Why Mick Taylor Left The Rolling Stones

[@julianp4787]

Mick Taylor gave the Stones the best years they ever had

[@BlueLou974]

Good years, but the Brian 's years were so creative. The stones were already a huge band when he went on stage.

[@johngoodman9380]

@@BlueLou974 I agree about Brian, but they were much bigger when Taylor left. Brian and Taylor left the Stones with a foundation that carried them till now.

[@PaulDakin-u7b]

As creative as Brian was, Taylor gave them a harder blues edge that they have never equaled before or since. Woody is very good, but he is not in the same league as Brian or Taylor. Stones 2.0 with Taylor is simply the greatest rock n roll band ever.

[@janpierzchala2004]

Last years

[@philipferguson8570]

After Taylor left the Stones were crappy.

[@jda6669]

The best Stones guitarist by far.

[@philltaylor8442]

I'd agree with that! But Brian Jones was very good with musical instruments! Ad it not for Brian Jones the Rooling Stone's would have never come about! There first release! Was Comon!the beatles and stones used to ring one another up so they wouldn't release their record at the same time. That's why they never at to compete with one another in the chorts 😊!upstairs for thinking downstairs for dancing !?.

[@jamesdouglass289]

The albums made during the Mick Taylor years speaks for itself. The Stones at their best!

[@josielymbery1096]

Sorry Ronnie but M Taylor could really do the Lead links. Spontaneous and original. Poor old Ronnie is Keith's Yes man..

[@thomassicard3733]

The Stones at their best... I am not going to disagree, but will say that the Stones have been extremely great with and without Mick Taylor.

[@jamesdouglass289]

@@thomassicard3733 They were great before Mick Taylor and after,but there was something magical with him . “ can you hear the music “

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

But the best of the Brian era was better than Goats Head Soup and It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll. And Let It Bleed was almost a complete album when Taylor joined.

[@jamesdouglass289]

@@fuchsiaswing8545 yes , the best of the Brian Jones era was great. Jumpin Jack Flash is my favorite Stones single, and Beggars Banquet is my 2nd favorite album, Exile on Main Street is my favorite. Unfortunately Brian was about wasted for Let It Bleed. When M Taylor joined it began a string of some pretty good Stones albums

[@k.peterdingain2499]

Mick Taylor is one of many understated guitar player's of that time, so it's nice to see him getting the the kudos he rightly deserves.

[@jeremygreen2198]

Think Keef mayve Ben threatened by him !Mickl was a Blues gurrist n Keef was always a Rock N Roll guitarist !!

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

​@@jeremygreen2198looks like you've been smoking some nice tackle yourself mate,by the state of your comment 🤯👍👍👍😵‍💫

[@jameschristenbury2625]

I don't think he is understated. He did appear in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 greatest guitarists of all time list.

[@dontworrydon]

No he wasn't.............did you live those times? Everybody knew of him.

[@k.peterdingain2499]

I was born in 1970 so no I didnt know of him until much later@@dontworrydon

[@rickmcdonald1557]

Mick was a Classic Guitar Player and the albums with Mick on them were the best.

[@dmacnic]

Mick Taylor was Gold for the Stones the years he was there. My favorite period of their existence.

[@fusionfan6883]

Lawyer here. Can’t believe Mick didn’t get legal advice. Naturally the correct legal position is determined by the specific wording of the relevant contracts, but just because the Stones changed labels doesn’t mean any previous contractual obligations to pay Mick are invalidated. I hope he finally got his due.

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

I am a lawyer also and hope Mick gets his rightful payday. You know, Drummer Pete Best of The Beatles was kicked out of the band early on and the band used tracks featuring his drumming in some of the Anthology songs, Pete Best sued and got a nice recovery and rightful retribution.

[@ammoalamo6485]

I was lucky to see the Stones with Mick Taylor about 71-72. They played Sympathy for the Devil, and the best songs from their most recent two or three albums. Taylor was on the side of the stage closest to me, and I had a good close seat. He made the sound glow, really, and solidified the band while Mick marched up and down the stage. I was mesmerized and astounded, couldn't quit smiling for a week after, and it was all Mick Taylor for me.

[@TheGuitarShow]

so cool thanks for the memories!

[@steveburke7675]

"Time waits for No One" has always been my fav Stones song.

[@centinela24542]

Mick Jagger cuts the solo that Mick Taylor made for that song, that was the moment when Mick Taylor threw the Guitar and get out of the stones forever.

[@DeD00RS]

Einer der besten unbekannten" Songs der Steine.

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

It's a GREAT track!

[@Bevrinton]

It was mainly his song and he got no credits

[@v0n1b0]

The Stones have not played it since.

[@glenkepic3208]

Very nicely done. I loved Mick Taylor's playing.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks

[@crb640]

We just have to be thankful for those years. With MT in the studio, the Stones made maybe their best albums, and on stage never rocked harder.

[@josielymbery1096]

Agreed. Ronnie is just what Keith wanted/"desired.... A Yes boy.. Mick was far more spontaneous and "real" than Ronnie, but Ron fitted Keith's ego better.

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

@@josielymbery1096Their sound became a lot narrower with Ron. Still some incredible LPs especially some Girls imo. That one is end to end among their best

[@josielymbery1096]

@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL agreed.

