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Still upset that Mick and Keith didn't release the unedited one hour 'Can't you hear me nickin' solo on Sticky fingers, Mick Taylor had more instrumental ideas during the 1973 sessions for Goat's head soup.

"I came up with this highly unorthodox combination of chords while I was watching Benny Hill on the telly. D and A. It's brilliant. I don't think it had ever been combined before. C and G you hear a lot, and sometimes G and B, but D and A have never really been explored. I thought they should have a song dedicated to them that would let me solo for at least two hours. I finished watching Benny Hill, then immediately ran to the Stones mobile unit and laid down the basic track.

When I showed the song to Mick, he began to dance in a hypnotic trance. He asked me what chords they were and I said 'It's a D followed by an A. Then it repeats for two hours. Working title is DNA.' He was impressed and admitted that he had never heard a D chord sound so mystical. He then wrote 'Dancing with Mr.D' as a tribute to the D chord. Most people think that song is about a person, but it's really our little in joke.

Mick insisted on writing lyrics for my demo, and renamed it 'Winter'. I asked him, 'Mick, do you need to sing on everything? This song should be instrumental and credited to me and Benny Hill, because I wrote it while he kicked that little old man around the field. If I see Keith's name on one of my songs again, I will quit the band.'

Of course, he immediately ran out to the Rolling Stones' mobile crypt that was attached to the back of the Rolling Stone's mobile, to tell Keith about the song, but it was daytime and Keith refused to open his sarcophagus. This is what bothers me: Keith was not around for that album, he contributed very little, and when he was, he was so out of it, he would try to tune his three remaining teeth to open G. We would gently guide him back to his coffin, pick off a couple mushrooms that were growing on his neck, and then get back to recording without him.

About a year later, I met Benny Hill at a David Bowie pool party and told him how much of an influence he was on my playing and asked him to sign my Goat's head soup album. He smiled that mischievous smile, patted me on the head really fast, then kicked me in the ass, right into the pool! It was quite an honor. Almost made up for Mick and Keith stealin' my song again."

Now, in 2018, as part of the upcoming deluxe edition of Goat's head soup, enjoy Mick Taylor unleashed, and properly credited, on this incredible 2 hour instrumental.

Copyright 1973 - M.Taylor/B.Hill

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