Composers:
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording
date: October 2022-March 2023
Recording
locations: Henson
Recording Studios,
Los
Angeles, USA; Sanctuary Studios, Albany, Bahamas;
& MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, USA
Producer: Andrew
Watt
Chief engineers:
Paul Lamalfa &
Marco Sonzini
Mixer: Serban Ghenea
Performed
onstage: 2024
Probable line-up:
Drums: Steve Jordan
Bass: Keith Richards
Acoustic guitars:
Keith Richards, Mick Jagger &
Ron Wood
Electric guitars:
Keith Richards (incl. solo) &
Ron Wood
Lead vocals:
Keith Richards
Harmony vocal:
Mick Jagger
Background vocals:
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards &
Ron Wood
Piano: Keith Richards
Percussion:
Mick Jagger
TrackTalk
It came kind of like that. Once it was on
the roller, these chords appeared and then the rest of it seemed
to fall into place around it. I knew it was getting pretty good
because Mick tried to steal it! I had to say, Uh-uh buddy.
I'm doin' this one. (laughs)
(It’s r)elatively new. Last year or so. It was just a chord that
got me and then I said I’ve got to write a song around that
strange chord.
It’s a good Keith song. He sings it well, I warble away on the B
section and play some acoustic guitar to hold it together, and
it is one of those numbers where Keith gets the emotion right. Is
the future all in the past? That’s a good line.
I threw a few lines in there too. Can’t remember if he used them
or not.
If this is a poignant song, well, I’m a poignant man, and after
writing Happy
you can only go the other way. I had the skeleton and the idea a
few years back and forgot all about it. It is my offering for
this outing, shall we say.
Yeah that’s the other side of me that even
surprises me, you know what I mean. It’s a plea for some
honesty, that’s all (laughs).
Keith needed to get it off his chest. Typical Keith: when he has
something like that, he has to get it out.
People have been telling me I sound
stronger after I stopped smoking cigarettes in 2019. When we
went out on the road a couple years ago, the sound guys started
making comments. They were like, Man, your voice...what's
happening? Since then, singing has felt different, and I'm
enjoying it more... There's probably an age when you start to go
into reverse. And I'm probably in it! (laughs)
I like Keith's guitar on... Tell Me
Straight.