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Title: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 10^th, 2025 at 12:44pm

50 years ago, Leslie West (Mountain) releases his second solo album “The Great Fatsby” with a song “High Roller” composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Leslie West, and Corky Laing (Mountain too) with lyrics by Sandra Palmer. This is the only song Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have composed with other musicians that appears in a non-stones album only. Composed, arranged, and recorded in NYC 1975 (Electric Ladyland Studios)

Of course, there are songs with others like Nanker Phelge (the entire band in the early days), Andrew Loog Oldham (As tears go by), Marianne Faithfull (sister morphine), some others with Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood, Billy Preston, Chuck Leavell, Steve Jordan, and recently Andrew Watt (between some others), but this was recorded for others and composed with others, Mick also play guitar here

“High Roller” (Jagger, Richards, West, Laing, Palmer 1975) historically a very particular song,

Enjoy

https://youtu.be/BeLJ4rp-bUU?feature=shared

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 10^th, 2025 at 12:53pm

A header for this

http://www.rocksoff.org/h6-keithrichardsandcorkylaing.jpg
Keith with Corky Laing (Mountain), NYC - 1974/75 (lick for more)
© David Krebbs (scanned from the book "Nantucket Sleighride")

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 10^th, 2025 at 12:57pm

Check this interview posted by the late, "Ten Thousand Motels" on January 2, 2008

https://www.rocksoff.org/Archives/01-15-2008/240888-1.html

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Goo on Mar 10^th, 2025 at 1:12pm

I always like this song

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 10^th, 2025 at 10:02pm

A bonus from the same album

https://youtu.be/IWU9sdjCfRw?feature=shared

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 11^th, 2025 at 10:15pm

Another bonus, now from West, Bruce and Laing live, "Play with Fire" a 13+ min version. Again Leslie West and Corky Laing but now with Jack Bruce (Cream)

https://youtu.be/sIHwysPFeoM?feature=shared

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 11^th, 2025 at 10:52pm

Mountain related, now my theme for a few days LOL

http://www.rocksoff.org/headers2025/j5-stones-w-bartholomew-plus-3-canada1965.jpg
With opening act Bartholomew plus III, Inc. Corky Laing (Later with Mountain)
The Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - October 29, 1965 © Sheldon Rosen (scanned from the book "Nantucket Sleighride")

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Goo on Mar 13^th, 2025 at 5:45am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Mar 11^th, 2025 at 10:15pm:

Another bonus, now from West, Bruce and Laing live, "Play with Fire" a 13+ min version. Again Leslie West and Corky Laing but now with Jack Bruce (Cream)

https://youtu.be/sIHwysPFeoM?feature=shared

Never heard this before....what year?

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 13^th, 2025 at 11:09am

It was released in 1974, recorded in 1972

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 24^th, 2025 at 6:16pm

There are at least 4 stories about Mountain and the Stones on the book "Nantucket Sleighride and other Mountain on-the-road stories"

Here the first, this was by Corky Laing

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Goo on Mar 25^th, 2025 at 7:46am

Good stories

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 26^th, 2025 at 8:17pm

Another Mountain-Rolling Stones story, this with some other no-stones related stories, but great stories, one is the reason Mountain broke up, then the Stones related story, in this case the story behind the song on this thread "High Roller", then an irrelavant (probably) story and the last the beginning of the "Riding that train, high on cocaine" story

Don't miss them

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Tom on Mar 28^th, 2025 at 10:53am

Voo, please post the next page or pages of that "Ridin' that train high on cocaine" story

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Paranoid Android on Mar 28^th, 2025 at 2:53pm

I.ve met Leslie West a few times...a genuinely sweet guy, if not a bit scary looking.
I was saddened when he passed away after a fight with diabetes and such.

Thanks for posting this Voo!

EDIT: See PM

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 30^th, 2025 at 8:22pm

Tom wrote on Mar 28^th, 2025 at 10:53am:

Voo, please post the next page or pages of that "Ridin' that train high on cocaine" story

Your wish is my command!

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 30^th, 2025 at 8:23pm

Paranoid Android wrote on Mar 28^th, 2025 at 2:53pm:

[size=12]I.ve met Leslie West a few times...a genuinely sweet guy, if not a bit scary looking.

May I call you "one lucky bastard"? I never saw Mountain or Leslie solo

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Tom on Mar 31^st, 2025 at 9:51pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Mar 30^th, 2025 at 8:22pm:

Your wish is my command!

Thank yoo voo, yoo rock

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by lotsajizz on Apr 1^st, 2025 at 10:08am

Good shit

Title: Re: "High Roller" 50 years ago, a very particular song in Rolling Stones history
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Apr 13^th, 2025 at 6:13pm

Another Stones related story: