Boy, I'm not sure about a toy banjo on Aftermath; I'll go
with "Cool, Calm, Collected" from "Between The Buttons" for the toy
banjo! Thanks, Christian--- In
gracesbrianjonesclub@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <mdhiggins86@h...>
wrote:
>
> In the book, Who Killed Christopher Robin, it describes the
various
> instruments that Brian played on the Aftermath album. In addition
to
> the instruments I already knew about, such as dulcimer, sitar,
> bells, and marimba, he also played, strangely enough, a child's
toy
> banjo. I never knew that. Does anyone know what track he played it
> on? Aftermath is one my favorite early Stones records, and the
> culmination of their first truly 'classic' period. For me, The
> Rolling Stones greatest era will always be 1964-1966, without a
> doubt! They were Punk rockers, fifteen years ahead of their time!
So
> were the Who, the Kinks, and the Animals. After 1966, they were no
> longer Punks, they were Gentry. Fame and money have a weird way of
> quenching anger, I suppose. Don't get me wrong, the Stones rocked
in
> the late '60s, but drugs, internal strife, police harrassment, and
> ego, really took their toll. Personally, I've always liked Satanic
> Majesties, and I'd much rather listen to 2000 Light Years From
Home
> than Interstellar Overdrive. 2000 Light Years, for one thing, is
much
> funkier. I first heard the Stones music on a children's tv show
> called The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, in the early '70s.
But
> it wasn't until 1980 that I got my first Stones record, High Tide
> And Green Grass. I then proceeded buying them in order of
release,
> from Englands Newest Hitmakers, to Let It Bleed. To be perfectly
> honest, except for the movie Gimme Shelter, I was never all that
> interested in their '70s or '80s stuff, even though I did own
them.
> The Brian Jones era has always meant more to me. I love all their
> early stuff, but Rolling Stones Now, Out Of Our Heads, and
Aftermath,
> are my three most favorite Stones albums from the mid-'60s. I
think
> they were at the peak of their career in 1966, as were a lot of
> other artists, such as Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, and the Beatles,
of
> course. To me, the Stones of the mid-'60s just went from strength
to
> strength, and those three years alone, 1964-1966, were a real
> learning curve. Aftermath is notable, among other things, as the
> first Stones album written entirely by Mick and Keith. There's
also
> an amazing amount of musical growth and variety, depending upon
which
> version you have, of course. I grew up listening to the London
> Records version, which is still a great album, but the UK version
is
> better. Don't blame the Stones though for the unscrupulousness
and
> greed of their American distributors. Capitol Records, the Beatles
> distributor in the States, also employed the exact same practice.
> Respect.
>
>
> Mark
>