Never knew Bill could be this adventurous!  :blankfriggingstare1
And who is that down below?  

http://www.rocksoff.org/h9-keithmattandbill1990.JPG

...that was the origin of his fear to flight so he quit the band!  :whydontcha

Bill looks so little -- or the guy is that big...  

Who is the guy that got Bill on his shoulders????? I'm surprised, totally out of character for Bill.

From "Gazzapedia":

"If you're gonna use another pic from that book. how about that one of Bill sitting on Matt Clifford's shoulders whilst Keith is singing. Love that one.

(it's not captioned in the book but it's from the final night of the tour at Wembley Stadium - and Bill's last show - they sneaked up behind Keith while he was singing 'Before They Make Me Run'. Keith never even noticed they were there.) I remember it well because I was there."

LJ.

Wow, Bill looks like a little kid up there!

Bill's last show?
Could it have been known amongst the band at the time that it was Bill's last?

Thanks Lady Jane for the information, I didn't know about this.

COME TO THINK OF IT ,IT WAS CLIFFORD'S LAST SHOW AS WELL.

BILL PERKS wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009 at 4:38pm:

COME TO THINK OF IT ,IT WAS CLIFFORD'S LAST SHOW AS WELL.

maybe that's why! perhaps Keith didnt appreciate the joke!

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009 at 1:40pm:

Bill's last show? Could it have been known amongst the band at the time that it was Bill's last?

I would imagine that Bill had by this time mentioned that he had intended to quit. he had been talking about it as far back as the early 80's and during the Steel Wheels tour he had had to go through a marriage break-up and his wife's ill-health, his father's death when the band were in Tokyo and a fear of flying which had developed to the stage where he commuted to most of the European shows that summer by car.

the latter problem would obviously have made future touring unrealistic, and Bill has indeed hardly performed outside northern Europe since. The Stones were pretty much in a state of limbo through 1991-92, with Bill having declined to sign the new Virgin contract and the rest of the band trying to get him to reconsider. As early as spring 1991, Charlie - when asked about Bill's situation - replied "I think whats happening is that he's quit but we won't let him".

BILL MADE A HUGE MISTAKE FINANCIALLY RETIRING WHEN HE DID..IF HE COULD HAVE HUNG ON DID AT LEAST VL TOUR HE'D HAVE DOUBLE THE MONEY HE'S GOT NOW.I GUESS HE'S DOING WEEL ENOUGH THOUGH.

BILL PERKS wrote on Jan 5^th, 2009 at 8:01am:

BILL MADE A HUGE MISTAKE FINANCIALLY RETIRING WHEN HE DID..IF HE COULD HAVE HUNG ON DID AT LEAST VL TOUR HE'D HAVE DOUBLE THE MONEY HE'S GOT NOW.I GUESS HE'S DOING WEEL ENOUGH THOUGH.

Don't think the rest of the band would have been too keen on waiting him to arrive in Buenos Aires and Johannesburg by boat, though!

" .IF HE COULD HAVE HUNG ON DID AT LEAST VL TOUR HE'D HAVE DOUBLE THE MONEY HE'S GOT NOW.I GUESS HE'S DOING WEEL ENOUGH THOUGH "
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/gliedo/Second/h8-latortitarusadelronnie.jpg

http://www.gigwise.com/gallery/8608944_ron8.jpg !!!!!

:whydontcha :thatwassmart :boring :wtf1

We miss Bill W!

:boring

was matt clifford am American?

no , he was a tosser though !

wrote on Jan 5^th, 2009 at 11:31am:

was matt clifford am American?

I know its fashionable for some to blame the Yanks on several of the world's ills, but you'll be happy to hear this is one where you're exempt from criticism.

thank God!

wrote on Jan 5^th, 2009 at 11:31am:

was matt clifford am American?

Following 1993's Wandering Spirit by Jagger, and The Rolling Stones' Bridges to Babylon in 1997 and the extended Bridges to Babylon Tour, he began to work on demo material in 2000, finally reaching the studio in the spring of 2001. Although Jagger would primarily work with Marti Frederiksen and Matt Clifford as producers, he also sanctioned the talents of Lenny Kravitz and Wyclef Jean to help create Goddess in the Doorway. And while the songs would largely be composed by Jagger, he endeavored to work with some collaborators, namely, Kravitz and matchbox twenty singer Rob Thomas. The recording of many of the songs is shown in the film Being Mick.


Evidently Matt Clifford co-produced Mick's solo album. No wonder why nobody has heard of him. :thatwassmart

http://www.timeisonourside.com/whydontAD.html#MATT

His sessions

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=MATT|CLIFFORD&sql=11:0vfoxqr5ld6e~T4