recorded when I was 15 back in '81. I'm gonna get it digitized. Great show!

[@richardgolden3265]

Please share. I would love to see it.

[@gazza63a14]

its been released officially

[@susancollins3900]

I have lots of recorded VHS tapes, and please forgive my naïveté, but how are they digitized and where can I get it done?

[@edthorig1316]

It's crazy that after al these decades that there are only 2 SUPER(ROCK)Bands in this world. The Beatles and the Stones! Mick can't walk through central park and Paul acsactly the same! And they are very old, but for me and all their fans we are so gratefull;that Charlie, Ron, Keith, Mick, Paul and Ringo.(Richard St.) are still with us,! Because when we (all their fans) see and when we are Lucky hear them playing their songs. At that moment i'm back 10 14 or even 55 years back in time! Only very great musicians can do that. Thank you for your music guys!

[@markcianfarani8777]

Love the stones..but zeppelin. Broke every rock record known to man.n is tged..greatest rock band ever..stones are up there to.. amerucas..greatest rock band. AaAerosmith. Not even close..

[@markcianfarani8777]

This was the last great stones tour of the 80s..after this..tgey almost broke up..mick getting his own record deal..behind the bands back..on the stones own label.not cool mick..

[@captainzumafishing772capta9]

I worked the steel wheels tour 1989 in miami,saw both shows from row 10,and had the time of my life

[@uttaradit2]

stories??

[@bobbyg7102]

I arranged for a kid with cancer to spend the day with the stones at a home in Washington, CT where they were prepping for the Steel Wheels tour. They had a buffet laid out for him and were great. The very next day they did a surprise show at Toads Place in New Haven for 300 people. Imagine dropping into a nightclub for a drink and seeing the stones appear on stage.

[@stephengiffith1010]

George playing GREAT GUITAR HE'S not a 100000 dollar's high is key just messing with ya keith and woody

[@kencabeen7786]

I saw them at Candlestick Park October 18, 1981. What a show. The greatest rock band ever.

[@brettgreen853]

Saw them at Pac Bell Park in '02. Sick show.

[@bindig1]

So cool hearing George Thorogood blasting away out there. I saw the Stones in Philadelphia that year

[@drasticwillb]

crumbling JFK?

[@ancientfifer]

Was at that show for my 22nd bday. Thanks for sharing! Great Show!

[@rebeccawagner4167]

I could only imagine what it would be like to party backstage with the greatest rock band in the world 🌎. It would be a memory of a lifetime. It would be absolutely phenomenal and priceless experience 🎉🎉

[@wcreview8227]

What an Amazing glimpse into some REAL backstage footage! Some family stuff and some bizarre stuff!! there was like a Show before the show!! Thank you for sharing

[@BiLatKnee]

...love the build up backstage as they warm up to go out. The band is just as primed as the audience for a great show.. and to give it 100%!!

[@stevedrums1675]

I had the honor of meeting Bill Graham in 1988 at the Luntfontaine Theater in NYC at a Garcia solo show. As busy as the man was, he gave me 2-3 minutes.

[@markyncole]

This should be titled: People standing around backstage with the Rolling Stones in 1981.

[@MegaLochgelly]

And basic guitar riffs.

[@redsammy7789]

Me to, seen them in Houston with ZZ-Top and the Fabulous Thunderbirds in the Astrodome, crazy time.

[@NiKOliDANBURSKi]

Plus some goats and a sheep

[@richardmorris7063]

Yeh,I'm like wtf!

[@daisycocoa2557]

@@NiKOliDANBURSKi ..weird right?

[@dman030]

boy, the stones really had that sid vicious look down at the time.....haha. saw this tour in frisco that year, had no idea they were showering with sheep and chickens though. thank for getting this up. :-)

[@robinnolan4119]

9:13 Ronnie is a little wobbly … Freddie catches him… ha ha …

[@KENDZIification]

I want Keith's doctor.

