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A bit of Mick Taylor.

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I think Mick got tired of the blues. I saw him once in the 80's and all he played was jazz fusion. YUCK! I remember he had Roger Troy on bass, who played with Mike Bloomfield and maybe even Electric Flag. Next time I saw him , he was playing songs that were on his live album. Much better! Red House ,You Got To Move, Leather Jacket, and others. That was a great night....until my car was towed.
 
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Probably my favorite Mick Taylor solo. Really one of the best blues guitars solos I've ever heard. Such great phrasing, tone and feeling! And among the dumbest, most insipid lyrics imaginable...next to Led Zeppelin, <hiding behind couch> LOL.

 
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And these two gems, heard these when I was a teenager and got caught up in the technique, subtlety the mastery, different and luscious both of them, just great playing.........wish I could.


 
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bern1 said:
I bought the MT record when it first came out, still have it and listen once in a while. It’s a great guitar player’s record.
I can still remember the first time I heard Taylor on Crusade in the late ‘60’s. Awesome vibrato and soulful playing from a very young man. As a slightly younger man myself at the time, I thought well, this is something I can get in to!

The Rolling Stones with Mick Taylor was a glorious band in a great period. But The Rolling Stones didn’t need Mick Taylor. I think Ronnie is actually a better fit.

What Taylor really needed was to hook up with a vocalist and songwriting to match his guitar playing, which never happened. His vocals are mostly truly cringeworthy and certainly were not sellable. Surely somebody must have told him but maybe he just didn’t care. There is probably a reason we have never heard James P. Page sing.
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I dunno about never..

 
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And he was, what?, just 17 when he joined Mayall? That must have been some education. Anyway, his talents showed up early. But, jeez, think of the influences he witnessed up close. Eric, Peter Green, among others, right in front of him in the clubs.
Edit to add: Jeff Beck, too. And Jimmy Page clearly heard him, as Zeppelin's version of "I Can't Quit You Baby" clearly follows the Mayall/Taylor version.

Just this morning I was playing the Stones live in '72 version of "Love in Vain." I've been in a Robert Johnson mood lately. And this is sort of a Stones high point in my book.

 
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Hunt down the Mayall album "Primal Solos" - there's a live track on there called "Start Walkin'" featuring "the lovely Mickey Taylor" as Mayall introduces him. Five minutes of pure burst tone, blistering playing, controlled feedback and classic British blues licks. That was the first time I'd heard Taylor let loose, and it was impressive.

Incidently, there's a live EC cut ("It Hurts to be in Love") on that same album where the grail tone we all seek just pours forth effortlessly from Beano in a short but perfectly constructed solo. Almost breathtaking.
 
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Slim Taper said:
Hunt down the Mayall album "Primal Solos" - there's a live track on there called "Start Walkin'" featuring "the lovely Mickey Taylor" as Mayall introduces him. Five minutes of pure burst tone, blistering playing, controlled feedback and classic British blues licks. That was the first time I'd heard Taylor let loose, and it was impressive.

Incidently, there's a live EC cut ("It Hurts to be in Love") on that same album where the grail tone we all seek just pours forth effortlessly from Beano in a short but perfectly constructed solo. Almost breathtaking.
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Great recommendation. I'd never heard of this but will now try to track down the CD. Seems to be a collection of untamed live performances. Good stuff!

 
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I really like his playing with Bob Dylan. I get easily bored of blues but I like his jazzier things.
 
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You could take a nap behind one of those monitors and nobody would ever know. MT really gets into a zone when he is playing a lead.
 
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