Mick TAYLOR: Everyone Is WRONG About The Rolling STONES' GOLDEN Era?

[@jgwalton]

Without Taylor the greatest era of the stones would not have happened. His guitar playing is on another level ... history will recognize his greatness.

[@marsazorean62]

Damn straight

[@grimmertwin2148]

@@marsazorean62 nothing straight about the Stones baby but I appreciate what you're saying. Lonesome and Blue is all blues

[@musashielmaldito6848]

Taylor was just another guitar on the band and that was all don't try to put him on some other level

[@buttereggmanandtheketones4868]

The great era stared largely without Taylor, Beggars Banquet didn't have him at all and Let it Bleed had very little Taylor, they also had many great hits before the Taylor era, that said, Taylor made everything even better as soon as he was involved both in studio and on stage.

[@shasta810]

I didn't know Taylor was part of the greatest era of the stones the Brian Jones years. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@larrypower8659]

Mick Taylor admitted in the HBO film, “Crossfire Hurricane,” it was the fear of being addicted to heroin that led to his leaving the band. He said he had to choose between The Stones and heroin or saving his own life and that of his family.

[@marcbolan1818]

Part of the problem compounded by Rose's infidelities; being stuck in the rut of doing the same thing over and over again and not getting song writing credits - $$. He has admitted it was probably a mistake to leave (especially when he sees the cash)

[@adamwatson6916]

Mick Taylor was addicted to heroin when he left . He didn't fear becoming addicted he was addicted. Mick admitted after he left the Stones he had to go on methadone treatment

[@marcbolan1818]

@@adamwatson6916 No doubt, however he was still using by 1990 so he didn't get himself fixed post Stones 1974.

[@antoniodelrey164]

Was he an addict before joining the group?

[@larrypower8659]

@@antoniodelrey164 Not as far as I know. Never have heard that he was.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

I saw Taylor while he was still with Mayall. Astounding. All I could think was “This kid’s gonna go places.” He did.

[@mben-david2064]

Sort of, Outside of five years with the Stones, and one decent solo record, he hasn't done all that much.

[@hectorlp1298]

I also saw him with Mayall. Just outstanding.

[@roseblake5803]

@@mben-david2064 - Yeah kind of like those Expensive winos 🤣😂🙃

[@michaelbrickley2443]

@@roseblake5803 huh? Steve Jordan is playing with the Stones now. That was a side gig for Keef

[@geraldmouse]

I discovered john Mayall on his own reluctantly playing in a Beckenham pub when I wasn't legal to drink, late 60's. He was handed a guitar that the owner had been tuning outside for ages. One strum and John winced, tweaking the strings in seconds making me a fan to this day. My reply here is that in that era he attracted musicians that have historically lead music to this day. Any musician that has John Mayall in his C.V. instantly reveals that he is/was brilliant. I wasn't a great fan of the early Stones as their instrument plundering lacked skill: MICK TAYLOR in my opinion pulled their sound into a caring group that was allowed to grow into a serious band that still entertains.

[@josephliptak]

Taylor brought a raw gritty tone to the 1969-74 Stones. This era Stones' is my favorite. Any bootlegs from that period are simply fantastic.

[@JoaninFlorida]

Absolutely

[@johnpolitis7929]

Brian Jones brought varied music styles and different instruments to the 1962-1969 Stones that made them unique. This era of the Stones is my favorite.

[@alangeorgebarstow]

@@johnpolitis7929 My personal favourite period of The Rolling Stones is 1962-1974, which encompasses both Brian Jones and Mick Taylor (Oh, to have heard those two playing in tandem!). Since that time I lost interest, especially after they took on the sub-standard Wood.

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

As much as I love Brian Jones, the guy who was the real founder of The Rolling Stones, I think the Mick Taylor era was The Stones at their very best. He brought out the gritty, hard rocking sound the band was meant to sound like. Ron Wood is good, but he was no Mick Taylor.

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

​@@johnpolitis7929- A great example of Brian Jones musical genius was the song Ruby Tuesday. Brian didn't play guitar on that song. He actually played the recorder. He also taught Mick how to play the harmonica. Such a diverse musician gone way too early.

[@daleskidmore1685]

I've been lucky enough to see Mick Taylor a couple of times. Apart from being a great guitarist, he sounds like no other. The Stones became a new band during his tenure.

[@Kleermaker1000]

And after he left they became nobodies.

[@taylordw]

@@Kleermaker1000 more like has beens

[@Arya-1111]

not as good as Brian nowhere near as good and didnt like much after Brian same BS

[@jonathanmills5747]

I grew up in the same street as Mick Taylor in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. I was born in 1966. His Dad worked at the aircraft manufacturers De Havilland. They, who under Sir Geoffrey de Havilland initially without much support from the Government at the time, designed the wooden framed, twin engined fighter/bomber, called the Mosquito. Obviously I was a baby but as I grew up our Town's gift to the World was a source of Pride. I know many people of my previous generation in Hatfield who knew him well. We still hold that pride today, I mean, why wouldn't we? Mick Taylor has always chosen to play down his influence on his Blues playing, he's modest, irreverent, humble and never sought the limelight. In the last 10 years or so he has been a guest on some of the Stones tours and still has it, in shovel loads. The world who know of Mick's contribution to the Stones and beyond have the, sadly recently passed, John Mayall to thank for "discovering" Hatfield's favourite son. If you Google MTs story, there's also another Guitarist, a certain Mr Eric Clapton who's failure to make it to play a Blues Breakers Gig in our neighbouring Town (Welwyn Garden City) which changed the History of the Rolling Stones.

[@TheHeinrichSymposium]

In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire heroin hardly happens.

[@marianne1156]

@@TheHeinrichSymposium but it did & does in rocknroll bands

[@jonathanmills5747]

@@TheHeinrichSymposium that's because Keef did it all

[@jonathanmills5747]

@@marianne1156 here's a tenuous absolute fact I can share with you as your name flagged up an idiosyncratic piece of useless information. My mum went to St Joseph's Convent in Reading, The same school as a certain Miss Faithfull and my Dad got a job working at the Mars factory in Slough. If you are THE Marianne, forgive me for referencing the Rock an Roll rumour that became the stuff of, unsubstantiated folklore. As the saying goes, why let the truth get in the way of a good story.

[@geoffpoole483]

He's also played on a few Stones albums since leaving the band. Tattoo You is one example.

[@LanceHouston-x7x]

My mother n law ran a private daycare in Destin Florida, and cared for Mick Taylors daughter during the late 90’s. If you want great Stones music the 69’ thru 74’ Taylor vintages can’t be beat.

