Kenny is a killer guitarist. Last time I heard him play I noticed he was playing direct into a Fender amp...no pedals, no stomp boxes, no fancy gear but-he sounded incredible!
More Cousin Kenny! He has all the best stories. It's crazy all the details he remembers from concerts he saw as a young person. Kenny is the real deal. I could listen to him all day long. Thanks, Otis, for ALL the great interviews you do. It makes my day! ✌❤
With Mick at the helm…I sure hope Stew got his cut. Roadie and pivotal cornerstone of the Stones and he’s the help. The only guy who really new what he was doing in the formation as he was accomplished on the piano. He must of been so particular of what he wanted out of this collection of misfits. Pure genius after sweat and tears, anger and frustration. This man Kenny is “The Man”. I’m closer in age than I realize have gotten to talk to a lot of folks who were there in these times and it’s all a haze with none of the details. You see snippets of this early period of reinvention but it’s not in context of the total show and awareness of what was being used and how it was set up in the ma and pa style venues. Kenny is a goldmine. Again Otis, I must 🙏
Kenny needs a book. Kenny vibes are the best! On first Ampeg outing the Stones did, they ALL played through SVTs. Ampeg ended up sending out one of their guys to make sure they all kept working, so yeah Kenny, WHOAH!!!!!!
Good to hear from Kenny. Good stuff. The Stones played the cavernous Denver Coliseum, the Exile on Mainsreet tour, to a sold out show in 1972. Amazing show in a terrible venue, it was still the Stones playing arguably their best album (digging it from about the tenth row). Thank you both, appreciate it.
I have a V4, haven't used it in 15 years because I'm a Bluegrass guy now A buddy borrowed it last week and complained that it was too loud while still being clean. THAT is 70s cool!
Thank you Otis and Kenny! I'm glad to hear Kenny mention the impact of Bill Wyman's bass playing. He is so underrated because he didn't do anything "fancy". What Kenny touched on is something that is hard for me to articulate, but in so many case of the music greats in pop, rock, country, folk and even classical, the limitations made the music immortal. What if Bob Dylan had been a great singer with a large vocal range? We would never have heard of him. What if the Beatles and Rolling Stones were all classical trained? Same. Those guys wrote what they could perform, and that is something I'm thankful for every day. Rick Beaty just did a video of the 10 most popular songs on the charts now, and it made me so sad to think that kids today don't have the great music I had growing up in the 60s-on. I can't even listen to the stuff that's on the charts now.
You have the best interviews Otis. I got to meet Kenny in the studio in Nashville one time. We talked about old amps and different pieces of gear. He was one of the nicest guys I ever met. I love this interview.
I'm glad to have discovered this channel. Thank you. Re. Kenny's observation about BB King playing jazz. Saw BB in Pittsburgh (with Bobby Bland) back in the day and he drops this double time bop line on a blues ballad and I was like...What?!
Mick Jagger was actually really embarrassed about that Colorado gig. He even told Sam Cutler after the gig, don't announce us as The Greatest Rock and Roll Band In The World because we sucked. They went back to LA and rehearsed solid for a couple weeks and after that Mick had no complaints and Sam kept announcing them the same way despite what Mick said. Nevertheless, I'm sure I would have enjoyed the show if I was there.
Thanks so much Otis for having Kenny on your show I can listen to him talk all day long and usually I do listening to all his stories... because of my exposure to Kenny through your channel I have discovered the fabulous superlatives and devastated to find out they just played in my area several days prior man that would have been great thanks so much for spreading the love bro
Jumpin Jack Flash. My uncle had the single and I remember seeing the sleeve when I was 7 or 8, around 73 or 74. The picture sleeve was cool as, and when I heard it , my brain didn't really know what to do with that.
Good question re Charlie Watts being heard. My immediate thought was that he was such an intelligent person, and so socially aware, and so talented that he probably just automatically modified as necessary and possible.
