Duke from Fresno, CaI was at Altamont and Mick introduced it as being a song they recently worked on in the studio and we are going to playing for you today for the first time anywhere.It was their second straight #1 record on the Top 100, "Honky Tonk Woman" preceded it and was in the top spot for 4 weeks, and "Brown Sugar" was their sixth of eight #1 records on the Top 100. The last song in their set was "Brown Sugar" a month later, save one day, on April 25th, 1971 the song would entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #40, four weeks later on May 23rd, 1971 it would peak at #1 and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 26th 1971, the Rolling Stones were appearing in concert at the Marquee Club in London on the VIP passes they used for the first time their 'lips and tongue' logo.Can you confirm if the lyrics are "Scarred old slaver" or "Skydog slaver". That might be true, but ZZ Top regularly do their own Brown Sugar, an entirely different song! Ovind from NorwayIt is alleged (above, by Brett - Edmonton, Canada) that ZZ Top has done a cover of Brown Sugar.Only in the internet age can we see the lyrics in print.
Hear him whip the woman just around midnight. Neill Young's southern Man was sung with horror and was clearly about the horrors of slavery. John from ConnecticutThey can play it off as much as they want but this song was sung with such Glee.Johnson says that Johns called him from England to compliment him on the mix. The Rolling Stones engineer Glyn Johns added overdubs in England (including horns), but he left Johnson's mix intact. The engineer at the Muscle Shoals sessions was Jimmy Johnson, the producer/guitarist who was one of the studio's founders. " Wild Horses" and " You Gotta Move" also came out of these sessions, making it a very productive stop. At the show, a fan was stabbed to death by a Hells Angels security guard.ĭuring their three days in Alabama, The Stones recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, which opened in May 1969 when four of the musicians from FAME Studios left to establish their own company. The Stones arrived in Sheffield on December 2, 1969, stayed until the 4th, then performed their fateful Altamont Speedway concert on December 6, where they performed this song live for the first time. The Rolling Stones recorded this in the musically rich but luxury deprived city of Sheffield, Alabama, where Jerry Wexler of the group's label, Atlantic Records, often sent his acts.