[@TheaterPup]

LOL You all have no evidence that Wood is a "yes boy." You're not in the studio or stage. Taylor fans just love insulting everyone else. It's a sign of insecurity.@@josielymbery1096

[@mikeminno5956]

@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL I Think they used a few different gat players on Some Girls.

[@centinela24542]

On his last years Charlie Watts said it: EVERYONE OF US WAS INVOLVED IN COMPOSITING ALL THE SONGS. You can see the composition talent behin Bill Wyman hearing his solo albums (they are a lot) so the whole musicians deserve credit for what they did.

[@TheGuitarShow]

well said

[@BlueLou974]

Absolutly. But who listen to the bass, when a cute guitarist with a LP is on stage? Most of people watch music, not listen at.

[@andrewfurst5711]

I agree. In Classical music, the composer writes every part for every instrument: the violins, the french horns, the oboes, etc. So that's a real composer. In most rock bands, the song's author writes the lyrics and the basic melody, but the band fills out the rest. They are all the song's composer. This may be why U2 always lists all four band members as the composers of their songs.

[@guichogf5636]

I credit Mick Taylor for keeping the band from falling apart completely. Almost any song from his time, Taylor is the glue that makes it work. I particularly love the song Winter, without his brilliant guitar, we probably would have never heard the song, and there are lots of other examples. He is definitely the most talented person to every play with the band and is criminally underappreciated. Charlie and Bill deserve some credit too for being a solid rhythm section during those years when Keith was messed up and Jagger was becoming a schtick on an ego trip. Taylor elevated the band and kept it relevant when they needed it the most.

[@jameschristenbury2625]

I agree with most of that. I do disagree with Mick Taylor being the most talented person. As a musician, yes, but as a songwriter no. Mick and Keith are legends as songwriters.

[@kingbeastie]

@@jameschristenbury2625 You are absolutely right. Taylor was the most talented guitarist for sure. But it takes more than one guitar player to make a great band.

[@kingbeastie]

Absolutely Taylor was a great guitar player, but the fact that he tried to overdub Charlie's drums and Bill's bass, to me shows that he had a horrid ego that was never going to last in that band. There's enough ego going on with Keith for anymore ego in that band. If you are f**kin with Charlie's drums and think you know better than him when it comes to musicality as a drummer, let alone the rhythm section of Charlie and Bill then you are not the right man for that band. I'm fed up with everyone saying that The Stones best period was when Taylor was in the band and implying that this was solely down to him. It wasn't. Mick, Keith, Charlie and Bill were playing and creatively fabulous at that point in time. Also Nicky Hopkins probably had as much of a musical influence as Taylor did on these records yet he's not held in as such high regard.

[@sercastamere9853]

Agreed, "Winter" is in my top 3 if not my favourite, but it's also worth mentioning that Keith didn't actually play on that song. Jagger is playing rhythm 12-string and Taylor is on the lead, no Keith.

[@SkyEagle-x4d]

Sick of hearing this crap about Taylor

[@MrCherryJuice]

Mick Taylor was a wonderful player prior to joining the Stones, and I urge fans to check into the three studio albums with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, the band where Eric Clapton and Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green also made their names. Those Taylor-enhanced albums are 'Crusade', 'Bare Wires' and 'Blues From Laurel Canyon'. There is also the live double-set 'Diary of a Band'. Instrumentals including 'Snowy Wood', 'Driving Sideways' and 'Hartley Quits' as well as his playing in all other tunes is great. Check the wah-wah-driven 'No Reply' with him on guitar and Mayall singing - just the two of them. There is also the stunning solo in 'I Started Walking'. The studio version is killer. The longer live version is ripping. Unfortuantely, it seems that few Stones fans have ever heard Taylor's Bluesbreakers-era playing. Anyone who hasn't is certainly missing out.

[@XavierKatzone]

Mick Taylor - sounds like the most grounded assessment of the Stones I've ever heard! ❤

[@J..398]

While I think The Stones were in their zenith in the Jones era, Taylor’s guitar playing is legendary. He was probably the only thing that could’ve saved them from Brian’s death at the time because of his virtuoso playing. Too bad they didn’t give him credit where he deserved, guess they didn’t learn their lesson with Brian.

[@mikeymutual5489]

The Stones were in their zenith in the Taylor era. Have you listened to their records from that era?

[@J..398]

@@mikeymutual5489 I have, and I like them. But music is all subjective.

[@manuelaguirre1062]

​@@mikeymutual5489the Jones era music was very creative ,but Taylor was the best guitarist.

[@mikeymutual5489]

@@manuelaguirre1062 While the writers were at the top of their form.

[@michelangelomartini9254]

Brian is too much idolized, he was a good musician, he lost the leadership very soon, he takes too many wrong drugs. 3 great Stones periods, with Brian, without Brian(Beggars banquet, Let it bleed), with Taylor.

[@pedrodiaz5540]

In my opinion Taylor is the best guitarist that the Stones ever had

[@alphadog1961]

That is a fact not just an opinion.

[@Frip36]

And an opinion that has been stated as a singular opinion on KZbin close to 85 billion times. @@alphadog1961

[@scorp0171]

lead guitar yes and The Stones were at their best between 1969 and 1974 but, Keith is maybe an asshole but with Malcom Young, certainly one of the best rythm guitar player and riff creator.

[@drvee1983]

Agreed.

