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Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed 50th Anniversary- Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman
So very many impressions immediately come to mind, and conflicting emotions of great joy, admiration, as well as terrible dread compete, when referencing the Rolling Stones' November 1969 masterpiece Let It Bleed . And that goes double for…

Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter- Hyde Park London July 2013
Normally we reserve this feature to live performances that have been recorded and/or produced by Redbeard, but we make an exception here for several reasons. First, it is the Rolling Stones on their "Fifty (and Counting...) " tour which is unprecedented…

Rolling Stones- Beggars Banquet 50th- Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman
"Ev'rywhere I hear the sound
Of marching charging feet, boy
'Cause summer's here and the time is right
For fighting in the street, boy
Well now, what can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock n' roll band?
'Cause in sleepy London town
There's…

Rolling Stones- Some Girls 40th Anniversary- Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood
In the Studio writer/ producer alumnus Joe Rhodes pointed out to me once that, in spite of the reams of rock commentary written about the Rolling Stones over the past forty years since the June 1978 release of the Some Girls album, precious…

Rolling Stones- Miss You-London Hyde Park July 2013
The fifty+ year phenomenon Rolling Stones sounding miraculously vital when playing their "local", London's Hyde Park, back in July 2013. This should tee you up for Mick, Keef, and Woody visiting the week of June 11 here In the Studio to share…

Rolling Stones-Let It Bleed- Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor
"They were pretty normal, actually, for a rock'n'roll band," says Mick Taylor laconically In the Studio, who at the age of 21 replaced Rolling Stones founding guitarist Brian Jones in July 1969 in front an estimated quarter million fans in…