sandcat20 wrote:
It may offend purists but I have to agree with you on that. It's a real shame that when you mention Mick Taylor (yet another John Mayall product) people say "Who?". The whole rhythm section backing was so tight and solid.
The Stones more than any other sixties band continually developed, something they get little credit for.
They started off as an R&B band.
Became a brilliant pop band, see Satisfaction and Get off my cloud.
Made a fairly decent stab at Flower power before seeing the light.
It wasn’t the Kinks who invented rock or the Stones but IMO the first genuine rock song to break out into the charts was Jumpin Jack flash, record company thought it was too rough to get in the charts, it was a number one.
The Stones were most definitely the first band to perfect the rock album, pre dating Zepplin by a good year. Beggars banquet, Let it bleed, Exile, Sticky fingers and the criminally understated Goats head soup, all mainly featuring Taylor’s brilliant lead.
Great talent was Taylor but almost as frail as Jones but at least he knew when to get out.