Yeah, just listened to it: it's MT.

I don't know why I thought otherwise. Maybe it's because I've always assumed MJ wrote the song and, as with latter-day Stones, when that's the case, he usually plays rhythm. Back then, not so much.

Mel Belli wrote on Mar 19^th, 2010 at 2:45pm:




Nice job! Love this song.

I followed my heart, now I'm walking on stony ground . . .

Mel Belli wrote on Mar 19^th, 2010 at 6:27pm:



Thanks Mel, that's good advice. The politics in America has taken years off of my life, I'm sure.
But I can't just let it go. I would rather age prematurely than let it go down the toilet without a peep from me.
Anyway, I appreciate your comment, and that you posted it in here away from that noise . . .

A close friend of mine in San Francisco gets pretty frustrated with my new (4 year's now?) highly political personality. He shuts me down when I start to go there, which is fine. He's heard all of my ranting. "What's new in Rolling Stones news" is his method.
Speaking of Grady (that's my SF friend), I was telling him about your Stones riff thread and more specifically, the song choices that you have made. He was very impressed (and I am too). I mean, "Oh Virginia"? That is a fantastic choice for a Taylor solo. Very obscure too. And Could Have Stood You Up is as well. Then you select Never Fall In Love! I told him about this new thread a while ago, when you had just put up Angie. He mentioned If You Really Want To Be My Friend as a similar soaring solo, so that's where I got the idea to post that one.

He has been taping Mick Taylor shows in the San Francisco area since 1984, when he bought his first portable deck. Had a nice collection when I met him in 2001. Lot's of tape trading I guess. He isn't online yet !!

Ok, time for dinner . . .

I feel ashamed - I didn't even recognize "Never Fall In Love Again"!  I'll have to go back and listen to Stones Throw..it's been a while.  I don't know much about his time in JM's Bluesbreakers...did he have any ripping solos on their albums?

That's awesome Mel!  Didn't know you played.   It sounded sweet!  I bet you enjoy playing Love In Vain on that bad boy. 

If you're into the NM Allstars, Squirrel Nut Zippers, or Alvin YB Hart, you should check out the South Memphis String Band - they'll be in Alexandria in a few weeks (I'm seeing them in Philly) - and they play only acoustic instruments, with a mandolin on just about every song (Luther and Alvin both play).

My pleasure.  Their album is on iTunes.

I've been working on the slide, but I kinda suck at it.  I know it ain't MT, but have you tried playing Ry's part on "Sister Morphine?"  I know it lasts the whole song, but he's got a few signature licks on there that he repeats.  Anyone know if he's in standard?  I really am a slide noob...I usually stick to the G and occasionally B strings.

Mel

Thanks for all the work you've uploaded to YouTube! It's great to see someone with a better ear play those tunes. With respect to your Winter video...can you show me (us) the first two chords you are using for the rhythm part...i find it hard to see from the video.

Thanks


Paul

Selfishly, I refuse to let this die!

Here's a cool E Dorian lick that MT used on "Slow Blues":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8CK8wgExRI

Mel Belli wrote on Apr 6^th, 2010 at 11:27am:



Cool! That's the lick of the entire album, IMO. Didn't know it's called an E Dorian scale/sequence, thanks . . .


And I bet you two sticks, and a home, and a dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkbDEWI90bc

fuman wrote on Apr 6^th, 2010 at 4:35pm:


I never had any idea what that line was! Had to do a double-take. Really sweet playing there ... Just when you think MT was finished with a phrase, he was already in the middle of the next one. He's like a chess player, always thinking a couple moves ahead...

Heart Of Stone wrote on Apr 6^th, 2010 at 5:15pm:


Goes so far as to use thumb and finger picks here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Bk6namUxg&playnext_from=TL&videos=fzZlB0HTaqo&f...

I could never really get into those. They're too long and get in the way. Plus, you get better tone with actual skin.

Throwaway wrote on Apr 6^th, 2010 at 4:11pm:


I've got a January '09 issue of Guitar Techniques magazine. A little featurette on MT has suggested amp settings of Gain at 5; Bass, 6; Middle, 6; Treble, 5; and Reverb, 2.

Along with this note:
"Mick's best known as a Les Paul man, although he's used SGs, Teles and Strats and still sounds like himself, so basically use whatever you have. The trick is to go easy on the gain and learn to use the guitar's controls; it's retro-style power valve overdrive we're after rather than pre-amp distortion. A good quality medium-sized valve combo with a fairly neutral EQ setting, turned up loud with either a low-gain overdrive channel selected or one of the more blues-style overdrives out there in front, again still hovering around the lower gain settings, should get you in the right ballpark."

Seems pretty reasonable to me...