[@victorb153]

I owned a Hotel/ Music venue in Providence Ri 1986-1992 and did Mick Taylor twice...His USA Agent I knew well....so I let him stay at my place and assemble and rehearse band before they went on the road....He was still on Heroin....Theres a funny story my mother ran the Hotel part...and she saw that the maid had cleaned a bunch of spoons from his room that were black......She used to make him tea and bring it to his room.....And she went into his room and had a talk with him she wasn't street smart she was 72 at the time.....I explained to her after that heroin wasn't something you could just stop doing it was a long hard process requiring medical professionals...So she had a friend whose son was a doctor and she got him to go and have a talk with him.....Years later mid 90's I was working with another band at the Belgium Rhythm and Blues festival and Mick was playing....And I talked with him at that time he said he was clean....and told me that he has tried several times to stay clean and had thought of my Mom and even once had a dream with her in it.....But I know several people who know him and he would constantly be using and trying to get clean probably to this day.......

[@jacksonsundown7545]

I am old enough to remember what I heard and when I heard it. First heard Mick Taylor on John Mayall's Bare Wires album from 1968. His seething lead guitar on Hartley Quits, and the Wah=Wah pedal on No Reply set him apart. He had big shoes to fill coming to play with Mayall after Peter Green had left. I first saw Mick Taylor live in December of 1969. That's right --- I was at Altamont, right in the front, less than 20 feet from the stage so I saw and heard everything. I was 19 years old at the time, the same age as Mick Taylor. So I can tell you, first hand, that Mick Taylor did the "heavy lifting" at that show. Keith was smack-stoned out and looked like he was playing air guitar. Jagger was working on his Tina Turner impersonation. Those two were there to make a movie --- they could care less about a free concert. There were many interruptions due to the violence around the base of the stage... but throughout it all Mick Taylor kept on playing guitar and held the band together. Charlie and Bill knew the kid had all of the skills and discipline --- they had been touring with Taylor all summer. Mick Taylor was the "Mick" that really mattered during his years with The Stones. He did not seek the limelight... never got the kudos he earned... nor credit for songs that he helped to write. So recognition is way overdue. I am pushing 73 now, and still admire Mick Taylor, and what separates him from the rest. Mick Taylor: please know that you have many appreciative fans who respect what you has accomplished over the years.

[@johntucci8826]

That's really cool you were there, must have been one crazy show! As a guitarist I can see what you're talking about watching the footage, it's mostly Mick, and Let it Bleed was definitely my favorite album

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

🔥💙🔥

[@theyrekrnations8990]

Right arm, and Farm out, I meant to say Right on, and Far out

[@jrstafford5821]

Mick Taylor’s talent was wasted on the Stones.

[@Mlreau]

Amazing comment and true! 😊

[@bartfeather6176]

Taylor’s phrasing is unlike any other guitarist. And instantly recognizable. His solo on Sway makes me ache at the beauty of it.

[@mben-david2064]

True. And don't overlook Moonlight Motel.

[@thuggeetennessee7981]

@@mben-david2064 Moonlight Mile?

[@alexgalbraith2387]

Yup - Sway, Can't You Hear Me Knocking and Moonlight Mile off the Sticky Fingers album are 3 of my favourite Stones/Mick Taylor tracks

[@philipferguson8570]

Great song!

[@connorclarke1218]

He’s gifted in that he knows what to play to sound good without getting through a bunch of notes. He is sort of the perfect lead guitarist, especially for the band since they were never known for their musical chops. Charlie was a great drummer but nobody was comparing those guys to Zeppelin, Deep Purple, or those early prog bands.

[@patguitare]

Greatest lead guitarist The Stones ever had. His ability to improvise and create those wonderful melodies and lead lines put him head and shoulders above anyone else back then for the group. Man....' Get Yer Ya Yas Out', the live album they put out in 1969 or 1970, whenever it was, was my textbook as a young player for learning rock/blues playing in a live format. His tone, his phrasings, and vibrato were just awesome. I teach guitar these days and have for many years and I always refer this record to my students who are interested in this genre of playing.

[@jimrebr]

I just realized, I actually saw Mick Taylor with John Mayal’s Blues band, in the late 60’s. When he was in the Stones, my friend Nance had a huge crush on Mick Taylor & I had forgotten that she told me he had been in John Mayal’s band, we were only 14.

[@daves3819]

Jagger and Richards refused to give Taylor any writing credits despite his prolific and innovative contributions. "Time Waits for No One" is a great example of his brilliance and yet did not get any credit for it.

[@ccnyce]

His spellbinding solos on "Time Waits for No One" are criminally under-mentioned and under-listened-to.

[@Guitar-x3z]

Talk about "credit"! no one even noticed Stu as even being on stage because he was overweight. The "Suits" decided it to be about drugged out skinny mis-fits when the REAL bad boys were the Beatles in their cute little neckties and haircuts.

[@Jordan-h7x1u]

thats because the two simps were jealous and too full of ego

[@whowantslasagna4894]

They did the same with Brian jones before. Mick and Keith are fucking twats

[@Bob-r9x7l]

​@@Guitar-x3zNobody ever talks about what the 'suits' were strung out on

[@robertkroberjr.157]

I saw Mick Taylor together with Alvin Lee! Killer show! 🎸🔥🎸🔥

[@ClassicRockFilms]

Taylor was the bridge from Brian to Ronnie - he was there for a moment in time - he could not be there forever - he made his mark in history and had to move on

[@winstonsyme5899]

Someone put it this way: Brian was there for the Stones being a singles band. Mick was there for the stones being an album band Ronnie was there for the Stones being a touring band. I like Micks time the best, by far.

[@patwilson2546]

IMHO the Mick Taylor years were the Stone's best years. Opinion, of course, but I really prefer that iteration of the Stones above the Jones or the Wood version.

[@markgerrard383]

Thing is Mick Taylor has a net worth of $300k today compared to the Glimmer Twins who are supposedly worth c $500m each.. And that ain't right.. It's not even a little bit right given Taylor's 1969 to 1974 songwriting input...

[@RobertShames]

Brian created the mystic that carried them to the present day.... PERIOD!!!​@@winstonsyme5899

[@DaveGoldShow]

@@markgerrard383 The Stones have made most of their money with their tours which MT has never been part of other than '69 and '72, '73. He didn't get the big bucks because he didn't play for them!

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video from my favorite youtuber have a wonderful day also RIP to John mayall ❤😢

[@RockinRollinOne]

Thank you! Glad you love it!

[@drowningin]

Wait, he died?

