The Stones In, On, and About Memphis (and Its Music)
Q: Which was the first music that Stones have mentioned an American city or
State in a song?
A: Memphis----Saturday Club 10/26/63
Keith on Elvis 1998:
"I would have loved to have worked with Elvis, on the
right day. As long as he got out of that costume."
Keith on Southern cooking: "I just sling that
hash on the stage..."
Keith speaks Hillbilly (AOL interview 1998): (Where are all the vintage master tapes?) "Hidden in silos, bubba."
Mick on Elvis 1998: "I wish I could have seen Elvis perform live."
Bill on early influences: "I heard my first rock and roll in 1955. Suddenly I was listening to Elvis, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and that's when I really wanted to do it."
Ron: "The first gig I did with a famous person was Memphis Slim. My group had
to back him up and we got a bottle of whiskey as payment."
Charlie on Elvis: "Fats Domino was the only performer of rock and roll that I ever loved as a kid. I never liked Elvis or any of that."
Keith, on being asked what cover song he would like to do: "I would love to do 'Chained and Bound' by Otis Redding."
Keith: "Nobody lasted more than two years in the early 60s. It didn't matter how big you were, unless you were Elvis, you were supposed to disappear at the height of your career."
Ron: "The first two singles I ever bought were Jerry Lee Lewis's 'Great Balls of Fire' and Fats Domino's 'I'm Walkin'."
Mick: "On the Everly Brothers tour we were almost bottom of the bill and we
only played two numbers, so we'd play our records 'Come On' and one other, like 'Memphis Tennessee' that they knew, and that was it."
Keith:"Can't even describe what America meant to us. We first started listening to Otis when we got to the States and picked up our first Stax singles. And Wilson Pickett. That's what's so amazing about Bobby Keys, that cat, man, he was there from the beginning."
Mick: "Elvis Presley was a big influence on everybody. He was like the archetypal rock star, standing there with his guitar."
SET LISTS FROM PAST MEMPHIS SHOWS
Updated info provided by Gary Galbraith
NOVEMBER 17, 1965: Fourth North American Tour, MidSouth Coliseum; Opening Acts: Rockin' Ramrods, Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells
SET LIST: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love/Play With Fire/Mercy Mercy/Around and Around/The Last Time/ That's How Strong My Love Is/Get Off My Cloud/Satisfaction
JULY 4, 1975: Tour of Americas, Memorial Stadium; Opening Acts: J. Geils Band, Charlie Daniels Band, The Meters, Furry Lewis (This was the show that Keith refused to play until Furry Lewis was brought to the stadium from his family picnic!)
SET LIST: Honky Tonk Women/All Down the Line/If You Can't Rock Me/Get Off My Cloud/Star Star/Gimme Shelter/Ain’t Too Proud to Beg/Lady Jane (Mick sings a few lines a capella!)/You Gotta Move/You Can't Always Get What You Want/Happy/Tumbling Dice/It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll/Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)/Fingerprint File/Angie/ Wild Horses/That’s Life/Outta Space/Brown Sugar/Midnight Rambler/Rip This Joint/Street Fighting Man/Jumpin'Jack Flash
JUNE 28, 1978: Ninth North American Tour, MidSouth Coliseum; Opening Act: Peter Tosh
SET LIST: Let It Rock/All Down the Line/Honky Tonk Women/Star Star/When the Whip Comes Down/ Miss You/Lies /Beast of Burden/Just My Imagination/ Respectable/Far Away Eyes/Love in Vain/Shattered/Hound Dog (live debut)/Tumbling Dice/Happy/ Sweet Little Sixteen/Brown Sugar/Jumpin' Jack Flash (According to James Karnbach's Ultimate Guide to the Rolling Stones, this show's setlist was a rarity with the addition of "Hound Dog." "When the Whip Comes Down" was recorded here for its appearance on "Sucking in the 70s.")
SEPTEMBER 27, 1994: VooDoo Lounge Tour, Liberty Bowl; Opening Act: Blind Melon
SET LIST: Not Fade Away/Tumbling Dice/You Got Me Rocking/Shattered/Rocks Off/ Sparks Will Fly/Satisfaction/Beast of Burden/Out of Tears/Can’t Get Next to You/ I Go Wild/It's All Over Now/Miss You/Honky Tonk Women/Before They Make Me Run/The Worst/Love Is Strong/Monkey Man/Street Fighting Man/Start Me Up/It's Only Rock 'n' Roll/Brown Sugar/Jumpin' Jack Flash
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