Mick Taylor

[AlChuck]

Mick Taylor was a guy you would have thought had it made... replaced Peter Green in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in the late sixties... gets the gig to replace Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones... plays with the Stones for eight years or so, then splits to join a doomed superband with Jack Bruce and Carla Bley... start a solo career... debut album on Columbia shows he can stretch along the directions hinted at by his solo on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" from the Stones' Sticky Fingers...

Then... almost nothing. A Bluesbreakers nostalgia gig with Mayall a year or two later. A couple of pallid solo albums on tiny labels. A small-scale tour here and there over the years. I last saw him at New George's in San Rafael, CA probably 14 years ago, and he looked a bit bloated and unhealthy; played OK but very standard blues/rock fare, uninspiring band... and that was the last I heard about him until this past summer when I noticed he was gigging again.

Today I heard about this:

http://www.sierrabravo.co.uk/mickandI/index.html

The two snippets are tantalizing despite the dreadful low-quality Real Audio encoding...

 

[six]

he played here in Zug (switzerland) in a small bar (!!!!) one or two weeks ago. I didn't go and see him.

 

[savageblues]

Man I love The Stones. Especially Mick Taylor Stones.

I checked out that MickTaylor site and it was cool to read about who played what part (although I think I knew most already just from countless hours listening).

Any tips for recording great fat loud Stonesy guitar sounds?

Keith: A Telecaster, a loud Fender tweed Bassman and a SM57?

Taylor: A Les Paul or SG, a 65 Twin Reverb, SM57?

 

[Tonewoods]

Any tips for recording great fat loud Stonesy guitar sounds?

Check out the new Tape Op issue...there's a killer article on how "Brown Sugar" was recorded...
Keef had a Twin, cranked, with an RCA77 in front of it...
So, pleeze don't tell me not to stick a ribbon in front of a loud amp--they said the joint (Muscle Shoals) was literally shaking, and that's some great guitar tone there, those intro chords to "BS"...

Bruce Harvie
The "Mandolin Graffiti" liner notes are at:
http://www.bruceharvie.com

PS...for those of you not subscribing to Tape Op (how can *that* be?--it's free!) here's a link to the article:
http://www.prosoundweb.com/recording/bruce_borgeson/shoals3/sugar.shtml

 

[Gargamel]

Thats why you should enjoy it while it lasts.

 

[AlChuck]

Well, it was fun getting my memory tickled about Mr. Taylor... I ordered that Mick and Me CD that my link pointed to, and discovered that the 1979 solo album is still in print and ordered a CD of that, too. Looking forward to hearing it...

-AlChuck

 

[Tonewoods]

Thats why you should enjoy it while it lasts.

Are you referring to Tape Op, Keef, the Twin, the Stones, or the ribbon?
Cause the Twin, the Stones, and Keef are gonna blow before the ribbon does...
And I hope Tape Op lives forever...

Bruce Harvie
The "Mandolin Graffiti" liner notes are at:
http://www.bruceharvie.com

 

[beezelbubba]

Mick Taylor was my favorite of The Stones lead guitarist,from the best period of The Stones(IMO)!His solo's on "Sympathy for the devil"are just awsome.The guy was playing at a level of intensity that was matched only by the really great players of the time(Hendrix,Clapton,etc...)Then he basically disappeared.What a shame!

 

[Tonewoods]

Mick Taylor was my favorite of The Stones lead guitarist,from the best period of The Stones(IMO)!His solo's on "Sympathy for the devil"are just awsome.

That would have been Keef....

 

[AlChuck]

Tonewoods,

If beezelbubba is talking about the live recording on Get Yer Ya-Yas Out, he'd be right, MT plays some nice lead guitar on that song...

 

[Tonewoods]

Well, how's this for a compromise...?
I haven't heard YaYa's in 20 years, but I seem to remember Keith taking the first solo on "Sympathy", and Mick the 2nd...

 

[AlChuck]

Tonewoods,

I haven't heard it in that long neither, but I think you are correct...

-AlChuck

 

[trebles]

This may not be the post for this but i feel you guys wll miss out on another great international musician if i dont post it here considering you all like The Great Mr M. T. TAKE ALOOK AT THIS GUY

The Bands he has been a part of have released some of the great
Albums SINGLES AND EP,S of our time in the same vein as Iggy pop and the stooges and THE Mc5

Who is he The iceman Mr Deniz Tek if you have never heard of him i say do your self the favour this guy R O C K S BIG TIME

Detroit style high energy four on the floor rock n roll he has been a member of bands like RADIO BIRDMAN, THE VISITORS, DEEP REDUCTION, THE DENIZ TEK GROUP etc i,ll leave some links here so you can also look up another legend his music can also be ordered as well through some of these sites as well

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~citadel/english/tek/dt.html

http://www.citadel-records.com/index.html


http://www.divinerites.com/

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~citadel/english/tek/tekbands/dtrb.html

http://www.lipstickkillers.com/action/rendezvous.html

have a listen to some of his music

http://www.freep.com/fun/sj/qsound1215.7.htm

http://www.divinerites.com/dr_birdm.htm

ALOHA STEVE AND DANNO

McGarrett's on the line to Danno
We gotta pick up this guy
Put out an APB
Not much time to tell you why

Governor says it's top priority
Washington says so too
Tell Chin to get here fast
5-0 is on the move

Steve I want to say thank you
For all you've done for me
My night is dark and empty
When you're not on TV

There's an agent in the field
I want to have him tailed
He's been staying at the Hilton
Yeah should be staying in the gaol

He's working for the KGB
And here's his dossier
Those Reds won't be happy
Till this guy gets his way

Chorus

Dark spectre of espionage
Hangs over fair Hawaii
McGarrett's one cool guy
The guilty will not go free

Steve and Danno they made the scene
The agent had done his deed
Caught with a stiff and a silenced gun
Said Book him Danno Murder One