[@msfoto3541]

He's dead.

[@epicpotato8507]

I think keith might live to be a hundred years old.

[@MrTea7]

One thing it might be worth noting about these guys that seem to last forever despite whatever...they stayed skinny.

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

@@MrTea7 actually exercising will do that to you

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

@@MrTea7 Richards has a huge gut on him. 85% of one`s immune system is in the gut. He probably wont make it to 80yo.

[@cyprescrow]

Britains finest and bravest getting ready for yet another night in the service of the muse. Ahh, man.. those were the days! Still that magic in the air. The magic that picked us up on the first step of the stairwell, and never even once dropped us. And after all this time, we still get just as blown away by it. Rock and Roll delivers a message of freedom, and is in itself at the same time that very freedom it speaks of. So look no further, brethren. Just turn it up.

[@warwicksmiley]

These band members have a life where I can only imagine/Dream of,Must come with some hassle alot. I've always envied but most importantly I can sit back and enjoy the Fantastic Music.

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

I couldn't imagine I've had to work my entire life

[@TeleCaster66]

Best rock band ever. And they have the good taste to play Telecasters! Lol

[@ianmills5237]

Only guitar worth playing. And im a drummer!!!

[@kurtashton4155]

Tele's r so versatile!! U can get sooo many different sounds out em!!

[@melodymakermark]

Isn’t this the show when the guy rushed the stage and Keith decked him with his Tele? Damn thing stayed in tune even.

[@SuperEdge67]

Get a good tele…….it’s the only electric guitar you need.

[@teleguy5699]

Yes sir!

[@paulmaxwatersiii5099]

I was backstage on this tour for the San Fran leg... Tooooo super!! Met all the guys

[@tcm69jets1]

I was there Hampton coliseum driving all the way from Virginia Beach hard to believe they're still doing this today

[@TheGuitarHistorian]

“Quick! Hide the coke!” Keef: “Done, mate.”

[@johnlennonsstalker2560]

Timestamp? Xd

[@johnstitt2615]

✌️😎🤣🤣🤣

[@charliebird5299]

Awesome footage! Thanks so much for sharing. ❤❤❤❤❤ I've only seen a snippet of this before and was unable to find it in its entirety--till now. Thank you KZbin, as always. 👍👌👏 Stones RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULE!!!! 💋💋💋💋💋

[@golds04]

Bill Graham💐. What a time to love music. Ty.

[@LIE11Bldg7]

Nothing says Christmas like the Rolling Stones... Backstage-good time-Freak Show-extravaganza... George Thorogood Delaware destroyers freaking outstanding

[@MarcLuber]

As a kid, I got the live pay-per-view of this. I had a few friends over and my parents got us all pizzas. I only knew a handful of their songs at the time but got sucked in right away by this backstage segment. Something about it seemed dangerous, scary, and exciting all at once. Legends.

[@blackmore4]

Really? It looks like a nightmare to me. Crew & family aside, who the hell were all those people hanging about?

[@MarcLuber]

@@blackmore4 It's the band's team and family plus it's tour promoter Bill Graham and his team.

[@69ramblers]

such a cool comment, i've seen this a zillion times and i always love it along with the hampton show too of course

[@FRAME5RS]

This is way tame looking and clean compared to what you see in Choocksucker Blues (doctored word there). It's so raunchy. Filmed in 72 at height of their debauchery. That was the tour where Bill Wyman smoked a joint on national TV while being interviewed by Dick Cavett and wormed his way out the questions that he received about it.

[@johngore7744]

@@FRAME5RS yeah. The Robert Frank film and all those scenes on the plane. What a mess lol

[@alessandraperez8460]

Keith Richards, I love you! I'm from São Paulo, Brazil. You are very important to me. Love. ❤🇧🇷

[@1e0s]

Mick Jagger takes this very seriously. True professional

[@boopah4365]

So, a woman standing at a urinal peeing, next to a boa constrictor, with goats and chickens showering with men and women...Definitely not a Bieber concert.

