Hearing Wayne Perkins' playing on some of the Black and Blue tracks, especially "Hand of Fate" where he plays the solo, makes me think he might've been a better replacement for Taylor than Woody. I know a lot of people like Woody but I think as a replacement to Mick he was a step down, and Wayne seemed to have a similar style to Taylor's but a little more bluesy.

Does anyone else agree Wayne might've been a better pick than Woody?

StickyStones wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 2:27am:



No

Mick, Keith, Bill, Charlie and . . . Wayne.  Nah.


Besides, he's American.  Back then, it wouldn't have suited.

texile wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 2:21pm:


I think that rule is kinda dumb, since I mean they always played themselves off as a quasi-American band with American sensibilities.
Him being American doesn't mean he's automatically not going to click with them.
Ronnie in hindsight was a poor choice for a replacement. He's basically got the same playing style as Keith, but not as good, nor are his riffs as catchy or cutting as Keith's. He was just an easy pick because he had lesser talent, there wouldn't be any ego there, and he'd just go along and not steal Keith's thunder or threaten his position as THE leading guitarist in the band, which it seemed at points MT was (working with MJ on tracks alone, leaving Keith completely out of the process on some of the songs, stealing the show live, etc)