A small feature on page 18 discusses Mick's new project, a supergroup of sorts that features Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics, Joss Stone, Damien Marley and Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman. Mick has worked with Dave before in his solo career, notably on songs to the soundtrack of the 2004 film Alfie ("Old Habits Die Hard" is one of his best non-Stones moments). Joss and Mick did a duet on that soundtrack as well.
Mick has always expressed a bit of boredom with doing things the same way with The Stones, but his attempts to do different music projects outside of the band haven't done well. His last full length solo album, 2001's Goddess In The Doorway, got a five star review in Rolling Stone, which only called attention to the fact that it was far from being a five star album. (It did have one of his finest moments: his excellent collaboration with Lenny Kravitz, "God Gave Me Everything"). Anyway, it didn't sell well and I remember it being laughed at in the press (and by Keith). I guess his new "super-group" is an interesting project to him. I have to admit, I'm interested to hear it. In the article, Mick says he doesn't have any Stones plans to announce at the moment.
Meanwhile, an "In The News" item on page 20 says that Keith is finally working again with his former backing band, The X-Pensive Winos. Unlike Mick, Keith seems to love working in the Stones' blues/country/R&B/rock style, which the Winos did so well. So it's surprising to me that he hasn't done a real solo project in nearly 20 years. I saw the Winos twice (once on each tour) and they kicked ass.
So who knows what this means for The Rolling Stones. They can't wait too much longer to do another album and tour, can they?
Anyway: I know that conventional wisdom says that Keith's solo career is better than Mick's, but I'm planning (planning!) on writing about both men's careers outside of the Stones this week. Feel free to weigh in, right here in the comments section.
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I heard about Mick's collaboration a couple of weeks ago with Joss Stone and Dave Stewart. I'm so hoping for the best. I think they will all compliment each other well. I was very late to the game on Joss Stone. It wasn't until I really listened to her song "Free Me" one day when you were talking about her "Colour Me Free" album on the Morning Jolt. She has since become one of my top faves of all time...I'm so hoping this will work.
MIck, Joss and Dave worked together on a song or two on the Alfie soundtrack a few years ago. original versions I think had Mick and Joss singing Lonely This Christmas, but the version on itunes just has Mick doing it solo. Well, I am definitely looking forward to hearing this album.
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