Really cool insight into what seems like another world.. funny he mentions Fontaines D.C. as his favorite band. I saw them in L.A. last year, knew nothing about them and they were great. Their lead singer slammed his mic stand through the stage multiple times haha crazy punk rock shit 🤘🏼
Good interview, seeing bands on stage in the early to mid 60's was a real letdown in So Cal most of the time thanks to the lack of adequate sound reinforcement systems. I saw the Yardbirds play at the Santa Monica Civic with Page taking over guitar duties while absent Jeff a no show due to some throat/health/Mary Hughes issues and they only had two mics running into the house pa system which was woefully inadequate so the entire show had Relf's vocal mia along with his harmonica playing. And sadly the next year they played the Civic again and ended up using the same inadequate house pa system. Spectacular fail with most of the Civic shows suffering under that house pa until a few years later when I saw the Allman Brothers with Duane present perform there and thankfully the sound reinforcement system was up to the job. A few clubs in Hollywood like the Hullabaloo did have decent sound but they were the exception.
They could make the simple sound systems sound great in those days… our big venue in Sacramento was the memorial auditorium.. they used 4 shure column speakers on each side of the stage…sounded incredible.. probably took 30 minutes to hook..😅
It was a long time ago so Kenny can be forgiven for overlooking Terry Reid, who opened the 1969 Rolling Stones show in Fort Collins. B.B. King was the middle act. It was was a great concert all around. I snuck my little cassette recorder in and since my seat was pretty far back, I got a recording that was not all that bad, considering. I remember that I was hoping to read about Fort Collins in Rolling Stone but they pretty much ignored it and covered the next night in Los Angeles, as that was the official opening night of the tour.
Great seeing this clip, thanks!!! Saw Stones, 5/1/65 in Philly, at the Covention Center, and yes the sound system was those mounted horns in the rafters for General Puprose events. Saw two shows by them in 65. But it wasn't until I saw the Beatles 8/16/66 show, also in Philly, that an actual sound system was used. It was owned by the Remains, but it was still ineffectual at an outdoor sporting center. Even though it was made by the guy, Bill Hanley, who created Woodstock's mamouth system. Most shows prior were as Kenny described,
Kenny knows his shit...and he can play as anything..The Fabulous Superlatives are a must see for any music lover, especially rockabilly thru Byrd's ETA.....
I remember getting the 45 for Tumbling Dice when we were in Indiana, PA visiting my maternal grandmother's family. My great-uncle Jess was visiting from Phoenix that year and we had to be on our best behavior and listen to the record back in a bed room because "he was a school teacher".
Its hard to believe that in the early days a bands gear could be packed into the back of a van. Check out the NME pole winners concerts from 1964 and 65 in the Empire pool wembley. The lead guitar and rhythm guitar were plugged into a Vox AC 30. Bands were literally setting up in minutes plugging in and playing. Ive often though there must have been dozens of AC 30s backstage !
I saw the Stones in '65 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium for $3.50. No PA, two mikes - just like Kenny says. This was the gig - widely reported as taking place in Sacramento - where Keith got thrown on his ass when he grabbed a shorted mike stand. I saw the arc - he went down - and got back up without missing ONE strum. Paul Revere and the Raiders opened - and the girls were screaming and pulling their hair out for THEM. Go figure...
That's right, Kenny. Stanley Booth, of Memphis back then (he later moved to Savannah GA) Stanley wrote what has been considered, as far as I know, always, through the years, the best Stones book. And Keith and Mick felt the same way about the book. And he's written some other great books including one about Keith, called "Keith - Standing in The Shadows", and one, Rythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South. His books are essential to the history of music. And...Jim Dickinson (RIP) played piano on Wild Horses at the sessions at Muscle Shoals. Pretty sure there's a video on RUclips or somewhere of part of the session, or rather Jim, Keith et all listening to a take of the song during the session. Pretty sure the reason Jim played piano on the cut cuz Stew (RIP) didn't play minor chords.
