A few more people outside than usual. At first I thought were going to get a regular concert set as they blazed through this set with few breaks between the songs.


Get Off My Cloud

The Last Time

Start Me Up

Gimme Shelter

All Down The Line

Bitch

Honky Tonk Women

Ruby Tuesday

It's Only Rock N Roll

Tumbling Dice

Sympathy For The Devil

Brown Sugar (botched intro ala 2003)

Brown Sugar (restarted)




then a long break. Someone claims to see Mick Taylor go past in a van but someone had already mistaken Bobby Keys for him a few days ago. Rumors had him landing in town every day for the past few weeks. I was telling everybody I didn't expect to see him before May 1st.


But I must say seeing him get out of the van and hug Ron Wood was one of my most exciting moments as a Stones fan. I sincerely got chills. THIS was why I paid my money yet again when I swore I have given them enough.


Anyway it could have been upwards of an hour between the sets.




Sway (slowed down, started from the middle?)

Sway

Can't You Hear Me Knocking (long jam, ending redone)

Love In Vain

Shine A Light

Midnight Rambler

(MT smoke break)

Little Queenie

If You Can't Rock Me (can hear vocals, Jagger is working this one as hard as he did on the Licks tour)

Worried About You (while MT smokes outside)

Beast Of Burden (is he playing on this? it was a 3 guitar song in 2002/2005)

I Heard It Through The Grapevine (a lot more guitar than previous renditions, almost positive he is playing)

Dead Flowers

Angie

???? (something slow, real short,  3 mins but it was hard enough to figure out Angie under the teeming throngs on the sidewalk, someone ask Ronnie to post today's canvas, the best guess was Fool To Cry but pretty sure that wasn't it)



The last one stumped everyone who was trying to pay attention, But I am also embarrassed to say I haven't listened to Exile, Goat's Head Soup or IORR in about 10 years. Oh well, maybe the real fans should have had their ears peeled rather than holding records that probably won't get signed and waiting to see how the fast the cars can whisk by.

Finally a celebrity sighting I found a little interesting. Apparently Nigel Mogg formerly of the Quireboys is a friend of Ron Wood and was hanging out. A friend of mine dropping something off at the studio told me it was him. He walked past, saw me looking at him and he said "They sound good, don't they?" They are another bucket list band.



Anyway this was so much fun I almost wish I didn't have a trip booked April 30/May 1. If they are still rehearsing there, someone needs to put up some effort and document whatever is going on. A few people say they might try but a few more wouldn't hurt.

he's here!

"then a long break. Someone claims to see Mick Taylor go past in a van but someone had already mistaken Bobby Keys for him a few days ago. Rumors had him landing in town every day for the past few weeks. I was telling everybody I didn't expect to see him before May 1st.

 
But I must say seeing him get out of the van and hug Ron Wood was one of my most exciting moments as a Stones fan. I sincerely got chills. THIS was why I paid my money yet again when I swore I have given them enough."

MAJOR TINGLE!!!!!!!

Patrick wrote on Apr 25^th, 2013 at 6:28am:


special guest can have many meanings, as far as, paycheck, band member, how long he will be onstage… and IMO, all of them apply.
one thing is for sure, he will get a paycheck, and won't see merch money….
he will most likely be limited, and won't be playing at start or finish, but will play a good chunk of songs as a special set…
despite him bring a one time member, he will never be a member again, in reality a former memeber… see bill perks for clarification on how they treat you, and what you are asked to do….

" Worried About You (while MT smokes outside)   "


WTF  ... ?! .. !!!!!!

Joey wrote on Apr 25^th, 2013 at 8:51am:



Whats the big deal? On the No Security tour, the rest of the band routinely played for over two hours every night while Ronnie smoked on stage and pointed at the audience.

this is how they should do it

Start Me Up
Get Off My Cloud
The Last Time
Paint It Black
Doom And Gloom


then "Ladies And Gentlemen, MICK TAYLOR" for the rest of the set.

Bluzdude wrote on Apr 25^th, 2013 at 11:31am:


I have absolutely no real information, all I can do is today, tomorrow and Monday. Maybe one of those days I will show up and everyone will be gone.

ijwthstd wrote on Apr 25^th, 2013 at 12:04pm:


I totally understand. My guess is that before they move to the Sports Arena (or someplace similar) for a couple days of dress rehearsals and sound fine tuning, they will probably do a 2 hour run-thru of a full set. They still seem to be at the point of feeling out at least some of the tunes they are considering.

http://t0.gstatic.com/imagesq=tbn:ANd9GcSmqnn-99tTn7kx6siwaTMGhh57tMEB5CIkQdH5oE...

Now you listen, and listen good.
You've put up one hell of a fight.
A damn good one.
Most people would say "ah, get on with your life"
They wouldn't fault you for walking away, going to shows.

But that's not you, that's them.

You!
You know why you are there - because it is what you know to be true.
Your are hearing it, and seeing it, and through you, we are all feeling it.
And that's why you are there, and the rest of us are not.

God bless you man.

nankerphelge wrote on Apr 25^th, 2013 at 1:32pm:

Ouch. You make young Joey cry and shit liquid. Pretty much like every other day.

Thanks for the reports everyone. I'm a little worried about the less Mick Taylor bit. First day it seemed a lot more and then far less and he even left early. I just hope they didn't keep him out of it on purpose. I was hoping that it would ramp up the more they rehearsed.

'Emotional Rescue' ??

Wow.

Thanks, Dan..you really are our 'Knight in Shining Armour' for these rehearsals.