Live...although I own a really great recorded version of "Tumbling Dice" 
by Michael Zee...

  bob


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Durben, Steven" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
  To: <audities@smoe.org>
  Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:56 AM
  Subject: Stones


  > 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
  >
  > Hey Bob,
  >    First, REALLY, I'm not worked up about this by any means but to play
  > this out further....
  > Are you saying that other unknown bands have recorded better versions 
then
  > the Stones original recordings? As in they are musical hacks?  Or are 
you
  > saying other's have performed better versions LIVE then the Stones have
  > (hence the "bar band" comparison)?
  > Because, I'd like to see the bar band that puts on a show like the 
Stone's
  > were (are?) capable of.  I have not seen to many bar bands capable of
  > creating the kind of dynamic show they performed.  I mean, EVEN if their
  > stage presence or antics isn't one's cup of tea, it just seems in 
another
  > category then any typical "bar band".  No matter what one thinks of 
their
  > live performances (IMHO). Just curious.
  >
  > Or maybe I gotta see more live Canadian bar bands!  ;)
  >
  > Steve D
  > NP: John Hartford "Aereo-Plain"
  >