Rev 20 Redlights wrote on May 16
th, 2023 at 4:43pm:
At iorr dot org, long-timer "Meise" has reported:
Yesterday I had an interesting phone call with Ulli Schroeder from the
Stones Museum in Luechow Germany about an event with Darryl Jones at
the Museum in June. Ulli told me that the Stones have asked Darryl to
remain available from August 2023 on. Ulli added that the new record
has been finished and will be published presumably in early fall this year.
Hmmm. Let's see. Multiple sources, including even tour-mad BV, have
confirmed that there will be no big tour this year. So why then must Darryl
be available "from August 2023 on"? I mean, why will Darryl be integral
to the promotion of the album for five months?
I'd like to buy an "O", Alex Pat
D_RR_L IS _ R_LLI__ S____
I'm a Rolling Stone, all alone and lost
For a life of sin, I have paid the cost
When I pass by, all the people say
There goes another boy down the lost highway
Seriously, people, have you any doubt how HUGE a story it will be when
it is first teased and then announced that The Rolling Stones have
added two new members?
That's one conclusion you could reach, I suppose. Another is that Darryl received instructions not unlike what one might get from their employer, which would hardly make him a creative partner to any degree.
That's not a dig at all. I have the utmost respect for Darryl as a musician - his resume is absolutely bonkers and any bass player with aspirations of a paycheck should have his poster hanging up in their practice room right next to Pino.
The question is after 30 years, why now? I can't imagine him losing any sleep over not being an official member for this long. As a working musician, I have no doubt he spends more time thinking about his next gig - he seems to be taking more offers for side projects recently (featured on two jazz albums released in 2022, just that I'm aware of). Being asked a half-year in advance to keep his schedule clear reads pretty simply
to me as a standard professional courtesy.
As for Steve: again fantastic player and I'm glad he got the gig, but mark my words this album will be promoted as a tribute to Charlie and he will firmly be taking a backseat to serving that legacy. Neither he nor Darryl are "in the band" any more than Paul & Ringo.