Which Rolling Stones concert would you rather attend?

[2F/2F]

I'm not following this. What part of anything I said references records?

I quoted your OP, in what you just replied to!

Ol' Bill is testifying like I've rarely heard him do on records.

That, quite clearly, references records, in the statement that is your main point: your opinion of Wyman's playing live, compared to the records.

 

[bobyoung53]

The show in France where they recorded a live album somewhere in the seventies. Jagger speaking French to the audience and the killer lead guitar solo in “You can’t always get what you want”: good stuff. Good live album.

I like Bill. An interesting man with many interests including playing the bass, meeting people, entertaining creatures, archiving the band’s journey, owning restaurants and now selling pin finders…! Very wealthy (I presume), he seems to be a simple down to earth cool dude living a good life.

I remember reading that he got the gig with the Stones because he had a powerful amplifier that band members could plug into, loud volume, cool.

We take this for granted now, but back in the days, musical instruments and amplifiers were expenditures that many kids and their parents could not afford.

Check this documentary on him, it's from 2019.

He had two Vox AC-30's

Watch The Quiet One | Prime Video

 

[bobyoung53]

This one...


Get Yer Ya Ya's Out

All Ampeg SVT's


That's one of my all time favorite live albums, it's almost like you're in the audience.




Not sure what tour this is from, it looks to be later 70's as they have some heads with the big Ampeg insignia on them.

 

[GretschWretch]

I quoted your OP, in what you just replied to!



That, quite clearly, references records, in the statement that is your main point.

Okay; and my response stands. I am hearing a lot more movement and "busyness" than what I remember from the records. But I pretty much lost interest in the Stones after Honkey-Tonk Women," so if you are referring to later material I will concede your point.

 

[58kites]

I badly wanted to see them during the 1972 tour but I couldn't get from Rochester NY to Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto or Madison Square Garden when I was 14.
I saw them on the 1981 tour in Rich Stadium in Buffalo, by that time I was married and had a five month old baby (a lot of changes in my life in just nine years).
The show was fine but a football stadium is no place to attend a rock concert, it just doesn't translate IMO.
After we moved to Texas, I took my kids to a rock show at Texas Motor Speedway (1997 I think), ... it was just stupid.

 

[GeorgesEric]

Check this documentary on him, it's from 2019.

He had two Vox AC-30's

Watch The Quiet One | Prime Video

Thanks for the link - I will have to watch that documentary.

Here’s a link about the Vox from an Auction website with a bit a blurb:
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[2F/2F]

Okay; and my response stands. I am hearing a lot more movement and "busyness" than what I remember from the records. But I pretty much lost interest in the Stones after Honkey-Tonk Women," so if you are referring to later material I will concede your point.

He is a quite busy bassist on most things the Stones did with him, but especially the early stuff that you are talking about.

 

[5StringBlues]

I'd hit the T.A.M.I. show and try to chat up some dolly birds.

 

[Thumpin6string]

Your initial comment, in terms of this thread, reminded me of posts in the Effects section, where, in the middle of a discussion about pro and cons of various chorus(or whatever)models/brands, inevitably there will be a grumpy “I don’t put anything between my bass and the amp!” post. Alrighty, then.

You like what you like and I like what I like. No wrong answer. For what it's worth, I run an HPF/LPF and comp between my bass and amp. I add chorus and reverb when I'm playing my fretless and sometimes a synth. My opinion is no less than yours. So with that said, this back and forth quoting is over, at least on my end. Have a nice day!

 

[D.A.R.K.]

Nice thought but, have to wonder if there are full time staff and what they pay them. Of course, what would I know ?

Yes. Joyce Smith has been their manager for a decade. Darryl Jones, their bass player, is a hire. A quick google would get you pretty far, then you'd know .

 

[bobyoung53]

Thanks for the link - I will have to watch that documentary.

Here’s a link about the Vox from an Auction website with a bit a blurb:
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$106,000.00 Cool, thanks. The documentary is really good. Bill's in it and it shows his cellar archives.

 

[hangman]

Too bad they didn't get Joey Spampinato like it appears Keith wanted. He would have been perfect for them. Jones is a fine bassist, but in the context of the Stones he just sounds kind of generic. In a tune where Bill would play with really interesting space and Willie Dixon-like grease, Jones will just pump 8th notes. But apparently that's what the Stones want now.

Joey would have been very good for them.
Keith also liked Jeff Sarli, who played on a few songs that ended up on Bridges to Babylon.

Jeff Sarli

 

[pbass2]

Joey would have been very good for them.
Keith also liked Jeff Sarli, who played on a few songs that ended up on Bridges to Babylon.

Jeff Sarli

Wow, I grew up in the DC area - was my formative years of going to clubs and gigging. I most certainly must have seen Jeff play.

 

[dougjwray]

I'd go to the T.A.M.I. Show and watch James Brown.
On recordings, the Brian Jones era was my favorite, when they copied elements of what the Beatles did, always a few months later. Some eclectic stuff, added to the blues and R&B.