Mick Taylor Solo from ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking’ (1970)

Another upload of a great Mick Taylor solo, this time from the Stones 1970 LP Sticky Fingers. More of a rocker than his work on Time Waits For No One, Legend has it the song was supposed to end but Taylor just kept playing, and the rest of the band followed, turning what was going to be a 4 or 5 minute regular filler album song into a 7:15 classic. Enjoy.

Mick Taylor’s ‘Slow Blues’ from self titled album.

The 1979 self titled Mick Taylor album ( copyright Sony Music ) had a couple of fine instrumentals particularly "Slow Blues" . The drummer on this tune was Pierre Moerlen (who also played with Gomg and Brand X) . This album was released for a time on CD in the 1990s , but is now unavailable . Excuse the audio quality of this , for this video I just put speakers next to a camera.

Mick Taylor Solo From ‘Time Waits For No One’ (1974)

As the title says, its his solo from Time Waits For No one, the last song from side1 of the Stones 1974 LP Its Only Rock & Roll.. This is one of my favorite pieces of all time. Its very emotive, passionate and played with incredible skill. Mick Taylor is one of the most underrated guitars in rock and roll history, IMHO. ****ATTENTION**** No copyright infringement intended – support the artist, buy the cd! Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

DRIVIN’ SIDEWAYS (1967) by John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers featuring Mick Taylor on guitar

I had this song up previously and I was contacted by Chris Mercer, one of the Bluesbreakers who played sax on this track. He offered a couple of photos of himself (I hadnt been able to find much in the way of images of him and indeed this version of the Bluesbreakers). So I have redone the video to include his two photos. The two photos of Chris are at 3.13 and 3.17 (although I cropped both significantly). According to Chris, the first is from summer 67 just after I graduated from Oxford and joined the band, taken at Klooks Kleek, which was in West Hampstead right next door to Decca studios, where the albums were recorded. The second one was a year or so later, looks like it was taken in Decca or Abbey Rd studios from the background, my hair was much longer by then. I have summarised some of Chris observations as follows: "Working in that band at that time, when it went from cult to international status was very exciting. We were on the road 5 to 6 nights a week and travelled widely in Europe, as well as the groundbreaking tour of the USA. That particular era before the end of the 60s was an incredible time. Much of the business was run at grass roots level by the musicians themselves, before the lawyers, bankers, accountants and managerial chancers turned it into an industry ". Chris also went on to say that Mayall was a hard task master, changing personnel every few years. After the Bluesbreakers Chris (and his wife) went to the US where he found a new career in <b>…<b>