[@BlueLou974]

The Rolling Stones are singing songs, not just an nice gift package for a guitar hero.

[@angelomisterioso]

Brilliant, brilliant guitar playing. He and Brian were the 2 most talented, as far as my ears can tell.

[@J..398]

I think so as well. People really overlook Brian’s guitar playing

[@chicklets4ever51]

@@J..398 Not to mention his overall musicality and talent for playing many different instruments.

[@J..398]

@@chicklets4ever51 yeah, there’s all his different instrumentation which is great. But just in terms of guitar, his playing tends to get overlooked a lot of the time. He always gets his credit as multi-instrumentalist though

[@chicklets4ever51]

@@J..398 Good point. I have in fact noticed when I see the old live footage of Brian with the Stones, his guitar playing always seems very solid.

[@boatingforbeginners7949]

Yep! Can you imagine all those juicy guitar and slide licks we've all missed out on since he left the stones!

[@vincenzostr4488]

The last album i bought is Tattoo You then I gave up on the Stones. Ronnie Wood is awful as lead guitar player

[@jackflash5659]

For this Stones fan, "Time Waits For No One", one of the songs Mick Taylor co-wrote with Jagger seems like the perfect song that sums up how Taylor must've felt before he decided to leave the band.

[@johnhitz1185]

And Jagger's singing is just annoying. Song is saved only by Taylor's solo.

[@CrazyLinguiniLegs]

One of the best examples showing that the Stones were at their peak with Mick Taylor is their live 1971 performance of “Dead Flowers” at the Marquee Club.

[@Foofang65]

Really good insight on Taylor and the band. It sounds like a mix bag of frustration. I’m glad the man exists. I absolutely love those recordings mick played on. ✌️

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

I played on the same bill as Mick Taylor back in 1994 at the Green Parrot in Key West. I had no idea who he was, but he rocked!

[@TheGuitarShow]

so cool Craig!

[@Tony-k9i]

G😅😊lub

[@andrewarthurmatthews6685]

He says he had no idea who you were either

[@antoniodelrey164]

Come on. How could you not know who he was? I guess you never heard of the Stones either…

[@fordsrestorations970]

I've known a lot of musicians some of them famous but to walk in a club you wouldn't notice them any different from anyone else , oftentimes they like it that way too . 2024 fame is almost dead .

[@Laughlin007]

I am thankful for the time Mick Taylor was with the Rolling Stones. His contribution was immeasurable and historic. Ronnie Wood filled the gap. God bless all of them.

[@LONEEAGLE_space_rock]

A1 video, he was roped back in for their 50th. Those incredible melodic guitar solos exemplified the 70s, sensual vibrato, such finesse

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks very much!

[@walter77ify]

True, but thereafter they got a bit more funkier thanks to Ron Wood; entered a new, different but just as great era really mate.

[@LONEEAGLE_space_rock]

@@walter77ify well, wood brought Hey Nigrita to the band, Black n blue is a classic. I like Ron, but can’t think of any memorable solos of his, whereas Taylor’s solos play note for note in my mind. I’ve probably heard them thousands of times, I was listening to the stones in the 70s

[@francovani393]

Definitely upped their level if musicianship. His playing complemented Keith's magically: improving the latter's technique and tone

[@TheGuitarShow]

Well said

[@helmutsecke3529]

What would improve your illiteracy?

[@francovani393]

@@helmutsecke3529 Hard to type on this phone you erudite elitist

[@helmutsecke3529]

@@francovani393 .

[@Junk1135]

Yes you're right Nick Taylor played on probably the four greatest rolling Stone albums he did not write the music or the words Jagger and Richards we're at their best

[@The-Contractor]

Just for me, Exile on Main Street remains the definitive Stones album and Mick Taylor is a huge part of it. I very much enjoy the entire album to this very day.

[@danielmaher7108]

It might be the greatest rock album of all time. In my opinion, it is head and shoulders above Sgt. Pepper.

[@SuzeeQ99]

Time waits for no one is a beautiful song. Best on the album.

[@johnhitz1185]

No. Jagger's singing is terrible on that song. Only really good part is the solo .

[@SuzeeQ99]

@@johnhitz1185 Mick Jagger's singing is terrible period.

[@srpdesigns]

Even though he didn't get credit for "Time waits for no one".. THAT SONG Has Taylor named stamped all over it...that song is forever his!.

[@garrettcooper79]

Moonlight Mile, Winter, Sway, etc.

[@franktaconelli9095]

The Mick Taylor years were my favorite for live Stones; from everything I’ve read, he left mainly due to drugs…he couldn’t afford to keep pace with Keith etc…my first concert ever was The Stones with MT in ‘72 & I also saw their 50th anniversary tour where MT played in a few…I met him outside a small club he was playing in Philly & complimented his first solo album and he said “Oh, you’re the one that bought it..”

[@frankdardano3182]

Mick Taylor had great fluid lines.Any decent guitar player can tell Ron Wood can't cut it. Not like Mick,he was a bass player for Jeff Beck on Truth,and Beck Ola.Has his own style, I like Taylor best.

[@1wiesehoefer1]

He was the best Stones guitarist ever and sticky Fingers and Exile were in my opinión the best of the Stones 😊with great influence of Mick s Blues guitar playing ❤

[@MD-lf3gt]

And Let it bleed

[@cc352]

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" doesn't get enough credit. Could listen to that all day. Tremendous solo by MT.

