Keith Richards heard more than a joke in ‘Far Away Eyes’. He suspected Mick Jagger’s love of Merle Haggard was hiding in plain sight.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Far Away Eyes’: Keith Richards on the Merle Haggard Connection (1978)
Mick Jagger’s Brush with Billy the Kid and Jean Harlow?
Mick Jagger was reportedly set to play Billy the Kid in 1972. The bizarre project paired the Rolling Stones frontman with Jean Harlow in a controversial imaginary encounter.
The Rolling Stones’ Unreleased Take of a Cole Porter Classic (1993)
Keith Richards sings Cole Porter? The Rolling Stones actually recorded ‘I Get a Kick Out of You’ in 1993—and then left this unexpected gem unreleased.
Los Rolling Stones y «Monkey Man»: La extraña historia detrás del clásico de 1969
‘Monkey Man’ suena a puro caos Stone, pero su extraña historia nos lleva desde la Costa Amalfitana y Mario Schifano hasta una de las canciones más inusuales de Let It Bleed.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘The Storm’: How Mick Jagger Wrote It on Demand (1994)
Mick Jagger needed three B-sides fast, so he sat in a cafeteria and wrote them. ‘The Storm’ was one of the surprisingly bluesy results.
Rolling Stones chronology: September 28
September 28 takes the Rolling Stones from British cinemas to Munich, Ronnie Wood’s live album, Eddie Vedder joining ‘Wild Horses’, and some unexpected Mick Jagger solo surprises.
Brian Jones on The Rolling Stones’ Destiny in 1964: “We Had to Go for What We Believed In”
In 1964 Brian Jones recalled how he, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards debated risking everything on The Rolling Stones rather than spending their lives wondering what might have been.
Inside The Rolling Stones’ ‘Love You Live’ Party in NYC (1977)
The Rolling Stones celebrated Love You Live at New York’s Trax in 1977, with Andy Warhol, bizarre promotional memorabilia and plenty of evidence that album launches used to be far more interesting.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Hear It’: The Mysterious Unreleased 1964 Track
A mysterious 1964 Stones track, Brian Jones’ solo ambitions, uncertain authorship—and no surviving recording. ‘Hear It’ is one fascinating musical road that history left unexplored.
«Child of the Moon» de los Rolling Stones: Su despedida psicodélica (1968)
Los Rolling Stones ya estaban dejando atrás la psicodelia cuando ‘Child of the Moon’ apareció en 1968. Su atmósfera extraña y su inquietante película cuentan una historia bastante más compleja.
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