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Mick Taylor interview - Peat her Rabbit - 12:25 28-10-05
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still one of my favorite guitarists. if you get a chance to see him live,
please do yourself a favor
Gary James' Interview With Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones
He was the Rolling Stones choice for Brian Jones replacement in
1969. He
stayed with The Stones from 1969 to 1974. He is Mick Taylor.
Mick toured and recorded with the Stones at a time when both the
world
and the music business were undergoing dramatic changes. In this
Exclusive interview, we spoke with Mick Taylor about his days
with the
Stones, his early musical influences, and what he's doing these
days.
Q - You were recording for Maze Records a few years back. Are
you still
associated with that label?
A - No. I never was on Maze Records. It was just one album, one
'live'
album that they released in America and Canada. In other
countries it
was on different labels.
Q - Do you have a recording deal today?
A - At present, no. I'm not signed.
Q - You do have a band that travels with you all over the world?
A - I have a group in England that I've been touring all over
Europe
with, yeah.
Q - What type of places are you playing?
A - Well, mostly outdoor jazz and blues festivals. We played in
Israel,
Spain, Belgium, France, England and Norway twice. There's a lot
of jazz
and blues festivals, particularly in Europe in the summertime.
I'm
playing clubs and theaters also.
Q - Didn't ya play in Syracuse a couple of years ago?
A - I did. I think it was possibly three years ago. I've only
played in
Syracuse once with my own group.
Q - How did your CD "Stranger In This Town" do?
A - Well, not very good because it was on a small, independent
label. It
wasn't promoted or publicized, but it did OK you know. I didn't
have
great expectations of it anyway. It was only an album I put
together
myself at home, from board mixes.
Q - The Blues, is that your preferred form of music?
A - No. Well, as a guitar player, yeah. That's the way I play.
I've
always been inspired by Blues players. But I like all kinds of
music,
Gary.
Q - What attracts you to the Blues?
A - I don't know. Maybe if I go far enough back into my
ancestry, I have
African roots or something. I've got no idea. There were quite a
few
guys in England in the 60s that really seemed to have an
extraordinary
sympathy and empathy with that kind of music. Eric Clapton is
one. Peter
Green is another.
Q -The Blues seems like such a sad type of music.
A - No. It's changing all the time. The Blues scene now is
international. It's worldwide. In the 50s it was purely
something that
you would hear in Black clubs, played by Black musicians,
especially in
America. But, from the 60s onwards it changed. Growing up in
England in
the 60s and being a teenager and hearing The Beatles; The
Beatles and
The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues.
Q - I don't think most people realize that by the time you were
20 years
old, you had toured America three times with John Mayall, doing
two
shows a night, seven days a week.
A - Yeah. I joined John Mayall when I was 17.
Q - By the time you were 20, you had been around already. You
were a
seasoned pro.
A - I'd been around, but I wouldn't call myself a seasoned
professional.
When I first joined John Mayall, I was very, very much of a
beginner. I
was learning all the time. There's no better way to learn how to
play
Blues guitar than playing with John Mayall.
Q - When Mick Jagger approached you about joining the Stones,
rumor has
it that it took you a week to say yes.
A - I did accept the offer right away. I didn't really know if
they
wanted me to go down to the studio and do some sessions or
whether they
needed to find another guitar player. It was only during the
session
that I realized that they were actually looking for another
guitar
player. They seemed to like me, so it was kind of like, more or
less
settled there and then.
Q - When you landed that gig with the Stones, Jimmy Page of Led
Zeppelin
remarked "Mick Taylor is an extremely fortunate man, kind of
like a
fellow who wins the lottery. All of a sudden he's worth a
million
dollars. No, maybe more. But, he's a nice fellow."
A - I remember reading that quote. I guess there was a certain
amount of
luck. There is in everything. It's being in the right place at
the right
time.
Q - Was being in the Stones a great gig, as Jimmy Page would
have us
believe or was it hell?
A - Well, yeah, it was a great gig, if that's what you aspire to
be. At
the time, and even now, they were on top, well, the Beatles were
still
together again, but they were one of the top groups in England.
There
were a lot of other groups around then, including The Who and
The
Beatles. But, the Stones career was kind of fading a little bit,
because
they hadn't really done much for two years. That's why they
needed to
find another guitar player.
Q - Before you joined The Stones, were you a fan of the group?
A - Oh, yeah. The Stones are a different kind of group. I
realized that
when I joined them. You know it's not really so much their
musical
ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and
attitude which
is unique.
Q - Had you seen the Stones in concert before joining the group?