[@jameschristenbury2625]

Better at lead guitar for sure, but not rhythm. Keith Richards is the greatest rhythm player of all time.

[@spideymarino]

Winter by Taylor era Stones is magical. Mick’s solo is perfect on it.

[@TK-fk4po]

It was really no doubt that he and Charlie were the best musicians in the band.

[@rutherfordBHAZED]

Actually Brian Jones was.....

[@TK-fk4po]

@@rutherfordBHAZED not by a long shot.

[@jalisabradford6201]

​@@TK-fk4powhy the hate?? He founded the group.

[@TK-fk4po]

@@jalisabradford6201 True. But nowhere near as technically proficient. Neither was Keith. Although both of them were extremely creative, they were definitely limited by guitar chops. Not to say Brian wasn’t influential, but as a guitar player, Mick was the best player in the band. Way better than Ron Wood as well.

[@rutherfordBHAZED]

@@TK-fk4po Mick was definitely in a higher league than Keith, and Ronnie later. But how many different instruments on iconic Stones songs did Charlie Watts play....uuuuuh---ONE, drums! And Mick Taylor???? Did he play a sitar? How about xylophone? Recorder/flute? All rhetorical questions. I rest my case.

[@michaelheller8841]

As a kid, I wouldn't have picked up the guitar if it weren't for Mick Taylor. He was not only my favorite guitarist of The Stones ever had but my top favorite guitarist period. In The Stones towards the end, he got a raw deal and I can't blame the guy for wanting to stop his addictions and move on from them. Most every fan thought he was crazy for quitting, but in reality, he did the right thing for himself. Sometimes even the greatest music doesn't last long if you think about it, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the list goes well on. Sure they had tremendous success but at a cost too. I will always be a Stones fan because there is such good music and it brings me joy whenever I listen to them. The Taylor years will always be most special to me.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great comment, thanks Michael

[@MrGotmymojoworkin]

Thanks for doing this video. This is the most detailed and interesting account of the relationship between Mick Taylor and his departure from the Rolling Stones that I have heard or read.

[@ac9559]

He was brilliant. He gave them a dimension they did not have before and have not had since. It is not a well-known track but Jiving Sister Fanny is a good example of his brilliance.

[@GarryH60]

Yes, how true, and I think that Mick Taylor received a song-writing credit for his contributions to Jiving Sister Fanny.

[@waynefay8210]

@@GarryH60 I just pulled up the track on apple music… he most DEFINITELY!! DID NOT !! get any writing credit

[@lazur1]

Best Stones stuff's w/Taylor & best Taylor stuff's w/the Stones.

[@effdonahue6595]

Taylor Swift? 🤓🤡

[@lazur1]

Swift did join the Stones for some shows a few years ago, doing Merry Clayton’s part on Gimme Shelter. I’m sure she helped a lot:^)

[@GuyPlatteau-xy2sr]

Nique Jaeger ha ha ha 😂( Guy platteau Marseille France)

[@daviddigital6887]

I love the solo on Can't You Hear Me Knocking

[@josiesiudut-bf2rj]

A gifted guitar player

[@aageseljegard8730]

Quite. 😅

[@jamesnash7262]

…this was fascinating! just listened to Ya-Ya’s a couple nights ago…Micks’ playing is so good…it’s not an accident that the Stones lost the two best guitarists they had…

[@jamesnash7262]

…also didn’t realize Glyn Johns was gay…and had such a bad attitude, lol…

[@charlessteenburgen]

@@jamesnash7262 I didnt either are you sure ?

[@jamesnash7262]

…not sure, but his sassy snappy talk to Mick Taylor makes me think so…

[@MD-lf3gt]

@@jamesnash7262if you don’t really know why mention? And what’s the point anyway?!

[@jamesnash7262]

…were you not listening to this video ? No Straight Man in England or elsewhere talked like that in the 60s or 70s…I’m saying “not sure” just to be conversational…perhaps if you have nothing to add to the conversation you should stay seated at the children’s table…

[@tekannon7803]

There was a second magic period with the Stones and 3 of the best Stones' albums are there to tell the story. I am talking about, first, Brian's indelible influence on the band and then when Mick Taylor was in the band. He gave what he could and followed his instinct and listened to his inner voice and left the band on the crest of a wave of popularity and adulation and not in a casket.

[@Slingbld]

What songs did Brian write? His Three chord strumming enhanced what song.

[@TheaterPup]

In other words, you know nothing about this band. Sit down.@@Slingbld

[@Slingbld]

@@TheaterPup Are you really that stupid? I noticed my simple question was way too much for you.. How many times have you seen the stones live?

[@Slingbld]

@@TheaterPup What happened? Are you listening to Brian Jones greatest hits? Ha. None.

[@TheaterPup]

I actually have a Brian Jones playlist, up to 182 songs now. Sit down, fake fan.@@Slingbld

[@horowizard]

I saw Mick Taylor at the Lone Star. Immediately you could tell that he was the sound of the Stones. He really should have been given writing credit because you could hear how much his playing defined those songs.

[@nab-rk4ob]

Thanks much. Mick Taylor's work etches out my favorite Stones Era.

