If that's the level you want to achieve, you're probably nearly there. No it's not good playing but then he never said he was. There is nothing advanced in what he does. It's loosely framed, virtually no tone and not worthy of a repost.
There's a kind of harp playing which is not beginner, not advanced, and the sort of playing singers manage when they want to have an instrument in their hands.
I guess - he's audible though.
Nice acoustic guitar though.
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He starts out sounding kind of nice. But then he just gets awkward. It's not so much what he plays as when he plays it. He kind of gets turned around so that his notes fall on the wrong parts of the beat and get sort of choked off. =========== Winslow
I kinda enjoyed it...it was nice and simple stuff. He may have run out of things to say. He should have passed it to Ron sooner. I couldn't put my finger on it....yeah, he did the "choked off" thing, too. That's Mick Jagger! He's come up with a couple legendary riffs himself. Maybe he just smoked a bowl of Soho Gold. He's been in the presence of some legendary cats. I thought I heard a faint Walter Horton(?)influence. Overall phrasing and skill. I got it. ---------- ----------
Ron Wood's guitar backing is strong, rhythmic and persuasive that I kept thinking what Sugar Blue would have done if held the harp and not Jagger. That means I was trying not to hear Jagger, who is a marginal talent on the instrument. He can, of course, offer chilling, effective touches here and there, such the open shiver at the beginning of Midnight Rambler (and the effectively repetitive, battle weary back and forth in the middle section) and the simple motif in Gimmee Shelter. These are inspired touches, though, and what is clear is that Jagger is not a soloist. He's Mick Jagger. ---------- Ted Burke __________________ ted-burke.com tburke4@san.rr.com
Last Edited by ted burke on Mar 15, 2015 6:14 AM
Ron Wood's guitar backing is strong, rhythmic and persuasive that I kept thinking what Sugar Blue would have done if held the harp and not Jagger. That means I was trying not to hear Jagger, who is a marginal talent on the instrument. He can, of course, offer brilliant applied touches here and there, a chilling layer to the Stones' trademark layer of simple parts into a rich, funky whole: the open shiver at the beginning of Midnight Rambler (and the effectively repetitive, battle weary back and forth in the middle section) and the simple motif in Gimmee Shelter. These are inspired touches, though, and what is clear is that Jagger is not a soloist. He's Mick Jagger. ---------- Ted Burke __________________ ted-burke.com tburke4@san.rr.com
I love the early Stones- pretty much learned to play guitar from their records.
Mick is good for a few quick licks --this is too much air time for him and he wastes the strong rhythm support he is getting. Charlies bass drum looks like it is right up his wazoo and he still loses the beat
Maybe he is a little too self absorbed to listen to the band here
I know if that was me playing exactly what Mick played here-- I would be upset with my performance
This is the same thread as all the Dylan threads. No, the harmonica is atrocious, but it "fits" the song and it's the same rehashed crap over and over. It's mildly mediocre. But, he has made plenty of money and the general public enjoys it.
I wouldn't expect good harp from him, so my expectations held true.
It is possible he just couldn't follow the changes (for whatever reason), or that he expected that the band would follow him regardless of losing the groove.
I just listened to two list members posts where they put up solo vocal and harp songs that blows this away by far!
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