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Being in a band like The Rolling Stones<\/a> is about more than simply locking in and playing all the parts.\u00a0<\/p>\n There\u2019s almost a tribal energy to the way the classic lineup worked together, and while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards weren\u2019t always on the same page, they could at least come together because they knew what every one of their songs needed. But throughout a whole half-century of playing music together, there are bound to be a few people who would fall by the wayside every now and again.<\/p>\n Then again, it\u2019s not like \u2018The Glimmer Twins\u2019 had a hand in starting the group. If anything, the heart of the Stones in the beginning was Brian Jones, since he had worked as the manager, band member, and was the one who came up with the band\u2019s name. But when Keef started to make the guitar sing when putting together guitar riffs, it was clear that Jones was going to be playing second fiddle to him in the writing department.<\/p>\n Because if there\u2019s one thing that Jagger and Richards had over everyone else, it was their songwriting credentials. Anyone could have gone the Eric Clapton route and made their living balancing originals and covers, but when they hit on tracks like \u2018Satisfaction\u2019 and \u2018Jumpin\u2019 Jack Flash\u2019, there was never any reason for someone to go back and listen to their renditions of old Muddy Waters and Buddy Holly songs.<\/p>\n Although Jones couldn\u2019t deal with being pushed out of the room so often, getting Mick Taylor in the band was a godsend. It\u2019s a tragedy that Jones passed away so soon after leaving The Stones, but when listening to Taylor\u2019s work on everything from Sticky Fingers to Exile on Main Street<\/a>, he fit in perfectly with everything that the band was doing, usually having a more fluid way of playing than the way Jones would play.<\/p>\n But do you ever notice how little people say about Taylor outside of the music? Although he remains one of the best musicians that the band ever had, he was never going to be the same kind of wild man that Richards was or command a stage like Jagger could. He was simply there to play the best music that he could, and when the inspiration dried up, he figured that it was time for a change.<\/p>\n