The Rolling Stones Song of the Day is High And Dry. High And Dry was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is on their Aftermath album. A song influenced by their travels in America in the mid-60’s- The Rolling Stones first attempt at hillbilly music. Mick’s singing falls into an attempt at being a country singer.In listening to Aftermath- Mick- is giving more and more attitude- and sounds much more confident. Keith especially had interest in country and western music. The song is about a break-up- a common theme in country music. The Stones would return to country music in the future with better results.
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“Aftermath” is one of my favorite Rolling Stones albums. I still have my mono copy. Thanks for posting such a classic “deep” track! Glad to find your blog.
Hans, have you heard Mick’s CD, “Wandering Spirit”? He does a country song on there, “Evening Gown”. It took me a minute to adjust to hear him singing country, but it’s pretty good. The whole CD is good!
I bought the first Mick solo album- I have never got to Wandering Spirit.. will search for it. I think I have more Keith solo albums than Micks.
Here is the song I’m talking about. It might be a shock to the system to hear him sing country, but believe me, this song will grow on you.
Not bad- I remember at a concert once Steve Earle covered Dead Flowers by The Stones and introduced the song as ‘being from a London hillybilly band.”
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Interesting photo. They don’t look half bad!