A - No. I hadn't actually. I'd seem them on TV.
Q - Did you ever meet Brian Jones?
A - No. I never met Brian.
Q - Were you more the lead guitar player in the Stones than the
rhythm
player? It was always Brian on rhythm and Keith on lead.
A - Well, I'm not sure that's true actually. Some people say
that, but I
think they shared it really. I didn't think of myself as a lead
player,
especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to
switch
around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. I'd take
a lead.
He'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It was really
a two
guitar band. It wasn't strict and regimented as he was the
rhythm
guitarist and I was the lead guitarist.
Q - Was Hyde Park the first time you played in public with the
Stones?
A - Yes, it was.
Q - What was that like for you?
A - Oh, it was very exciting and nerve wracking. At the time it
was one
of the biggest concerts they'd ever had in England. They
actually had a
concert earlier that summer in Hyde Park with a group called
Blind Faith
(Eric Clapton's group) So, the one with the Stones was actually
the
second one. But, it was by far the biggest.
Q - Do you remember Altamont?*
A - Oh yeah. I remember all of that. That was an awful day.
Q - What a contrast between Hyde Park, the great concert, and
Altamont,
the worst concert experience.
A - Yeah, well I wouldn't call Hyde Park a great concert. It was
a great
event. It wasn't a great concert for the Stones musically,
because it
was the first time they played together in two years. I would
say by the
time we did the second American tour, we were really tight and
really
good.
Q - Do you miss playing the huge arenas the Stones played, the
50,000 -
60,000 seat stadiums? I don't even know, did the Stones play
that kind
of venue then?
A - Not really. Not so much. We mostly played indoor sort of
12-15,000
sports arenas. In fact, in London, we actually played in
theaters
3-4,000 maximum seaters. When I joined the Stones, that kind was
kind of
the beginning of the stadium tours. Nobody really did tours on
the scale
they do them now. Actually the biggest one I've ever done was, I
think
with Bob Dylan in 1984 in Paris. I think there were about four
hundred
thousand people.
Q - There are two stories going around about why you left the
Stones...because of songwriting credit, or because you had a
problem
with you septum.
A - That's complete rubbish. It's not rubbish to say that I was
a bit
peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that
wasn't
the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I
decided to
leave and start a group with Jack Bruce. I never really felt,
and I
don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the
Stones
forever, even right from the beginning.
Q - It could've been you coming to Syracuse at the Carrier Dome
instead
of Ron Wood.
A - Yeah, if I had stayed, but it wasn't meant to be.
Q - You say "the Stones are not rock 'n roll dinosaurs." You
believe
they've kept up with the musical changes over the years?
A - Well, they had to keep up with the times. They're above
having to be
current or fashionable. Let's put it this way, they don't really
need to
do it for money, so, therefore they must get some kind of
pleasure out
of it. The fact that they're doing it is great. They're not like
a group
that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've
always been
there. In a way, rock'n roll is entering a new phase.
Q - Is Mick Jagger the guy who really runs the Stones?
A - Yeah, If it wasn't for him, the group would've fallen apart
a long
time ago.
Q - What's ahead for you in the immediate future?
A - Starting to make records again. I hope, very shortly, either
in Los
Angeles or England.
© Gary James. All rights reserved.
* The rock and roll festival at California's Altamont Speedway
on
December 6th, 1969 ended in tragedy
when a fan was stabbed to death by a member of the Hell's
Angels, who
were appointed to work security. *
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Re: Mick Taylor interview - Hippy - 19:17 28-10-05
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thanks Peat....good read
~Hippy
"Peat her Rabbit" <pierre@pcpeople.org> wrote in message
news:cis8f.7451$7h7.5716@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> still one of my favorite guitarists. if you get a chance to see him live,
> please do yourself a favor
>
>
>
> Gary James' Interview With Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones
>
>
> He was the Rolling Stones choice for Brian Jones replacement in
> 1969. He
> stayed with The Stones from 1969 to 1974. He is Mick Taylor.
>
> Mick toured and recorded with the Stones at a time when both the
> world
> and the music business were undergoing dramatic changes. In this
> Exclusive interview, we spoke with Mick Taylor about his days
> with the
> Stones, his early musical influences, and what he's doing these
> days.
>
> Q - You were recording for Maze Records a few years back. Are
> you still
> associated with that label?
>
> A - No. I never was on Maze Records. It was just one album, one
> 'live'
> album that they released in America and Canada. In other
> countries it
> was on different labels.
>
> Q - Do you have a recording deal today?
>
> A - At present, no. I'm not signed.
