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Mick Jagger, the lead singer of The Rolling Stones who originally penned and performed the song, claimed in 2009 that he believed Boyle's version of "Wild Horses" was "better than his own" version, claiming Boyle's version to be a "ghostly version" which was "much better than anything I had ever done". [24]
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupWild Horses ((Original Single Stereo Version)) · The Rolling StonesSingles 1968-1971℗ 1971 ABKCO Music & Records ...
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Though the prospect of getting back to playing for American audiences was a blessing to the Stones, it came with its drawbacks. Keith did not want to leave his newborn son. “I knew we were going to have to go to America and start work again, to get me off my ass, and [I didn’t want] to go away,” Keith said. “It was a very delicate moment; the kid’s...
Days after their tour wrapped up in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 2nd, The Rolling Stones entered Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. The newly-opened premises had been founded by four musicians formerly of Rick Hall’s FAME Studios house band, revered for their work with Etta James, Wilson Pickett, and Aretha Franklin. It was here that the group stoppe...
Finding themselves in the Deep South, the Stones couldn’t help but feel inspired. The walls were saturated with the sound of R&B. As Mick Taylor modified his acoustic guitar to a Nashville tuning, the song began to soak up a distinct country flavor. “Being there does inspire you to do it slightly differently,” Jagger once admitted. Ian Stewart, the...
In the wee small hours of December 7th, the Stones were in their San Francisco hotel getting to grips with what they had just gone through. Their free concert at Altamont Speedway that day was intended to be a token of gratitude from the Stones to their fans for a successful tour, but was cursed with violence from the off (thanks to the heavy-hande...
The Rolling Stones wanted to put their business affairs in order before releasing any further new material. Allen Klein’s contracts stipulated his ownership of all Jagger/Richards songs recorded by the group in the 60s, including “Brown Sugar” and “Wild Horses,” and his dismissal had to be concluded. Their own label, Rolling Stone Records, was laun...
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May 8, 2024 · As it happens, a version of the iconic song was released in 1970 by the pioneers of ‘Cosmic American Music’, The Flying Burrito brothers. Led by ex-Byrds member Gram Parsons, the band were good friends of The Rolling Stones and came across the track thanks to Mick Jagger.
Wild Horses was actually written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger (it is widely held that the song was originally written for Gram to sing, an idea that was refused by the record label). The Rolling Stones did allow Gram to record the song before the Stones themselves had recorded it (a first for the Rolling Stones).
Jimmy Miller. Originally, Keith wrote “Wild Horses” as a simple lullaby for his son, finding it more and more difficult to part from Marlon to go on tour. The song then took on a…. Read More ...
Sep 15, 2024 · The story of ‘Wild Horses’ goes back to the very late ’60s, but the song wasn’t released until 1971, even though it was recorded in 1969. Keith Richards had written the song with the intention of it being about missing his new son, but Mick Jagger took it over and changed it to be about a relationship that had burned out.