[@aminahmed2220]

@@drowningin yes

[@tomdecuca3627]

Mick Taylor was incredible. Not just with the Stones, but with John Mayalls Blues Breakers as well!! I loved his solo album with 'Leather Jacket" on it. Mick deserves so much more than what he got from the Stones.

[@danielsvedberg7240]

He was also brillian on Bob Dylan's 'Real live'

[@geoffpoole483]

He would have been about 18 when he joined the Blues Breakers.

[@dailyflash]

I've always wondered if Mick Taylor connected with any of the Stones on a personal level. I never thought he looked like he was fully part of the band, for some reason. Maybe because he was so young and relatively quiet. Ron Wood looked perfect with them from the moment he joined.

[@martincvitkovich724]

he didn't look part, because he wasn't ugly

[@bobstermaher]

Ron Wood was a junkie like Keith so he fit in like a glove. He coukd play though no bones about it. Great solo part in hey negrita

[@christopherwood2290]

Mick was a hired hand and he resented it.

[@georgehorner1578]

Mick Taylor elevated their music to a higher frequency, a true lead guitarist . When I first heard get your ya ya's out it changed my life ,being a kid trying to learn how to play guitar.

[@mns8732]

Yeah like the Sympathy solo - I've listened to it since 1970 - like what the fk was this guy hooked into?

[@BRLaue]

The Sympathy solo might be the best solo captured on live vinyl.

[@davereese6614]

Don't forget that Jimmy Miller was the producer for those albums.

[@nihilistlivesmatter]

not for IORR

[@JoaninFlorida]

Jimmy miller's contribution cannot be denied. He was behind their best output.

[@mikemonchuk7087]

The Stones from late 67 to the end of 73 so Through the past and 68s Beggars Banquet and then the debut of M.T., on 69s Let it Bleed till 73's Goat's Head Soup are an example of a band thats making the right decisions and writing at a fever pitch and touring every where and have Jimmy Miller's influence taking them to places that weren't on their pillaging map. Associations with Jack Nitschke etc, and all of this going on as some members of the band are doing the "Sway", and "Dancing with Mr. D"!!!!

[@mikemonchuk7087]

Jimmy Miller influence on the writing and recording output of the whole band at its RnR Zenith. Everyone was on board and received the Memo!!!! And it wasn't from "Turner"!!!!

[@stevehalverson790]

I believe he is the cow bell at the start of Honky Tonk Woman.

[@bfrancis9898]

I saw Mick open for John Mayall at the 1990 Utah Jazz and Blues Festival. I bootlegged most of it including the encore of them playing together. One of my favorite concerts ever.

[@honus20]

The Mick Taylor days were my favorite Stones era, especially Let it Bleed and Sticky Fingers.

[@alistersutherland3688]

I think those are great albums too. What about Exile?

[@rodneypeel7497]

He only played on two songs Let It Bleed

[@alistersutherland3688]

He didn't have much to do with Let it Bleed. He had just joined the band and the album was pretty much in the can already.

[@johnr1348]

I love all the periods of the stones...they are all good and so very different. Mick T had an incredible contribution...IMO.

[@scorp0171]

His solo on "sympathy for the devil" live on "get yer ya ya's out" is just amazing !

[@vinonavortex5582]

No that is Keith’s solo it is on film plus sympathy was recorded one year before Taylor joined band and that beggars banquet version has the most incredible and appropriate to the song lead played by Keith also six months before Taylor joined band the film Rolling Stones rock n roll circus has Keith playing the solo much as he did on ya yaw also after the ya yas concert but before the live album came out mick jagger and Keith did an interview with rolling stone in which jagger played the tape of sympathy from the concert and complimented Keith on his incroyable solo as he put it Stanley booth who lived with the band on that tour confirms that Keith played the sympathy solo hunching over his guitar like a bird of prey and that is on film Keith band leader and soul of band always has been

[@scorp0171]

@@vinonavortex5582 I know all of this !! You could add that Brian Jones mic was unplugged because he was alway drug. KR plays all the guitar parts on the reccord, he is playing the bass too and Bill Wyman plays Maracas. I agree, Richards made one of his uncommon solo and it's a great one ! BUT you are talking about the record version, AND i'm talking of the live version on "Get yer ya ya's out" in Madison Square Garden in 1969 !! The main difference between the two versions is the sound of the song : samba for the record with many percussions, more rock for the live. And inside the song, on stage, no backing vocals, no "wouh wouh", Keith Richards played his solo on low harmonies and Mick Taylor took the relay with his solo on high harmonies. Both of them played their own rythmic during the song, so the result is the perfect wedding of the two guitars Often, with Mick Taylor on live, back vocals or added vocals were replaced by his guitar, the most evident example was surely "Gimme shelter" : nobody sang Mary Clayton' s part !

[@teleguy5699]

@@vinonavortex5582 Keith's solo was the first one, Mick's the second. There were two lead parts. For someone seemingly well versed in the Stones, I'm surprised you don't know that. Reeling in the years has it on video if you doubt that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnPTmYNqdsutlacfeature=shared Watch Taylor laying down a relentless rhythm, then when Jagger sits down he takes over the second lead part and Keef is chugging the rhythm.

[@alexcastro7339]

Those 5 albums were sheer brilliance... It's not even a question

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

Woe unto any, who would disparage these LPs.🔥

[@TylerD288]

@@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq 😔🙏

[@hondahaney6404]

Yeah, Mick Taylor years by far the best

[@stevekish2717]

Exile and Let it Bleed are two of the greatest albums ever made!

[@alistersutherland3688]

I'd agree, except for Goat's Head Soup, which aside from Angie, I hated. Still do. I know I'm probably going to get dumped on for saying that, but that's my honest opinion.

[@tonetone7572]

Mick Taylor took the Stones to another level,,.. he was the best thing ever happened to them.

[@ibberman]

@seviswitzerland3470 Big notice was taken with him in the Bluesbreakers.

[@musashielmaldito6848]

Yeah right he was just another guy with great riffs and that's all

[@chrismiller1183]

​@@ibbermanMick Taylor slid into a very warm chair after Clapton and Green.

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

@chris. Slid in (?) Like anyone off the road could walk in, and take the job.

[@chrismiller1183]

@@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq Did I say that?

[@williamlangan5902]

Mick Taylor only got credit on 3 songs with the Stones. I’m Going Down (1969 Let It Bleed outtake which wound up on Metamorphosis) Ventilator Blues Stop Breaking Down (last 2 in Exile) Here’s a list of songs I think Mr. Taylor should’ve gotten credit on. Sway Wild Horses Can’t You Hear Me Knocking Moonlight Mile Casino Blues Soul Survivor Let Ir Loose Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) Dancing With Mr. D Winter Star Star Till The Next Goodbye Time Waits For No One Fingerprint File I made a list of songs Brian Jones should’ve gotten songwriting credit on but since this video is about Mickey the T, we’ll save that list on the comment section for another video!

