Steve Grandinetti performs the Rolling Stones song "Country Honk" at The Upstage Restaurant in Port Townsend, WA 2-2-11. A huge Stones fan and lover of their "Let It Bleed" album, Steve plays the original acoustic country version.
"Honky Tonk Women" is a 1969 hit song by The Rolling Stones. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on holiday in Brazil from late December 1968 to early January 1969. Inspired by Brazilian gauchos at the ranch where Jagger and Richards were staying in Matão, São Paulo, the song was originally released as an acoustic country song. Two versions of the song were recorded by the band: the familiar hit which appeared on the 45 single and their collection of late 1960s singles, Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2); and a honky-tonk version entitled "Country Honk" with slightly different lyrics, which appeared on Let It Bleed. The band initially recorded the track called "Country Honk", in London in early February 1969.[citation needed] The song was transformed into the familiar electric, riff-based hit single "Honky Tonk Women" sometime in the spring of 1969, prior to Mick Taylor's joining the group.
Steve Grandinetti performs the Rolling Stones song "Country Honk" at The Upstage Restaurant in Port Townsend, WA 2-2-11. A huge Stones fan and lover of their "Let It Bleed" album, Steve plays the original acoustic country version.
"Honky Tonk Women" is a 1969 hit song by The Rolling Stones. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on holiday in Brazil from late December 1968 to early January 1969. Inspired by Brazilian gauchos at the ranch where Jagger and Richards were staying in Matão, São Paulo, the song was originally released as an acoustic country song.
Two versions of the song were recorded by the band: the familiar hit which appeared on the 45 single and their collection of late 1960s singles, Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2); and a honky-tonk version entitled "Country Honk" with slightly different lyrics, which appeared on Let It Bleed.
The band initially recorded the track called "Country Honk", in London in early February 1969.[citation needed] The song was transformed into the familiar electric, riff-based hit single "Honky Tonk Women" sometime in the spring of 1969, prior to Mick Taylor's joining the group.