Stanley Booth wrote The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones about the 1969 Rolling Stones tour. He also wrote a Keith Richards biography called Dancing with the Devil. Those are the best Rolling Stones books bar none.
@@shawnriffhard The Keefer book is awesome. Stanley Booth sent my buddy a mixed tape in the 80s called Country Negro Blues...we wore it out. It was based off two old blues LPs...Beale Street Mess Around and Country Negro Jam Session..field recordings by (Will or John Mitchell MItchell) Stanley was good buddies with Furry Lewis. His book Ryhtm OIl is also great if still in print. The story re: attending Mississsippi John Hurt's funeral with Furry is some of the best writing on the blues available
When you listen to a Stones song being recorded or listen to the 'deconstructed' ones, they're often terrible. And yet, with the overdubs and mixing, they render gold, and then later learn to play it live. Charlie said in a later interview that he could never understand this process😅
If Cousin Kenny's talking, I'm listening. It's puzzled me for years how bands could play big concerts with such minimal equipment. P.A.'s were usually just for vocals, drums weren't miced, still somehow apparently they sounded great.
He certainly doesn't look like he's old enough to have seen the Stones in 1965. Was he 5? You might want to ask him about discovering the fountain of youth!
The Stones are greater than the sum of their parts. Everyone talks about how Keith is a hack and he can’t play like *player x* well guess what? Player x can’t fuckin play Start Me Up either.
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Man, you could do nothing but Kenny Vaughn and Chris Scruggs interviews for days and would eat it all up…
Kenny is a killer guitarist. Last time I heard him play I noticed he was playing direct into a Fender amp...no pedals, no stomp boxes, no fancy gear but-he sounded incredible!
I don't know how many concerts Kenny saw back in the day but if there's enough for a book he needs to write it !!
I know from another interview that he saw Hendrix three times, he saw everyone
@@riceflatpicking4954 Yep,, Kenny needs to write that book !!!
I love Ronnie Wood, but the Mick Taylor era was something special.
More Cousin Kenny! He has all the best stories. It's crazy all the details he remembers from concerts he saw as a young person. Kenny is the real deal. I could listen to him all day long. Thanks, Otis, for ALL the great interviews you do. It makes my day! ✌❤
With Mick at the helm…I sure hope Stew got his cut. Roadie and pivotal cornerstone of the Stones and he’s the help. The only guy who really new what he was doing in the formation as he was accomplished on the piano. He must of been so particular of what he wanted out of this collection of misfits. Pure genius after sweat and tears, anger and frustration. This man Kenny is “The Man”. I’m closer in age than I realize have gotten to talk to a lot of folks who were there in these times and it’s all a haze with none of the details. You see snippets of this early period of reinvention but it’s not in context of the total show and awareness of what was being used and how it was set up in the ma and pa style venues. Kenny is a goldmine. Again Otis, I must 🙏
Kenny needs a book. Kenny vibes are the best!
On first Ampeg outing the Stones did, they ALL played through SVTs. Ampeg ended up sending out one of their guys to make sure they all kept working, so yeah Kenny, WHOAH!!!!!!
Stanley Booth book is now published under the title, The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones.
Kenny is breaking the world record again. Genius interview, so big thanks Otis for posting this brilliant interview.
Good to hear from Kenny. Good stuff. The Stones played the cavernous Denver Coliseum, the Exile on Mainsreet tour, to a sold out show in 1972. Amazing show in a terrible venue, it was still the Stones playing arguably their best album (digging it from about the tenth row). Thank you both, appreciate it.
"My favorite bands aren't great musicians". Another great quote, from Cousin Kenny. I'm the same way, concerning my favs.
I have a V4, haven't used it in 15 years because I'm a Bluegrass guy now A buddy borrowed it last week and complained that it was too loud while still being clean. THAT is 70s cool!
