L.A.-based Dramarama recorded it for their 1991 album Vinyl, with a big, bluesy, Black Crowes style arrangement. Produced by Jack Nitzsche and featuring Ry Cooder on slide guitar, the track also appeared on a couple of Stones compilation albums, where most fans probably heard it. Jagger made his acting debut in 1970’s Performance, and contributed this song to the movie’s soundtrack. Dramarama – Memo From Turner (Mick Jagger cover) This came out on their second last album, the all-covers affair Acid Eaters. Here, The Ramones draw inspiration from the original, substituting a keyboard marimba, in a surprisingly understated (for them) cover. The Farlowe version featured a percussive string arrangement, whereas the original had a more subtle riff played on marimba. Originally found on the Stones’ Aftermath, Jagger produced a cover of this track by Chris Farlowe that hit number 1 in the UK. The Ramones – Out of Time (The Rolling Stones cover) So raise your glass and salute Sir Michael Jagger, and enjoy this collection of covers we’ve compiled of some of his largely less well-known tracks, both alone and with The Rolling Stones. And don’t forget that Jagger may only fall one or two steps behind bandmate Keith Richards in drug and alcohol consumption from the late ’60s through the debaucherous ’70s and he still manages to look damn good for his age (did you see him on the Grammy’s a couple of months ago?). Perhaps his early business training helped him financially navigate an industry that notoriously rapes its artists, leaving them with little to show for their talents. In a culture that has seen so many artists fall by the wayside, Jagger has proven his mettle as a survivor in every way. Becoming The Rolling Stones in 1962, they went on to become the greatest rock and roll band of all time, with 10 of their albums in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The most famous alumnus of the London School of Economics, the original frontman and arguably the first capital ‘R’ rock star, Mick Jagger turns 68 years old today. His path veered away from business studies when he, by chance, met up with an old school acquaintance, Keith Richards, at a train station and formed a rhythm and blues band in 1960.
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