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Mick Jagger came to the gate on Tuesday. I didn't post this because it was irrelevant to the original objective of reporting the songs. A hundred people showing up hoping for their moment too would be counterproductive. The more people chattering outside, the harder it is to hear.
Much like the Keith set at concerts, a sizeable portion of the crowd outside just faded leaving only four of us. Charlie's bodyguard comes up and says "Guys, we're bringing Mick out, no photos, be orderly and if he wants to sign, he'll sign" and suddenly he was just there like he materialized out of thin air.
I had a sign that said "More Mick Taylor Please" on one side but I didn't want him to feel that signing it might be an endorsement so even though that sign was made to show to him driving by, I flipped it over to my sincere yet ridiculous song requests I wrote to show Chuck Leavell. Too Much Blood & Grown Up Wrong. I handed him the sharpie and said Fat Chance huh? He said Grown Up Wrong, a few more words I totally didn't hear or understand, then moved down the line with my sharpie. James, an autograph collector with such a kind and joyful disposition that he get autographs from everybody, started telling him how much he loved the Lets Work video.
Mick handed me my sharpie back and split. The whole thing from the security briefing to his exit was less than 60 seconds. The looming spectre of Mick Taylor was hanging over the proceedings so intensely that one person thought the bodyguard said he was bringing Mick Taylor over.
Met a lot of really cool people, some interesting characters too. The middle aged man who saw us standing around and thought it was the AA meeting on the next block hung out a bit saying a few times, "wow, it's really the Stones." Also someone working in the area asked us if it was the Stones playing and before we could answer he said "Of course it is, that's You Got Me Rocking off Voodoo Lounge." He cruised by a few more times throughout the day.
A family of four got out of a car with a plastic storage container. A kid who couldn't have been more than ten asked if anybody famous was there. I thought the container held stacks of stuff to get autographed and perhaps they were regulars here too. Someone said "Rolling Stones." Blank stare, kept walking.
A lot of people would just come hang out for a bit, or just one day or bits and pieces of various days and take off, some visiting more than others. I was the only one there every day. I never thought it would be possible for me to go every day but once it seemed like making the Dustbowl Revival show last Thursday would be too difficult, the grip real life had on me was loosened and the Stones took over. No way I would have done this if it happened in Hollywood or beyond but I live here so that made it really convenient and compulsory.
A lot of people were curious and waiting for autographs and those seemed to outnumber the people who wanted to know what was going on behind those walls. Found myself repeating a lot of info over and over again, everything from what was played to where do I think is the club gig going to be and especially is Mick Taylor here yet
I was actually threatened by an autograph collector last Friday over something he read on a fan board. Then he said we aren't Ebayers, we are real fans. Like I care what people do with the autographs once they get them. I don't think it was anything I wrote but it doesn't matter as he wasn't intimidating in the least. Did take down his license plate just in case. Another autograph collector brought everybody pizza and bread sticks the two days he was there.
I wish I had some sort of device for the mystery track but unless I was the only one there, trying to seriously record would have been an exercise in frustration and futility. Not to mention I wouldn't want any prohibited devices on me should we be invited in.
Anyway the rehearsals were an amazing once in a lifetime experience. Oddly enough, it was painful, tedious and boring when I was actually there as there was more downtime than music but typing it out after the fact and thinking, wow, I was really there was what made it really exciting.
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