Mick Jones on the Tele | Fender
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- Mick Jones of Big Audio Dynamite/Clash talks about finding his way back to the Fender Telecaster, his Tele influences and what made guys like Roy Buchanan and Joe Strummer so special.
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I think it's absolutely endearing how fondly Mick speaks of Joe. Paul is more reserved about it and took the death harder and kind of refused to talk about him just from the sheer pain of losing essentially an older brother to him, but Mick went down the reminiscing route.
So you're a close friend of Paul's i see.
joe was a professional prick to everyone....fact. nobody missed him.
+Hippy Cola Of course I'm not - but I'm a historian and having read countless interviews, books and watched documentaries I have the right to analysis. It's what we do and what we have been taught to do so it's involuntary and God forbid I share my thoughts on YT for some pessimist to shit on. That's my version of a peer review, then.
@@bza069 When he was a user, yeah. But he himself admitted that once he got clean. If you knew anything you'd know he'd actually reconnected with the guys and was actually working towards a Clash reunion when he died.
I love this man. Such a decent human being and a fine, fine musician.
I actually met Mick Jones and Joe Strummer, chatted with them both briefly after their first concert in Boston, Massachusetts (at The Orpheum Theatre) in September 1979, when they came out to the edge of the stage after the house had been cleared, maybe about a half-hour after their concert ended. My reason for speaking with this pair of then-"red hot" musicians was to interview them for a review I was writing for my college newspaper.
One of the support acts on the bill that evening, by the way, was The Undertones, from Northern Ireland, who nearly upstaged The Clash they were so phenomenal themselves, still with orignal lead singer Feargal Sharkey. And the other act on the bill were no slouches either, the soul legends Sam and Dave, hit-makers in their own right of the classic tunes "Hold on, I'm Comin'," "I Thank You" and "Soul Man." although, as I recall, the rumor at the time had been that only Sam Moore was the "real deal," that Sam was performing then with a fake "Dave," not with original partner Dave Prater.
Technically, that was The Clash's first gig "in" Boston proper. But the previous February The Clash had played their first Greater Boston area concert, at the now-closed Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge, MA. One of the support acts on THAT bill was Bo Diddley. I also attended that show, one of only seven dates in that first U.S. tour by the band, in what was billed "The Pearl Harbor Tour - Seven Shows in Seven Cities."
And in the category of "had I known then what I know now," I definitely would have asked The Clash's songwriters some more questions. I would have given them my telephone number and/or tried to get a number to contact them as well. I definitely should have made a point of mailing them my review of the show personally, too. But the college newspaper for which I had written the review of the concert only ever sent tear sheets of articles to the record labels (which, in the case of The Clash had been Epic Records, a subsidiary label of CBS/Columbia), so we would continue to receive product (more albums) to review for the newspaper. But had I sent Strummer and/or Jones a copy of my review directly, I might have stood a chance, at least, of maintaining future contact with them
I don't recall which questions I asked Strummer-Jones, but they were not anything too unique, I don't think. I became better at not asking typical questions later in my writing career. My main concern that evening was trying to obtain some serious answers to my few questions while also trying to retain my composure, as I was such a fan as well, but still there to do a responsible job of interviewing them and reviewing the show. Many years later I fronted my own garage band, and would much rather have met Strummer and Jones under those circumstances, as musician peers who could have just hung out and chatted casually, rather than meeting them wearing a journalist's hat, which tends to put subjects more on the defensive by their realization that what they say may be quoted.
I will say that my recollection of Jones from that brief meeting in the fall of 1979 is he was more shy, more reserved about speaking, while Strummer was more extroverted, answered my questions more readily. But, truthfully, they were both, naturally, on their guard. And it was just so nice that both of them even took their time to speak to a then-21 year-old who was still green at his job.
One final remembrance--I did get both of their autographs. However, sadly, they were lost after I left some of my belongings behind at a former roommate's apartment when I returned to college after a summer break, and she moved before I could retrieve them. The sadder thing about that is the autographs (along with some other irreplaceable belongings of sentimental value) were most likely destroyed, went into an incinerator. I would rather they had been stolen than destroyed, because at least then someone might have appreciated the cultural value of them.
On a final note, I have often told friends that seeing The Clash those first few times in 1979 and then meeting Strummer and Jones was as close as someone my age could have been to what it must have felt like to have met John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles or Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones on their first visits to America in 1964. And although I eventually evolved to become more appreciative of other punk era bands, especaily of Blondie and The Ramones, both of who I also saw (also in 1979) in concerts fairly early on in each of their respective careers, and later even interviewed Joey Ramone (on the occasion of his band's 10th anniversary in 1984), nothing will ever change that feeling of excitement at having met the two principal members of a band who were then still on their way to becoming the most famous band on the planet, and who are now, 40 years later, very deserving legends.
