Bill Wyman - White Lightnin'

[@downhomecat]

There's no real Rolling Stones without Bill.

[@KimTebrok]

Silly thing to say, but appreciate the sentiment. He played a 4 string instrument. Not that well. Usually looked as miserable as sin. Contributed very little to the band. Made millions being attached to 2 creative legends. Wrote a book called “Stone Alone”, it was pathetic. I recall him commenting that he could not get a girl’s knickers down in NZ, so gave up. He had 1000 women. What a sad, little man. Not, one mention of his creative input. His love of music etc. Very little about little Mandy Smith either. She was 14 when Bill met her. Pleased he is father of 3 young women now. Hope it has taught him a lesson. BTW Darryl Jones is on another planet, talent wise.

[@centinela24542]

I agree for the old big times, when they create all the songs with the whole band. Charlie Watts said it! So there is no question about it, ALL OF THEM ARE GREAT TALENTS. No need to speak about Bryan Jones, he makes all the arrangement for the lovely old songs.

[@5InAnotherLand5]

@@KimTebrok dude, you told enough crap looking totally pathetic!)))))))))))))))))

[@ephebofreedomfighter2430]

@@KimTebrok she wasnt `little`

[@effdonahue6595]

@Mike Barooshian no Bill no thrill!

[@thewhoman8252]

Dam I never realised how good his songs were

[@vjohs]

88 today - happy bday

[@herseem]

Bill's songs often have humorous undertones. In the UK, White Lightning is a cheap cider often sold in 3-litre containers and often drunk by alcoholics hanging around the town centre, just so you know. Now the lyrics will make more sense.

[@ephebofreedomfighter2430]

he is Hebe phile

[@dannyevans8328]

Much preferred the old diamond white.. snob, I know 😅😅😅

[@Simone-laragosta-di-lago]

Wait he's not talking about coke?

[@herseem]

@@Simone-laragosta-di-lago No, he's talking about chemical escapism at the other end of the social and economic scale.

[@juliocesar875]

​@@Simone-laragosta-di-lago white lightnin is a cheap alcoholic drink in Great Britain

[@garypaur8988]

I just got into his solo stuff......... Absolutely amazing. I am astonished on how underappreciated he was as a singer/songwriter!!

[@roddavies345]

As a singer, Bill makes an excellent bass player

[@MrsJHarrington]

Bill , sounding good, not a bad voice at all! ❤️😊👍

[@glennhfriedman4571]

always rooting for Bill. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWqykIGsZbd5jtU

nice sound, bill!

[@danieladias985]

This song was pretty cool :) Remember a little JJ Cale

@@danieladias985 it sounds like it! love JJ Cale

[@antondial5326]

Bill said that they used to mix his bass low in the mixes. Whatever the case, The Stones are my favorite band. Wyman is truly great. And Keith said so.

[@aubreybennett7976]

I saw this on television in 1974, I'm not sure what show it was on, Saturday Night Live maybe? Almost 50 years have passed but so memorable.

[@geraldopaiva5890]

Sticky Fingers , Bill Wyman One the founders dos Roling Stones.

[@5InAnotherLand5]

My best loved song by Bill!

[@williamhole1914]

Since Stone Alone, I've loved everything you've done ...

[@HennieVredeveldt]

Great that he leaved the stones❤

[@lukmanhidayat7552]

In another land...

[@effdonahue6595]

And nobody else’s hand will ever do

[@TheBlackbelair]

White lightnin' sure sounds good!

[@marisavalenzisi7963]

Beatiful song, soft and with good rytim, the text again not traduction !! 😍👧👍👌👏👏👏👏

[@chuckhurlocker2180]

Think about it, a musician who carried the stones day in and day out for years but always resigned to a supporting role, deserves a solo outlet

[@nanchanger]

Its all he has now...

[@FRAME5RS]

@@nanchanger You don't know much about him then...he did years of his own band The Rhythm Kings, played charity cricket, made solo albums with one song going top 10, did archeology, wrote many books, invented and sold a metal detector, and raised 4 kids. I'd say he has more than musty dusty moldy memories of being in the Stones.

[@nanchanger]

@@FRAME5RS not decades ago, "now"

[@FRAME5RS]

@@nanchanger He's 85 years old. Past expected life expectancy. Sitting on 85 million, and has a nice wife and children. What you're saying is true of any old person. I don't get your point. What will you or I have at 85? Whatever we accomplished is what we have to enjoy or reflect on.

[@nanchanger]

@@FRAME5RS I said, "it's all he has now", duh...

[@salvadordeadly723]

Love this

[@michaelhall-xj6li]

It’s amazing he come very close to Keith Richards when he does solo albums

[@triggerleanne]

Just amazing

[@aminejericho1134]

Lovely stuff 👌🏻

[@zorazen2504]

Cool.