[@captainmorgan1107]

Yep, at a Bieber concert there wouldn't have been any women in the shower.

[@emilelliman456]

Ok what was going on in that washroom though? Why the animals?

[@Fitzroyfallz]

I saw this comment before watching and thought you were exaggerating!

[@boopah4365]

@@Fitzroyfallz lol..a part of me wishes I was!

[@thirdbase6870]

@John Anderson That was a man in drag

[@allanjim3]

funny how people think they’re all drugged to the gills in this video. they might’ve had a pop or two, but they’re 100% ready to rock & roll.

[@Robert_030]

Indeed, and they have proved that a million times

[@mhilton19]

Ronnie looks pretty green around the gills, but otherwise Keef & co look pretty sober.

[@robinnolan8006]

Bumps, not rails.

[@grappetsail]

@@robinnolan8006 but Merck

[@clinteastwood6875]

That’s the key. Do the show FIRST. Then afterwards you can get high/drunk.

[@jennifercole6045]

I was there at that concert. Everyone said the sound was really bad in that venue. I was so happy when Under My Thumb was released live from Hampton on their next album! It was great! I spent months trying to get tickets that year by the way. Finally scored at Hampton!

[@haumea420]

This is fun to watch them all have a good time back stage!

[@kentduryea1741]

Why would anyone give a rat's tooth what these Rolling Stones do other than buying and listening to their records? As people in the real world they all suck as role models. I swear if I ever had the "opportunity" to meet Keith Richards I'd be too tempted to get in a row with him. I'd step on his feet real hard and he could counter with his guitar as a weapon. He doesn't mind fighting but only when the odds are in his favor. I would n't care what happens to either of us. I only know one hit to his body and that MFer is mine.

[@haumea420]

Well ok then

[@amouryong]

This has to be the funniest reply chain I've ever seen 💀💀 bro seemed more out of it than keef ever could've made it

[@tomcaroscio]

I saw them in (Sep I believe) 1981 at Syracuse Carrier Dome. It looks like George Thorogood was opening at this concert, I wish he was opening in Syracuse (it was Molly Hatchet). The Stones came out and kicked ass and took names, they were awesome, Best concert I have seen period, BAM!

[@williambeckham7703]

That's still on my bucket list! Getting to hang with KEITH while GEORGE THOROGOOD is jamming on stage in the background!

[@scottprince1440]

Very cool to look at some backstage stones footage thanks for posting.👍

[@nahueliyo4941]

00:32 cocaine 04:19 cocaine 04:46 cocaine

[@pageluvva]

Cocaine time clock. Nice job.

[@nahueliyo4941]

@@pageluvva if I were a rolling stone i would live like him

[@mikewoodson6930]

Nahue Liyo and always Whisky straight outa the bottle, Jack Daniels most likely.

[@nahueliyo4941]

@@mikewoodson6930 who needs the ice?

[@philhudson...5017]

🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤣🤣💥

[@staunchx]

This is really great, thanks for posting.

[@liveit9434]

f**king great! It's not a band, it's a hell of a band! Love from Holland!

[@kentduryea1741]

A band is just a band in concert. Nothing but standing around walking to and fro on stage with guitar in hand and a singer just flapping his jaws. You call that a show? Why would anyone give a rat's tooth what these Rolling Stones do other than buying and listening to their records? As people in the real world they all suck as role models. I swear if I ever had the "opportunity" to meet Keith Richards I'd be too tempted to get in a row with him. I'd step on his feet real hard and he could counter with his guitar as a weapon. He doesn't mind fighting but only when the odds are in his favor. I would n't care what happens to either of us. I only know one hit to his body and that MFer is mine.

[@Rhetor305]

1981 was a different world. Ladies and Gentlemen, these are the Rolling Stones. Leave your 2021 sensibilities and judgements elsewhere. This was not unusual at all for the greatest rock and roll band - who had not yet hit their prime. Great tour.

