Saturday, January 6, 2024

Keith Richards and Mick Taylor

Ok there's this long-standing debate on who came up with the guitar parts to "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." Both Keith and Mick (guitarist for the Stones in the early seventies) both claim they came up with the guitaring part. Any guitarist out here knows the song and knows the debate. WHO PLAYED GUITAR ON CAN"T YOPU HERE ME KNOCKING. There’s an old article out here by I believe it was Jimmy Miller who talks about being there and pressing record on the mixer as they played the song. I believe he claims it was Mick who played it, I would have to find the article to confirm. It turned into a jam session and good this they had the record button on!!! First off: the guitar tuning style was without question: Keith Richards. It was his tuning on the guitar. There are different "tuning" on a guitar that guitarist like and there is no question Keith was doing this at that time and before. But Mick Taylor, new to the band, might have picked up on the tuning and tried it out for himself. He is a fabulous guitarist. Saying this, he might have tried out Keith’s tuning being new to the band and started jamming this song. He was quite capable of jamming out on a moment’s notice. This is evident on live videos where he is playing defiantly than what the song was originally played, by adding notes to the song that were not on the recording. He was that good (and still is). So, while they are still on planet earth, I would like to put them both on the lie detector to see who played the rhythm and lead parts to that song. IDK I just thought I would talk about this. It's been on my mind lately.

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