[@chrisberwaerts5951]

❤❤❤ nice song Bill. Thanks!!!

[@JoelBiger]

One of my favorit !

[@Mimijohnsoneosdgs]

Magnífico

[@rolfhoffmann4294]

miss ya Bill

[@edwardjensen6595]

I can see and hear why they want him back so much 😁

[@msoiseth3419]

The slide guitar adds a lot.

[@nainoswad2725]

Bill and all things Red Ripple are never far from my turntable.

[@smashpoundx8643]

Red Ripple? Okay, I've got to look that one up.

[@haaazzziiim]

God this is so good! So underrated!

[@gregbye331]

Nice tune!

[@nanchanger]

Marc Bolanesque

[@JoãoLucasMeloDeMagalhães]

Legal as músicas solo dele

[@αλεξανδροςραπτης-λ5ζ]

mr Cool

[@marceloaraujo8728]

☮

[@toms4442]

Monkey grip glue is an excellent album! I wish bill would put out a box set of Rarities!

[@dineyrockstar9226]

Muito bom . Mas ele deveria ter se juntado a Ringo Starr. Seria um fusão perfeita.

[@nomorebushz]

Miss Bills bass. Imagination was key. He had a unique imagination for bass lines without playing like Stanley Clark.

[@sketchesinsand8593]

Agreed. He made a comment about the stones newest album that it doesn’t have enough space in it. Bill’s bass defined the space that everyone else got to play in. It takes imagination to make space. I’m thinking of Street Fighting Man right now. All that busyness works because it happens within a single space defined by the bass. Yeah, imagination was Bill’s secret sauce.

[@marcbolan1818]

Bill's first two solo albums are better than the rest of the Stone's solo albums.

[@dioniosiocavs]

Cuánto desaprovecharon los Stones el talento de Bill

[@carriehoy6571]

❤❤❤❤😂😢😊🎉😮

[@joepalooka2145]

I was expecting the George Jones version!

[@jacobmassey3897]

Still sounds better than most of the shit the Stones have made since the 80s 😂

[@klep2859]

It would have been nice to hear this without the double tracking on the vocals.

[@rolfhoffmann4294]

diddly diddly doo

[@Peakabike]

Solo albums in the 70s by sidemen...record companies really didn't know what to do with their money !

[@hagertysteve3394]

Kerp that rats away

[@user-vr9su5nd9f]

so sad

[@elultimosonador3958]

as a 31 year old rolling stones fan, my mind is kind of blown by this. Never ever knew bill wyman did solo stuff, and i feel ive overturned every single stones stone you can turn over. Unreal. Bill wyman was always the oldest boy in the band. Keef and mick were only 19 when the band started around 1962-1963. Bill was already about 26! Imagine.

[@niamunt]

the fact that he was married with a child as well, and people didn't actually know his real age until 1969 because he toted himself as the youngest Stone 😂

[@elultimosonador3958]

@@niamunt its really wild, especialy when you read the keef autobio and you get to the part where he first talks about bill. He'd actualy been in the work force for years and everything, living a typical life, and was the only one with money for gear. Keef claims its the reason they had him in the band lol. At 19, a 26 year old basically seems as if he's lived 100 years lol. The roles that Wyman and Jones had in the true creation of Stones is amazig to think. Keef and mick took all the credit lol

[@niamunt]

@@elultimosonador3958 I have Keith's autobiography but haven't got around to reading it yet. Think Bill did national service in the RAF too? But I like how he always defends Brian, and praises him for being so musically talented and crediting him for being the one to create the Stones. Mick and Keith really treated Brian horribly (probably because of their insecurities; their manager literally locked them into a room and wouldn't let them out until they had written a song; imagine trying to compete with Lennon-McCartney. But they grew into their own eventually but they still never came close to Brian's musical talent. Didn't help with Keith having a child with Brian's ex either). But I like how Bill had his own mind and was the first to do solo music. The others were probably jealous that he had so much success with groupies too 😂

[@elultimosonador3958]

@@niamunt in fact, i got a bit upset with keith to see his treatment of brian in the book. it was confusing and strange. how can someone talk so badly of a man whose been dead for decades? It has never sat right with me, after the reading. And he does it in another section about some poor random 17-18 year old kid, who died tragically in one of keiths houses. Some kid Anita was dating, i think. Its bizarre novel at times - i do really recommend you read it. Amazing descriptions of post-war london and 60s london. But yea h Bill was in british air force. If you ask me, the stones were always good, but the sound change after brian jones left was absolutely dramatic.

[@niamunt]

@@elultimosonador3958 definitely think Bill and Keith were the most interested in history and literature, and the archive Bill kept is amazing. Keith seems to me an odd figure at times because you can tell he's big-hearted but he's certainly got a big ego. Are you able to recommend more Stones books?