Yes...Hootie was a very lucky man...as were his Blowfish.
  ...but the Stones were waaaay luckier.
  Timing and long hair is what made them famous.
  Keith's drug problems, Mick's libido, Brian's Death, and nostalgia are 
what has kept them famous.
  It ain't about the music...it's about some people's need to recapture 
their youth...and a very viable business that keeps hundreds...maybe 
thousands of people employed.

  bob


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@ameritech.net>
  To: <audities@smoe.org>
  Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:31 AM
  Subject: Re: Stones to tour ...


  >I think Hootie and the Blowfish were the world's
  > luckiest bar band.  Like a lot of Auditeers, the
  > Stones don't rank as highly with me as other bands
  > from their era, but I would not deny their greatness.
  > If you're going to state that they apparently are not
  > a great band, you might want to provide further
  > support for your position than saying some unnamed
  > band does a better version of "Honky Tonk Woman".  And
  > I'm not sure what that proves -- I could probably find
  > a lot of artists who do better versions of individual
  > tunes by Bob Dylan, for example, but I'm not sure what
  > that proves other than someone else did a bang up job
  > on a great tune.
  >
  > Mike Bennett
  > --- bob <segarini@rogers.com> wrote:
  >>   Never said Mick and Keef didn't write some good
  >> tunes, (there are a few in
  >> your list), but I can send you an Mp3 of another
  >> band doing "Honky Tonk
  >> Women" that blows the doors off the Stones
  >> version...in fact, I can send you
  >> lots of examples. The Stones are The World's
  >> Luckiest Bar Band...just like
  >> U2 are The World's Luckiest Irishmen.
  >>
  >>   bob