The Mick Taylor era of The Stones were the best......period.

@vc23

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree

@tommasomolinari5726

5 күн бұрын

I love the fact that when someone mentions Mick Taylor always says that he was the best guitarist Stones had, with that "period" at the end. You know what? He was a massive bluesman, creator of fantastic solos, but Mick Taylor must be fond to the Stones, for what he became among them. And I still think Keith Richards, with the mountains of drugs and heroin, was the best rhythm guitar player ever. Different point of views, so, and Mick Taylor had only one famous song in the Stones, having credits on it, which is "Can't you hear me knocking".

I can imagine Bob Ross being interviewed by this guy. It would be the most calming thing ever.

@simpsonkelly9011

6 жыл бұрын

I would count to u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep n wake n sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Interviewer clm n sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

@keifmalone4149

5 жыл бұрын

MMCU Made Me Crack Up! Yes, the interviewer is very calming indeed.

@MegaMkmiller

5 жыл бұрын

Who says musicians are stupid? Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones for … um … Jack Bruce and his band. Brilliant.

@klubkid46

5 жыл бұрын

uh no,he left to save himself and his family from the drugs. @@MegaMkmiller

@krisscanlon4051

4 жыл бұрын

It seems such an obvious joke but it's cracking me up anyways oh my God that's so funny bless your heart

these guys are so peaceful and calm compared to modern musicians.

@MegaMkmiller

5 жыл бұрын

They probably are! :)

@warshipsatin8764

3 жыл бұрын

yeah we get it old man, everything was better back in your day

@giovanna8187

2 жыл бұрын

The tone is set by the interviewer who is very low key.

@paulespinosa5195

2 жыл бұрын

@@giovanna8187 yes and also as we say "like a fine wine musicians, age thx., !( °_° )!

@sratus

2 жыл бұрын

It's because they were both smackheads Mark

Mick Taylor IS a great guitar player.

@paulcooper5748

3 жыл бұрын

The best they had.

@paulespinosa5195

2 жыл бұрын

no rocker can play the blues like mick,,single handily but with two hands rescued the Stones thx.

@pauldinardo973

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he surely is. I wonder if nowadays he still plays live

@paulespinosa5195

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauldinardo973 thx to that responce, I've found a lot of Micks stuff on ytube-I do believe he's still making music. ! 🀄

@andrewbrennan7291

Жыл бұрын

Took the Stones to stratospheric heights.

Jagger and Richards have never given Mick the recognition he deserves.

@brianfalarski6074

4 жыл бұрын

It's what they do, look how they did jones

@coyoteailstock9498

3 жыл бұрын

Jones and Mick both

@FuturePast2019

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianfalarski6074 Keef even stole his woman.

@brianfalarski6074

3 жыл бұрын

@@FuturePast2019 ya, broke the bro code

@AtomicMushroom1

3 жыл бұрын

@@FuturePast2019 seriously? Where did you heard that?

Heroin had a heavy grip on both of them at this point. There was no way the group could last.

Love the part when Jack said Mick is an amazing guitar player.

Imagine this world without addiction. So many great people have fallen aside. Sobriety is where it’s at.

Bob is such a lovely fella and always so graceful with his interviewing skills. His delivery always was almost tantamount to that of a youth councilor. Treading carefully and always listening.

@groofoot

Жыл бұрын

His 1974 interview w Keef is Asmr quality .... both guys are pretty much whispering ....

@cdchantler

4 ай бұрын

He lives down the road from me in Oxfordshire. Been to his house a couple of times playing stuff for his son. Nice people

@oldpoppy

3 ай бұрын

​@@groofoot is it on KZread?

Shame this project never went anywhere :(

This interviewer is so relaxing

The Stones were phenomenal with Mick Taylor

When Mick left The Stones fire went out.

@thomasminarchickjr.7355

3 жыл бұрын

It was out even before that. Goats Head Soup and Only Rock n Roll had them coasting on fumes. They turned into a corporate joke and stated that way since. Heroin and egos ruined that band. The Mick Taylor era was amazing though.

@paulespinosa5195

2 жыл бұрын

astute comment tom t.h.x.

@davidgoulden5956

Жыл бұрын

@@paulespinosa5195 Seconded.

@mjp96

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely. They have never been the same.