At 61 years of age now myself, I no longer agree with Joe Strummer's left-of-center politics,nor did I completely in 1979 either. Punk rcok was about something very different in America than it was in very class-conscious England. Yet I still feel a special rush whenever I hear any tune from those first two albums by The Clash. And I guess that is at least partly because respect for enthusiasm, passion, professionalism and raw talent transcends political commonality. I also continued to listen to The Clash for awhile after Mick Jones departed the band, but came to the conclusion The Clash with only Joe Strummer's unrestrained Marxist rants and without the more melodic sensibilities of Jones was somewhat akin to John Lennon without Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend without Roger Daltry or Keith Richards without Mick Jagger, just not the real version of The Clash. And for that matter, it would also not have been The Clash without Paul Simonon or Topper Headon. It was that special combination of exactly those four guys who made that group "The Only Band That Mattered" at that time.
Shook his hand once - beautiful human being indeed - he was lovely and friendly. Jah bless Mick Jones!
How ironic you have a crass picture and this is the guitar player for the clash. They said that we were trash but the name is crass not clash
A fucking legend.
god damn that is exactly what my comment was gonna be
Punk was so exciting, I didn't even notice girls for two years. And this wonderful man was one of the main reasons. He was our Keef!
It's kinda funny seeing the interviews back to back w/mick on tele & paul on p bass & they both wear that U-Boat commanders cap.
It's called styling.
MR JL it’s called being part of the Gorillaz Plastic Beach touring band.
I did not know Joe Strummer is left handed
He said it was the reason he didn't develop as a guitarist. I think he was developed enough to be a legend.
David Harrison Well fair enough, I'm also left handed as well but I played guitar right handed
Arnoldo Deleon Whatever you play and however you play it, just make sure you're playing with your heart.
David Harrison Always have, always will!
Arnoldo Deleon Yeah like Wilko Johnson was a lefty aswell and that created his unique style. I'm a little surprised that Mick didn't mention him here.
I love when he smiles when he ends his sentences. He's such a proper guy!
Wow, Mick explains Joes unusual strumming technique. It makes sense, love it
The clash and big audio dynamite. Two of my favorite bands. Mick Jones is a very talented man
The Clash: The Only Band That Matters
Still
They just ripped off The Alarm.
He's so kind and nice, he's surely a delight to talk!
And he’s still so goddamn cute even after all these years 🤣
2:01 is the best part
Gorillaz-era Mick
bumped into him at a bus stop a little while back, a charming man, insisted i should be in a photo with him!
You can just tell what a great human being he is. Probably the soft spoken introvert of The Clash, every band needs one :)
micks part of the clash ..prob the best band in the world ......
The only band that matters
Mick looks like a character from a Soviet Union movie.
joes most dextrous hand would be his fretting hand….not his strumming hand
Hey Kids- want to hear a legend speak.. Watch this video. Mick Jones is a god.
can't disagree i was such a joe strummer fan girl before but mick has an amazing voice and style, now with joe gone i can appreciate mick more
Mick you are pure class.
Tremendous musician.
Humble genius.
Clash forever.
This is all great and all but this man did his greatest work on a Gibson Les Paul!
If you didn't have the volume on you could still tell he was British from the teeth.
He has always been very charismatic
worst Titanic captain ever
only 2nd worst surely?
I think that title should belong to the ACTUAL captain of the Titanic, since he sunk it...how much worse can a ship captain be ???!!!
*best
You’ll find that’s a Kreigsmarine U Boat officers cap.
So? The lyric's to songs such as ''Clampdown'' and ''Washington Bullets'' are fantastic amongst the majority.
Rock The Casbah is a good song and The Clash didn't recycle music,They did Punk.Rock,Rap,Jazz,Soul,RNB,Rockabilly,Reggae,Dub,Ska,Pop and others
Who care's if they only had two hits?The Music speaks for itself not the sales.
Also It does NOT fucking matter who's in the HOF Is bullshit anyway Just listen to music regardless of Sales,Fame or ''Hits'' Listen to THE MUSIC!!!
i think he got his left and right mixed up. if joe strummer (left-handed) is playing a right-handed guitar, he is strumming with his right hand, not his stronger left hand.
Top man Stay Free
Don't forget that this guy produced both of The Libertines' amazing albums.
You're my guitar hero!!
Why are Americans obsessed with teeth? He probably has the money to have his teeth whitened and straightened ,but fortunately he`s not that superficial .Just listen to the interview .
Talented artist, beautiful man...
Mick is a good guitarist and doesn't get enough recognition.
This is Micks take on Humphrey Bogart.