Thank you Otis and Kenny! I'm glad to hear Kenny mention the impact of Bill Wyman's bass playing. He is so underrated because he didn't do anything "fancy". What Kenny touched on is something that is hard for me to articulate, but in so many case of the music greats in pop, rock, country, folk and even classical, the limitations made the music immortal. What if Bob Dylan had been a great singer with a large vocal range? We would never have heard of him. What if the Beatles and Rolling Stones were all classical trained? Same. Those guys wrote what they could perform, and that is something I'm thankful for every day. Rick Beaty just did a video of the 10 most popular songs on the charts now, and it made me so sad to think that kids today don't have the great music I had growing up in the 60s-on. I can't even listen to the stuff that's on the charts now.
You have the best interviews Otis. I got to meet Kenny in the studio in Nashville one time. We talked about old amps and different pieces of gear. He was one of the nicest guys I ever met. I love this interview.
Kenny has an amazing memory of all these artists he saw! You can tell he's loving life.
I love hearing Kenny tell us stories!!
Kenny’s favorite band being Fontaines D.C. is somehow both very surprising and not surprising at all!
Two world class storytellers! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You and Kenny together are a match made in heaven.
The last quote is really the keeper - the best bands aren't really the best musicians. Makes a ton of sense. Thanks to both of you gents.
Kenny Vaughan has Great Stories! You Rock Otis! 🤘👽👽👽🎸
I'm glad to have discovered this channel. Thank you. Re. Kenny's observation about BB King playing jazz. Saw BB in Pittsburgh (with Bobby Bland) back in the day and he drops this double time bop line on a blues ballad and I was like...What?!
Mick Jagger was actually really embarrassed about that Colorado gig. He even told Sam Cutler after the gig, don't announce us as The Greatest Rock and Roll Band In The World because we sucked. They went back to LA and rehearsed solid for a couple weeks and after that Mick had no complaints and Sam kept announcing them the same way despite what Mick said. Nevertheless, I'm sure I would have enjoyed the show if I was there.
Another great interview! Jumpin Jack Flash. Tough to pick one.
Thanks so much Otis for having Kenny on your show I can listen to him talk all day long and usually I do listening to all his stories... because of my exposure to Kenny through your channel I have discovered the fabulous superlatives and devastated to find out they just played in my area several days prior man that would have been great thanks so much for spreading the love bro
Jumpin Jack Flash. My uncle had the single and I remember seeing the sleeve when I was 7 or 8, around 73 or 74. The picture sleeve was cool as, and when I heard it , my brain didn't really know what to do with that.
recorded in detroit about a hour south of me,,,building is still there,,,united sounds studio,,,fifteen minutes from motown studios
Good question re Charlie Watts being heard. My immediate thought was that he was such an intelligent person, and so socially aware, and so talented that he probably just automatically modified as necessary and possible.
The Brian Jones years are still my favorite,
Really cool insight into what seems like another world.. funny he mentions Fontaines D.C. as his favorite band. I saw them in L.A. last year, knew nothing about them and they were great. Their lead singer slammed his mic stand through the stage multiple times haha crazy punk rock shit 🤘🏼
Good interview, seeing bands on stage in the early to mid 60's was a real letdown in So Cal most of the time thanks to the lack of adequate sound reinforcement systems. I saw the Yardbirds play at the Santa Monica Civic with Page taking over guitar duties while absent Jeff a no show due to some throat/health/Mary Hughes issues and they only had two mics running into the house pa system which was woefully inadequate so the entire show had Relf's vocal mia along with his harmonica playing. And sadly the next year they played the Civic again and ended up using the same inadequate house pa system. Spectacular fail with most of the Civic shows suffering under that house pa until a few years later when I saw the Allman Brothers with Duane present perform there and thankfully the sound reinforcement system was up to the job. A few clubs in Hollywood like the Hullabaloo did have decent sound but they were the exception.