[@flyingburritobro68]

Live With Me was done before he got there. He overdubbed some guitar that’s it. Richards plays all the guitars on that album too.

[@stone4173]

What evidence do you have?

[@dancingtrout6719]

keef said taylor hes nothing more than a good guitar player too him.. and look .. he didnt do much too remember on his solo adventure or collaborations did he ....??

[@TrewinLaws]

My favourite stones track with Mick Taylor on lead guitar is Time waits for no-one on it's only rock & roll album at times he sounds like Carlos Santana

[@briandillon8041]

Wish I could smash the like for this 100 times. You got it. Not even really a stones fan but I’m very enamored with that.. Especially catch you hear me knocking and gimme shelter.

[@HektorBandimar]

Mick and Keith musical careers have been blessed and fortunate, mainly because of the assistance of the very talented people they had around them along the way. Brian - Mick - Ronnie, and don't forget Bill & Charlie.

[@nihilistlivesmatter]

It may also be viewed that through their talented writing Mick & Keith gave some very talented people the opportunity to express themselves where they may have been overlooked otherwise

[@josevi5835]

@@HektorBandimar Agree with you. The contributions of Billy Preston and Nicky Hopkins were phenomenal too. Hopkins was very important in songs like "Sympathy fot the Devil", Preston's incredible talent shines in the underrated Black&Blue album.

[@alistersutherland3688]

I think it's a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.

[@terrymaloney9683]

​@@nihilistlivesmatterIt may also be viewed that your comment is weak.

[@nihilistlivesmatter]

@@terrymaloney9683 It may also be viewed that you are weak.

[@timhossack5317]

Mick Taylor glued the band together for their best work. Get Your Ya Yas Out exemplifies his genius.

[@Reslo]

I saw the Stones in ‘81 on the Tatoo You tour in KC. Mick Taylor did a walk on both nights.

[@lqr824]

I had a dozen-plus friends at that show, why the holey fuukk didn't I go? I was in 9th grade at Shawnee Mission West.

[@samiam5557]

My favorite 'era' of the band was the Mick Taylor era, and I've been a fan since '65. I saw them live twice.

[@paulsandor3522]

Since melodic guitar playing is my favorite, IMO the Mick Taylor years were far and away the best version of the Stones.

[@shannonjones3714]

Amazing talent! Just listen to the solo at the end. Unreal! Excellent video!

[@marklecuona8889]

What song was that? Is it on KZbin live in its entirety?

[@DAVIDSMITH-un8wf]

The best thing that ever happened to the Rolling Stones was finding Mick Taylor... The worst thing that ever happened to the Rolling Stones was losing Mick Taylor.......... IORR.

[@davidforbes7772]

BS

[@andrewhudson8966]

@1.49 Mick Taylor didn’t join The Stones after Brian Jones’ passing.Brian had been fired from The Stones so they could tour the US and Mick Taylor had already been hired by the group before Brian’s death.

[@mben-david2064]

Brian was forced out by Keith and Mick. They had met and played with Mick before Jones was sent packing, but had not determined he was a member. They auditioned over 40 players before deciding on Mick T.

[@andrewhudson8966]

@@mben-david2064 but Mick Taylor would still have been employed before Brian’s death.As for having auditioned over 40 players,maybe after Mick Taylor left.

[@mben-david2064]

@@andrewhudson8966 nope. they had met Mick and played with him before Brian was forced out, but they felt the need to give other guys a shot before they hired anyone.. Read the book BRIAN JONES by Paul Trynka

[@charlessteenburgen]

THE BEST ERA OF THE STONES

[@hewitc]

the coke years

[@jessewolf7649]

⁠@@hewitcThe Satisfaction era 1965 - 1966 matches or surpasses the Taylor era. I saw both the Brian and Taylor eras.

[@jimmy-i4t3v]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@alistersutherland3688]

@@hewitc And the smack.

[@janpierzchala2004]

the only great era of rs

[@cjelvado]

That was my favorite Stones. What a band. Mick T. gave them something special; and, like a true artist, he left when it didn't feel right anymore. It was an honest contribution and exit.

[@petejones879]

Mick Taylors guitar playing in on the song Sway on the sticky fingers album is out of this world

[@alexcastro7339]

@@petejones879 Sway, and Cant You Hear Me Knocking. That latin/Santana tinged solo at the end of the song blows my mind. It proves you don't you don't have to shred to play a fantastic guitar solo

[@ernesttenesmus6757]

Sticky Fingers is a remarkable album, owing much to Mick Taylor’s contributions and influence.

[@rogerdodger6025]

@@alexcastro7339 Then he does the awesome Country solos on "Dead Flowers" and "Wild Horses" and the raunchy proto-punk solo on "Bitch". They should bring him back as a hired-gun side guitarist.

[@user-qg2uf8jp3h]

many people (including me) say Sticky Fingers is the best Stones album ever... and Brown Sugar & Sway their 2 best songs ever

[@scifiwriter98]

Agreed. It's a song I usually rewind just to listen to the solo again.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

That outro Mick’s playing is superb! It was a golden era for the Stones, the interplay between Mick Taylor’s quicksilver lead & Keith’s magnificent rhythm guitar is a joy to behold.

[@packymalley5446]

Mick Taylor is to me the best era of the Stones. I still love them, I am just saying!

[@cheechwizard60]

My introduction to Mick Taylor was on a record I borrowed from someone one night for a party. We were tripping and someone asked me if I had any records by John Mayall, I didn't, but I borrowed one from a guy that lived on my floor. It happened to be Blues From Laurel Canyon, I was blown away. That was fifty five years ago, and to this day it's still one of my favorite albums.

[@wilmabaumann4499]

Mick Taylor, dieser sehr talentierte Musiker, war damals eine enorme Bereicherung mit seinen virtuosen Gitarrenspiel... Die Ära dieser Zeit war ohnehin sehr produktiv und emotional... Danke für diesen interessanten Bericht... 🎶🔝👏...

[@epluribusunum1460]

This is computer generated narration. Did you hear it earlier say “Live (rhymes with strive) with Me”?

[@susanoconnell1314]

'Winter' off Goat's Head Soup will say all that has to be said of the magnificent era when Mick was part of the band.

[@balongisland3065]

Just listened to that album twice straight through and again realized how good it is. Underrated for sure!

[@midiland09]

Mick Taylor's solo in Get yer ya yas out/ Midnight Rambler is among the best guitar parts I ever heard. It was WONDERFUL!

