. . . Continuing where we left off, with the 70s, including the greatest rock double album in history.
“Let it Bleed” (1969)
Featuring one of the greatest songs ever written, “Gimme Shelter.”
Gimme Shelter-Phil Lesh and Friends
You Can’t Always Get What You Want-The Radiators
“Sticky Fingers” (1971)
Tina Toledo/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Tina Toledo-Ryan Adams
And of course the song that has been covered ad nauseam. Here’s just a few examples of what I thought were particularly good takes on it:
Wild Horses-The Rolling Stones with Eddie Vedder
Dead Flowers-New Riders of the Purple Sage
Moonlight Mile-The Drive-By Truckers
“Exile on Main Street” (1972)
Shake Your Hips-The 101ers (Joe Strummer pre-The Clash)
Sweet Virginia-Camper Van Beethoven
Sweet Virginia-Derek Trucks Band
Sweet Virginia-String Cheese Incident
Loving Cup/Easy Morning Rebel Jam-My Morning Jacket
I Just Want to See His Face-Blind Boys of Alabama
Cocksucker Blues-The Rolling Stones. A prize in my possession. This tune was *ahem* whipped out during the Exile tour and was, understandably, never officially released.
“Goats Head Soup” (1973) Lots of folks will say that Sticky Fingers, with it’s operable zipper, was the greatest album cover of all time. But I actually prefer this one: A goat, in a bowl of soup, looking supremely pissed.
To be continued again . . .