>
> Q - You do have a band that travels with you all over the world?
>
> A - I have a group in England that I've been touring all over
> Europe
> with, yeah.
>
> Q - What type of places are you playing?
>
> A - Well, mostly outdoor jazz and blues festivals. We played in
> Israel,
> Spain, Belgium, France, England and Norway twice. There's a lot
> of jazz
> and blues festivals, particularly in Europe in the summertime.
> I'm
> playing clubs and theaters also.
>
> Q - Didn't ya play in Syracuse a couple of years ago?
>
> A - I did. I think it was possibly three years ago. I've only
> played in
> Syracuse once with my own group.
>
> Q - How did your CD "Stranger In This Town" do?
>
> A - Well, not very good because it was on a small, independent
> label. It
> wasn't promoted or publicized, but it did OK you know. I didn't
> have
> great expectations of it anyway. It was only an album I put
> together
> myself at home, from board mixes.
>
> Q - The Blues, is that your preferred form of music?
>
> A - No. Well, as a guitar player, yeah. That's the way I play.
> I've
> always been inspired by Blues players. But I like all kinds of
> music,
> Gary.
>
> Q - What attracts you to the Blues?
>
> A - I don't know. Maybe if I go far enough back into my
> ancestry, I have
> African roots or something. I've got no idea. There were quite a
> few
> guys in England in the 60s that really seemed to have an
> extraordinary
> sympathy and empathy with that kind of music. Eric Clapton is
> one. Peter
> Green is another.
>
> Q -The Blues seems like such a sad type of music.
>
> A - No. It's changing all the time. The Blues scene now is
> international. It's worldwide. In the 50s it was purely
> something that
> you would hear in Black clubs, played by Black musicians,
> especially in
> America. But, from the 60s onwards it changed. Growing up in
> England in
> the 60s and being a teenager and hearing The Beatles; The
> Beatles and
> The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues.
>
> Q - I don't think most people realize that by the time you were
> 20 years
> old, you had toured America three times with John Mayall, doing
> two
> shows a night, seven days a week.
>
> A - Yeah. I joined John Mayall when I was 17.
>
> Q - By the time you were 20, you had been around already. You
> were a
> seasoned pro.
>
> A - I'd been around, but I wouldn't call myself a seasoned
> professional.
> When I first joined John Mayall, I was very, very much of a
> beginner. I
> was learning all the time. There's no better way to learn how to
> play
> Blues guitar than playing with John Mayall.
>
> Q - When Mick Jagger approached you about joining the Stones,
> rumor has
> it that it took you a week to say yes.
>
> A - I did accept the offer right away. I didn't really know if
> they
> wanted me to go down to the studio and do some sessions or
> whether they
> needed to find another guitar player. It was only during the
> session
> that I realized that they were actually looking for another
> guitar
> player. They seemed to like me, so it was kind of like, more or
> less
> settled there and then.
>
> Q - When you landed that gig with the Stones, Jimmy Page of Led
> Zeppelin
> remarked "Mick Taylor is an extremely fortunate man, kind of
> like a
> fellow who wins the lottery. All of a sudden he's worth a
> million
> dollars. No, maybe more. But, he's a nice fellow."
>
> A - I remember reading that quote. I guess there was a certain
> amount of
> luck. There is in everything. It's being in the right place at
> the right
> time.
>
> Q - Was being in the Stones a great gig, as Jimmy Page would
> have us
> believe or was it hell?
>
> A - Well, yeah, it was a great gig, if that's what you aspire to
> be. At
> the time, and even now, they were on top, well, the Beatles were
> still
> together again, but they were one of the top groups in England.
> There
> were a lot of other groups around then, including The Who and
> The
> Beatles. But, the Stones career was kind of fading a little bit,
> because
> they hadn't really done much for two years. That's why they
> needed to
> find another guitar player.
>
> Q - Before you joined The Stones, were you a fan of the group?
>
> A - Oh, yeah. The Stones are a different kind of group. I
> realized that
> when I joined them. You know it's not really so much their
> musical
> ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and
> attitude which
> is unique.
>
> Q - Had you seen the Stones in concert before joining the group?
>
> A - No. I hadn't actually. I'd seem them on TV.
>
> Q - Did you ever meet Brian Jones?
>
> A - No. I never met Brian.
>
> Q - Were you more the lead guitar player in the Stones than the
> rhythm
> player? It was always Brian on rhythm and Keith on lead.
>
> A - Well, I'm not sure that's true actually. Some people say
> that, but I
> think they shared it really. I didn't think of myself as a lead
> player,
> especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to
> switch
> around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. I'd take
> a lead.
> He'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It was really
> a two
> guitar band. It wasn't strict and regimented as he was the
> rhythm
> guitarist and I was the lead guitarist.
>
> Q - Was Hyde Park the first time you played in public with the
> Stones?
>
> A - Yes, it was.
>
> Q - What was that like for you?
>
> A - Oh, it was very exciting and nerve wracking. At the time it
> was one
> of the biggest concerts they'd ever had in England. They
> actually had a
> concert earlier that summer in Hyde Park with a group called
> Blind Faith
> (Eric Clapton's group) So, the one with the Stones was actually
> the
> second one. But, it was by far the biggest.
>
> Q - Do you remember Altamont?*
>
> A - Oh yeah. I remember all of that. That was an awful day.
>
> Q - What a contrast between Hyde Park, the great concert, and
> Altamont,
> the worst concert experience.
>
> A - Yeah, well I wouldn't call Hyde Park a great concert. It was
> a great
> event. It wasn't a great concert for the Stones musically,
> because it
> was the first time they played together in two years. I would
> say by the
> time we did the second American tour, we were really tight and
> really
> good.
>
> Q - Do you miss playing the huge arenas the Stones played, the
> 50,000 -
> 60,000 seat stadiums? I don't even know, did the Stones play
> that kind
> of venue then?
>
> A - Not really. Not so much. We mostly played indoor sort of
> 12-15,000
> sports arenas. In fact, in London, we actually played in
> theaters
> 3-4,000 maximum seaters. When I joined the Stones, that kind was
> kind of
> the beginning of the stadium tours. Nobody really did tours on
> the scale
> they do them now. Actually the biggest one I've ever done was, I
> think
> with Bob Dylan in 1984 in Paris. I think there were about four
> hundred
> thousand people.
>
> Q - There are two stories going around about why you left the
> Stones...because of songwriting credit, or because you had a
> problem
> with you septum.
>
> A - That's complete rubbish. It's not rubbish to say that I was
> a bit
> peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that
> wasn't
> the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I
> decided to
> leave and start a group with Jack Bruce. I never really felt,
> and I
> don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the
> Stones
> forever, even right from the beginning.
>
> Q - It could've been you coming to Syracuse at the Carrier Dome
> instead
> of Ron Wood.
>
> A - Yeah, if I had stayed, but it wasn't meant to be.
>
> Q - You say "the Stones are not rock 'n roll dinosaurs." You
> believe
> they've kept up with the musical changes over the years?
>
> A - Well, they had to keep up with the times. They're above
> having to be
> current or fashionable. Let's put it this way, they don't really
> need to
> do it for money, so, therefore they must get some kind of
> pleasure out
> of it. The fact that they're doing it is great. They're not like
> a group
> that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've
> always been
> there. In a way, rock'n roll is entering a new phase.
>
> Q - Is Mick Jagger the guy who really runs the Stones?
>
> A - Yeah, If it wasn't for him, the group would've fallen apart
> a long
> time ago.
>
> Q - What's ahead for you in the immediate future?
>
> A - Starting to make records again. I hope, very shortly, either
> in Los
> Angeles or England.
>
>
> © Gary James. All rights reserved.
>
>
>
> * The rock and roll festival at California's Altamont Speedway
> on
> December 6th, 1969 ended in tragedy
> when a fan was stabbed to death by a member of the Hell's
> Angels, who
> were appointed to work security. *
>
>
>
>
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Re: Mick Taylor interview - Einstine - 19:57 28-10-05
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Only 5 years with The Stones. What an amazing, never repeated since, period.
"Peat her Rabbit" <pierre@pcpeople.org> wrote in message news:cis8f.7451$7h7.5716@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> still one of my favorite guitarists. if you get a chance to see him live, please do yourself a favor
>
>
>
> Gary James' Interview With Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones
>
>
> He was the Rolling Stones choice for Brian Jones replacement in
> 1969. He
> stayed with The Stones from 1969 to 1974. He is Mick Taylor.
>
> Mick toured and recorded with the Stones at a time when both the
> world
> and the music business were undergoing dramatic changes. In this
> Exclusive interview, we spoke with Mick Taylor about his days
> with the
> Stones, his early musical influences, and what he's doing these
> days.
>
> Q - You were recording for Maze Records a few years back. Are
> you still
> associated with that label?
>
> A - No. I never was on Maze Records. It was just one album, one
> 'live'
> album that they released in America and Canada. In other
> countries it
> was on different labels.
>
> Q - Do you have a recording deal today?