[@ronniechilds2002]

The Mick Taylor era is without doubt their best, with the strongest material. Those 5 albums he was on--man oh man, they are just so good, and they hold up today. I'll take his playing over Ronnie's any day. I realize I'm probably the only person in the world who feels this way, but I think the Stones would be better without Ronnie. They always have keyboards anyway, and I don't blame Keith for not wanting to work that hard, but Wood's playing is just generic, interchangeable rock guitar noodling. There are guys in my neighborhood who can do that.

[@kavehnouraee7966]

You're not the only one. Ronnie is a good bassist. Keith is a good rhythm guitarist. But Mick Taylor was the best guitarist they had.

[@WTHenry2023]

I like Ronnie's playing but it is similar to Keith's playing. I like Mick's playing because it was unique.and gave the music more of an edge

[@greghonan6187]

Don't forget that Mick T's era with the Stones coincided- more than Brains or Ronnie's- with the creative peak of Mick and Keith. So to compare Mick T with Ronnie is a bit unfair on Ronnie.

The Stone’s apex was when Mick Taylor and Bobby Keys were in the group. And the greatest live album was Get Your Ya Yas Out..two Chuck covers that showed that The Stones were the greatest Chuck Berry cover band and their well written new stuff showed their genius and prove to be the group’s longevity.. Still Rockin!

[@specialroy6087]

Listen to the lead guitar on " Time Waits for No One"... Greatest lead of all time...!!? At least one of the greatest... Amazing....

[@terrymay8114]

your right the greatest solo i have ever heard

[@johnmcneary4927]

You are so RIGHT on your comment !

[@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh]

MT is there with Carlos Santana.

[@granitesevan6243]

Blues from Laurel Canyon was my first exposure to Mick Taylor. Instantly got my attention as a youngster

[@bull419]

Mick Taylor without a doubt the best guitarist The Rolling Stones ever had.

[@braziliantexatlantis7485]

The Rolling Stones were built on riffs by the Rolling Stones' greatest guitarist.

[@Guitar-x3z]

"Best guitarist" try telling that to Kief (Kieth Richards)

[@Olliemets]

Love that live "Sway" closing this out. Another masterpiece not talked about enough

[@jean-lucjanot7054]

Super guitariste, superbe vidéo. Merci!

[@jessejordache1869]

I never heard this as anything other than classic rock; all these guys are way before I was born. But there's something so fresh about Mick Taylor's playing that all the other former Blues Breakers don't have.

[@GLOatYT]

Every time (well, twice) when Peter Green is mentioned, discussing Bluesbreakers, Jeff Beck is shown. Who wasn't even in Bluesbreakers 🤷‍♂

[@elireskov4594]

Thanks, that was great. Mick is one of all time favorites.

[@geraldcarter6398]

Nothing beat the Jones era.

[@Arya-1111]

AGREE 100%

[@adrianmartin5780]

I agree,most intelligent people agree, Jagger and Richards are two pricks,they disrespected Brian Jones after his death and didn't credit Brian on the songs he help to create and they did the same fuckin thing to Mick Taylor, Jagger and Richards are two cunts

[@RoyBennett-dz2cq]

Saw Mick Taylor,at the Shellharbour workers club in 1989 ,played 2 sessions one of pure blues, and the next a combination of stones,and his own stuff.

[@kavehnouraee7966]

I can only imagine how incredible The Stones would be if Brian stayed clean and played alongside Mick Taylor.

[@mben-david2064]

Mick was in the band because Brian was forced out. That's like saying Pete Best and Ringo should have played together. Dumb.

[@kavehnouraee7966]

@@mben-david2064 don't be an ass. I said imagine if that happened.

[@mben-david2064]

@@kavehnouraee7966 see, that is a musically illiterate thing to say. More players means less room for each one. As a musician life long Stones fan, that strikes me as dumb.I like them as they are. I don';t want too many great musicians trying to wedge their bit into a morass of soloing.That's anti-musical and anti-creative.

[@kavehnouraee7966]

@@mben-david2064 you sound like you're insecure in your musical abilities. How did you extrapolate a wish that will never come true into the drivel you just spewed? Brian was an amazing muti-instrumentalist. Mick Taylor is probably one of the last if not THE last link to British blues, now that John Mayall has passed. Even if it were only for one composition, I would like to have heard the two of them play together, just to hear the result. It could have ended up as a total disaster....but at least it would have happened. Do you understand THAT? Or do I have to go out and buy crayons?

[@magmasunburst9331]

Definitely one of the best videos yet.

[@jamesmonroe8412]

The Stones produced the best music of their career when Mick Taylor was with them. It's too bad they didn't give him the credit he deserved, he probably would have been with them for many more years and his guitar work would have had a major impact on their music.

[@transcendenttv]

I spent a week with Mick Taylor in the mid 90s, as a still struggling up and coming artist myself. Waiting on them really, working for them. He only spoke a few sentences to me the whole time. The most memorable “Where’s the pisser mate?”

[@tylerthompson1842]

You think you’re listening to a human narrator until they stumble on a word or name like May-all lol

[@johnurban7333]

The pronunciations were tough to listen too.

[@BuckshotPA1]

The voice seems to pop up everywhere !

[@irish66]

Nah. You can tell straight away it's not a human voice. Everything is said at the same level. There are no inflections. People just don't talk like that. That doesn't mean i won't give the video a like if i find it informative.

[@lesliestevenson5261]

😅 Get your ya- yizz out......

[@markastoforoff7838]

It doesn't sound like a human at all from the beginning.

He was an amazing guitar player. His solos together with Keith's riffs were out of this world. Just listen the live versions of Midnight Rambler.

[@vinonavortex5582]

Yes best together with Keith see them playing together on you can’t always get what you put want on the film ladies and gentlemen The Rolling Stones best version of midnight rambler was on get yer ya yas out Taylor on lead on that album keith played lead on sympathy carol little queenie jumpin jack flash and street fighting man you would like the great book about that tour true adventures of The Rolling Stones by Stanley booth who lived with the band thru the whole tours it is apart from Keith’s book the best book ever about the band he quotes Charlie watts saying if none of the rest of us had ever existed and mick met Keith there would have been a band and it would have sounded like the rolling stones

[@apollos_revival]

Taylor said he co-wrote "Sway", "Moonlight Mile", "Hide Your Love", "Tops", "Time Waits For No One", "Till The Next Goodbye", "If You Really Want To Be My Friend", and the coda to "Can't You Hear Me Knocking". The first seven are quintessential "Jagger songs" during a period in which he wasn't writing with Richards. Coincidence? I think not. I also believe it's likely Jagger wrote songs with Nicky Hopkins and Billy Preston, and they didn't receive credit either. "One of the things I got angry about was that Mick had promised to give me some credit for some of the songs - and he didn’t." "I’ll tell you what really, really made me angry, it was that Mick told me I would get credit. So when you say “you worked really hard, I’m gonna give you credit for this” and then you don’t, that does hurt, that makes you angry, it’s best not to say anything at all."

