Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood et al. - Apt. # 9

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 7 Dec 2008 1:33 pm

Every once in a while, a video of Ron Wood behind a pedal steel shows up, and here's another that I haven't seen before. This is The New Barbarians playing Apartment #9 in 1979:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuUr-cB7PnY

Keith Richards: Vocals and Keyboards
Ronnie Wood: Lap Steel
Ian MacLagan: Hammond Organ
Stanley Clarke: Bass
Bobby Keys: Saxophone
Ziggy Modeliste: Drums

I think it's pretty clear that it's a pedal steel, not a lap steel - but it's too blurry to make out exactly what it is.

I don't want to start a forum war arguing over its merits or demerits - just thought some of you might want to see it. I noticed it while watching Jim Cohen's "Far Wes" clip, not that there is any similarity between the two. I imagine that's some type of youtube keyword association.

Dale Lee · Post by **Dale Lee** » 7 Dec 2008 3:41 pm

Well, I enjoyed that. Is that minor chord supposed to be in there?

John Steele (deceased) · Post by **John Steele (deceased)** » 7 Dec 2008 3:52 pm

Could someone explain to me again why these guys are famous ?

-John

John Roche · Post by **John Roche** » 7 Dec 2008 4:02 pm

Because they ROCK

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 7 Dec 2008 6:46 pm

But just not on this number.

But seriously, suppose we had never heard Tammy and Pete Drake in Billy Sherril's classic arrangement of this great song. Suppose this was the Stones doing one of their original ballads in their edgy, eerie British rock way. I wonder what we would think of it then? We might think, "Hey, that's a pretty good Stones song." $:\$

Ulf Edlund · Post by **Ulf Edlund** » 8 Dec 2008 2:10 am

You gotta love that P/P tone!

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 8 Dec 2008 6:18 am

i'll take Jim Co's clip hands down
no wonder it was referenced on top

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 9 Dec 2008 7:35 am

The Stones are famous because they have made some great rock and roll. In a lot of ways, I think they are the very definition of post-50s rock and roll.

At a certain level, I think this clip points out a certain type of rock and roller's stereotype - or caricature - of what country music is. Everything is extremely exaggerated - the painfully slow and plodding tempo, exaggerated bent and pitchy notes, exaggerated vocalizing, and so on. I have played lots of rock and roll over the years, and I think this is what many rock and rollers pick up when they hear real country music. I don't understand it, but that is my sense.

I'll take Jim's clip hands down too. I just thought it was interesting that, somehow, youtube found these clips related enough to put them on the "related videos" section of each.

Ulf Edlund · Post by **Ulf Edlund** » 9 Dec 2008 7:46 am

I think you're spot on there Dave.

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 9 Dec 2008 12:19 pm

I'm a Stones fan...........but that clip is truly god-awful!

Mike Schwartzman · Post by **Mike Schwartzman** » 10 Dec 2008 2:57 pm

Even though that particular clip was from 1979 (and not their best)...I was reminded that country music did have quite an influence on The Stones going back to albums as early as Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed. The song (I forget which album) Girl With The Far Away Eyes was an example too.

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 10 Dec 2008 6:03 pm

I liked it, a bluesy version of the tune.. but Keith was completely stoned, barely intelligible.. he cheated us out of a great version. Woody showed some nice melodic work but has a horrible right hand.

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 10 Dec 2008 6:10 pm

This is a good example of why you don't go to a dentist if you have a sprained ankle.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 10 Dec 2008 8:07 pm

I never knew that Keith played piano!

I couldn't watch the clip all the way through, though. The steel solo was just too painful.