[@electrolytics]

That's highly debatable. By prime, do you mean gross ticket and album sales or do you mean artistic endeavors?

[@teleguy5699]

@Astro Jenkins 66 to 75 were their prime imo, with Some Girls being the outlier.

[@jim7297]

@@teleguy5699 Yes,Yes and Yes!!!!

[@jimgeary]

I feel like the sheep characters were introduced, but given no resolution.

[@ThunderAppeal]

There are just there to move the story along. Like car chases, gratutious violence or sex. Nothing more than a story prop.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

They added nothing to the plot.

[@engelbertus1406]

did i see a snake hanging on a toilet?

[@demetriaduma6218]

Why were there animals though????? Can anybody explain the animals in the shower???? Also what was the cameraman doing in the shower? There were women and men in there taking a bath

[@motley331]

@@demetriaduma6218 satanic activity

[@massapower]

Can just imagine how much rare Footage The Stones have 😁✌

[@jamespollock11]

A glimpse of the Soul of The Stones, IAN STEWART, at ~ 11:55

[@jamespollock11]

11:55

[@echoflower5435]

This might be the best thing on KZbin.

[@kevinmalone8903]

This was on Keith's birthday. His son Marlon hanging around backstage. He was his dad's manager in a way.

[@emilelliman456]

Was that the kid with the stones logo on the back of his coat or the shorter kid?

[@emilelliman456]

Was that the kid with the stones logo on the back of his coat or the shorter kid?

[@janschroder1559]

It was saxophonist Bobby Keys birthday as well, same as Keef

[@robinnolan8006]

That was Jamie Wood, Angie was there..Marlon was a fat kid …about 8 or 9…I used to play ping pong with him when he was little…

[@jiles7726]

This feels like work, a trudge for these guys. And all the endless hanger-ons in your space, a sea of drifting admiring strangers, must be a constant drag.

[@eqx7168]

I was listening to this old head who used to follow the stones and others for years scalping tickets while doing other shit for promoters, getting weed for roadies, and stuff. He explained that during this time but especially earlier in the 70s the debauchery was usually pretty contained. He said that basically a concert like this was like a bureaucratic organism. You had 2 central nuclei: the creative (the band + its inner circle) being one, and the business (bands management) was the other. Then there was the larger organism of the venue, promoters, etc anyone of power outside the bands circle. Most bands were at the mercy of venues and the larger stakeholders involved with these tours. In the case of a Zepp or Stones this bureaucratic organism was FAR bigger. In that case you'd have the central nuclei enveloped in a layer of high calibur roadies, ex-police and military bodyguards and multiple lawyers. There were three layers of lawyers and business people that communicated in a particular way that depended on the year. In the mid to late 70s and up to about the mid to late 80s there was a high powered legal/business team who were in direct contact with the band and bands management. These guys were highly adept lawyers and business people who were soberer than sober, they were shrewd as fuck, and most importantly- they could understand people on drugs. These guys were the unsung heroes of these tours. They communicated with the next layer of lawyers and businessmen who generally were on coke or speed and booze. These guys were given orders by the sober legal/business team and dealt the outside business of the venues and larger stakeholders. The point was to have the coked out legal/business team be given plans made by the sober ones. The coked out team got the venues and related stakeholders to do absolutely anything by their sheer force of just-got-pussy ego, testosterone bravado, quaalude confidence, and cocainr speechcraft, and due to the fact that the coked out team was given instructions by the shrewd sober team. The drugs allowed them to be absolutely ruthless in their business and legal maneuvering but they could not be relied on to actually devise the maneuvers. There was another entourage of highly trust adept individuals of a sort of black ops orientation which dealt with undercover agents and officers, as well as ensuring the inner circle of the band got essentially anything they wanted. These guys operate outside of the boundaries of normal law and only communicated with the highest ranking management and lawyers. You never saw these guys but their presence was implied. According to legend it was the Altamont show that convinced the Stones entourage that something like this was necessary. Originally these guys did a lot more business and roadie work, but eventually as shit got crazier with drug laws the original veterans were eventually brought into doing these so-called black ops tasks.