I was a Jack Bruce & Mick Taylor fan in 1975 , so this was my favorite band in 1975, saw them in Glasgow Apollo and recorded them on cassette...ssshhh!, was specially thrilled with Taylor`s contribution which for me was so inspiring and new. I worked out the chord structures and consequential solo scales which was a whole new guitar world which I happily embraced back then. However, all came to an abrupt end by the time Mick`s first solo album was released as these new scales were forgotten. Anyway, we still have the Jack Bruce Band material and it is absolutely unique. Mick, did you leave these guitar scales behind deliberately? I guess since the solos were created specifically for Jack & this bands songs and music you perhaps didn`t want to carry on to a different project. I really miss those new scales, as they took the music to a transcendent , other worldly place... maybe just jazz scales nicked from someone else, reminds me of Pat Metheny

Thank God the interviewer didn't ask if Ginger Baker was joining the band!

@Esotereclectic

4 жыл бұрын

Jack and Mick would be shouting "Bollocks!" and "Fuck off!".

@jamesbowen8960

2 жыл бұрын

I think he knew better than that!!😁😁😁

Jagger and Richards owe Mick Taylor a lot of money!

@user-go4uq3tu9w

Ай бұрын

Ok they want him to stay with Stones??❤

Legendary Musicians! R.ip Jack bruce(1943-2014)

Bob Harris' interviews are fuckin' relaxing goddamn that whispering voice and that silence around

Great interview by Mr. Quay Lude.

@severalboogie

10 ай бұрын

Dork.

Mick Taylor was a great guitar player

Mick Taylor was the Stones' sound and a great lead guitar player ..the best with midnight rambler on Stone's tour 2014...

Great interview! Thanks for this!

Amazing interview with Mick Taylor and Jack Bruce (R.I.P.)

Everyone whispered like this in 1975...😅

Taylor is a fantastic guitar player...Stones were great with him

Wow! Almost forgot about that collaboration. Too bad it didn't last a bit longer. Their only known recordings were a live gig in Manchester, and a spot on The Old Grey Whistle Test appearance. I don't think Mick's blues licks were fitting for Jack's mad-jazz inclinations at the time, but it was interesting at the least. Both are great in their own right............ Miss you Jack, RIP

@indieshack4476

Жыл бұрын

"Their only known recordings were a live gig in Manchester, and a spot on The Old Grey Whistle Test appearance" - I guess you could call it an Old Grey Whistle Test appearance, but it was a concert series on the Beeb, so it was a fairly full set, they were the only band playing - maybe an hour long? - I remember rushing to get home from a band practise to see the Bruce/Taylor band play in the show in '75. Wish I had a time capsule to take me back then.

The first interview after he left the Stones to start his amazing solo career……..47 years later we are still waiting. The single biggest mistake in rock history. He is playing in bars for a few people as his replacement has amassed an estimated 200 million. I love his work with the Stones - their best period. He was simply a 26 year old kid using heroin at the time who made a stupid decision that failed badly

@twistedspanner

2 жыл бұрын

What dya mean. He went on to play Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells live with a an all star cast of prog and experimental musicians. People like Steve Hillage. Mike Ratledge. Fred Frith. Pierre Moerlen. Etc.. and joined the post Daevid Allen Gong. These were serious musicians not pop stars.

@twistedspanner

2 жыл бұрын

He probably would rather starve for his art than play those songs for 50 years. He was born with a gift and he went with it and I'm sure he was musically much happier playing with Gong etc.. It ain't about the money. Money doesn't make it.

@seadog2396

Жыл бұрын

Totally Agree with you.

@birdmansclambake

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. Biggest mistake in the history of rock n roll

Jack was Scottish and one hell of a songwriter and bassist

@dezaparizio

3 жыл бұрын

Lol , such depth in describing Jack

@johna.4334

3 жыл бұрын

And Brian was Welsh. So what's your point?

@dimethaltryptamine1

2 жыл бұрын

@@johna.4334 The point is Donavan was Scottish too as as the fact that ther Beatles were Liverpudlians was important too in the overall scheme odf things!~ lmfao

@paulespinosa5195

2 жыл бұрын

agree probably why I learned about Bass,,I married one >( ° _ ° )

@mjp96

7 ай бұрын

And singer!!!

really comfortable listening on this... not like these annoying screaming people on tv to day Mick Taylor also seem very down to earth, which makes me happy :)

@paulespinosa5195

2 жыл бұрын

Immortal human capricorn ( * _ * )

I think Sticky Fingers is the best Stone's recording.

@mkrbrtsn1

3 жыл бұрын

100% agree.

@FuturePast2019

3 жыл бұрын

I think Brown Sugar is.

@johna.4334

3 жыл бұрын

@@FuturePast2019 Over played to death on the radio -pass.

@arthurbishop3173

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, along with 'Let it Bleed'.

@mjp96

7 ай бұрын

Exile trumps Sticky Fingers IMO

Great stuff, thanks for posting this! Taylor's eyes looked a little "glazed" over!

