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Well, everyone asked for Stones. Here it is! Brian Jones makes this song as his muted 12-string riff and secret vocal harmony fill in all the blanks. The man was a genius. Brian drenched his 12-string in reverb for both the intro and outro (Keith’s guitar has extra reverb as well), and I’m assuming he also overdubbed the sliding riff for the intro on a 6-string guitar. What’s particularly fascinating is that Brian’s intro/chorus chords all feature a bass note that isn’t the root - in the intro riff, you can clearly hear he plays a G note slide over the C. Similarly, the resounding chords in the chorus are Brian hammering D/A, C/G, and back to his muted country G riff. It’s almost like he invented the reverse power chord! I believe Brian also did an additional overdub on the record playing regular barre chords up the neck for extra power (you can see him playing this live).
Keith’s part is also fantastic, with loose country harmonies panned hard stereo and hilariously loud. Both his and Mick’s part is always a slight “beat” before it should be - it took me forever to figure this out, but listen to the isolated Stones record ( • Video ) and you’ll hear Keith sings “because I USED” before the downbeat, as well as the “but, it’s all OV-ER” - it creates fantastic tension. I was struggling to figure out these harmonies because I had all the notes right, but the rhythm that the Stones threw in really makes the entire song special.
Brian does sing on this track - he has a barely audible harmony that is only two notes (B to C) but emphasizes everything Mick/Keith is doing. I might make a short video just about this. Oh, and thanks for putting up with me still croaking out Jagger vocals at 32 years old! I know I’m sharp at times, but maybe that adds to the vibe.
This whole song is a perfect example of The Rolling Stones’ “weaving guitars” style - Keith’s country picking compliments Brian’s more aggressive 12-string perfectly. Also, I’ll say this again - for whatever reason, the intro/outro is drenched in EXCESSIVE 60s reverb, which I tried my best to recreate.
Can’t leave out Charlie (RIP) and Bill. Charlie does a great shuffle rhythm that adds the country feel, and his open hi-hats during the intro (which I doubled up because I felt like it) are echoey and cool. He does some great fills and keeps the hats closed for the most part, letting up slightly before choruses and during the solo/outro. Bill also deserves massive credit, as his repetitive bass line drives the entire song - and he even keeps the rhythm during the solo. I haven’t quite see anyone on KZbin play it correctly - everyone repeats the B note in the riff, but if you watch the TAMI show version and slow it down (like I did) you can see he clearly moves to the A string - totally open, as a filler note. BTW, Macca does this too. :)
I added my own guitar solo. In my personal opinion, these bands in the 60s all did take after take that were never quite the same, and Keith was likely just rolling out blues riffs he knew each time. I don’t want to copy what the guy did note for note - solos are more fun to express your own style! I think Keith would agree with me.
For anyone that still reads this far….I held off on doing this for years, but this felt like the old days - one take, one day, upload the video to KZbin. I also lost 50 pounds and I can fit into my old clothes again, so maybe I felt nostalgic for the old days. Oh, and I also got braces to fix a long standing jaw problem.
SONGWRITER CREDITS: Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack
GEAR
Electric Lead Guitar: Danelectro 59X12
Electric Lead Guitar 2: Martellaro Custom '52 Telecaster
Bass Guitar: Rogue Violin Bass
Tambourine: Cosmic Percussion CP380
Drums: Toontrack EZdrummer
Recording Unit: Tascam DP-03SD
Microphone: Shure Beta 57A Dynamic
Amplifier: Orange Crush 35RT
Additional Plugins: Toontrack EZmix
Audio Software: Reaper
Video Software: DaVinci Resolve
Camera: Fuji X-S10 + 18-55mm
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