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure

[@johngoodman9380]

If Mick Taylor was so good for the Stones as Jagger says why did he swindle him out out of his royalties around 1982? Taylor did so much for the history and popularity of the Stones.

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

Probably got into that habit with his predecessor.

[@johngoodman9380]

It's common for record companies to screw bands, but to screw your own band mate that contributed so many great solos and contributed to your fame is beyond my comprehension. May the guilty parties burn in hell.@@mygreatbigfoot1679

[@radomirratkovic9014]

The main reason why I have never played the guitar for others ...The style , notes,gear and shapes of the chords should be known only to the true authors

[@johngoodman9380]

You may have denied others of the happiness of hearing your music.@@radomirratkovic9014

[@radomirratkovic9014]

The problem wth two guitarist situations is that sometimes some very ordinary skilled guy just follows the other guitarist way of playing note for the note ...playing exactly the same shapes ,same octaves ..everything ...In the Stones case they were weaving together ...all that open G stuff unfolded while Mick Taylor played the standard tuning and it melded very good together

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

It is clear what Mick Taylor did on "Time Waits for No One", Jagger said it was a little "melody thing". Great story Goose.

[@chrisdurante2544]

The best incarnation of the Stones was with Taylor. Hands down. I was there in 65 when they first 'burst' onto the scene. But Sticky Fingers blew it all away.

[@thehighllama8101]

Sticky Fingers is still my favorite Stones album. I consider it their peak.

[@winslowredcross2835]

I 100% agree. It's one of my favorite albums and I think it's their best work.@@thehighllama8101

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

To me they become boring and predictable after Jones left.

[@charlessteenburgen]

@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 your on Acid

[@charlessteenburgen]

@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 EXILE ON MAIN STREET blows all that Jones stuff away..Jones was boring

[@joetamm]

Ya Yas is one of the best live albums in existence, any guitarist worth his salt will know this. 🇺🇸👮🏻‍♂️🎸

[@theyrekrnations8990]

I've been cranking the album in my car for the last month and a half. can never get tired of it

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

I love Ya-Ya’s, even if it's heavily dubbed. However, the best live material of the Stones is the European 1973 shows (all bootlegs), which are as raw as raw can be but showcase a band at the height of their prowess. Plus, unlike in 1969, Taylor is now FULLY unleashed.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

@@fuchsiaswing8545 it would be interesting to kmow exactly what was over dubbed. I can hear in the left right mix lots of peculiarities . Even so, it is a brilliant album to listen to cuz most can not come across the bootlegs.

[@Kleermaker1000]

@@theyrekrnations8990 All vocals are overdubbed and I think also the rhythm guitar parts of some of the Berry songs on the album. They didn't have to overdub Mick Taylor's guitar playing though.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

@@Kleermaker1000 i noticed on the song Carol in the right channel 1st verse, Taylors rythm guitar is clear and as the song progresses it disappears and the piano is broufht up in the mix

[@JBags72]

I’ve said this many times and will say it again..nothing the Stones did before or after Mick Taylor can come within miles of what they accomplished with him!

[@gavinbenson2460]

Mick Taylor I was gonna say, Winter, Moonlight Mile, Honkey Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, Time Waits for No One, Wild Horse, Silvertrain, Dead Flowers, The Hand of Fate and others....love your showmanship and looking the part Ronnie - but Taylor defined their golden era (in my humble but 100% correct opinion).

[@richardbullwood5941]

The albums that Mick Taylor did with the stones are the cream of their catalog. He deserves a lot of credit for the transformation of The Rolling Stones into a band that changed with the times. And I recall him saying that he left around age 25 because he had turned into a millionaire heroin Junkie. He made the right decision

[@leeoffender8406]

Don't get me wrong, Wood is the man, hated to see him leave the Faces, but Taylor marked the best era of the Stones.

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

The Faces were BREAKING UP anyhow. Rod Stewart went SOLO the other Ronnie was going his way it was kismet that RW was AVAILABLE at just that time!

[@cahg3871]

My favourite Stones albums was during the Mick Taylor years.I read a quote in Cream magazine many years ago attributed to Taylor concerning why he left the Stones-“when you’re a tax exile living France,you’ve been up all night doing heroin with Keith Richards,you know there’s something wrong”.

[@elmolewis9123]

I agree with Taylor that the Sticky Fingers lineup was the best one of the Stones. It's the only Stones album I own.

[@christianmay3959]

Good for you.

[@christianmay3959]

Is this still interesting - after fifty years. Living in the past.

[@terryenglish7132]

@@christianmay3959 Yeah , no one should listen to Bach either. Where's the facetious font ?

[@charlessteenburgen]

Sticky Fingers is Great no doubt ..but EXILE ON MAIN STREET imo is the best they ever did

[@terryenglish7132]

@@charlessteenburgen It is to many fans for some reason. I liked everything up to then, but I don't like a single song on it. To me it sounds like 1/2 finished songs , poorly recorded by the same guys who were way, way too messed up on Cocaine. But it must have something that just doesn't resonate w me since true fans absolutely love it.

[@glennsvoboda6602]

Memorized Taylor days!! No doubt band playing include Taylor leads!!

[@pal4597]

Don't mess with someone's writing credits. Never ends well.

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

That's not the only reason he left. Taylor thought the Stones were doomed and left them at perhaps one of their most dysfunctional periods. He estimated wrong.

