Showing posts with label Rolling Stones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rolling Stones. Show all posts

Aug 13, 2015

THE ROLLING STONES From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (Shock)

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THE ROLLING STONES
From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (Shock)

★★★★
While the Beatles (with some class mostly) and Elvis Presley (rarely with any class) have been repackaged/reissued for decades now, it took the Rolling Stones an age to make good use of (or exploit fully, if you prefer) their legacy. Latterly they've been making up for lost time and this short set is one of the better examples, in part for what it's not: neither big nor spectacular. Sticky Fingers was about to be released, Mick Taylor was giving them sheer playing quality and this show in the tiny Marquee club offers little more than an excellent bar band-with-brass playing with pleasure, albeit with some glitter on M. Jagger. There are rarities - several versions of I Got the Blues – and a Top of the Pops throwaway but with cameras up close, a healthy looking Keith Richards, a pretty Taylor and the deadpan-as-hell rhythm section, you're going to get enough out ofMidnight RamblerBitch and a somewhat wonky Dead Flowers to keep you happy. BERNARD ZUEL


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copied from a larger article in the Sydney Morning Herald and her is a link to the page:

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/shortlist-album-reviews-high-tension-jed-rowe-alister-spence-warren-haynes-rolling-stones-20150810-gis8un.html

Mick Taylor Shares With Fans: My Neck of The Woods........

Mick Taylor:  My neck of the woods..........



copied from the facebook page of Mick Taylor..........

thanks, Mick, for telling us about your neighborhood and sharing this beautiful picture with your fans.........


Hatfield, UK



here is a link to the page:

https://www.facebook.com/MickTaylorFanSite




Two Beautiful Micks Sway LA:


http://theronnierepublic.blogspot.com/2013/05/sway-la-two-beautiful-micks.html

The Rolling Stones Fire Donald Trump

That time Donald Trump was fired by Canadian concert promoter Michael Cohl and the Rolling Stones


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Michael Cohl is one of the few people in the world to tell Donald Trump, 'You're fired!'
Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesMichael Cohl is one of the few people in the world to tell Donald Trump, 'You're fired!'
Republican Party frontrunner Donald Trump has always been a self-promoting blowhard. But being an extremely rich one with loose morals has sheltered him from such mundane life benchmarks as being laid off for ineptitude.
Which is why, when a story like the one below surfaces it’s worth highlighting, if only for the mammoth dose of schadenfreude.
Last February, Canadian concert promoter Michael Cohl was giving a keynote speech about his illustrious career inventing the blockbuster tour for the likes of Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones when he recalled a rather unpleasant run in with The Donald. While recounting the Stones’ vertiginous 1989 Steel Wheels tour, which grossed an unheard of $100 million, Cohl paused. “By the way, do you want to hear about the night I fired Donald Trump?”
At which point Keith pulls out his knife and slams it on the table’
The 67 year-old went on to explain he and the real estate mogul first crossed paths toward the end of the Wheels tour. Cohl was planning a pay-per-view event based on the Vegas boxing model, which would net the Stones and himself a tidy sum.  The only problem was that Vegas had yet to pick up on the power of Rock, so the promoter found himself turning to Atlantic City and that meant Trump.
“I opened my big mouth in the meeting with the Rolling Stones where they go, ‘This is all great, but we’re not going to be affiliated with Donald Trump. At all. Screw you.’ And I go, ‘I will control Donald Trump! Don’t you worry!'”
To satisfy all parties a deal was struck that Trump would not be on hand for the sold out shows, nor would he promote himself associated in any way with the Stones. But Trump being Trump, things didn’t go according to plan.
Below is a truncated transcript of Cohl’s recollection, courtesy of Pollstar:
It’s the night of the show.
At about 5:50 p.m. I get word that I have to come to the press room in the next building. I run to the press room in the next building and what do you think is happening? There’s Donald Trump giving a press conference, in our room!
Joe Corrigan/Getty Images
Joe Corrigan/Getty ImagesMichael Cohl
I give him the [come here gesture]. “Come on, Donald, what are you doing? A) You promised us you wouldn’t even be here and, B) you promised you would never do this.” He says, “But they begged me to go up, Michael! They begged me to go up!” I say, “Stop it. Stop it. This could be crazy. Do what you said you would. Don’t make a liar of yourself.”
I go back to the dressing room. Five minutes later, he’s back up. They call me back over there. I call him out (again). Same thing happens. I go back to the dressing room. And I leave my walkie-talkie on in the dressing room. Moronic, on my part.
They call me back, at which point Keith pulls out his knife and slams it on the table and says, “What the hell do I have you for? Do I have to go over there and fire him myself? One of us is leaving the building – either him, or us.” I said, “No. I’ll go do it. Don’t you worry.”
I look at Donald and said, “You and Marla (Maples) have to go. You’re fired.” He looks at me and goes berserk.
I run over. He’s up there again! I go [gives the come here gesture]. We go into the hallway. I said, “Donald. You lied. You broke your promise. One of two things is going to happen. You’re going to leave the building and, at 6:40, the Rolling Stones are going to speak on CBS News, or you’re not going to leave the building and I’m going to go on and do an interview to explain to the world why the pay-per-view was canceled. I know it’s your building and…” – and in my head I’m going, this is so crazy, right? I’m trying to throw Donald Trump out of his own building.
But, anyway, the bottom line is I look at Donald and said, “You and Marla (Maples) have to go. You’re fired.” He looks at me and goes berserk.
I notice the three shtarkers he’s with, in trench coats, two of them are putting on gloves and the other one is putting on brass knuckles. I go on the walkie-talkie and I call for Jim Callahan, who was head of our security, and I go, “Jim, I think I’m in a bit of trouble.” And he says, “Just turn around.”
I turn around. He’s got 40 of the crew with tire irons and hockey sticks and screwdrivers.
“And now, are you gonna go, Donald?”
And off he went.
And that was the night I fired Donald Trump.


