Nicky Hopkins was one of the most in-demand session players of his generation, featuring on songs by The Stones, The Beatles, and more.
Tell me another band ever in history that has made a latter-day album that good in their 80s,' the producer remarked.
The results yielded two Stones classics: hip-shaker “Brown Sugar” and pastoral ballad “Wild Horses.” Also, a sexy cover of Fred McDowell blues “You Gotta Move.” The troika ended up on landmark 1971 Stones album “Sticky Fingers.”
Digging through The Rolling Stones' extensive back catalogue and revisiting one song that lead singer Mick Jagger no longer likes to perform and he'd rather delete.
The Rolling Stones have many famed lyrics to their name. You don't amass a catalog such as theirs without adding a few familiar phrases.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Watt shares behind-the-scenes tales from his work with those superstars and much more. To hear the whole episode, go here for the podcast provider of your choice, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or just press play above. Here are some highlights from the discussion:
Did The Rolling Stones do "Let's Spend The Night Together" better than David Bowie did with his cover? That's up to you, the listener.
The Rolling Stones won 'Best Rock Album' at the 2025 Grammy awards, to much criticism. Producer Andrew Watt has jumped to their defence.
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