>
> A - At present, no. I'm not signed.
>
> Q - You do have a band that travels with you all over the world?
>
> A - I have a group in England that I've been touring all over
> Europe
> with, yeah.
>
> Q - What type of places are you playing?
>
> A - Well, mostly outdoor jazz and blues festivals. We played in
> Israel,
> Spain, Belgium, France, England and Norway twice. There's a lot
> of jazz
> and blues festivals, particularly in Europe in the summertime.
> I'm
> playing clubs and theaters also.
>
> Q - Didn't ya play in Syracuse a couple of years ago?
>
> A - I did. I think it was possibly three years ago. I've only
> played in
> Syracuse once with my own group.
>
> Q - How did your CD "Stranger In This Town" do?
>
> A - Well, not very good because it was on a small, independent
> label. It
> wasn't promoted or publicized, but it did OK you know. I didn't
> have
> great expectations of it anyway. It was only an album I put
> together
> myself at home, from board mixes.
>
> Q - The Blues, is that your preferred form of music?
>
> A - No. Well, as a guitar player, yeah. That's the way I play.
> I've
> always been inspired by Blues players. But I like all kinds of
> music,
> Gary.
>
> Q - What attracts you to the Blues?
>
> A - I don't know. Maybe if I go far enough back into my
> ancestry, I have
> African roots or something. I've got no idea. There were quite a
> few
> guys in England in the 60s that really seemed to have an
> extraordinary
> sympathy and empathy with that kind of music. Eric Clapton is
> one. Peter
> Green is another.
>
> Q -The Blues seems like such a sad type of music.
>
> A - No. It's changing all the time. The Blues scene now is
> international. It's worldwide. In the 50s it was purely
> something that
> you would hear in Black clubs, played by Black musicians,
> especially in
> America. But, from the 60s onwards it changed. Growing up in
> England in
> the 60s and being a teenager and hearing The Beatles; The
> Beatles and
> The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues.
>
> Q - I don't think most people realize that by the time you were
> 20 years
> old, you had toured America three times with John Mayall, doing
> two
> shows a night, seven days a week.
>
> A - Yeah. I joined John Mayall when I was 17.
>
> Q - By the time you were 20, you had been around already. You
> were a
> seasoned pro.
>
> A - I'd been around, but I wouldn't call myself a seasoned
> professional.
> When I first joined John Mayall, I was very, very much of a
> beginner. I
> was learning all the time. There's no better way to learn how to
> play
> Blues guitar than playing with John Mayall.
>
> Q - When Mick Jagger approached you about joining the Stones,
> rumor has
> it that it took you a week to say yes.
>
> A - I did accept the offer right away. I didn't really know if
> they
> wanted me to go down to the studio and do some sessions or
> whether they
> needed to find another guitar player. It was only during the
> session
> that I realized that they were actually looking for another
> guitar
> player. They seemed to like me, so it was kind of like, more or
> less
> settled there and then.
>
> Q - When you landed that gig with the Stones, Jimmy Page of Led
> Zeppelin
> remarked "Mick Taylor is an extremely fortunate man, kind of
> like a
> fellow who wins the lottery. All of a sudden he's worth a
> million
> dollars. No, maybe more. But, he's a nice fellow."
>
> A - I remember reading that quote. I guess there was a certain
> amount of
> luck. There is in everything. It's being in the right place at
> the right
> time.
>
> Q - Was being in the Stones a great gig, as Jimmy Page would
> have us
> believe or was it hell?
>
> A - Well, yeah, it was a great gig, if that's what you aspire to
> be. At
> the time, and even now, they were on top, well, the Beatles were
> still
> together again, but they were one of the top groups in England.
> There
> were a lot of other groups around then, including The Who and
> The
> Beatles. But, the Stones career was kind of fading a little bit,
> because
> they hadn't really done much for two years. That's why they
> needed to
> find another guitar player.
>
> Q - Before you joined The Stones, were you a fan of the group?
>
> A - Oh, yeah. The Stones are a different kind of group. I
> realized that
> when I joined them. You know it's not really so much their
> musical
> ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and
> attitude which
> is unique.
>
> Q - Had you seen the Stones in concert before joining the group?
>
> A - No. I hadn't actually. I'd seem them on TV.
>
> Q - Did you ever meet Brian Jones?
>
> A - No. I never met Brian.
>
> Q - Were you more the lead guitar player in the Stones than the
> rhythm
> player? It was always Brian on rhythm and Keith on lead.