Love this guy, really good guitarist and he has great stories. Thanks to both of you.
Kenny feels like our friend too Otis! Thanks😊❤
Thank you again for the Kenny Vaughan interviews 👍
Kenny is the coolest. I like him.
I have to say Sticky Fingers. I love Exile On Main Street as well, but if I have to choose only one it has to be Sticky Fingers.
Love hearing the stories ........
They could make the simple sound systems sound great in those days… our big venue in Sacramento was the memorial auditorium.. they used 4 shure column speakers on each side of the stage…sounded incredible.. probably took 30 minutes to hook..😅
Kenny is a great storyteller.
It was a long time ago so Kenny can be forgiven for overlooking Terry Reid, who opened the 1969 Rolling Stones show in Fort Collins. B.B. King was the middle act. It was was a great concert all around. I snuck my little cassette recorder in and since my seat was pretty far back, I got a recording that was not all that bad, considering. I remember that I was hoping to read about Fort Collins in Rolling Stone but they pretty much ignored it and covered the next night in Los Angeles, as that was the official opening night of the tour.
Kenny the gifted raconteur!
Heard about a lady that recently scored a series of photos of the Stones ‘65 tour at the LA flea market 🤘🏼
(“recently” ….2012, uff! 🤦🏽♂️)
I could listen to Kenny for hours.
As mentioned before a colab book between Otis and Kenny would be awesome.
I saw the Stones in Albany, N.Y. Palace Theatre 4/29/65 , probably the same tour..tickets were $2.50.
The awesome Kenny Vaughan. Always enjoy his stories, keep them coming, Otis!
And his playing!!
Kenny's Stories are SO Awesome !! I would Love to hear Him talk about tommy Bolin and Zephyr ....
He’s an encyclopedia
After watching all of Kenny’s interviews I find myself watching a lot of the Marty Stuart show just to watch Kenny play.
thank you
you’ve got the best friends to tell the best stories 🎉
Great seeing this clip, thanks!!! Saw Stones, 5/1/65 in Philly, at the Covention Center, and yes the sound system was those mounted horns in the rafters for General Puprose events. Saw two shows by them in 65. But it wasn't until I saw the Beatles 8/16/66 show, also in Philly, that an actual sound system was used. It was owned by the Remains, but it was still ineffectual at an outdoor sporting center. Even though it was made by the guy, Bill Hanley, who created Woodstock's mamouth system. Most shows prior were as Kenny described,
What a memory!
Stanley’s book Rhythm Oil is also essential reading
Does Kenny live in that hotel room? A house for Kenny!
Finally get to see Kenny with Marty this Sunday . Stanley Booth book is the best Stones book I ever read .
Kenny knows his shit...and he can play as anything..The Fabulous Superlatives are a must see for any music lover, especially rockabilly thru Byrd's ETA.....
Terrific.
LOVE YOU KENNY!!!
What's your favorite Stones song or album?
Monkey Man.
I remember getting the 45 for Tumbling Dice when we were in Indiana, PA visiting my maternal grandmother's family. My great-uncle Jess was visiting from Phoenix that year and we had to be on our best behavior and listen to the record back in a bed room because "he was a school teacher".
Let it Bleed
Shine a Light (right now)
@@travisthornton1792 Good choice, that's the most brilliant Gospel Song ever written, and perhaps also Stones greatest song.
A great storyteller
Thanks again. These are great.
Wow... Kenny know a lot. Cool.
Its hard to believe that in the early days a bands gear could be packed into the back of a van. Check out the NME pole winners concerts from 1964 and 65 in the Empire pool wembley. The lead guitar and rhythm guitar were plugged into a Vox AC 30. Bands were literally setting up in minutes plugging in and playing. Ive often though there must have been dozens of AC 30s backstage !
Favorite song Currently? Dead Flowers
cousin Kenny is the coolest..
