Composers: Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date: September
1993, November 1993-April 1994
Recording locations: Sandymount
Studios, Ron Wood's home, St. Kildare, Ireland; Windmill Lane
Recording, Dublin, Ireland;
& A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Producers: Don
Was & The Glimmer Twins
Chief engineer: Don
Smith
Never performed onstage
Line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
6-string bass: Max
Baca
Acoustic guitars:
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Electric guitars:
Keith Richards
Pedal steel guitar:
Ron Wood
Lap steel guitar:
Ron Wood
Lead vocal: Mick
Jagger
Harmony vocal: Keith
Richards
Background vocals: Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards, Bernard Fowler
& Ivan Neville
Organ: Chuck
Leavell
Button accordion: Flaco
Jimenez
Percussion: Luis
Jardim
TrackTalk
Mick and I were singing straight into the mike together, which we haven't done for a long time. Mainly for technical reasons, we would do harmony separately. In fact, Don Was was the one who said, Go and do it together. Mick and I have always been able to do that, because I can follow him and he can follow me, you know? We know where to put it.
The guitar interplay between Keith and myself
on a track like Sweethearts is something that just evolves without
words. It is done during the playing thanks to some kind of miracle that
is born in the two of us.
That's the lap steel (on there). It's an old
one I got for $150 from an old lady's attic.
The great thing is that Mick and Keith are
getting along so much better now. Whenever they felt a little feud coming
up, they would say, I guess we better do "Sweethearts Together",
to cool things down. They do nice harmony.
(W)hen they were at A&M Studio in Hollywood
to work on Voodoo Lounge, I went there and wasn't quite sure what
they wanted. Mick let me hear the song once or twice, and at the third
time I took my accordion and played, just trying. I told Mick, All right,
let me hear it once again and I'll do the thing you can record. And
Jagger said, Got you, we just recorded it... It was hit and run
and one hour and a half later I was outside again. Not demanding, very
cool guys, who know exactly what they want, very professional and very
relaxed. So normal and so steady that I only realized Oh man, I just
played with the Rolling Stones, when I was back home.