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 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
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
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.
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.
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
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
"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.
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.
@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
@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.
From when Mick Taylor left the RS. They should of invited Mick T to join them on stage on every tour since. And also give him millions. But tosser Jagger and Richards are cvnts and have lost the plot and reality.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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!
The greatest mistake the Stones ever made was not doing WHATEVER IT TOOK, to keep Mick Taylor in the band. For starters, they could have PAID him. He was given no credits on SEVERAL albums---in other words, no residuals. In addition, his mates should have helped him with drug addiction and got him the help he needed to stay with the band. They did not... With all due respect to Keith Richards---on Mick Taylor's WORSE DAY, Keef couldn't hold a candle to him. Make no mistake, Keith Richards is a very good guitarist. Mick Taylor is a GREAT guitarist. A guitar genius. Right up there with Hendrix, Clapton, and Santana. No doubt about it. The five albums he produced with the Stones from '69-'74 are all classics. The band was never the same after 1974.
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.
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 :)
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.
@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.
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.
Too bad Mick Taylor left the Stones. He could have made a solo album, which likely would have increased his capital to the point that the glimmer Twins would have capitulated to giving him his due.
@quakerlyster There were Several other tunes that he contributed to both musically and lyrically. He ultimately got no credit what so ever for either. He was pretty much dismissed on the creds and the dough. He was so jammed up on the smack,booze and blow,his mind was'nt thinking properly.Taken advantage of to say the least.I read somewhere that he said he would've died if he stayed with them. Too much excess and drama...
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."
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…
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.
@@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.
@swiggy58a: See the comment above mine from DogCatchersBand: ("Mick told Roy Buchanan that the stones got him hooked on the yam yam.") I assume that yam yam is either heroine or cocaine, but I've never heard this slang term before.
Mick was like George Harrison was in The Beatles , he was a lead guitar player that wasn’t allowed to grow, and he wasn’t happy, it ran its course he left his mark,a very big mark,, It would have been nice if this band had worked out for them, but they both have great legacies,
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.
@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.
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.
mick taylor lives in a an old small house, car is a beater, pretty much broke. mick the ripoff king jagger screwed taylor out of a lot of money he deserved.
well , he has been touring with them for the last 12 or so months , and will be , I imagine and hope so , finally well rewarded for it . People used to ask him " do you regret leaving the stones ? " His reply was : " you should be asking me , do I regret joining the stones? "
Mick Taylor had a 20% share in the world’s greatest Rock n’ Roll band. He left voluntarily and gave it ALL up thinking he was going to make it outside of the Stones. Well, it’s been 40 plus years and he done NOTHING. If he is broke now, it’s entirely his fault.
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?
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...
Normal all around really. Look back at what would be called the "homo-stash" (think villiage persons) on men back then. These guys were brit rock also, and just look at the trends that happened with the poly-Esther clothing, and with the likes of Rod Stewert etc, the dresses and scarffs. There were many times I thought the videos did damage to the image. EG: Brian Seltzer (excellent picker).
Simply put, Mick Taylor was the dream guitarist for the Stones as the recordings show, but the Stones were not Taylor's dream band. They were pirates at heart and if you're going to be in the band you gotta be a pirate.
The stiles of 1975 sucked , I played Drums in a Discotheque alone with a DJ sinning, just before Disco 4 on the floor beat.The entire crowd wore ridiculous Leisure Suits , fortunately none of my friends were aloud in,No Bickers ! Reality just band members , this was the strangest gig ,made more money then I thought possible, Everyone looked like a Narc , each night I was asked for Hash , tips for solos or just requests brought in well over $1500 ever night .Snake skin was in , style was out.
Mick let his ego get in the way of a great career with the stones. It seems to me he had an inflated sence of himself which led to leaving the stones. He reached his peek with the stones
I don't think it was ego that stopped him it was heroin morphine and anything else that Keith could score,Mick came to his senses I guess he thought if I don't get out now.......
@@keithbenson4915 i liked his playing, i didnt like his sulky attitude, for a guy that took drugs and played in a rock n roll band he sure wasnt happy, you never see him smiling or havin a laugh..i think he was a ponce.
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.
He looks very rested here.....in some of the photos while with the Stones he looks strung out with eyes like hadn't had a good nights sleep in weeks. Maybe it's the hair in the face and contrast of shadows in old photos.
The Mick Taylor era of The Stones were the best......period.
Absolutely agree
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".
