Love In Vain has Ry written all over it. Superb cover!
This is a brilliant interview of Keith
I really enjoyed this. Keith says other artists try hard to fill ever corner of a blank canvas but to Keith, less is more.
https://youtu.be/ceWWMfhAvD4
and there is only one legendary Keith in rock. The other, a drummer died years ago.
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So @pops, you think Ry is lying?! Watch the video again. Notice how when Ry's name comes up, Richards quickly (and slyly) changes the subject? On a related matter, here's something I find interesting: Whenever I have worked with a guitarist and/or singer for whom The Stones have been very influential (two of them being Johnny Kaplan and Rick Shea), I have been asked to place the 2/4 backbeat waaay at the back of the pocket, the way Charlie Watts does. Session great Jim Keltner says he considers The Stones not Mick & Keith's band, but Charlie's. Keith's go to drummer is Steve Jordan (he is mentioned in the video), who is also a good producer. There is an interview in Modern Drummer Magazine in which Steve talks about some of the greats he has interviewed, including a particular favorite of his, The Band's Levon Helm. Good reading. |
Lol. Nobody realizes it and nobody will acknowledge it but the drummer and bass player are almost always the two most important players in every rock band. Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman feel is indeed the key to the Rolling Stones. I think Charlie mostly lets Bill stay ahead of him. It creates a cool laid back weighty sound. Contrast to the Police where Stewart is ahead of Sting creating a feel of strife and urgency. Another band where the rhythm section defined their sound. Contrast two Rush drummers and how it changes the feel of a song. One sounds like Led Zeppelin while the other doesn’t at all. https://youtu.be/SZYr_J9H54I https://youtu.be/_-4YOOMqKgk Peart can delay the pocket when he really concentrates and puts his mind to it like in the chorus or intro but he always slips back to playing on the beat. It changes the feel of everything including the guitar solo. No surprise Keith likes to work with Steve Jordan - possibly the greatest Blues feel drummer on the planet. |
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