The Rolling Stones: Memory Motel
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Fool to Cry
is probably my favorite from the Stones’ Black and Blue, but it doesn’t fit the
theme this time around. That leaves me with my second favorite song from the
album: Memory Motel.
There’s a
lesson here about relying too heavily on Wikipedia for your data. Around 1975, the
Stones were searching for guitar men to replace Mick Taylor. Black and Blue was
in progress at about this time and Keith Richards is on record as saying that
the album was about trying out different guitarists. The Wikipedia article
about the song itself informs us that Richards “did not play guitar on this
piece”. However, the Wikipedia article about the album says he did, while also giving
credit to Harvey Mandel for “lead electric guitar”.
Some months
back, SMM ran the theme “The Other Guy” and at that time, I once again chose a
Stones’ song where Keith Richards did the main vocal. In the clip here, Richards is most certainly on the guitar in addition to sharing the lead vocals with some other
guys. (This, of course, following my post last time around that included a
Jagger vocal to RY Cooder’s guitar.