When Mick quit the band and left Jack hanging it was devastating and in Shapiro's biography of Jack (Composing Himself)- Jack so stung called the abrupt departure "soul destroying". Heroin, miscommunications, lack of writing cooperation and personality issues all stopped Jack from reaching large venues and completing his album. Musically they sounded great together. Drummer Bruce Gary would fit in nicely to Jack's expectations of drummers. Jack turned 32 the night the band played in Hamburg. Shapiro cites this Interview as being very telling of what would soon transpire. Jack so dominant as seen here. Both using heroin, both losing a great band opportunity for so many reasons.

@allanrussack2844

2 жыл бұрын

I saw them ( Jack Bruce Band) in Stockholm, Sweden. I feel privileged to have been there. I was completely drained by the end of the night, their music was so complicated! They did Sunshine of your Love at the end. It was the simplest song all night! Jack’s voice was so pure, it could cut butter with it! Another great musician gone to the great jam in the sky! Or somewhere better!

@WilmerCook

8 ай бұрын

I didn't no that

Really calming and relaxing interview. This was like listening to a Bob Ross episode.

@bh8365

3 жыл бұрын

@Fighter91. Yes. you nailed it.

@xwhite2020

Жыл бұрын

yes not a great recipe for rock n roll. The should have opened a library.

I wish Mick had stayed, because though Woody really helped the band to remain whole, as a group; Mick T really made them shine, and because he’s such a Bluesman, he brought such great things in, as their interests overlapped greatly…there was so much more there…

@389383

Жыл бұрын

Considering all the other musicians that are on the stage with Jagger/Richards no reason they couldn't have 3 guitarists up there. Keith and Ron on rhythm and Taylor on lead.

@dwaynemcallister7231

3 ай бұрын

@@389383 It happened once before..I don't recall the date but they all shared the stage not so long ago.

@389383

3 ай бұрын

@@dwaynemcallister7231Yes but that was a one-off like they did with Bill Wyman. I don't think Taylor has the stamina or desire for a tour.

@dwaynemcallister7231

3 ай бұрын

@@389383 Yes it was done for old times sake, Mick was never going to stay in the stone's forever he said this, I'm surprised he stayed as long as he did. Didn't he leave his next partner Jack Bruce in the lurch abandoning him in the middle of doing a album, I recall a Mick Tayler interview from long ago where he said leaving the Stones was partly just about heroin. I love all these guy's, but all had faults.

I read that Jagger and MT worked together on Moonlight Mile and maybe some others, and when the album came out , Jagger gave him no credit for it and feels that he is owed millions. That was the last straw.

@brianfalarski6074

4 жыл бұрын

Taylor was totally screwed on that

@megadave1197

3 жыл бұрын

Yea plus Winter

@jamesbowen8960

2 жыл бұрын

Winter, Sway, Moonlight Mile, Time Waits for No One to name a few.

I had to put my head set on to hear it

As most of us know this project never got off the ground, but amidst the microcosmic mid 1970's this film shows you just how much we relied on OGWT back then and its seemingly infinitive obligation to inform us of what new band was coming next, whether or not it already had a drummer in place ;) Great times.....

Huge fan of Jack Bruce....have the volume all the way up but barely can hear Bob Ross

RIP jack

i love jack and jaco,!! cheers

Golden age music - loved these guys

The Stones were never as good after MT left. Ronnie just doesn't compare in my opinion.

@MrAschiff

4 жыл бұрын

@Les Moore Tatoo You was a good album and Start Me Up was an excellent tune. It was very popular when it came out.

@MrAschiff

4 жыл бұрын

@Les Moore They still make millions of dollars on their tours.

@flinchey6962

4 жыл бұрын

They all brought something unique Brian, mick Ronnie if we’re talking about guitar playing mick takes that but Brian was the best musician yet he couldn’t write like mick and Keith

@fm6419

3 жыл бұрын

Just different

@carloseugeniocarlos4287

3 жыл бұрын

@68’ Rumble Bee and keith?

@peacefrog1916 It's a tough life in that bubble and he was very sensitive that was his downfall. Mick and Keith were already rod tough when he joined and he couldn't keep up and be tough like them that doesn't mean he wasn't brilliant,he was,but he wasn't tough. Neither was Brian and HE DIED! All that talent ,fame ,money and still not happy? Damn shame. Loved his guitar playing with the Stones.

Mick Taylor never really went anywhere after the Stones. A good guitar player still needs good songs.

