He was always close to Richards, though - they shared a birthday - and in 1989, Richards campaigned to get him on board in a more permanent way. His off-stage hell-raising was too much even for them, and Keys became an occasional player rather than a regular. Keys was super regular until one night in 1973: Rolling Stone says that there was a bit of a falling-out when he missed a show, and Keith Richards later found him in a bathtub of champagne with a random woman. He hooked up with the Stones late in the decade, and that's him on 'Exile on Main Street,' 'Sticky Fingers,' and 'Let It Bleed.' He remains the Stones' chronicler, and saved memorabilia from throughout their careers - along with journals that allows him to look back at any day, and tell 'whether it was raining and everything.' He opened a restaurant called Sticky Fingers in London (and filled it with memorabilia), regularly performs with a group called the Rhythm Kings, and has an interest in painting, photography, and archaeology.Īfter starting alongside fellow Texan and friend Buddy Holly, Keys was one of the major backup saxophonists throughout the 1960s. Wyman rejoined the Rolling Stones in 2012 for the band's 50th anniversary tour, and offstage, he splits his time between homes in London and France. I had 30 years with them, then a really nice divorce and, corny as it may sound, we are still family.' (via Ultimate Classic Rock). they didn't want me to leave, but we get on great now.

What's he been up to since? Firstly, he says there's no hard feelings. That included things like the 1969 Altamont concert stabbing, a time that he called 'an awful, awful thing.' The announcement - and his replacement, bassist Darryl Jones - were made public in 1993, by which time Wyman had already seen it all with the band. When Richards talked about the tour, he said (via Contact Music): 'We have the added beauty of keeping Mick Taylor with us as well this time.' Taylor continues to perform, and in 2013, he rejoined the Stones for their 50th anniversary tour. He went on to found another group with Jack Bruce, and to a career in his own right.Īlthough Mick Jagger suggested conflict with Keith Richards played another part in Taylor's departure, it seems there's at least minimal hard feelings there. Taylor later said that his own experiences with heroin were enough to put the finishing touches on his desire to leave.

He'd later say: 'Towards the end of my time with the Stones, it became very laborious, and monotonous, and a lot of people around the Stones seemed to drag them down and hold them back, and obviously, certain people's addiction to drugs didn't help.' For starters, he was the younger newcomer and as such, always felt out of place. He officially walked away from the group on Decem(via UCR), and his reasons were complicated.

Mick taylor with the rolling stones