Claims were made by not a few that if the Nobel Prize committee members decided, in their wisdom, to bequeath the Nobel Prize for Literature to Bob Dylan, they at the very least should have given Keith Richards the Nobel Prize for Chemistry…

I’m still working my way though their song catalogue but have been impressed at how they could adapt their voices and songwriting abilities to excel at nearly any musical style they chose, from baroque pop and Beatlesque psychedelic to r&b funk, soul and even touches of gospel and country. I had no clue how crazy talented the Bee Gees really were until neo started posting about them.

Taylor told my dentist that the Stones scene was crazy (it was) and might implode at any moment (entirely possible).

Taylor quit the band in 1974. He said that he hadn’t gotten credit for songs he made possible and that he never intended to be a Stone forever.

Later he admitted that he had developed his own drug problems while with the Stones and doubted he would have physically survived within the band.

Keith Richards jokes, “I’ll outlive you all.” But in addition to his talent he was gifted with an iron constitution and a remarkable amount of luck.

Well, Mick and Keith weren’t gracious or financially generous about acknowledging others’ contributions. Notably Mick Taylor, the guitarist who replaced Brian Jones.

Taylor was a phenomenal rock guitarist. The Stones’ prime period, late 60s/early 70s, was when Taylor played with them. All those gorgeous melodic guitar leads you heard from “Let It Bleed” to “It’s Only Rock’n’Roll” — that was Mick Taylor. He drove Keith Richards green with envy.

A wonderful, yet atypical Stones song was “Time Waits for No One,” credited to Jagger and Richards, but:
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The song’s most noteworthy elements, however, are Mick Taylor’s extended guitar solo and Jagger’s lyrics. Taylor credits inspiration for the solo to a visit to Brazil following the Stones’ European Tour 1973. Taylor’s solo guitar piece carries the song to its conclusion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRJXyn0od9g
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Wiki goes on to note that the Stones never played “Time” live. One may guess why.

An unpleasant section of Richards’ memoir was his victory dance for outlasting Taylor in the Stones.

Yes, in the early days Jagger was still going to school and was apparently quite serious about it so it was Jones sort of driving the band forward as he was the most committed to it.

Jones also played the sitar part on ‘Paint It, Black’. Not being a songwriter was definitely a major factor in the power shift in the band although there is a little gray area around whether he did write some parts of their songs but was too weak in many ways and was just stampeded by Jagger/Richards/Oldham.

His is a sad story and he left a raft full of kids including one who was adopted by Donovan Leitch.

Marisa:

There is a story to that version connecting it to Chris Farlowe which I hadn’t known until now.
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The song also appeared on the Stones’ 1975 ABKCO album Metamorphosis, which was created under the direction of former Stones manager Allen Klein and released on his ABKCO Records label. (Klein owned the rights to the pre-1971 Rolling Stones catalog.).[3] This version was, in fact, the backing track from Farlowe’s version, but with a Jagger lead vocal, recorded in London in April 1966 as a demo for Farlowe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Time_(Rolling_Stones_song)