[@pal4597]

Agreed

[@josevi5835]

Agree, same happened with Billy Preston

[@PPBalloons]

And Brian as well

[@annoyingbstard9407]

@@fuchsiaswing8545. He didn’t think they were “doomed,” he thought they’d end up an absurd looking band of lizard-looking octogenarians clinging onto their former success. He was right.

[@wadeharten6600]

I think the time Mick Taylor was in this band was the only time they could truly call themselves the "Greatest Rock n Roll band in the world" Saw Mick in a small nightclub in Vancouver 40 yrs ago. Felt privileged to have been there.

[@deeg8849]

I get it, Jagger & Richards are critical to the Stones success, so for all those who tee off when I say what I say, remember that. Make no mistake, the same way they screwed Taylor out of song writing and treated him coldly at times is how they helped do in Brian. You can just hear Mick Taylor’s influence all over the tracks just like you can hear Brian’s influence all over the tracks. The sound from both has never again been visible on the songs under Wood. I like Woody, but to me he peaked with the Faces as he clearly was able to show his talents. I dig a lot of tunes from Black n Bluee onwards, but the feel on all the albums flows into each other and doesn’t present anything that unique or innovative like they did under Jones and Taylor. Imagine ceasing payment to Taylor with the new label contract after all those amazing contributions. That’s Jagger and Richards ego doing that (we’re the Stones). It’s why they slag Jones left and right cause they know his contributions impacts the legacy they want to tell Wish they’d just grow up

[@DavidRowe-wu7rj]

Yep,,the glimmer twins.. two girly bitchy men...lol

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤😊

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you 🙏

[@safranpollen]

egoism, overconfidence, narcissism, drugs, money...., that is a distroying mix, not only the greatest Rock n Roll Band ( 69-74 ). I remember that news 74, like if it happened yesterday, I was real deeply shattered...it is the past. Anyway I joined a lots of gigs during the decades, but when Charly died, I decided, to stop it...for my soul :-) if they would do a tour with Ringo on the drums, Taylor on the lead and Bill the bass,...that would kick me back:-)

[@jaykay6387]

There is no doubt that Taylor's stint with the Stones produced their best music, it's hard to debate seriously. It's hard to believe, however, that part of him doesn't regret leaving. I do understand how a decision like that could be made, however. I'm sure he was very hurt about how he got screwed out of songwriting credit, and he probably figured if this is how it's going to be, screw these guys. Ego gets in the way of practicality, nothing new under the sun there, we've all been there, done that.

[@grahamgreene779]

yeah, as the Stones themselves admit, the serious money didn't start to roll in until the 1980's and those stadium tours etc. I think it's precisely why Bill Wyman quit when he did - After the Steel Wheels tour or thereabouts he genuinely no longer needed the money - none of them did, and that would have included Taylor had he stayed those 15 years. Of course, he would say he probably wouldn't have survived them but who knows?

[@bloppysloppy4057]

They screwed Bill Wyman out of songwriting credit for Jumpin' Jack Flash too.

[@J..398]

I wouldn’t go that far, but the Taylor years are great

[@jpc54]

I think some of the material on Tattoo You was either from or originated from the MT years. Like “Waiting On A Friend”

[@grahamgreene779]

@@jpc54 2 songs from Goats Head and MT years - Waiting on a Friend and Tops. Slave and Worried about you are from Black & Blue and the rest are outtakes from Some Girls or Emotional Rescue.

[@noelcastle3986]

I saw the rolling stones live in about 2013 mick taylor played as a guest artist and was fantastic . Micj Jager Introduced him as a old friend of the stones which I thought was abit inaccurate he wasn't really a friend just their best ever guitar player.

[@linheitzig9227]

That's a very interesting video Goose, I really enjoyed it. Thank you!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure is mine!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Loved this, Mick Taylor was such a gifted guitarist & I love the Stones. The pics are fantastic especially the one of Keith @ 5:49 grrrrr 😅

[@jonnybeck6723]

Love the way you dig up this stuff... most entertaining Mick does a solo with Mayall on "Oh Pretty Woman" that I really dig cheers

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure bro

[@bernardruiz-q8s]

More than I write before, I never forget when Mick Taylor when I have seen Mick in Marseille play guitar front of me in 1975 and I take foto from mick Taylor, I have now this fotographie in my mind in 2024 for ever and never and also ear sound of your play guitar... You are guitare men OF GOD ....Thank you Mick You are the best one in the world for your, class cool and physique very cool and you have in your silence words a higth CHARISME... BERNARD

[@crucifiddle]

When I was about 15 my cousin gave me a live Rolling Stones bootleg record from 1973. I remember listening to the live version of GimmeShelter and thinking "wow, who's playing the lead guitar solo?" Turns out it was Mick Taylor. Ive been a fan ever since. I love the Stones but the records that i own are all from the '69 to '74 period. The Stones were so good during that time. Richards and Taylor were one of the great guitar teams. Too bad it didn't continue but it sounds like the drugs were getting pretty bad.

[@csababarath2784]

The best period of the Stones was from Beggars Banquet to Exile on Main St. Those 4 albums are why you should listen to The Rolling Stones. And Mick Taylor was contributing to 3 out of those 4 albums.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great choices here!