Yeah , that they gave him credit for ! He contributed way more tgan they credited him for. @tommasomolinari5726
I can imagine Bob Ross being interviewed by this guy. It would be the most calming thing ever.
I would count to u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep n wake n sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Interviewer clm n sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
MMCU Made Me Crack Up! Yes, the interviewer is very calming indeed.
Who says musicians are stupid? Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones for … um … Jack Bruce and his band. Brilliant.
uh no,he left to save himself and his family from the drugs. @@MegaMkmiller
It seems such an obvious joke but it's cracking me up anyways oh my God that's so funny bless your heart
Heroin had a heavy grip on both of them at this point. There was no way the group could last.
Unfortunately yes. Both of them are in dire need of a fix here.
@@MikeL-7Seems like they have had a few Xanax here to chill a bit.
I thought Taylor had chucked Heroin by this point 🤔
Jagger and Richards have never given Mick the recognition he deserves.
It's what they do, look how they did jones
Jones and Mick both
@@brianfalarski6074 Keef even stole his woman.
@@FuturePast2019 ya, broke the bro code
@@FuturePast2019 seriously? Where did you heard that?
Love the part when Jack said Mick is an amazing guitar player.
these guys are so peaceful and calm compared to modern musicians.
They probably are! :)
yeah we get it old man, everything was better back in your day
The tone is set by the interviewer who is very low key.
@@giovanna8187 yes and also as we say "like a fine wine musicians, age
thx., !( °_° )!
It's because they were both smackheads Mark
Mick Taylor IS a great guitar player.
The best they had.
no rocker can play the blues like mick,,single handily but with two hands rescued the Stones thx.
Yes he surely is. I wonder if nowadays he still plays live
@@pauldinardo973 thx to that responce, I've found a lot of
Micks stuff on ytube-I do believe
he's still making music. ! 🀄
Took the Stones to stratospheric heights.
Mick Taylor was the Stones' sound and a great lead guitar player ..the best with midnight rambler on Stone's tour 2014...
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
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
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.
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.
Totally Agree with you.
Agree 100%. Biggest mistake in the history of rock n roll
Jagger and Richards owe Mick Taylor a lot of money!
Ok they want him to stay with Stones??❤
Seriously
The Stones were never as good after MT left. Ronnie just doesn't compare in my opinion.
@Les Moore Tatoo You was a good album and Start Me Up was an excellent tune. It was very popular when it came out.
@Les Moore They still make millions of dollars on their tours.
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
Just different
@68’ Rumble Bee and keith?
Shame this project never went anywhere :(
Thank God the interviewer didn't ask if Ginger Baker was joining the band!
Jack and Mick would be shouting "Bollocks!" and "Fuck off!".
I think he knew better than that!!😁😁😁
Imagine this world without addiction.
So many great people have fallen aside.
Sobriety is where it’s at.
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
"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.
They’re both completely stoned, probably on heroin. They can barely stay awake.
The Stones were phenomenal with Mick Taylor
I think Sticky Fingers is the best Stone's recording.
100% agree.
I think Brown Sugar is.
@@FuturePast2019
Over played to death on the radio -pass.
Agreed, along with 'Let it Bleed'.
Exile trumps Sticky Fingers IMO
Bob Harris' interviews are fuckin' relaxing goddamn that whispering voice and that silence around
When Mick left The Stones fire went out.
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.
astute comment tom t.h.x.
@@paulespinosa5195 Seconded.
Absolutely. They have never been the same.
Why is everyone so quiet? The Interviewer is practically whispering. Is there a sleeping baby in the room?
@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
It’s the style of this show, I personally like it, just a nice calm conversation
@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.
Everyone whispered like this in 1975...😅
From when Mick Taylor left the RS. They should of invited Mick T to join them on stage on every tour since. And also give him millions. But tosser Jagger and Richards are cvnts and have lost the plot and reality.
Bo Mino spot on
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.
His 1974 interview w Keef is Asmr quality .... both guys are pretty much whispering ....
He lives down the road from me in Oxfordshire. Been to his house a couple of times playing stuff for his son. Nice people
@@groofoot is it on RUclips?
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.
Taylor was totally screwed on that
Yea plus Winter
Winter, Sway, Moonlight Mile, Time Waits for No One to name a few.
Jack Bruce wearing a rattlesnake print vest???
Crotalus is a decidedly Un-British species.
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.
Yep. Can't crack that Glimmer Twins cr*p. Ron Wood could never hold an axe to Mick T.
