A picture/slide show tribute to a wonderful cover song recorded by two great musicians..Definitely a totally different take on the song, It’s not even recognizable as ‘Brown Sugar’. I like when musicians cover songs and turn them into something different. On Monday, Ryan Adams released a track-by-track cover of Taylor Swift’s smash hit album “1989” to mostly rave reviews.
So lets go back and compile a list of some of the North Carolina native’s best cover songs. RyanAdams has a long history of covering other artists, dating back his earliest days with seminal alt-country outfit Whiskeytown in the early 1990s.
The 1969 gig at London’s Hyde Park will be next in The Rolling Stones ‘From the Vault’ series, From TheVault is a series of live concerts from The Rolling Stones archive which are getting their first official release. `Hyde Park 1969` is the latest addition to the series. It was one of the most highly anticipated gigs of 1969 and it delivered on all the promise and then some. On July 5, 1969, the Rolling Stones hosted their iconic free concert in London`s Hyde Park. Having taken two years off from the road, the show was conceived as the beginning of the band`s big return to the live stage. It was also planned as an introduction of their hot new guitar player, Mick Taylor. The former disciple of British blues legend John Mayall had been inducted into the Stones just a month prior. Over 400,000 delirious fans of all ages gathered into the park for the concert. The Stones` concert in London`s Hyde Park would pay homage to the late Brian Jones and usher in the new and extraordinary era of Mick Taylor (1969-74) as a Rolling Stones member.
In London in the summer of 1969, the Rolling Stones for free in Hyde Park on July 5th was one of those “you had to be there” events. Since the 2015 release in the band’s “From The Vaults” series isn’t as much a concert like the previous ones but more a documentary, you do get a feel for what it would have been like from a wealth of crowd and context shots of some of the nearly half a million fans who were there. That alone makes this DVD a trip back in time worth taking.
It was, after all, one of those historical moments with a capital ‘H.’ The band hadn’t played a full concert since April 1967. 20-year-old Mick Taylor was debuting as their new lead guitarist with very little rehearsal. Sacked founder Brian Jones had died two days earlier. And this was the first show in their rise to becoming, at least on their best nights, the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band.
You only get seven of the 14 songs the Stones played that afternoon – not in running order, stage footage intercut with shots of the crowd and audience members, and it’s a mixed bag indeed. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” is an almost painful mess to anyone with even a bit of relative pitch as Taylor’s guitar is way out of tune and the performance is a bed of clams. On the other hand, a slightly slowed, bare bones “I’m Free” is kinda cool.
“Honky Tonk Women” is nicely crunchy and slushy, with a snappy Keith Richards lead, and you can hear the potent Richards/Taylor two-guitar interlock (IMO the band’s best-ever six-string partnership) starting to emerge; Taylor’s slide guitar stings on “Love In Vain;” and the finale of “Sympathy For the Devil,” on which the Stones are joined onstage by a troupe of African drummers, brims with the promise of the live tour de force it would soon become.
But this isn’t one to watch for the music. With the famed release of the white butterflies for Brian and some behind the scenes footage to augment scenes of the audience’s day, it’s more of a “you are almost there” document. Just try not to groan during the interview segments with Jagger in which he comes off like – as the Brits say – a bit of a prat. Guess he hadn’t yet honed what became his famed PR savvy. Or maybe Mick was just stoned.
His worst statement: “A concert’s not just to hear the band as it really is. That’s for the studio to do.” Not with the Stones. The band’s essence becomes wondrously evident at their in-concert best. And I keep hoping that From The Vaults will yield a performance that stands head and shoulders with Ya-Ya’s to shout from the rooftops that this, good people, is rock ‘n’ roll at its very finest.
The Rolling Stones “From The Vault” series continues with Live at the the Tokyo Dome a Japanese performance from 1990 during the Steel Wheels World Tour.
Remarkably, the ten shows in February of that year were the first concerts the band ever performed in Japan. This audio was previously available for download in 2012 via the Stones Archive but this is the first physical release. As with previous ‘From the Vault’ sets, the footage has now been restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain.
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has released the visual for his new solo single ‘Trouble’ via Apple Music. The single will appear on a new solo album titled “Crosseyed Heart”, It is Richards’ first solo album in a staggering 23 years.
The video for the track was shared through Apple’s new streaming service, Apple Music, and features the guitar legend performing in a studio with the most gleeful of smiles. It was shot at New York’s Germano Studios, where most of the album was recorded.
The new album : “Crosseyed Heart “ Available on september the 18th 2015
In June 1975, just over half a year after releasing the album “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll ” The Rolling Stones returned to the road, traveling to America for their first U.S. shows since 1973. With Billy Preston on keys and Ron Wood joining the band for the first tour, the band started out in San Antonio,Texas. Then one month later visited California for five shows at the L.A. Forum. On the fourth night, the band played a sweaty, unstoppable set, and 20 songs after opening with “Honky Tonk Women,” they began a furious “Rip This Joint” that involved Mick Jagger, his loose tank-top almost completely off, running laps around the large stage while slurring the majority of his lyrics. As the song ends, he backs into his horn section, then walks between Wood and Keith Richards, raises his hands above his head and shakes his butt for the crowd. On November 17th, the entire concert will be released as the second installment of the Rolling Stones’ From the Vault series (the first was a 1981 Hampton Coliseum gig) titled L.A Forum Live In 1975. It will be available as a straightforward DVD, or in deluxe packages that add in either a pair of CDs or three DVDs.
“Hampton Coliseum – Live In 1981” is the first title in this series.
The Rolling Stones American Tour in 1981 was the most successful tour of that year taking a then record $50 million dollars in ticket sales.
The tour was in support of the critically and commercially successful “Tattoo You” album.
There were fifty dates on the tour which ran from Philadelphia at the end of September through to Hampton, Virginia on the 18th and 19th of December.The show on December 18th, which was also Keith Richards’ birthday, was the first ever music concert to be broadcast on television as a pay-per-view event.The footage has now been carefully restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show.
“L.A. Forum – Live In 1975” is the second title in this series. The Rolling Stones’ “Tour Of The Americas ‘75” was the band’s first tour with new guitarist Ronnie Wood.Even before the dates started there were dramatic scenes in New York City at the official tour announcement when the band unexpectedly turned up on a flatbed truck to play “Brown Sugar”.After a couple of low key warm-up shows in Louisiana the tour took in 44 dates between the 3rd June and the 8th August 1975.They settled into the L.A. Forum for a five night stint from July 9th to 13th and this concert film features the show from July 12th.The footage has now been carefully restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show.
THE ROLLING STONES record label was formed this day today 43 years ago with its striking red tongue and mouth logo, created by John Pasche has become instantly recognised as one of the most popular logos ever.
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