@MontyCantsin5

4 жыл бұрын

Taylor has done the odd great thing here and there since having left the Stones but yes, his solo material hasn't exactly been prolific or particularly adventurous. I think he does struggle to write good songs hence why he's relied on blues standards in a live setting. In one sense, it's a bit sad to see for someone who is so naturally gifted, on the other I'm somewhat glad he went down the route he did because he's stayed close to his blues roots and that's really what Taylor does best.

Agreed,,super kool.!!

If you listen to Mick Taylors' 'Leather Jackets' - someone asked me why he left the Stones and I gave them 'Leather Jackets' to listen to and said, "That's why."

@brianmiller3974

2 жыл бұрын

If Jagger sang it . Would have been a great Stones song

Taylor joined a band of brick and left it one of marble.

@waynecameron3343

4 жыл бұрын

The stones best stuff was with taylor..i wish he became rich

@kevgh3869

4 жыл бұрын

nonsense.

stones were best with mick taylor

Mick Taylor, had not put down his guitar or a fork since he left the Stones. Seriously, MT had an impossible task of becoming part of the Jagger Richards team. They were never going to let him in, so he really was never part of the band or appreciated for his contributions, which was immense.

@mjp96

7 ай бұрын

Yep. Can't crack that Glimmer Twins cr*p. Ron Wood could never hold an axe to Mick T.

@theplourde well they have in a way... they included him when they were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 89. But Mick should have gotten more recognition WHILE he was in the band and for that I agree 100%. That said, I love Jagger and Richards but the Stones weren't the same without Mick.

@paulespinosa5195

2 жыл бұрын

hi the Stones weren't the same with him, imho m.taylor was the star, his effort to R.Stones history >(* _ * )

@paulespinosa5195

2 жыл бұрын

can be summed up to evolutionary for their all growth thx G.lov

WOW! Two of the BEST of Rock..... I almost fell asleep....zzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ

OK Mick lets go...you had a year off, when's the tour start?!!!!!

jack was my idol, and Mick's era with the Stones was their best one. They have been worth nothing since he left.

@Viajealduende

5 жыл бұрын

That's a boring cliché comment that only some Stones fans share, not worth repeating. Mick Taylo had his time with the Stones and left. Ron Wood is another thing and the Stones have come up with great stuff and done great tours. No, it's not the same as the the early 70's but no one else was either. The Rolling Stones GATHER NO MOSS.

Why didn’t this band turn into, what should have been, the Supergroup of the ‘70’s? In a word: Heroin. Smack ruins everyone and everything. Jack talks about Mick like he’s not even in the room.

I Love the guitar playing work & style Mick`s very well, and over all. Solo and in the Band of John Mayall. But in the Stones I love more the time, with Brian Jones. This was really the best time oft the Stones ever. Sorry, but it`s the truth.

@DiavrX89 I have talked to him. I used to hang with him when he lived in New York. He told me a lot. There are a lot of reasons as to why he quit the Stones.

Happy Birth day Jack, my isparation when I play bass.

great interview

Yeah, that really was a brilliant career move

Exactly why the punk/new wave revolution a few years later had to happen.

and btw....I would NEVER say it is Keith's masterpiece; I was just making a point about how difficult it is with this song to say who "owns" it - Keith (as was often the case) did bring the original inspiration to the table. Without that, the song never would have graced out lives; but without Mick J's lyrics and perhaps whatever intricate melodic magic Taylor brought to the table, it would also not have come into being...

Mick Taylor rarely looked happy didn't he?

I met Mick Taylor at a weird record convention at the LA forum in 1992 or 93. Heidi Fleiss was there, signing autographs while wearing a bathrobe. Shook Taylor's hand for a second and he took off faster than when he left the Stones. For real.

@mjp96

7 ай бұрын

Can't follow

@CarlC9898

5 ай бұрын

lol why did he take off so fast

Hi Susan, No, the melody line (the intro riff that follows the melody) is all Mick's. "The japanese thing" is the riff toward the ending that Taylor plays (not very different from what Keith plays on UMT, I'm Free and other songs), actually. I think Taylor spiced it up with the beautiful slide guitar and the almost oriental-like leads. He made the great song brilliant. Then again, that is easier when you have a great song to begin with (hence song writing credits)

omg mick taylor can talk

@sundoesshine8800

2 жыл бұрын

Right?!

@mjp96

7 ай бұрын

well, he was being polite, after a barrage of questions!!

Dandelion you probably know it's pretty much official that life was breathed into "Moonlight Mile" by Mick Taylor and Mick Jagger working it out together in an overnight session--its genesis being a short guitar piece Keith had been toying around with, which he'd been calling "Japanese Thing."

