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Originally posted by rustoffa Keef was MIA for this one bigtime!
Memo from Turner probably came from the same sessions as "Jamming With Edward". It would seem logical anyway, as Ry Cooder probably didn't play with the Stones very often.
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
Originally posted by FORD
Memo from Turner probably came from the same sessions as "Jamming With Edward". It would seem logical anyway, as Ry Cooder probably didn't play with the Stones very often.
Didn't he have some work on "Let It Bleed?"
I'm pretty sure he was credited on something.
One thing's for sure, he didn't need no rare glass bottle to be the king of the slide geetar.
I remember reading some Billy Gibbons quote....said some shit about Cooder using his bare fingers....he was like, "that about sums it up don't it?"
Originally posted by rustoffa Didn't he have some work on "Let It Bleed?"
I'm pretty sure he was credited on something.
One thing's for sure, he didn't need no rare glass bottle to be the king of the slide geetar.
I remember reading some Billy Gibbons quote....said some shit about Cooder using his bare fingers....he was like, "that about sums it up don't it?"
I'm guessing that Mick was considering Ry as a replacement for Brian Jones, since these sessions all seem to be 68/69 era, and that Keith didn't get along with him, since they never appear to be in the studio at the same time. Leading of course to the decision to hire Mick Taylor. Which of source was a great decision in my book.
And yes, Ry Cooder played the mandolin on the studio version of "Love In Vain". But that wasn't really a stellar rendition of the song compared to how they played it live w/ Mick T.
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
Ry Cooder was the one who introduced Mick and Keith to open G tuning, which Keith has employed ever since.
Cooder was also the one - Keith fessed up to this - to write the guitar intro and many of the riffs of Honky Tonk Women. The version on Let It Bleed - "Country Honk" - is closer to how MICK first wrote the tune. The stones were experimenting in the studio with how to rock it up, and it was Cooder who came up with the approach we all know and revere today.
Keith would apparently leave the studio whenever Keith came in...I'm betting Keith felt intimidated. Maybe they just couldn't "jam" together. BUT THEY WOULD ALWAYS CONTINUE TO ROLL TAPE WHILE COODER CONTINUED PLAYING. Eventually, Ry caught on.
I believe he also plays on Sticky Fingers "I've Got the Blues"...or is that "Sister Morphine"? It's definitely one of those.
He's incredible. Boomer's Story is a great album of his.
He also plays a lot of guitar on John Hiatt's Bring the Family. Fuckin' awesome musician.
(he's also the brains behind Buena Vista Social Club and a collaboratin with an african musician by the name of Ali Farka Toure. The album is called Talking Timbuktu. Great stuff.
Years back, (mid-nineties) Mick Taylor wandered through town with Bobby Keyes, One of the Neville brothers, and some other people. The band was called "Tumblin' Dice"....he had put on more than a few pounds .
He also put on a clinic....just flawless....the instrumental version of "Can't ya hear me knockin'"?
I've heard it like maybe twice. A friend of mine burned me a copy after listening to it while he showed off his latest stratocaster collection addition.
For some reason, I remember it having a nice, mellow, "Tiki" vibe.....that dude has a Easter Island lookin' tiki statue in his guitar room. That fucking thing is annoying, and could very well have influenced the initial description.
In summary, it's an atmospheric masterpiece that any motherfucker in his right mind would smoke some hash to.
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