LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 23, 2019…IT WAS APRIL 23 1976 AND THE ROLLING STONES RELEASE THE ALBUM ‘BLACK AND BLUE’. THIS ALBUM MARKED A CHANGE IN DIRECTION FOR THE STONES AFTER GUITARIST MICK TAYLOR LEFT THE GROUP IN 1974 FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM ‘IT’S ONLY ROCK N’ ROLL’.
AS A RESULT, FOR THIS ALBUM KEITH RICHARDS RECORDED THE BULK OF THE GUITAR PARTS HIMSELF, WITH THE ALBUM SERVING AS AN AUDITION FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR TAYLOR. NUMEROUS GUITARISTS AUDITIONED.
ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS TRIED OUT WAS RONNIE WOOD. WOOD BECAME A FULL TIME MEMBER OF THE STONES IN 1976 WITH THE RELEASE OF THIS ALBUM.
THE BIG SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM WAS ‘FOOL TO CRY’