copied from nationalpost.com


May 6, 2014

Roger Waters Begs Mick Jagger for the Sake of Palestine


Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and Nick Mason: Why Rolling Stones shouldn’t play in Israel

Band's founding members come together to argue in favor of the BDS movement -- and urge the Stones to reconsider


Roger Waters at Earls Court, London. Pink Floy...
Roger Waters at Earls Court, London. Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason joined the group, alongside drummer Graham Broad for Dark Side during the Saturday show. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Mick Jagger with The Rolling Stones 1...
English: Mick Jagger with The Rolling Stones 1972 tour at Winterland in San Francisco, in June (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
TOPICS: ROLLING STONESPINK FLOYDISRAELPALESTINEBOYCOTTBDS,
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Nick Mason: Why Rolling Stones shouldn't play in IsraelRoger Waters (Credit: AP/Vadim Ghirda)
With the recent news that the Rolling Stones will be playing their first-ever concert in Israel, and at what is a critical time in the global struggle for Palestinian freedom and equal rights, we, the two surviving founders of Pink Floyd, have united in support of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS), a growing, nonviolent global human rights movement initiated by Palestinian civil society in 2005 to end Israel’s occupation, racial discrimination and denial of basic Palestinian rights.
The BDS movement is modeled on the successful nonviolent movements that helped end Jim Crow in the American South and apartheid in South Africa. Indeed, key figures who led the South African freedom struggle, like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mandela’s close associate, Ahmed Kathrada, have come out in support of BDS for Palestinian rights. BDS offers us all a way to nonviolently pressure the Israeli government to fully realize that its injustices against the Palestinian people are legally and morally unacceptable and unsustainable.
The movement does not advocate a particular political framework — one state or two — and neither do we.  Rather, we call for a resolution that upholds freedom, justice and equal rights for all, irrespective of identity, and does not cause additional suffering for either people. 
So, to the bands that intend to play Israel in 2014, we urge you to reconsider. Playing Israel now is the moral equivalent of playing Sun City at the height of South African apartheid; regardless of your intentions, crossing the picket line provides propaganda that the Israeli government will use in its attempts to whitewash the policies of its unjust and racist regime. 


We are nearing the tipping point in global awareness that the denial of Palestinian rights has had a devastating impact on generations of people, and that they need our support now more than ever.  Consequently, we encourage you, fellow artists, to ask yourselves what you would do if forced to live under military rule and discriminatory laws for decades. If the answer is that you would resist until justice prevailed, we ask that you champion BDS as a nonviolent, collective means of securing a better future for all. If you wouldn’t play Sun City, back in the day, as you, the Rolling Stones did not, then don’t play Tel Aviv until such time as freedom reigns for all and equal rights is the law of the land.  
“Together We Stand”

Nov 20, 2013

Mick Taylor@Rolling Stones@Australia 2014

The Rolling Stones announce 2014 Australia date; ex-member Mick Taylor to be special guest

Associated Press - FILE - In this June 29, 2013 file photo Mick Jagger, center, Ronnie Wood, left, and Mick Taylor, of British rock band The Rolling Stones, perform on the Pyramid main stage at Glastonbury, England. The Rolling Stones on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 announced they’ll be playing a gig March 22, 2014 at the Adelaide Oval in Australia. The band hasn’t played the country since 2006. A news release says former member Taylor will be a special guest for the concert. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
The Rolling Stones are headed to Australia, and they’re taking Mick Taylor along.
The enduring rock ‘n’ roll favorites announced Tuesday they’ll be playing a gig March 22 at the Adelaide Oval. They haven’t played in Australia since 2006. A news release says ex-member Taylor will be a special guest for the concert.
Touring storm damage at Summit Village Trailer Park near Marion, Ind., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann, right, asks Courtland Vandiver about the injuries he sustained when his trailer overturned by storm winds Sunday.  Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees.(AP Photo/The Chronicle-Tribune, Jeff Morehead)

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The date is the latest on the 50 and Counting tour, a celebration of the five decades Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts have been together. Ronnie Wood joined in the ‘70s. The tour began last November.
The Stones will be the first entertainment event at the Oval, a sports field that’s undergone a refurbishment. It’s been nearly two decades since the band visited Adelaide, leading Richards to say, “It’s been awhile, right?” in a promo video.
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Online:
http://rollingstones.com
copied from the Washington Post......