[@rogerdodger6025]

Gram parsons also wrote for and with the Stones, although I heard he was paid for "Wild Horses" and "Country Honk" but uncredited.

[@apollos_revival]

@@rogerdodger6025 interesting

[@teleguy5699]

" I also believe it's likely Jagger wrote songs with Nicky Hopkins and Billy Preston, and they didn't receive credit either." Especially "If You Really Want To Be My Friend" for Preston. It has his signature all over it.

[@rogerdodger6025]

@@teleguy5699 True, same with Heartbreaker and a song or two off Black and Blue. I think Gram Parsons was a ghostwriter and uncredited collaborator during their "country" period of the late 60's/early 70's as well. I think he was paid but uncredited for the songs he wrote.

[@apollos_revival]

@@teleguy5699 I agree. Same with "Fast Talking Slow Walking" from Tattoo You Deluxe.

[@kpaulsen01]

Taylor was with the Stones for my entire high school years. This is the Stones I remember as hitting their stride. Been a Stones fan since I first heard them on the AM radio.

[@ChrisM-ve6qc]

Love that slide on All Down The Line.

[@JaimeMartinezJr-k5v]

MT Stones-era was groundbreaking. Class màn and amazing guitar player. Met him a few times, wondeful himan being..

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

The Mick Taylor era is BY FAR the best of the Stones.

[@ritahall2378]

Brian Jones the founder of RS was the genius

[@janpierzchala2004]

the only great era musically

[@TheaterPup]

@@janpierzchala2004 That's ridiculous.

[@JoyceS77743]

What a musical genius Mick Taylor was and still is! Shame that circumstances made him leave The Rolling Stones,..they never could replace him and his incredible talent...

[@carlmelidossian8976]

@@JoyceS77743 ok yeah right. Tell that to Ronnie woods and jagger and Keith Richard's and all the fans of the rolling stones. Assine

[@carlmelidossian8976]

@@JoyceS77743 he's basically homeless. He's not driven. I'm sorry so overrated And these comments I wish u can tell Ronnie woods 50 plus years a stone what u think of him. I'm 64. U must all be pushing 80. Many fans are in there teens and over. 1989 I saw my first stones concert. No Mt or bj. 13 plus under my thumb. 2 this year hackney diamonds tour. Sorry Mt is talented so are many KZbin artists that never get famous. So there u have it

[@jessewolf7649]

@@JoyceS77743 he quit

[@carlmelidossian8976]

@@JoyceS77743 u ever heard of Ronnie woods 😂 52 years. Stop ur nonsense

[@MultiStats]

The Mick Taylor years were the creative peak, but it was running out of steam by the end. He is a fabulous guitar player, but he was a stand-in-one-place-and-look-bored when playing live. A bit like Bill Wyman. With Brian Jones, I understand the 3 performers fronting the group was a fantastic combination, so the live performances had a loss despite the guitar mastery. Just to correct a statement on the video, Taylor was already in the group when Brian died. He did not join because Brian died. Taylor was the anti-Brian: much easier to work with and much more reliable. Brian had become more difficult as the decade wore on.

[@artysanmobile]

I completely get Keith’s need to arrange guitars, to have that ensemble player, someone with music theory. It is a fantastic feeling to be part of a guitar orchestra.

[@freddylubin]

"Aftermath" and "Between the Buttons" are too often overlooked.

[@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh]

Aftermath for sure!

[@rogerdodger6025]

I like the early albums with all the blues and Chuck Berry covers too.

[@freakbennett2263]

BOTH have been overlooked, jűs sāyīn !😎✌️😎!

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

New Orleans artists, were a honey hole of inspiration, for every first wave band, as well. Even the stones covered them. Lennon said the Beatles wouldn't exist without Fats Domino.

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Better than GHS and IORNR.

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

Keith Richard’s said when 2 guitars mesh together it sounds like an orchestra. Mick had that sensibility.

[@bradparker9664]

I always liked what Charlie Watts said: Brian Jones was the right man for the job at that time. Mick Taylor was the man for the job during his time. Then Ronnie Wood was the right man for the job after that.

[@Jordan-h7x1u]

he should know

[@alistersutherland3688]

Yep.

[@patwilson2546]

I like the Brian Jones era and really like the Mick Taylor era. Don't much care for what came after.

[@mben-david2064]

Each Stones era has a Lot to recommend it. Taylor was the superior player, but Ronnie is a better partner to Keith.

[@kavehnouraee7966]

Charlie was a total gentleman.

[@jasperburchfield2028]

Great video, Mick Taylor was amazing in the Stones.

[@TotallyNotABotRightGuys]

Taylor was part of their best lineup in my opinion. Great lead guitar, could write songs, more reliable than Richards. Shame that he had to go.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

what songs Taylor wrote? more reliable than Keith Richards who wrote all those guitar parts? I don't even know what drugs you people are taking

[@TotallyNotABotRightGuys]

@@JulioLeonFandinho Taylor claimed to have co-written many of the bands songs. Biggest reason why he left. Richards was fucked up on heroin and at his worst. Not his best days. Basic stones knowledge

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

@@TotallyNotABotRightGuys YOU claim that, Taylor can claim being credited for a solo here and there or some arrangement, but most of the job was created by Richards, which you can tell easily. The fact that he was fucked up is irrelevant, everybody was taking drugs, even more than Richards, and producing stuff. Mick Taylor was just not a solid songwriter, he was a player, proven by his career afterwards, practically everything was mercenary jobs

[@TotallyNotABotRightGuys]

@@JulioLeonFandinho Richards was the worst of them. Easily. The others could function serviceably and had limited legal troubles. Richards had bottomless legal issues. It was getting bad in the late 60s, when both Jones and Wyman claimed they co-wrote most of Their Satanic Majesties with him. When you're fucked up, your brain doesn't work right. John Frusciante, 1992-1997, ever heard of him? Yeah. Holy shit, you are killing off everyone's brain cells like a fucking genocide.

[@patriot1382]

Mick Taylor is my favorite Stone. His songs are so good they make you cry at the deep blues artistic soul-baring way he plays...

[@ThomasWelraeds]

The Stones were great before and after Taylor. End of the story.

[@tomloft2000]

Their golden era was the last 60 years.