Yes!! Was struggling to think who he reminded me of! That’s it!
I want a thinline tele deluxe but can’t find one. Mick took up the tele for the same reason Joe Strummer took up the tele: Wilko Johnson.
The way he talks about joe man
Skinny white dude with grease back hair ... legend
Love Mick Jones - he's seems a really sweet bloke. I don't get the left-handed guitarist playing right-handed theory though (speaking as one myself!). Surely for a left-hander your most dextrous hand (as Mick puts it) is your left hand - and when you play righ-handed guitar that's your fretting hand, not strumming hand.
I think he meant because his left hand is more dexterous, his right hand was less dexterous, so he made up for the lack of dexterity with sheer power behind his strumming.
My thoughts exactly! I too am hopelessly left-handed but play right-handed. I couldn't imaging trying to form complex chords with my right hand. And, yes, my strumming sucks
Jones always played les pauls, but why let a good advert opportunity get in the way.
They need to disable comments on this Vid....Mick Jones is not only one of the most influential guitarist of our time, but also A great Human Being that doesnt deserve all this unnecessary negativity directed at Him.
With this ignorant bunch here,maybe he would get some cred if he dressed up in a meat dress or wore a beiber hair style.
i didn't see many negative comments, dude sang some of the best rock songs ever for god's sake
Dear God, he has Austin Powers teeth baby, yeah baby yeeeah.
Great man.
at least they arent these shiny white fake star teeth of most rockstars,
Mick is responsible for ENDLESS great music. Amazing to think he wrote/recorded more albums for BAD than the Clash. And all magnificent.
As someone said here, he made most of his legendary tunes with a Les Paul, and no one can deny that. He's not and all time Telecaster guitar legend we all know that, but, by the way, I see in this video, and in him picking a Telecaster -the all time Joe's favourite guitar- a way to get much closer to his bandmate friend now that he'd passed away. Long live Jonesy -¨you're my guitar herooo!¨- and Joe!
I was thinking about it and being left handed playing a right handed guitar actually means your more dexterous hand is playing the neck
I never figured Mick Jones for a Roy Buchanan fan. Cool.
He’s got encyclopedic knowledge of cinema which I always found interesting. Plus I believe his daughter is a model. I’m glad he has had a happy life - having created so much original music.
I had to send for records, EPs and singles from the back of Creem mag since u couldn't find any New Wave here of course...The 1st Clash I heard was a single with "White Riot b/w 1977", and I thot it was KILLER! The intro to "1977" sounded almost just like "You Really Got Me", and I was SO IMPRESSED by that! You gotta remember, rock was in a death coma right b4 The Ramones came out, and it seemed so unlikely anything cool would ever happen again. When I heard it, it was TRANSCENDENT.
@treehousewizkid Totally. I'm left handed but play regular (i.e. right handed) guitar. So my weak hand, my right hand is strumming, just as Joe Strummer did. So Joe and I were strumming and picking with our weak hand! Jonesey got it backward. Doh! There's another explanation for Joe's powerful strumming attack. He just liked to play that way.
Beautiful teeth...........Glad to see he takes wonderful care of them!!!
Taking paper trip don't help so much indeed !
What a guy!!!!
Mick, of course, usually used LPs or SGs. Just sayin'. Not many vids of Mick playing a telecaster from BITD.
His statement about the lefthanded/righthanded guitar playing makes no sense. Love Mick Jones, but that was just dumb.
Long Live Mick Jones
What he said about Joe's playing made absolutely no sense.
I think he meant because his left hand is more dexterous, his right hand was less dexterous, so he made up for the lack of dexterity with sheer power behind his strumming.
@pwyndam Yeah, it just bothers me that Mick was in a band with Joe for so long and can make such a blatantly false statement. I mean, it's very bothersome. Of course I can respect him for writing the majority of The Clash's music, but it sort of devalues the appeal when I see this supposed "bandmate" making such an obviously wrong claim, perhaps for the only purpose of telling a tale within the context of an advert. Blegh.
Mick is always interesting to listen to. As was Joe, Paul and Topper. That's what makes/made them such a great group imo, four interesting, intelligent blokes with something to say.
They looked good too!
What an absolute sweetheart.
Mick is such a sweet guy
Cool guy and great taste in guitarists with Roy Buchanan. I think that's why I liked the Clash. They were so much more musically sophisticated then bands like The Ramones.
Hey has Austin Powers teeth baby, yeaaah.
MICK MISSES JOE...BIG TIME !
Bello!!! I like your smile. Tiene intacta su sonrisa que transmite la juventud de su alma!
Thank you for bringing us the Clash
When did Mick join the Sea Org?
