41 years ago today (12/12/74), Mick Taylor quit as guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Regarded as one of the more technically accomplished guitarists with the band, Taylor contributed to such highly revered albums as Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street and It’s Only Rock and Roll. Taylor contributed with various other musicians post Stones and release a few solo albums as well, none which ever were as highly regarded as his work with the Stones. Taylor was invited to join the Stones on their 2013 and 2014 dates in which he appeared for a couple songs each night, most regularly “Midnight Rambler” and “Satisfaction.” Watch Mick Taylor lend his bluesy lead to “All Down the Line” here from 1972.
