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All Wood and Stones (The music of the Rolling Stones)
Exquisite acoustic renditions of classic Rolling Stones songs. Can you imagine what the Rolling Stones songs would have sounded like if Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were California boys with acoustic guitars? Would Satisfaction, Ruby Tuesday, or Last Time have been as powerful if they had been played on acoustic guitars and filled with vocal harmonies?
Curious? So were James Lee Stanley and John Batdorf, purveyors of acoustic rock music for decades. They took 11 Rolling Stones classics and turned them into something totally unheard of. You don't have to live in California or play acoustic guitar to be enchanted by "All Wood and Stones" ... an amazing collection of Rolling Stones tunes played on acoustic guitars and brimming with joyous vocal harmonies.
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"Singer/guitarist/composers John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley stripped down Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?, Under My Thumb and nine other Rolling Stones tunes into acoustic skeletons, confounding logic by rendering a subdued version of Let's Spend the Night Together with former Monkee Peter Tork on guitar into a stirring affair. Batdorf and Stanley have turned the rock grooves inside out, adopted stylish arrangements and made no attempt to ape the originals, unveiling the elegance of the melodies and allowing radically new interpretations of songs long tattooed in boomer DNA. Paint it fresh." --- Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
"My hat is off to John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley; this is one very cool album." --- Andy Robinson,"Wood&Steel" Magazine
"Our audiences are going crazy for "All Wood and Stones." It is already in contention for our favorite recording of the year." --- Mike Marrone, Host and Musical Director of The Loft on XM Radio
"Batdorf and Stanley took each song apart and basically started from scratch. The lyrics and melody lines are still very recognizable, but it's almost as if the songs were written for them in the first place. It's unpretentious and very genuine. If there's ever an award for 'Cover Song Collection of the Year,' this would be a shoo-in." --- Robert A. Lindquist, Publisher/Editor-In-Chief, Singer Magazine: The Voice of the Independent Musician and Songwriter
Song Titles
Ruby Tuesday Satisfaction Paint It Black 19th Nervous Breakdown Mother's Little Helper Under My Thumb Let's Spend The Night Together Back Street Girl Last Time Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby As Tears Go By
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