[@ThomasWelraeds]

@@tomloft2000 exactly 😃

[@grahamjarman]

their songs all sound the same 😆

[@bobbya8438]

Saw Mick Taylor open for Eric Johnson at the bottom line in NYC around 86 Eric was out supporting “Tones” he was incredible Always thought Mick was the best thing that ever happened to the stones “ Cant you hear me knockin” is the best stuff they ever did Keef and Ronnie could never touch it still cant

[@maxiegrobner9018]

Saw the Stones 3 times and have to say that they were geniuses at sounding like they just wrote their songs in a bar on a napkin only 2 hours before they went on. No other band can match their spontaneity.

[@markdoughty8780]

For me, Mick Taylor was the best musician The Stones had had to that date - and possibly still is. Ronnie Wood runs him a close second, but, it's obvious Mick Taylor out grew The Rolling Stones (musically), who with respect are, and always have been an English R & B band. Fascinating expose and interesting to hear that Mick (Taylor) contributed more to The Stones than just providing some classy guitar work on their late 60s to mid-70s songs, he actually co-wrote a few of them too, which Mick and Keef decided to keep quite about! Very enjoyable video - thanks for uploading.

[@wazmankgV2]

Could you point me to all of the great music Mick Taylor created outside of his time with the Stones?

[@grimmertwin2148]

I don't like limitations. I don't stay in my lane. And rules and regulations for particular communities are a joke. With the Stones I immerse myself in the total canon of the Stones. No dividing lines. That's for conformists and anal retentives. 2 things about Taylor I find interesting and baffling. Was the amount of rhythm guitar he played. A discovery I made through Flipside CT. And he left the Stones broken and broke even having to sell much of his equipment. He had to battle really hard to stay alive let alone play music. I admire his wife Rose for sticking with him all the way. They don't make women like that anymore. I saw Mick in Newcastle back in the 90's. Still the least extroverted person in the room. But he doesn't have to be with a guitar that moves people like that. He appeared really happy and relaxed too. Newcastle is a Rock'n'roll city. There was a lot of love in the room for Mick that night.

[@vinonavortex5582]

You are so right Charlie watts said to Stanley booth if none of the rest of us had ever existed and mick met Keith there would have been a band and it would have sounded like The Rolling Stones I think you would like booths book true adventures of The Rolling Stones it is the best one according to keith

[@guruofendtimes819]

I met him several years ago in Jacksonville Beach Florida when he was performing and he seemed to be a very nice guy. He was much more advanced being a accomplished jazz player than the stone needed. He started falling into drug addiction and knew he had to get out.

[@victorb153]

I owned a Hotel/ Music venue in Providence Ri 1986-1992 and did Mick Taylor twice...His USA Agent I knew well....so I let him stay at my place and assemble and rehearse band before they went on the road....He was still on Heroin....Theres a funny story my mother ran the Hotel part...and she saw that the maid had cleaned a bunch of spoons from his room that were black......She used to make him tea and bring it to his room.....And she went into his room and had a talk with him she wasn't street smart she was 72 at the time.....I explained to her after that heroin wasn't something you could just stop doing it was a long hard process requiring medical professionals...So she had a friend whose son was a doctor and she got him to go and have a talk with him.....Years later mid 90's I was working with another band at the Belgium Rhythm and Blues festival and Mick was playing....And I talked with him at that time he said he was clean....and told me that he has tried several times to stay clean and had thought of my Mom and even once had a dream with her in it.....But I know several people who know him and he would constantly be using and trying to get clean probably to this day.......

[@smiffm428]

As a guitarist for over 55 years now (Jumpin' Jack Flash was the motivator I needed), and having been a huge Stones fan, I would say that Mick Taylor was the best "featured lead guitar soloist" they ever had. His chops were remarkable and he had a fluid melodic style. None of this is stated to take away from the abilities of Keith, Ronnie, or Brian. All of them had different gifts, and could also lay down some memorable lines. I think Mick Taylor had the good fortune to join at Mick's and Keith's songwriting peak, and his playing helped to propel them to a higher peak.

[@teleguy5699]

The producer they had during that period who I forgot his name, played a huge part in their sound during that period. I believe he died right around the time Taylor left.

[@GarryH60]

@@teleguy5699 Do you mean Jimmy Miller ? Yes, he had a big influence on their sound during that period.

[@teleguy5699]

@@GarryH60 Yes. Thank you. I forgot his name.

[@rodniki14]

To bad they used the computer-generated voiceover. This is an interesting topic. What happened to using people

[@BengtLofqvist]

The Stones was a great band and did great music before Mick Taylor , Last time, Get off of my cloud, Paint it black, Satisfaction, Ruby tuesday, Out of time, Under my thumb, Jumpin Jack Flash, Gimmie Shelter and Sympathy for the devil, Albums like After Math, Beetween the buttons an underrated one and Beggars Banquet among others. They also did a lot of great covers in the early sixties. I think they together Mick Taylor created a new style and they were very innovative at that time. After Mick Taylor the have done some great stuff like Start me up, Beast of Burden, My imagination, Albums like Some girls and so on. Most musicians and rockgroups are creative to a point where they have emptied out whatever it is in the spring they getting it from, that's only natural. Stones is still doing some great rocksongs but it was a long time since they were breaking new grounds. Who is these days anyway? Nevertheless still great i think.

[@casanovawines]

When anyone thinks of the sound and the feel of the Rolling stones music they think of the Mick Taylor years. Their music was on another level at that time.

[@ClassicRockFilms]

he was stunned at how little the Stones had rehearsed 😊

[@grimmertwin2148]

@@ClassicRockFilms because he was conditioned by John Mayall who was a like stern headmaster except he liked to play shirtless. Clapton couldn't stand him. Btw Keith and Ronnie would play 24/7 on tour. Straight after performing. That's dedication. That's learning. Mick was taught like an English public school boy. It's a shame. He should have jammed with them. As for not rehearsing. GYYYO was considered the quintessential live rock album for the Stones. Taylor's on it. You reckon they didn't rehearse? What's really meant is they didn't rehearse for his initial auditions. They just wanted to jam. Simple

[@mrJimCharles]

That's kind of a nice way of putting what he really said, which was that he was amazed at how bad they sounded lol!

[@manfred747]

@@mrJimCharles Isn't that why Beck didn't join the Stones? He thought they were too ragged; I can't imagine that would've worked.

[@grimmertwin2148]

@@mrJimCharles lol I've heard early takes on Tumbling Dice that sounded worse than Creedence Clearwater Revival doing a bad version of Down on the Corner. Unrecognisable as what would become a song most of us groove to. It's hard work perfecting sloppy cool that no one can replicate. Maybe Linda Ronstadt did a not bad version? My memory is possibly full with no updates available?