[@nlumby]

...it WAS the best version of the Rolling Stones

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

No

[@mikenyny755]

This is the best / most comprehensive presentation of facts I have found in this subject; in other words: great job.

[@KHoltzie]

Jagger should’ve made it right on the principle of good faith and reconciliation and given the man his writing credit and royalties-I mean Taylor’s work on ‘Dancing With Mr. D’ & ‘Plunder My Soul’ (two of my favorites) is just exquisite…the dude was talented! 🤟🏻🫦

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

I had Taylor's solo debut and he sure gave himself writing credit on that but his solo songs to me were nowhere near as great as the songs he did with the Stones.

[@KHoltzie]

@@TooSkinnyKenny I’ve never heard any of his solo stuff, I’ll have to give it a listen

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

I liked a couple of tracks on his solo debut but even though he is a monster musician he falls a bit short as a writer and a singer.@@KHoltzie

[@KHoltzie]

I still feel bad for Jonesey-a multitalented instrumental musician shouldn’t have died the way he did, it’s really a shame.

[@trey671]

His teaching tapes sure helped me.

[@balke7935]

When I saw Mick live about 20 years ago he had a couple of beautiful old Les Paul’s. He seemed to be playing an actual 57 and dare I say it a burst! On the 57 the finish was so thin that I could see the maple flames underneath. He also had a green strat type thing - I can’t remember what it was, but it wasn’t a fender.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this Im preparing to do a history video on him very soon

[@balke7935]

@@TheGuitarShow at the time ‘burst’ era Les Paul’s hadn’t gone quite as insane as they are now and camera phones and even Google weren’t quite a thing. I just assumed the burst was a real 50s, but looking back I’m thinking could it have possibly been real?! I’m sure the goldtop was legit though, when the spotlight hit it, you could see the flame top underneath as clear as day. I’ve never seen a newish goldtop do that. I wonder if they were all rented.

[@peterh1353]

@@balke7935 The London scene was full of guitarists who rented stuff by the day (for recording) and sometimes gig with them, although few let them leave their hands. Unless you had a good PA it really didn't matter if you played with good equipment. That is the story of guitars. Today you could almost record with medium to low price guitars.

[@gs8459]

Mick Taylor un son incomparable great

[@Zoro007]

Mick Jagger rules the Stones completely... I remember an interview on TOGWT and Bob Harris asking Mick that a new tour was coming up and Mick said " Yeah".. poor old Charlie Watts was sitting next to him looking absolutely knackered and turned and looked at Jagger and said not in a happy way.." You never told me that".... same with Ronnie I believe it was something like 20 years before Ronnie was promoted from session musician contract and earnings to full band member earnings and that was at Keith's insistence......so god knows how poor old Mick Taylor was treated all those years ago.....

[@peterh1353]

Don't feel bad for Ronnie. Got overpaid in my opinion. Would have been living in a flat and on-the-road 300 days a year to pay for it if the Stones hadn't come knocking. Can't hold a tune in a bucket, although the nature of the band helps us overlook it. The Stones were never ever 100 percent slick in a way many classic bands quickly become.

[@toucantango1]

"Sticky Fingers" and "Exiles on Main Street" are my favorite Stones albums. Taylor on both.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great albums

[@salinity4103]

I did enjoy Mick Taylor's work with the Stones but there were also many others that contributed in a similar fashion, for example: Nicky Hopkins, Jim Price, Bobby Keyes. But the reason the Stones sound changed was because of Jimmy Miller, the Producer. You can hear the difference beginning with Beggar's Banquet, the last time Brian Jones was on record. The song style was changing. You will hear Nicky Hopkins, backing vocals and a choir and so much more. This continued, arrangements changing, piano, horns and extra vocals on many tracks. You might say that Jimmy Miller was to The Stones as George Martin was to The Beatles. Mick Taylor was a Blues Guitar Player and had some solo recordings, mostly live. I have his 1979 self titled vinyl LP. His session work though is quite impressive but his work with The Rolling Stones is his own peak in the music business.

[@TheGuitarShow]

great comment!

[@richmackey8810]

I had the privilege to tour as a roadie helper for a week with Mick and his band about 13 years ago in the US. You pretty much nailed it…I was surprised when Mick told me he’d rather play with the Beatles. The Stones were too Bar Room for his taste.

[@Verboten-xn4rx]

Really excellent post.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

the best version of the stones. a great live player filling in their sound.

[@guitarsofold100]

@9.07 Taylor has a top wrap on his Burst there must be at least three different Burst's in this clip!! it was the crap sound Richards had on his burst that put me off them until Clapton's BEANO!

[@TheGuitarShow]

I noticed that also! They'll be a Mick Taylor guitar history coming in the next week.

[@terryenglish7132]

Wow , seems like it would be hard to get a bad Les Paul tone. What songs ?

[@UkuleleBobbyKemp]

Love Mick T's contribution to the Stones... 🙏 🥰 Thanks for the info here, Bobby 🙏

[@markhorton1718]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I always thought of Jagger as an egotistical backstabber. Mick Taylor deserved so much more.

[@alphajava761]

The Glimmer Twins are as bad as the record companies at cheating artists it appears. Richards complains in his autobiography about selling the rights to Satisfaction for cheap and then having to pay the royalty owner each time The Stones play it. And this is something he sold, got money for and makes money off of through ticket sales and he still complains. That makes him a hypocrite in Taylor's case by not even paying Taylor at all.

