I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me.
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Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs.Benmont Tench
We've had producers who've all shared at least one thing. They've all recognized that Tom and Mike write great songs and that's what it's about.
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I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're playing all this stuff I love. It's great.
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Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast.
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I never liked the showboat guys who called attention to themselves, who turned the Leslie on and waved their hands up in the air.
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You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.
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