[@pmckillion82]

What a load of cobblers!

[@jamiew1664]

i gave up reading that..

[@reddash358]

@@jamiew1664 He tries to make it complicated but it’s not, it’s basically people that could get ward off the cops so that drugs could get in.

[@garthkolbeck8674]

Undercover Of The Night!

[@johndonovan6308]

👎 BS

[@1stGeorgiaGirl]

I saw them on that tour at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida two months before this gig on October 24, 1981. Van Halen and the Outlaws were the opening acts.

[@jbstonesfan]

I was there from UF . Camped out for both Saturday and Sunday. I was 18 and now 60! Seen them about 100 times since. Great times went so fast!

[@edfederoff2679]

A good friend of mine, Sandy Prudden (RIP, Brother), was the Stage Manager for this show. Unfortunately, I didn't see him anywhere in the clip - knowing him, he was working too hard. That was an excellent performance!

[@timothyehrler4325]

Keef was always the coolest cat!

[@billking2692]

He still is the coolest!

[@gimmeshelter1969]

Absolutely!

[@captainhotbunz659]

Brian Jones was way cooler in 1964-1966 but once Keith got his confidence he became the man🎸

[@TheJimMackenzie]

*is

[@buddywilliams5650]

The strangest one.

[@backbay2242]

I remember watching this as a ppv back in the day.

[@kenruger9417]

So much for that "Jagger & Richards don't get along backstage" thing!

[@renedubois6392]

I had the moment in 1973 To be present at The rehearsing/recordings in Rotterdam-DeDoelen. It was very secret. My late father involved in supplying P.A. picked Me up fm school ,instructing Me,not to talk about it! Very special memories meeting Them.

[@Excapartist]

Awesome.....nice to see such lovely people!

[@robinnolan8006]

I was there…backstage. George Thorooughgood opened for them. The little boy is Jamie Wood, Ronnie’s wife Jo …little Leah Wood was about 2, KR was hanging with Patti and Mick gave Jerry an full length cobalt blue sable mink coat….a lot of fun…after show party KR a played reel to reel tapes he’d done in Jamaica with his reggae buddies… this is before KR quit doing heroin …. Alan Rogan was his guitar tech ..a lot of people ther have passed away now. I was 18….Christmas ! Around Keefs birthday!!

[@Coach49217]

what were you doing there? Must have been a surreal scene.

[@robinnolan8006]

@@Coach49217 my friend Alan Rogan was KR's guitar tech and Pete Townshends. He passed away 2 years ago.

[@DevinVaughn-rf1sj]

Who is the guy wth mustache curly hair. Seemes to be taking shit from joe wood. He's young looking. Curly hair leather suit. Talking to woodie backstage. Tks. Devin

[@genericgeorge]

I remember when Keith looked old in 1981. Now he looks young with a full head of black hair.

[@gregcompton9759]

all depends on your point of view. and your place in time.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

@@gregcompton9759 well said.

[@avodiablackheart6131]

I saw the Stones in 81 w the Tubes opening in SF at Candlestick. Kieths hair was dark, & they were Awesome. Nuff said. 🎶✌🎶

[@davidwatkins204]

Glen Wheatcroft, is the left hand Less Paul a Gibson ?

[@maryolson7407]

Who was that woman with her arms around Ron Wood?

[@markcianfarani8777]

This was keith..38 birthday. Dec. 18th 1981..same exact day..I recieved my drivers license..this was in Virginia Friday night.

[@grenda5]

that's like almost 50 years, so cool you make that connection

[@CarnivoreguyScott]

Bobby freaking Keys whiskey and cigarettes, what a legend . RIP buddy .