[@pandabear1341]

Brian as well

[@ASelbo]

You feel that because Jagger IS an egostistical backstabber. His effort in trying to make himself frontman and some kind of royal wannabe made The Stones irrelevant already back in the late 60’s. The front page more important than being the great band they were. Blaming other band members to be under the influence whilst being a junkie himself didn’t improve the rambling and commotion that was The Stones in the 70’s. After the early 70’s the band just became increasingly irrelevant and now just a bunch og geezers travelling the world trying to be sophisticated about it all. For me "Get yer YaYa’s out" is the last great thing they made and one of the world’s most underrated live albums.

[@Mncrr]

Jagger could have been replaced by a real singer at any time. I read that Steve Marriott was considered for jones replacement but jagger said no probably because of marriotts superior vocals. And Jeff beck was asked too but turned them down because he couldn’t see himself playing 3 chord blues forever. He also said it was the worst financial decision he ever made.

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

Yeah, he is as BAD as MACCA....

[@weeds56]

His soloing on ‘Time Waits’ is just stunning. How he got no writing credit, is just fraud.

[@wm.stclaire3127]

The Mick Taylor years were easily the best. They were at their most creative and produced their greatest albums. Goat's Head Soup is awesome. Every single track on the L.P is brilliant.

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Micks a great musician.👍🏻

[@lazur1]

I've heard some of the 'better' musicians complain about how long it takes Keith to get things 'right'. Meanwhile, the Stones have a thick catalog of classics, because, eventually, he gets things EXACTLY right, & the complainers are still back-up hacks.

[@222Lightning]

that lead in "Time Waits For No One" has always floored me

[@davidwilley3609]

They absolutely never would never never have risen to the reputation of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world without Mick Taylor he was the engine axis center that gave all those songs balls with spanky raw rock blues power sound also put Keith a average player into a competitive more crunching rhythm that will never be reproduced. Ron Wood is a good player but doesn’t even hold a candle to this virtuoso that he was at that stage in his life

[@TheGuitarShow]

great comment David

[@marthaworc7873]

I remember reading an interview with Mick Taylor and that is pretty much what he said. Well done.

[@petejones879]

I've been a stones fan since the early 60s and have seen them live many times.. And I personally think they were at their best when Brian was in the band.. And when Mick Taylor joined.. His guitar playing was sensational and they haven't been as good since he left.. But that's just my opinion

[@J..398]

I agree. The Jones era will always be my favorite, but the Taylor years are amazing in their own right too

[@petejones879]

@@J..398 exactly

[@foldsofblubber]

...had some vague idea but this vid filled some big gaps...thnx

[@robertzm]

The Mick Taylor era was easily the best period for the Rolling Stones both studio and live. I knew that Taylor was cheated out of some songwriting credits, but was very disappointed to hear that the Stones cheated him out of royalties for the LP's he played on. That is simply blatant obvious thievery given that his name appears on the LP packaging. You can dispute who provided the words, the melodies, certain musical elements within a song when you're sitting around for days on end trying to create new songs. There can be no dispute regarding who was present in the studio when the LP was made or the concert was recorded.

[@TheaterPup]

Btw, since he's been brought up a lot here, the new documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones" is now available on streaming! :D

[@richardjansen3317]

Best albums were hands down with Taylor.

[@damsquare-nh4md]

Time waits for no one is my all-time favourite RS. The guitar solo is amazing, but noone talks about it when it comes to the best rock guitar solo.

[@paradoxstudios6639]

Mick and Eric Clapton could have done something together.

[@jimiray1969.]

Great video thank you

[@alphajava761]

A couple of songs? Those albums would have never existed at that level without Taylor. It wouldn't matter who the Stones got to replace Jones, nobody would have done what Taylor did. Wood is good and I love Some Girls but that was the last good album The Stones did.

[@bloppysloppy4057]

I agree, SG is the only classic album of the Ron Wood era although Love You Live is a good live album but most of their post-Mick Taylor albums have a slapped together quality about them and the songs are weaker.

[@sichuancowboy]

If not for Mick Taylor, Graham Parsons, Bobby Keys, and Nicky Hopkins, I wouldn't really think the Stones are all that great. Granted, Keef has some of the best riffs ever, but the level of musicianship brought in by the "auxiliaries" turn so many of these raw ideas into musical masterpieces.

[@Decapitorr]

good point, stones deserve credit for being willing to work and share the money with great musicians like you mentioned

[@promerops]

Mick T was very wise to leave the Stones, I believe. And Rory Gallagher (irrespective of his death at a young age) was very wise not to join them.

[@TheGuitarShow]

It certainly prolonged Micks life

[@promerops]

@@TheGuitarShow He recovered his health and became his own man again. As we all know, these are of vital importance in our time on this Earth.

[@jaykay6387]

Gallagher and Jeff Beck, who also might have joined, would never have worked inside the Stones framework. They were way too talented (in different ways) and would not have been able to play "second fiddle" like Ronnie Wood. Wood was the right choice. They were both forces of musical nature in their own right, no way either of those guys would have been happy in that situation.

[@promerops]

@@jaykay6387 Ry Cooder, too, come to think of it.

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

@@TheGuitarShowMick Taylor was a heroin addict for the entire 1980s.