Gazza wrote on Nov 8
th, 2008 at 6:54pm:
Quote:But don't they hate each other? ...
Yes, they did - and probably still do. Ry considers that the Stones ripped a lot of ideas off him (most notably the open G style), didn't credit him for ideas etc - he has referred to them as "bloodsuckers".
The 'Jamming with Edward' session actually came about because Keith's antipathy towards Cooder led to him not showing up for the 'Let It Bleed' album session that evening.
and on that point I think Cooder is being a little precious - you'd have thought he invented open tuning or something - no doubt it seems keith benefited from working with Cooder from a technical point of view - but you can't blame keith for trying to improve his musicianship (not that I am suggesting you are) - same thing with Parsons - some have accused him of stealing others ideas but rather wasn't he trying to develop as a musician ...god knows it would have been good if he'd have kept that attitude post - Toronto/punk/ 70s (Wingless Angels notwithstanding) -
keith it seems has the opposite approach - i have read a first hand account by Deniz Tek from Radio birdman who met Keith in Sydney at the party after the last gig in 73 and it is testament to Keith's "as long as you pass it on" philosophy - Tek had spent ages trying to work out how to get that typical Keith sound but could never quite make it and tells that keith was quite happy to reveal the secrets of the open - G to him - of course the scales then fell from his eyes (and as an aside not bad being able to say that Keith Richards personally taught you open tuning!!)
now if keith has ripped off entire riffs and feels - e.g. the guitar intro to HTW - then i'd say he had a fair complaint
but even then if you want to lay claim to a piece of music you have to give it a name or put it in a song - so maybe Ry, in exchange for his musical contributions, got a little show business (with the emphasis on business) education for his troubles