I miss those days - in fact, I miss that entire generation with the clashing clothes, patchouli and not very potent spliffs.
Legendary Musicians! R.ip Jack bruce(1943-2014)
This interviewer is so relaxing
Taylor joined a band of brick and left it one of marble.
The stones best stuff was with taylor..i wish he became rich
nonsense.
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.
Mick Taylor rarely looked happy didn't he?
Great interview by Mr. Quay Lude.
Dork.
Mick Taylor was a great guitar player
Ron wood is just luke warm as a guitar player almost like hes not there Taylor was white hot!!!
Well put !
Very well said!
I never really understood Jack Bruce. Was he ever in any band for more than a couple years? He must have been difficult to work with.
Taylor is a fantastic guitar player...Stones were great with him
Jack was Scottish
and one hell of a
songwriter and bassist
Lol , such depth in describing Jack
And Brian was Welsh. So what's your point?
@@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
agree probably why I learned about
Bass,,I married one >( ° _ ° )
And singer!!!
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.
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!
I didn't no that
The greatest mistake the Stones ever made was not doing WHATEVER IT TOOK, to keep Mick Taylor in the band.
For starters, they could have PAID him. He was given no credits on SEVERAL albums---in other words, no residuals.
In addition, his mates should have helped him with drug addiction and got him the help he needed to stay with the band.
They did not...
With all due respect to Keith Richards---on Mick Taylor's WORSE DAY, Keef couldn't hold a candle to him.
Make no mistake, Keith Richards is a very good guitarist. Mick Taylor is a GREAT guitarist. A guitar genius.
Right up there with Hendrix, Clapton, and Santana.
No doubt about it.
The five albums he produced with the Stones from '69-'74 are all classics. The band was never the same after 1974.
Stones have only put his name on the credits of TWO songs. Ventilator Blues and Criss Cross. Shameful.
Amazing interview with Mick Taylor and Jack Bruce (R.I.P.)
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.
Mick in the crossfire documentary said he had to leave the Stones cos he had developed a drug problem
0:05 Mick's eyes very odd. 👹
the stones treated taylor like shit.
Huge fan of Jack Bruce....have the volume all the way up but barely can hear Bob Ross
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 :)
Immortal human
capricorn
( * _ * )
Mick Taylor never really went anywhere after the Stones. A good guitar player still needs good songs.
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.
Great interview.
However, Bob Harris always gives me the creeps.
Jack's accent had already softened to English...
@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.
hi the Stones weren't the same with him, imho m.taylor was the star, his effort to R.Stones history >(* _ * )
can be summed up to evolutionary for their all growth thx G.lov
So, Mick Taylor wanted to get away from the drugs surrounding the Stones.
By going off to work with Jack Bruce?…
Jack Bruce was addicted to heroin at the time. He speaks with that soft tone like Keith Richards did when strung out on smack.
Look in the eyes
Damn Mick looks totally trashed on heroin. Great music though
not really
Why so hush-hush? Were they conducting this interview in a library?
It could've been that during a sound check they were told to speak at a low level.
is speaking in a quiet, reserved, and introspective manner and a fucking crime these days?
Lol
I think he has a beautiful voice. I'm glad he's not blustering and bullying.
@@deanluke603 shut up dork
RIP jack
Jack looks like hes had a hit of something
Exactly why the punk/new wave revolution a few years later had to happen.
Why did Jagger wanted to replace mick with Rory Gallagher ? Why Rory didn't accept the offer I wonder
*Imagine having Mick Taylor in your band, and encouraging him to play the fecking piano*
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.
Bad audio -can hardly hear the damn interview.
Too bad Mick Taylor left the Stones. He could have made a solo album, which likely would have increased his capital to the point that the glimmer Twins would have capitulated to giving him his due.
@quakerlyster There were Several other tunes that he contributed to both musically and lyrically. He ultimately got no credit what so ever for either. He was pretty much dismissed on the creds and the dough. He was so jammed up on the smack,booze and blow,his mind was'nt thinking properly.Taken advantage of to say the least.I read somewhere that he said he would've died if he stayed with them. Too much excess and drama...
I had to put my head set on to hear it
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."
If Jagger sang it . Would have been a great Stones song
He's only 26.
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…
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.
@@389383 It happened once before..I don't recall the date but they all shared the stage not so long ago.
@@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.
@@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.
OK Mick lets go...you had a year off, when's the tour start?!!!!!
@swiggy58a: See the comment above mine from DogCatchersBand: ("Mick told Roy Buchanan that the stones got him hooked on the yam yam.") I assume that yam yam is either heroine or cocaine, but I've never heard this slang term before.
MT's musical brilliance aside, jezuz, he was drop dead good looking.
The heroine took them up n pull them down.
In my humble honest opinion I believe Keith and Mick robbed this young lad of all his talent and claimed it to be their own just saying
Benny Hill once spoofed this interviewer.
On the whole, I prefer the Benny Hill spoof.
I would love to see that video.
It must be hilarious.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Benny Hill was a wonderful talented actor RIP.
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Mick was like George Harrison was in The Beatles , he was a lead guitar player that wasn’t allowed to grow, and he wasn’t happy, it ran its course he left his mark,a very big mark,, It would have been nice if this band had worked out for them, but they both have great legacies,
excellent comparison
What a tragedy that Mick did not "fulfill that potential". Perhaps he should have stayed with the Stones.
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.
@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.
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.
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lol why did he take off so fast
mick taylor lives in a an old small house, car is a beater, pretty much broke. mick the ripoff king jagger screwed taylor out of a lot of money he deserved.
well , he has been touring with them for the last 12 or so months , and will be , I imagine and hope so , finally well rewarded for it . People used to ask him " do you regret leaving the stones ? " His reply was : " you should be asking me , do I regret joining the stones? "
Mick Taylor had a 20% share in the world’s greatest Rock n’ Roll band. He left voluntarily and gave it ALL up thinking he was going to make it outside of the Stones. Well, it’s been 40 plus years and he done NOTHING. If he is broke now, it’s entirely his fault.
@@patconner5791 Same could be said for Bill Ward leaving Black Sabbath in 1980.
If they'd given Taylor the writing credits he deserved I wonder if he'd have left the band?....
Yeah, that really was a brilliant career move
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?
3:50 He later blamed ... but never Jack Bruce. What a pity he left, anyway.
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...
Normal all around really. Look back at what would be called the "homo-stash" (think villiage persons) on men back then. These guys were brit rock also, and just look at the trends that happened with the poly-Esther clothing, and with the likes of Rod Stewert etc, the dresses and scarffs.
There were many times I thought the videos did damage to the image. EG: Brian Seltzer (excellent picker).
Really calming and relaxing interview. This was like listening to a Bob Ross episode.
@Fighter91. Yes. you nailed it.
yes not a great recipe for rock n roll. The should have opened a library.
Simply put, Mick Taylor was the dream guitarist for the Stones as the recordings show, but the Stones were not Taylor's dream band. They were pirates at heart and if you're going to be in the band you gotta be a pirate.
More like jagger Richard's pirated his ideas
The only thing those effeminate hacks ever pirated was the beautiful Black American blues music that they gracelessly sullied.
too bad cream broke up and taylor and stones broke away
The stiles of 1975 sucked , I played Drums in a Discotheque alone with a DJ sinning, just before Disco 4 on the floor beat.The entire crowd wore ridiculous Leisure Suits , fortunately none of my friends were aloud in,No Bickers ! Reality just band members , this was the strangest gig ,made more money then I thought possible, Everyone looked like a Narc , each night I was asked for Hash , tips for solos or just requests brought in well over $1500 ever night .Snake skin was in , style was out.
Mick let his ego get in the way of a great career with the stones. It seems to me he had an inflated sence of himself which led to leaving the stones. He reached his peek with the stones
You're clueless
I don't think it was ego that stopped him it was heroin morphine and anything else that Keith could score,Mick came to his senses I guess he thought if I don't get out now.......
@@keithbenson4915 i liked his playing, i didnt like his sulky attitude, for a guy that took drugs and played in a rock n roll band he sure wasnt happy, you never see him smiling or havin a laugh..i think he was a ponce.
@@keithbenson4915as I've seen and heard MT say more than once...
But he also got screwed on songwriting credits
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.
The interviewer's feigned soft whisper voice is irritating.
What makes you think it's feigned? "Whispering" Bob Harris has been sounding exactly the same for over 40 years. Your comment is irritating.٩◔̯◔۶
Mick was far too good for the stones.
Great stuff, thanks for posting this! Taylor's eyes looked a little "glazed" over!
My god what a quiet interview.
He looks very rested here.....in some of the photos while with the Stones he looks strung out with eyes like hadn't had a good nights sleep in weeks. Maybe it's the hair in the face and contrast of shadows in old photos.