I bought my first guitar a 1977 telecaster after seeing Roy Buchanan play. He made it look so easy. It turned out not to be the guitar, it was the player. Roy was one-of-a-kind. I was lucky enough to see him live. I've seen Mick with The Clash, BAD and Carbon Silicon live. He never disappoints.
Living legend. i was amazed with The Wallflowers new single that Mick performs on. Check it out: The Wallflowers -"Reboot The Mission".
MJ has a TELECASTER w/HUMBUCKERS...that is the onlyt way I would ever play a Fender...if a guitar doesnt have HUMBUCKERS, I wont buy it.
@treehousewizkid Haha! Yeah, he was trippin' on that statement for sure. I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and chalk it up to drugs and alcohol. Still love him and one of my guitar heroes, but yeah a bit dismaying as you stated having spent so many years with Joe he should be able to give us a better statement. without a doubt. Makes you go hmmm? How could this guy that is obviously a musical genius make such a goof.
You do not know me.
So rid of your pre determined assumptions.
I NEVER said The Clash is one of the greatest, They are one of my FAVORITES.
You also know fuck all about what I listen to, The Skalites?Keith Hudson?Robert Johnson? I can say without bluffing I am far from a music Neandrathal as I listen to a lot of music.I enjoy Rock The Casbah if you don't then I couldn't give a shit.
Beside's I have heard nothing but good things hitherto about The Clash which means alot of people like them.
So your opinion is the end all be all?
Who the fuck cares who;s in and who's not in the Rock and Roll hall of fame If they have great music then that's enough,Does being in the RNR HOF Make you somehow better than before?
The Clash are an inspiring band END OF,They inspired me(As did Led Zeppelin before) Also Foghat is a shite band who coudn't write lyrics to save there live's BUT I aknowledge that they have fan's and that it's my opinion.
By the way what the fuck is a two hit wonder?
I'm afraid you're wrong there: the jewish religion holds the state of Israel as it's national home. If a war broke out between Israel and Britain, jews would automatically be interned as enemies of the state. And every jew would want Israel to come out on top. Therefore, the term 'British Jew' is a misnomer and is just the same as 'British muslim'
I love Mick Jones !!! Leg-end !! Woo !!
Im happy he realised how great are teles...
humbucker guitars just dont work for rhythm guitars...
Punk was never about making perfect music if you were a real ramones fan like you claim to be you would know this but obviously you dont. So do me a favour and stop hating on a clash/mick vid and go listen to some greenday or whatever crap you listen to.
Hasn't he got the Joa Strummer hand thing mixed up? If you are a lefty playing a regular guitar your strongest hand will be the one taking the chords not the one strumming....? Don't understand his argument. Still, cool guy.
Asurvivor1 what's your band? And if you think Joe Ramone was a genius, ever wonder who was his favorite band. Oh and don't be so intellectual about music, it's annoying.
The best fake teeth ever!
Those are classic...
Captain.
Austin Powers teeth.
Maximus Tull All Brits it seems...I don't care though
"All music is connected"...love that.
Can you imagine Mick Joner playing the Fender Telecaster with his teeth? 😁
U did know that being jewish is a religion and not a country. U can still be jewish and British and his father is welsh, so that makes him a welsh jew.
The Emperor's New Clothes of Rock Music.
I love my tele and Mick Jones but 99% of his work was done with Les Paul Jr's and Customs
Do U know what amp was used in give em enough rope, specifically for stay free. His guitar was the les Paul I believe
During the Plastic BEach tour.
Gives props to Roy Buchanan ... pure class Mick &!
He's not British he's Jewish and his family all live in the U.S. you muppet. So get your facts right before you post
Free health care include dental over there?
Nice hat...
Excellent a Telecaster Thinline! What model is it though?
Looks like the 72 AVRI
If you watch Paul’s interview he’s wearing the same hat as Mick
Joe Strummer is a great representation of that left, or right handed players can play either way; it all depends on how you learn to play from the beginning.
If joe was left handed playing as a right handed player, then the hand strumming was the weak one…
I kind of feel like having a Telecaster with dual-buckers on it defeats the purpose of playing a Telecaster.
those look like wide range humbuckers to me, which are in a class of their own
It might as well be an SG
the clash were always the nice guys compared to the Pistols, but i always saw the clash as just as edgy mick jones is the man!
hes not helping the stereotype that britsh people have bad teeth
Good to see that the Captain is still getting work. Too bad for Tennille, though.
First time Ive seen him with a Fender in his hands
Cool teeth
Rockin the Casbah!
With that hat and those teeth, he looks like a member of the Royal Family. The alky one they don't like to talk about.
Austin Powers, man...
Hey he never played a fuckn tele mate whats he on about😛