Gazza wrote on Dec 3
rd, 2017 at 8:16am:
The Keith photo was taken in New York at Germano Studios on November 29.
The Mick one is from London yesterday (probably British Grove Studios)
They're not even on the same continent. Mick is working on the Stones album in that session. Apparently, Keith is doing a contribution for Steve Jordan's band, The Verbs.
(thanks, Nico)
Just a reminder, that its now exactly TWO YEARS since the Stones hit a creative roadblock when recording their 'new' studio album and chose to record Blue & Lonesome instead.
Sure.. but their was no creative road block between Mick and Keith .. Just a break in tempo and in breaking things in and a creative stop / block during a single song... not an entire road block creatively between Mick and Keith all together (just wanna clarify).
B & L was born in three short days and they continued work on new original material in the same sessions and in a few sessions there after. They also continued work on the material together.
Blue & Lonesome did so surprisingly well (especially for an album of covers) they chose to ease up on following it up according to people at the record company.
The plan is to get together ...all together very shortly to work on new material together.
I agree... it's been terribly long.. and they have taken their time ... terribly taken their time (if I would not of heard anything by Febuary of a new album .. I was gonna throw in the towel and have to grasp that it just was not gonna happen.... no kidding Gazz.. I had a three month time line .. If it would of been mid Febuary and we heard nothing of new album or studio work I was gonna call it. Just aint there.)
Ok Now the slowness has not been due to the material being hopeless or lacking or due to a huge riff between Mick and Keith. It was due to the right approach to this album in keeping <all> members happy with the results and taking it very slow.
As well .. Blue & Lonesome did so well ...and continued to do well internationally they had absolutely no pressure to get the original material out there.
Slow.. in spurts.. slow but sure ... are the buzz words for this record (very slow lol and in no rush .. in fact.. It would seem neglectful .. I agree there).
This is not directed toward you but people say my vision was blurry. It wasnt a vision .. it was what was is all. First everyone said they would never do another album .. and that they had absolutely no interest in ever recording again (well now the verdict is in on all that). We have not only had one but here's a fresh one. Like I said from the start.. they still are interested in doing more albums.. after all they are there aren't they? (and we already had one).
Things are fine. They are not in process as they did in the past.. its a different approach going in and over time but things are still fine.