Worse than 06? Ouch.  Do ya think they would bring onstage a competent guitarist to cover for Keith this tour?  Most concert goers will be happy to just see Keith on stage with the Stones, and aren't really clued in to what he is playing or not playing.

I always thought the playing on Shine A Light sucked and that was six years ago.  Elderly people rarely or ever get better at anything, so? But that's the world we live in just be realistic. Everything ends. Nobody's fault. My mom has had horrible arthritis for years she never smoked or drank.  It just happens to some people. I for one would rather the stones never play live again then see Keith not being able to play. He will always be my favorite musician but from what I have read and seen from last night it looks over.  With that said I still do believe he can write and make a record.  Hope so.

But don't you think they will do the tour for the last big crash grab?  We know it ain't about the music anymore, at least when it comes to this Corporate Rolling Stones Band.

72Tele wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 8:42am:



PERFECTLY SAID RIGHT THERE.

What's the attraction to wearing a captain's hat?
Johnny Johnson did, Chuck Berry wears one to this day.
This sax player with Keith, sorry for I do not know his name.
It's like he just came off his shift throwing tow rope from the ferry from NJ & happened to bring his sax.
I don't get it.

"Spoonful" was a little more vigorous, shall we say. Singing was forceful, and settled into a weave with Eric:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehVk3xSqQro

It Is What It Is

So Be It

Mel Belli wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 7:48am:



This is sadly spot-on.

Maybe it's the excitement for some of the fact that they're seeing him perform again, but I don't see anything in this to enthuse about.  It's not horrendous, but it's barely functional and it's pretty evident that it's other musicians (in this case Clapton) who are taking the strain musically. And it's only blues - it's not exactly challenging stuff.  Of course, a tour could be many months away yet, but is it beyond the point of no return?

If they go on tour and early reviews are scathing, will people still flock to buy expensive tickets in the droves they expect them to?

I'm pretty surprised no one seems to have commented on Mick's non appearance. I know he wasn't billed (and maybe its as well as THAT would have become the 'story' of the event when it was meant to be Hubert's night) but it was still very disappointing, considering he was in the same city at the time and it would appear that apart from Obama and the frail BB King, he was about the only performer from the White house gig who wasn't at the Apollo.

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Howlin' For Hubert
The Apollo Theater
NY, NY
Febraury 24, 2012

This was a benefit show for the Jazz Foundation of America, which helps impoverished musicians (not just jazz musicians) pay the bills for their basic necessities. It was to have been a celebration of Hubert's 80th birthday, but since he passed away, it became a memorial show.

I have never experienced such a stunning array of talent displayed at a single show. I have tried my best with the track titles and artists on stage,but given the changes and number of artists, it was quite a chore- any corrections would be appreciated. There was a video played at the beginning of the show, but since I do not know its source and whether any of the music played was commercially released, I just left the last 30 or so seconds, per the suggestions of the mods. There were no cameras present to indicate a DVD was shot. A CD release would be very difficult, given the contracts of all the various artists, so enjoy it in its glory.

Hats off the the 1500 seat Apollo Theater in Harlem. The venue did the show full justice.

Source: CA-14 cards at rear of lower mezzanine, center > CA9100 > Edirol R-09HR @ 24/48 > Kingston SDHC > Audacity 1.3 Eqd, tracks split, downsampled to 16/44.1 > flac (level8)
Taper: absnj


First Set
1. Video Fades In
2. Key To The Highway (Eric Clapton and James Cotton)
3. Jeffrey Wright Introduction
4. Big Head Todd Intro
4. Roll Where You Want Hubert Sumlin (Big Head Todd)
6. Jimmy Vaughan Intro
7. Six Strings Down (Jimmy Vaughan)
8. Jody Williams and Kenny Waynbe Shepherd Intros
9. Lucky You (Jody Williams and Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
10. Jimmy Vivino and David Johansen Intros
11. Evil (Jody Williams, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jimmy Vivino, David Johansen and Kim Wilson)
12. Ronnie Baker Brooks and Lonnie Brooks Intros
13. Born In Chicago - Sweet Home Chicago (Ronnie Baker Brooks and Lonnie Brooks)
14. Eddy Shaw and Henry Gray Intros
15. Sittin' On top Of The World (Eddy Shaw and Henry Gray)
16. Elvis Costello Intro
17. Hidden Charms (Elvis Costello, Eddy shaw and Henry Gray)
18. Warren Haynes Intro
19. You'll Be Mine (Warren Haynes)
20. Billy Gibbons Intro
21. I Asked For Water (Warren Haynes and Billy Gibbons)
22. Mister Highway Man (Warren Haynes and Billy Gibbons)

Second Set
23. Intro To Jazz Foundation of American Director
24. Wendy Oxenhorn Speaks
25. Toni Ann Mamary (Hubert's Manager) Speaks
26. House Band Intros
27. Who's Been Talking (Kim Wilson)
28. Keb Mo Intro
29. Howlin' For My Baby (with Eddy Shaw)
30. Doyle Bramhall Intro
31. Commit a Crime (with Jimmy Vaughan and Keb Mo)
32. Derek Trucks Intro
33. Meet Me At the Bottom (with Jimmy Vaughan)
34. Susan Tedeschi Intro
35. How Many More Years
36. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
37. Robert Randolph Intro
38. Who Do You Love (with Jody Williams)
39. Buddy Guy Intro
40. Quinn Sullivan Intro
41. Goin' Down Slow
42. Hocchie Koochie Man (Buddy Guy and Robert Randolph)
43. Shemekia Copeland Intro
44. Beggin' You Please(Buddy Guy and Shemekia Copeland)
45. Gary Clark Jr. Intro
46. Catfish Blues
47. Eric Clapton Intro
48. Shake For Me (with Gary Clark Jr.)
49. Little Baby (with Gary Clark Jr.)
50. 44 Blues (with Gary Clark Jr. and Jody Williams)
51. Goin' Down Slow (with Keith Richards and Gary Clark Jr.)
52. Keith Richards Intro
53. Little Red Rooster (Keith Richards and James Cotton)
54. Spoonful (with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and James Cotton)
55. Wang Dang Doodle (All Musicians on stage)
56. Smokestack Lightning (All Musicians on stage)

House Band:
Willie Weeks - Electric bass
Larry The Mole Taylor- Standup Bass
Billy Flynn- Guitar
Eddie Taylor Jr.- Guitar
Danny Kootch Kortchmar- Guitar
Barrelhouse Chuck Goering- Upright piano
Ivan neville- Organ, electric piano
Jimmy Lee Keltner- Drums
Steve Jordan- Drums, musical director
Kim Wilson- Harp, vocals

If Mick would have showed, it would have turned into a mini-sideshow.
After all this WAS about Hubert Sumlin, not The Rolling Stones and their "current state".

If they give us a few shows, I'll proudly go to show my support and give them the applause they deserve
for all they have given to me. I'll never be embarrassed by the "prancing Rooster in drag and/or his egg laying ax man"

 

I enjoyed his vocal on 'Spoonful'.

I noticed that - like the last tour post-Fiji - he didn't seem to be playing much guitar when singing, though.

As Bill says, 'any attempt to brush off the cobwebs is a step in the right direction', although it shouldn't have taken this long.

Hopefully he'll keep his hand in with a few more appearances in the next few months before he does it for real.