[@kentduryea1741]

Why would anyone give a rat's tooth what these Rolling Stones do other than buying and listening to their records? As people in the real world they all suck as role models. I swear if I ever had the "opportunity" to meet Keith Richards I'd be too tempted to get in a row with him. I'd step on his feet real hard and he could counter with his guitar as a weapon. He doesn't mind fighting but only when the odds are in his favor. I would n't care what happens to either of us. I only know one hit to his body and that MFer is mine.

[@brad1368]

@@kentduryea1741...you denigrate them as poor role-models and in the next breath endorse use of violence against them. That seems to be a hypocritical stance. I would guess it's more jealousy and feelings of inferiority that lead to those types of allegations. I do give you points for using the term "rat's tooth".

[@davidrelly1069]

I was at this show. It was where they recorded the live album for this tour.

[@charlesryan427]

Just another mad mad day on the road

[@YellowledBetty]

One of my favorite song of theirs

[@SergeantLSD]

With the head full of snow

[@Theguys1]

Looks awfully boring to me!

[@johnness2457]

I was at the Phoenix concert, which was just before this one. Party time with the roadies the night before the show.george thurogood was great best times

[@johnwilde6120]

It’s amazing to think about the “machine “the Stones had become. After all ‘it’s only rock n roll’...

[@cryptohalloffame]

maybe the best video I've ever seen about the Stones

[@boopah4365]

Back when Gatorade had just one flavor!

[@billking2692]

And was in a glass bottle!

[@threeg6966]

Still the best flavor of Gatorade.

[@Piwork69]

ThreeG I’m a Fruit Punch flavor guy myself

[@leeb3393]

@@threeg6966 and the glass bottle

[@franktheo2055]

Jimmy Reed & Slim Harpo was jamming with Keith & Lonesome George backstage that day in 1981. Cool footage !

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

I remember playing the album tattoo you in my room ❤️. I loved end of 70s early 80s.

[@richardmorris7063]

Ufo,Blue Oyster Cult,Heart & Cheap trick at the tangerine in 81.

[@styven77]

I was at this show, both nights actually. Dec 18,19 1981. I was 16 and remember well.

[@1969atam]

Amazing footage! Thanx for posting! George Thorogood and the Stones jamming! Wow!

[@Marvhagler]

I saw these guys in a bar in Worcester Massachusetts right before the tour started.

[@JeffK.]

Sir Morgan's Cove. 350 tickets given out on the street that afternoon by local radio station WAAF to anybody wearing the station's logo. I remember that day well. And rival Boston station WBCN was truly pissed for being left out of the event.

[@gimmeshelter2151]

Cool. No tape of that surprise gig has ever surfaced.

[@claudec2588]

I believe the act that went on before The Stones was George Thorogood. I saw him live in a small 300 capacity club in 1978.

[@km-jc2dv]

Yes that was him. He opened for them several times during the tattoo you tour

[@tammylarson2899]

You believed right there ol hambone. It was George and his band the Destroyers.

[@adamrobinson8620]

He’s in the video, which gives it away :)

[@glueforall]

4:16 in, its old Thoroughly Good himself

[@rlondon1958]

I watched the crowd in Anaheim CA boo George thorogood off stage opening for the rolling stones

[@reillymoore3257]

The Rolling Stones will be back on another great Tour next year. Mick & Keith have both turned 80 this year, and they're still doing what they love to do.

[@shawnpowell9506]

It would have been cool as hell to hang out with these guys on the road.

[@timburr4453]

What's crazy is people were calling them old back then

[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

Keith is the coolest guy in the room wherever he goes.

[@kpax45]

Coolest Rolling Stone is Charlie Watts, always was, always will be.