[@grimmertwin2148]

@@manfred747 nah Jeff wanted to take the Stones into the stratosphere. That's not where they excell. Deep down dark and dirty. The complete anthesis. Plus Jeff would have argued with Jagger day and night about a pay rise. Ask Ian McLaglan lol

[@stephenmosgrove6559]

Mick Taylor plays close to an American from the American South....where the music comes from. He definitely improved the technical skill level of the Rolling Stones.

[@rc3443]

I think a lot rolling stones fans end up realizing they are just Mick Taylor fans, me included of course

[@Guitar-x3z]

No! No! and No. Rolling Stone fans are Charlie, Bill, Keith, Wood and Jagger fans.

[@mben-david2064]

nothing wrong with that. I was disappointed when Mick left, and disappointed again when Ronnie left Rod Stewart. But it worked out well for everyone.

[@fz555]

I thought Ronnie was great in the Faces, and even live with the Stones in !975 when they were basically playing much the same set as 1973 with MT. He was no Mick Taylor but he and Keith were still doing a lead/rhythym kind of thing instead of this ancient art of weaving crap. I feel Ronnie's playing went all downhill after that.

[@vinonavortex5582]

Only if they have a cramped view of bands history Taylor was not there for great albums out of our heads aftermath or beggars banquet Keith is and always was the musical leader and soul of the band in addition to being by far the most interesting as a person and like able of all band members

[@teleguy5699]

@@fz555 Mick's voice during that '75 tour was like nails on a chalkboard though.

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

Since about 1981 they have had to rely on touring rather than being a successful recording band. I think they only managed 2 top 20 hits after then. Still great live though, Mick has the energy of a 20 year old!

[@geoffpoole483]

You're correct but it's partly due to a huge decline in album sales. Most bands these days make their money from touring. Like most bands that have been around for so long the audience wants to hear the hits. I doubt they play many songs from Undercover, for example.

[@vga-t7m]

mick did it he really made stones soar to great heights. his rockin ways still shine during his time with them.

[@geraldbrown2875]

Love Ronnie Wood brilliant artist guitarist and paint, but for me the best era of The Stones was with Mick Taylor 🎸 🇨🇦

[@loucaruso3971]

Same, !!!! Luv R.Wood, But Mick Taylor Was Almost Irreplaceable !!!!

[@jackiejones1341]

The Stones in their prime. I'm glad he got his props. He's great. Underrated at the time .

[@sammybeck7794]

Brian Jones brought a creativity to the band, Mick Taylor brought a creativity to the band. Ron Wood not so much

[@chrismiller1183]

sammybeck...Woody brought some 'creativity' to Black and Blue (along with Billy Preston)... just that time-tunneled Stones fans didn't appreciate the new direction.

[@StephenPickells-bi2ii]

I would say Ron Wood brought longevity to the band

[@JoaninFlorida]

Woody brought back fun and a certain kind of rock and roll joy.

[@johnmcclearen]

Wood has the stage presence and a more solid relationship with Richards.

[@matthewmcnamee4563]

You are joking

[@andrewwhite6586]

The Stones have been playing by memory since Taylor left.

[@joegotz1971]

Can’t you hear me knocking!

[@alphadog1961]

Throw me down the keys...

[@robertogiovanelli1709]

No....

[@mikenyny755]

I bought "It's Only Rock'n'Roll 1975 or 76; I had heard that he replaced Brian Jones, but that was about it. I liked every single track on the album; my favourite short track was "Fingerprint File" and my favourite album track was "Time Waits for No One". Jump forward to the internet age and (probably via YTube) I found out that Mick Taylor had replaced Brian Jones, but that was about it. I remember reading that he left The Rolling Stones - informed Mick Jagger at a party that he was leaving (before walking out of the party). N.B. Ron Wood was at the party and reportedly overhead the whole thing... Back to late 60s. The first single I ever bought (at 13) was Jumpin' Jack Flash - new (No. 1 for 3 or 4 weeks in June 1968 I think; Child of the Moon on the B-side). After that, I used to collect Rolling Stones singles: Satisfaction (2nd hand), Honky Tonk Women (new), Street Fighting Man (2nd hand). Yes, foolishly I discarded them all sometime later. The other Stones album I bought (not till the mid 70s) was "Let it Bleed". Upon hearing "Country Honk", I thought nothing of it - not realizing until much later that it was Mick Taylor playing slide guitar. I won't go into my own opinion of why Mick Taylor left, but if you look at Ron Wood (as a member of the Rolling Stones), Mick Taylor never really consistently had his heart in it, which I don't hold against him at all and wish him well. N.B. I have never liked anything on "Goats Head Soup". In the late 70s, I bought "Some Girls", "Emotional Rescue" and (1981) "Tattoo You" - which was the last Stones record I bought. N.B. Could never get into "Sticky Fingers", "Exile" apart from the songs "Don't You Hear Me Knocking", "Brown Sugar" or "Tumbling Dice" respectively. "Black and Blue" did nothing whatsoever for me either.

[@kanashiimurakamisan]

Incredible talent. Mick Taylor left The Rolling Stones in his (& their) prime, but not only to kick heroin addiction. He was also highly creative, with a significant role in co-writing some of their better songs of that era. However, he wasn't getting any official writing credits. It was always Jagger/Richards, regardless of who contributed what. Pity, as the band never again reached the same creative heights after Taylor's departure.

[@57stratkat]

Definitely the Stones most creative period. I went through high school in those years and they were a big part of the soundtrack of our young lives.

[@terrymcconnell2053]

Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood are both fantastic guitarists-don’t see the need for it to be a competition.

[@JIMIIXTLAN]

Some Girls has some fantastic guitar work in it

[@stealthsadhu306]

Great respect for Ronnie, a true icon, but I can hear so many of Mick's solos in my head and not a single one of Ronnie's. Tell me what I'm missing.

[@yojimbo2002]

They’re pretty old now so maybe they could switch out guitar players like a sports team and give each other some rest on the bench until coach sends ‘em back in.

[@GarryH60]

@@stealthsadhu306 Well, what about Ronnie's lead guitar playing on Black Limousine (from the Tattoo You album) ? Great stuff ! Also, what about his lead guitar playing on Claudine and on Respectable (both from the Some Girls album) ? Both great songs ! ..... Having said that, Ronnie is no Mick Taylor when it comes to playing guitar. I just believe that you shouldn't diss Ronnie Wood entirely..... On those few occasion when he tries hard, Ronnie can perform very well.

[@GarryH60]

@@yojimbo2002 Good idea ! 😁