>
> A - Well, I'm not sure that's true actually. Some people say
> that, but I
> think they shared it really. I didn't think of myself as a lead
> player,
> especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to
> switch
> around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. I'd take
> a lead.
> He'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It was really
> a two
> guitar band. It wasn't strict and regimented as he was the
> rhythm
> guitarist and I was the lead guitarist.
>
> Q - Was Hyde Park the first time you played in public with the
> Stones?
>
> A - Yes, it was.
>
> Q - What was that like for you?
>
> A - Oh, it was very exciting and nerve wracking. At the time it
> was one
> of the biggest concerts they'd ever had in England. They
> actually had a
> concert earlier that summer in Hyde Park with a group called
> Blind Faith
> (Eric Clapton's group) So, the one with the Stones was actually
> the
> second one. But, it was by far the biggest.
>
> Q - Do you remember Altamont?*
>
> A - Oh yeah. I remember all of that. That was an awful day.
>
> Q - What a contrast between Hyde Park, the great concert, and
> Altamont,
> the worst concert experience.
>
> A - Yeah, well I wouldn't call Hyde Park a great concert. It was
> a great
> event. It wasn't a great concert for the Stones musically,
> because it
> was the first time they played together in two years. I would
> say by the
> time we did the second American tour, we were really tight and
> really
> good.
>
> Q - Do you miss playing the huge arenas the Stones played, the
> 50,000 -
> 60,000 seat stadiums? I don't even know, did the Stones play
> that kind
> of venue then?
>
> A - Not really. Not so much. We mostly played indoor sort of
> 12-15,000
> sports arenas. In fact, in London, we actually played in
> theaters
> 3-4,000 maximum seaters. When I joined the Stones, that kind was
> kind of
> the beginning of the stadium tours. Nobody really did tours on
> the scale
> they do them now. Actually the biggest one I've ever done was, I
> think
> with Bob Dylan in 1984 in Paris. I think there were about four
> hundred
> thousand people.
>
> Q - There are two stories going around about why you left the
> Stones...because of songwriting credit, or because you had a
> problem
> with you septum.
>
> A - That's complete rubbish. It's not rubbish to say that I was
> a bit
> peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that
> wasn't
> the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I
> decided to
> leave and start a group with Jack Bruce. I never really felt,
> and I
> don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the
> Stones
> forever, even right from the beginning.
>
> Q - It could've been you coming to Syracuse at the Carrier Dome
> instead
> of Ron Wood.
>
> A - Yeah, if I had stayed, but it wasn't meant to be.
>
> Q - You say "the Stones are not rock 'n roll dinosaurs." You
> believe
> they've kept up with the musical changes over the years?
>
> A - Well, they had to keep up with the times. They're above
> having to be
> current or fashionable. Let's put it this way, they don't really
> need to
> do it for money, so, therefore they must get some kind of
> pleasure out
> of it. The fact that they're doing it is great. They're not like
> a group
> that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've
> always been
> there. In a way, rock'n roll is entering a new phase.
>
> Q - Is Mick Jagger the guy who really runs the Stones?
>
> A - Yeah, If it wasn't for him, the group would've fallen apart
> a long
> time ago.
>
> Q - What's ahead for you in the immediate future?
>
> A - Starting to make records again. I hope, very shortly, either
> in Los
> Angeles or England.
>
>
> © Gary James. All rights reserved.
>
>
>
> * The rock and roll festival at California's Altamont Speedway
> on
> December 6th, 1969 ended in tragedy
> when a fan was stabbed to death by a member of the Hell's
> Angels, who
> were appointed to work security. *
>
>
>
>
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Re: Mick Taylor interview - Frank Piotrowski - 11:33 24-11-05
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Thanks for posting the interview!
Ya-Ya's is still my favorite Stones album because of Mick's super playing.
The band's sound was extremely tight when Mick was with them. One can only
imagine what they'd sound like today if he had never left.
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Re: Mick Taylor interview - Guncho - 19:39 24-11-05
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Peat her Rabbit wrote:
> still one of my favorite guitarists. if you get a chance to see him live,
> please do yourself a favor
>
>
>
> Gary James' Interview With Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones
>
>
> He was the Rolling Stones choice for Brian Jones replacement in
> 1969. He
> stayed with The Stones from 1969 to 1974. He is Mick Taylor.
>
> Mick toured and recorded with the Stones at a time when both the
> world
> and the music business were undergoing dramatic changes. In this
> Exclusive interview, we spoke with Mick Taylor about his days
> with the
> Stones, his early musical influences, and what he's doing these
> days.
>
> Q - You were recording for Maze Records a few years back. Are
> you still
> associated with that label?