[@kentduryea1741]

A band is just a band in concert. Nothing but standing around walking to and fro on stage with guitar in hand and a singer just flapping his jaws. You call that a show? Why would anyone give a rat's tooth what these Rolling Stones do other than buying and listening to their records? As people in the real world they all suck as role models. I swear if I ever had the "opportunity" to meet Keith Richards I'd be too tempted to get in a row with him. I'd step on his feet real hard and he could counter with his guitar as a weapon. He doesn't mind fighting but only when the odds are in his favor. I would n't care what happens to either of us. I only know one hit to his body and that MFer is mine.

[@Dub96]

@@kentduryea1741 you got issues lol

[@kentduryea1741]

@@Dub96 Never mess with an "issue". You got that? Well do ya, punk!

[@chuckthesham5195]

Keith is a punk with a big mouth.

[@blp100]

In the very beginning, Keith was about to go into the opening riff of midnight rambler 0:43

[@lyman379]

Great footage

[@neilouellette3004]

I saw this Tattoo You Tour at the Hartford Civic Center. I was 18 yrs old at that time. Friggin awesome! Of course had to go see the Steel Wheels Tour 1989 at the old Foxboro Stadium, which was replaced by Gillette Stadium.

[@thomcat1969x]

Cool to see those now vintage Mesa Boogies, but were the most modern and best built American amplifiers at the time. The Mesa site says over the years the Stones ordered 42 of them. After years of countless offers to sell, Mesa finally sold to Gibson.

[@teleguy5699]

Miss the old Ampeg sound of the '69 tour.

[@garyyarago2096]

There is an in depth article on one of Keith's 100 watt Boogies in the current Vintage Guitar magazine,they eventually ordered more than 40. Great article,opens up the amp and goes into dealings between Mesa and Stew and Keith.

[@thomcat1969x]

@@garyyarago2096 any chance you can link to it? Would love to read it.

[@RickDanner]

keef sounds great on guitar

[@gromitpesley]

keith*

[@ksr9t]

@curragh 42 so funny when trying to be a smart ass proves you to be a dumb ass instead.

[@JeromeHattKronen1664]

@curragh 42 it's a joke moron

[@ohyeahbabyitson]

I saw them at The Astrodome on this tour. I was 16. I remember the weed being passed on every row. Damn, a lot has changed.

[@ohyeahbabyitson]

@Astro Jenkins it was different. They would literally pass joints regularly through the all the rows. We didn't even know what we were smoking.

[@1e0s]

The "most played" section of this is a split second gaze on Jerry Hall! haha love it

[@5150Lupo]

11:41 Ronnie using a Van Halen guitar pick? I know VH opened a few dates in 1981.

[@1stGeorgiaGirl]

I saw them October 24, 1981 at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, FL same tour. Van Halen and the Outlaws opened for the Stones.

[@dorianedwards8522]

Other guitarists from that era all loved Kieth. They might not be big fans of the Stones or of Mick, but everyone loves Kieth. Probably because he wasn't dead and that gave them all hope...... lol!

[@bigbisb]

Lonesome George woulda made a great Stone.

[@mikewoodson6930]

Mick looking out after Keith. Opens a Gator aide bottle and hands to him , Keith puts the whisky down.

[@LucasPenido]

Exactly what I loved the most about the video! Now that’s a real friend!

[@roderickboyd58]

Jo and Ronnie Wood looking like a pair of Ringwraiths from Lord of the Rings, Bobby "It's 5 o'clock everywhere" Keys, and Keith being semi-cogent on his diet of 7up and Rebel Yell. I love how Bill and Charlie look like a pair of British accountants ready for a bachelor party.

[@lelandkelley2199]

I was in the crowd on the floor. 17 years old.

[@dominicticinovic5663]

Wood is higher than a kite

[@rondacus]

Aren't they ALL? 😂😂

[@monkabrahms7997]

Only keith and woody

[@jiles7726]

Thanks for posting!

[@guydelusignan4272]

You realise how great Spinal Tap is when you watch behind the scenes of real bands.

[@teleguy5699]

Reading the photo book of the "69 tour, their life is a lot like a firefighter as there is a lot of hanging around sprinkled with high adrenaline moments.