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He was only in the Rolling Stones for five of their 50 years. He lacked the danger and glamour of Brian Jones, who preceded him, and the showmanship of Ronnie Wood, who followed him. Since then Mick Taylor has become, perhaps not unwillingly, the forgotten Stone. But there is a case for saying that the Stones were at a sustained peak between 1969 and 1974, when they made albums such as Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street and when the cherubic, curly-haired Taylor stood motionless at the back playing a lyrical guitar that had little in common with Keith Richards' powerhouse riffs. So it was one of the fascinations of the Stones' Glastonbury set that on Saturday Taylor made one of his occasional returns, more thickly set than before but providing the band's drive once again, and even occasionally advancing towards the Jagger-dominated front half of the stage for a spiralling solo. Good to see – and hear – him again.He was only in the Rolling Stones for five of their 50 years. He lacked the danger and glamour of Brian Jones, who preceded him, and the showmanship of Ronnie Wood, who followed him. Since then Mick Taylor has become, perhaps not unwillingly, the forgotten Stone. But there is a case for saying that the Stones were at a sustained peak between 1969 and 1974, when they made albums such as Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street and when the cherubic, curly-haired Taylor stood motionless at the back playing a lyrical guitar that had little in common with Keith Richards' powerhouse riffs. So it was one of the fascinations of the Stones' Glastonbury set that on Saturday Taylor made one of his occasional returns, more thickly set than before but providing the band's drive once again, and even occasionally advancing towards the Jagger-dominated front half of the stage for a spiralling solo. Good to see – and hear – him again.
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