>
> A - No. I never was on Maze Records. It was just one album, one
> 'live'
> album that they released in America and Canada. In other
> countries it
> was on different labels.
>
> Q - Do you have a recording deal today?
>
> A - At present, no. I'm not signed.
>
> Q - You do have a band that travels with you all over the world?
>
> A - I have a group in England that I've been touring all over
> Europe
> with, yeah.
>
> Q - What type of places are you playing?
>
> A - Well, mostly outdoor jazz and blues festivals. We played in
> Israel,
> Spain, Belgium, France, England and Norway twice. There's a lot
> of jazz
> and blues festivals, particularly in Europe in the summertime.
> I'm
> playing clubs and theaters also.
>
> Q - Didn't ya play in Syracuse a couple of years ago?
>
> A - I did. I think it was possibly three years ago. I've only
> played in
> Syracuse once with my own group.
>
> Q - How did your CD "Stranger In This Town" do?
>
> A - Well, not very good because it was on a small, independent
> label. It
> wasn't promoted or publicized, but it did OK you know. I didn't
> have
> great expectations of it anyway. It was only an album I put
> together
> myself at home, from board mixes.
>
> Q - The Blues, is that your preferred form of music?
>
> A - No. Well, as a guitar player, yeah. That's the way I play.
> I've
> always been inspired by Blues players. But I like all kinds of
> music,
> Gary.
>
> Q - What attracts you to the Blues?
>
> A - I don't know. Maybe if I go far enough back into my
> ancestry, I have
> African roots or something. I've got no idea. There were quite a
> few
> guys in England in the 60s that really seemed to have an
> extraordinary
> sympathy and empathy with that kind of music. Eric Clapton is
> one. Peter
> Green is another.
>
> Q -The Blues seems like such a sad type of music.
>
> A - No. It's changing all the time. The Blues scene now is
> international. It's worldwide. In the 50s it was purely
> something that
> you would hear in Black clubs, played by Black musicians,
> especially in
> America. But, from the 60s onwards it changed. Growing up in
> England in
> the 60s and being a teenager and hearing The Beatles; The
> Beatles and
> The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues.
>
> Q - I don't think most people realize that by the time you were
> 20 years
> old, you had toured America three times with John Mayall, doing
> two
> shows a night, seven days a week.
>
> A - Yeah. I joined John Mayall when I was 17.
>
> Q - By the time you were 20, you had been around already. You
> were a
> seasoned pro.
>
> A - I'd been around, but I wouldn't call myself a seasoned
> professional.
> When I first joined John Mayall, I was very, very much of a
> beginner. I
> was learning all the time. There's no better way to learn how to
> play
> Blues guitar than playing with John Mayall.
>
> Q - When Mick Jagger approached you about joining the Stones,
> rumor has
> it that it took you a week to say yes.
>
> A - I did accept the offer right away. I didn't really know if
> they
> wanted me to go down to the studio and do some sessions or
> whether they
> needed to find another guitar player. It was only during the
> session
> that I realized that they were actually looking for another
> guitar
> player. They seemed to like me, so it was kind of like, more or
> less
> settled there and then.
>
> Q - When you landed that gig with the Stones, Jimmy Page of Led
> Zeppelin
> remarked "Mick Taylor is an extremely fortunate man, kind of
> like a
> fellow who wins the lottery. All of a sudden he's worth a
> million
> dollars. No, maybe more. But, he's a nice fellow."
>
> A - I remember reading that quote. I guess there was a certain
> amount of
> luck. There is in everything. It's being in the right place at
> the right
> time.
>
> Q - Was being in the Stones a great gig, as Jimmy Page would
> have us
> believe or was it hell?
>
> A - Well, yeah, it was a great gig, if that's what you aspire to
> be. At
> the time, and even now, they were on top, well, the Beatles were
> still
> together again, but they were one of the top groups in England.
> There
> were a lot of other groups around then, including The Who and
> The
> Beatles. But, the Stones career was kind of fading a little bit,
> because
> they hadn't really done much for two years. That's why they
> needed to
> find another guitar player.
>
> Q - Before you joined The Stones, were you a fan of the group?
>
> A - Oh, yeah. The Stones are a different kind of group. I
> realized that
> when I joined them. You know it's not really so much their
> musical
> ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and
> attitude which
> is unique.
>
> Q - Had you seen the Stones in concert before joining the group?
>
> A - No. I hadn't actually. I'd seem them on TV.
>
> Q - Did you ever meet Brian Jones?
>
> A - No. I never met Brian.