Just imagine opting out of the Rolling Stones when they had just made three of the most iconic albums in rock-music history.

He's only 26.

Great heavyweight musicians such has these two will never exist again

I miss those days - in fact, I miss that entire generation with the clashing clothes, patchouli and not very potent spliffs.

I think Mick Taylor speaks from the heart here in the interview. Unlike so many other times he was asked the same question, he said that he got an offer AND he was also thinking on leaving (maybe also because of Money not being paid) . Not any mention to debauchery. A pity that this mega band did not make it and had its own demons too.

My god what a quiet interview.

Jack Bruce wearing a rattlesnake print vest??? Crotalus is a decidedly Un-British species.

one of the best bassist players ever!

@Nghaka123

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂he s not a bass player😂😂

@PurpleAndZeppelin

Жыл бұрын

@@Nghaka123 exact. sorry. He was also a good singer. Sorry by oblivion.

@mattsweeny3957

8 ай бұрын

Thee Best ever! No contest.

@mjp96

7 ай бұрын

@@Nghaka123 Jack Bruce sure was

There's no doubt the Stones' best stuff was made during Taylor's years but who knows what may have happened if he hadn't joined. Richards was at his peak in the late 60s/early 70s and though Taylor was a fantastic player, I think Keith's writing and playing would still have made those the best years with a different lead player. But damn Taylor was incredible...especially live.

@robin14669 well no matter were it was taylor always played great. he is a big influence to my guitar playing.

Thanks for posting, blimey Mick's a posho inne?!

MT's musical brilliance aside, jezuz, he was drop dead good looking.

Jack mentioned recording up in Jamaica, this was 75 just as bob Marley was making his name. I wonder which studio

Ron wood is just luke warm as a guitar player almost like hes not there Taylor was white hot!!!

@richtranchida7927

2 жыл бұрын

Well put !

@mjp96

7 ай бұрын

Very well said!

Wow - music history from the horses mouth, so to speak.

Jack was king and Mick was the savior of the stones

Mick in the crossfire documentary said he had to leave the Stones cos he had developed a drug problem

Jack always had a youthful face back then, he looks about 23 years old here

hi Dande--curious how you know "Japanese Thing" isn't the opening riff? Also, riff at end: do you mean part played w/piano echoing the same thing? sounds like a Mick Taylor creation to me - not sure which part you mean b/c not hearing similarity to UMT/Free, 'specially b/c they weren't in open-g and this is, isn't it? I'd really need to spend much more time listening to and parsing out the whole song, as well as reading what they claim about its writing to believe I know for sure, cuz I don't :)

Why is everyone so quiet? The Interviewer is practically whispering. Is there a sleeping baby in the room?

@radiorob7543

3 жыл бұрын

@Bobby Sternlicht OK Thanks. I didn't know. I'm American and wasn't exposed to much of the BBC, especially for me almost 50 years ago, a baby. My first interests were The Young Ones and Top of the Pops. I like this kind of stuff now. Not that I don't like the others, but this is a good one. Thanks Bobby

@debomb721

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the style of this show, I personally like it, just a nice calm conversation

Mick told Roy Buchanan that the Stones got him hooked on the yam yam.

Love Mick Taylor. All evidence refers to his escape from the Stones lifestyle. He was hooked on Heroin & a family man. He could not cope with this Crap anymore.

I find it odd that JB doesn't recognize MT's work with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. He's worked with JM as well. MT didn't start with the Stones. What's up with that?

It would be interesting to know if Christopher Guest had used Taylors speech pattern for inspiration for his Nigel character in Spinal Tap or maybe its just coincidence.....pretty uncanny

@thomasminarchickjr.7355

3 жыл бұрын

Jeff Beck. That’s who he’s modeled after

I always liked Mick Taylor in Porridge and Rising Damp

So the truth comes out!

TRES Cool

Benny Hill once spoofed this interviewer. On the whole, I prefer the Benny Hill spoof.

@kateoloughlin8774

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see that video. It must be hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Benny Hill was a wonderful talented actor RIP. Kate

M.T. is special.

@kateoloughlin8774

4 жыл бұрын

Rita Ray Mick Taylor is very special. Hand touched by God Almighty with the gift of music, eloquence and beauty. Picasso would beg to paint. Love you Michael Kevin Taylor. Kate. 👱‍♀️🌷

Very wise! I see :)

Great interview. However, Bob Harris always gives me the creeps.

What a tragedy that Mick did not "fulfill that potential". Perhaps he should have stayed with the Stones.

Taylor was great for the stones. Best years

I thought the same until I saw an interveiw with Jeff Beck