I saw the Stones in '65 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium for $3.50. No PA, two mikes - just like Kenny says. This was the gig - widely reported as taking place in Sacramento - where Keith got thrown on his ass when he grabbed a shorted mike stand. I saw the arc - he went down - and got back up without missing ONE strum. Paul Revere and the Raiders opened - and the girls were screaming and pulling their hair out for THEM. Go figure...
Love the world’s greatest rock band!
Otis, you've interviewed Kenny and Chris...
Can we look forward to interviews with Handsome Harry or Marty?
My bro Todd says hi.... 🙂
Amazing to hear him say that about Fontaines D C. I agree that they're not great musicians, but I'm surprised that he's even heard of them.
That's right, Kenny. Stanley Booth, of Memphis back then (he later moved to Savannah GA) Stanley wrote what has been considered, as far as I know, always, through the years, the best Stones book. And Keith and Mick felt the same way about the book. And he's written some other great books including one about Keith, called "Keith - Standing in The Shadows", and one, Rythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South. His books are essential to the history of music.
And...Jim Dickinson (RIP) played piano on Wild Horses at the sessions at Muscle Shoals. Pretty sure there's a video on RUclips or somewhere of part of the session, or rather Jim, Keith et all listening to a take of the song during the session. Pretty sure the reason Jim played piano on the cut cuz Stew (RIP) didn't play minor chords.
Stanley Booth wrote The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones about the 1969 Rolling Stones tour. He also wrote a Keith Richards biography called Dancing with the Devil. Those are the best Rolling Stones books bar none.
Well, almost. Dance With the Devil and True Adventures are the same book with different titles. The Keef book is called Keith: Standing in the Shadows
Great anecdotes about Gram Parsons and the Stones in the book on the ‘69 tour.
@@shawnriffhard beat me to it. I interviewed Booth when the book was published.
@@jeffreyday2414 wow! I still need to go deep on Furry Lewis.
@@shawnriffhard The Keefer book is awesome. Stanley Booth sent my buddy a mixed tape in the 80s called Country Negro Blues...we wore it out. It was based off two old blues LPs...Beale Street Mess Around and Country Negro Jam Session..field recordings by (Will or John Mitchell MItchell) Stanley was good buddies with Furry Lewis. His book Ryhtm OIl is also great if still in print. The story re: attending Mississsippi John Hurt's funeral with Furry is some of the best writing on the blues available
When you listen to a Stones song being recorded or listen to the 'deconstructed' ones, they're often terrible. And yet, with the overdubs and mixing, they render gold, and then later learn to play it live. Charlie said in a later interview that he could never understand this process😅
Welp, I read this as Glyn Johns :)
@Tony Mowatt Sorry, I should always disclaim on a Stones site, 😆. But I think Mr. Johns would tell you much the same!
I'm guessing Barry Faye was the promoter of these early Stones shows in Denver...
What a memory, apparently. I endorse 2packs4sure in suggesting that a book is called for!
❤
Stu refused to play minor chords. He called it “fu#*in Chinese music
If Cousin Kenny's talking, I'm listening. It's puzzled me for years how bands could play big concerts with such minimal equipment. P.A.'s were usually just for vocals, drums weren't miced, still somehow apparently they sounded great.
Otis, great video as always…was that you and Ma Barker in the corner of the screen?
He certainly doesn't look like he's old enough to have seen the Stones in 1965. Was he 5? You might want to ask him about discovering the fountain of youth!
😊😊
I'll have to second Dead Flowers, Honky Tonk Women, Far Away Eyes and Love is Strong
OK, how do I hear the Fontaines DC?
I mean, Kenny likes it
Fontaines D.C Nashville Sept. 12
They all used SVT's.
any major dude will tell you
The Stones are greater than the sum of their parts. Everyone talks about how Keith is a hack and he can’t play like *player x* well guess what? Player x can’t fuckin play Start Me Up either.
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