>
> Q - Were you more the lead guitar player in the Stones than the
> rhythm
> player? It was always Brian on rhythm and Keith on lead.
>
> A - Well, I'm not sure that's true actually. Some people say
> that, but I
> think they shared it really. I didn't think of myself as a lead
> player,
> especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to
> switch
> around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. I'd take
> a lead.
> He'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It was really
> a two
> guitar band. It wasn't strict and regimented as he was the
> rhythm
> guitarist and I was the lead guitarist.
>
> Q - Was Hyde Park the first time you played in public with the
> Stones?
>
> A - Yes, it was.
>
> Q - What was that like for you?
>
> A - Oh, it was very exciting and nerve wracking. At the time it
> was one
> of the biggest concerts they'd ever had in England. They
> actually had a
> concert earlier that summer in Hyde Park with a group called
> Blind Faith
> (Eric Clapton's group) So, the one with the Stones was actually
> the
> second one. But, it was by far the biggest.
>
> Q - Do you remember Altamont?*
>
> A - Oh yeah. I remember all of that. That was an awful day.
>
> Q - What a contrast between Hyde Park, the great concert, and
> Altamont,
> the worst concert experience.
>
> A - Yeah, well I wouldn't call Hyde Park a great concert. It was
> a great
> event. It wasn't a great concert for the Stones musically,
> because it
> was the first time they played together in two years. I would
> say by the
> time we did the second American tour, we were really tight and
> really
> good.
>
> Q - Do you miss playing the huge arenas the Stones played, the
> 50,000 -
> 60,000 seat stadiums? I don't even know, did the Stones play
> that kind
> of venue then?
>
> A - Not really. Not so much. We mostly played indoor sort of
> 12-15,000
> sports arenas. In fact, in London, we actually played in
> theaters
> 3-4,000 maximum seaters. When I joined the Stones, that kind was
> kind of
> the beginning of the stadium tours. Nobody really did tours on
> the scale
> they do them now. Actually the biggest one I've ever done was, I
> think
> with Bob Dylan in 1984 in Paris. I think there were about four
> hundred
> thousand people.
>
> Q - There are two stories going around about why you left the
> Stones...because of songwriting credit, or because you had a
> problem
> with you septum.
>
> A - That's complete rubbish. It's not rubbish to say that I was
> a bit
> peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that
> wasn't
> the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I
> decided to
> leave and start a group with Jack Bruce. I never really felt,
> and I
> don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the
> Stones
> forever, even right from the beginning.
>
> Q - It could've been you coming to Syracuse at the Carrier Dome
> instead
> of Ron Wood.
>
> A - Yeah, if I had stayed, but it wasn't meant to be.
>
> Q - You say "the Stones are not rock 'n roll dinosaurs." You
> believe
> they've kept up with the musical changes over the years?
>
> A - Well, they had to keep up with the times. They're above
> having to be
> current or fashionable. Let's put it this way, they don't really
> need to
> do it for money, so, therefore they must get some kind of
> pleasure out
> of it. The fact that they're doing it is great. They're not like
> a group
> that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've
> always been
> there. In a way, rock'n roll is entering a new phase.
>
> Q - Is Mick Jagger the guy who really runs the Stones?
>
> A - Yeah, If it wasn't for him, the group would've fallen apart
> a long
> time ago.
>
> Q - What's ahead for you in the immediate future?
>
> A - Starting to make records again. I hope, very shortly, either
> in Los
> Angeles or England.
>
>
> =A9 Gary James. All rights reserved.
>
>
>
> * The rock and roll festival at California's Altamont Speedway
> on
> December 6th, 1969 ended in tragedy
> when a fan was stabbed to death by a member of the Hell's
> Angels, who
> were appointed to work security. *
Gawd that interview sucks.
"How does it feel to be a nobody while the Stones are big stars"
Also Mick Taylor's not the most interesting guy around.
Chris
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Re: Mick Taylor interview - Guncho - 19:41 24-11-05
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Frank Piotrowski wrote:
> Thanks for posting the interview!
>
> Ya-Ya's is still my favorite Stones album because of Mick's super playing.
> The band's sound was extremely tight when Mick was with them. One can only
> imagine what they'd sound like today if he had never left.
The Stones are more about attitude than musicanship. And Ronnie's got
way more personality than bland Mick Taylor anyday.
Chris
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Re: Mick Taylor interview - Mr Flowers - 15:42 25-11-05
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im not sure on the model, but matt heafy from trivium (new heavey metal
band) his black gibson LP has jumbo frets for his soloing. see if you can
find anymore info on that.
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