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Also Known As: Tumbling Dice
March - May; 17 -31 October 1970: Place: Rolling Stones Mobile,
Stargroves, Newbury and Olympic Sound Studios, London, England.
Producer: Jimmy Miller.
Engineer: Glyn Johns.
Track status: Bootleg only. Rolling Stones with Bobby Keys, Jim
Price.
With a different set of lyrics, Good Time Women
was the embryo of Tumbling Dice. References to red light women and
honey who like to party were reminiscent of Honky Tonk Women. It
is played at a faster pace than Tumbling Dice and even accelerates
towards the end, driven by the lead-guitar of Mick Taylor and the
integral boogie piano power of Ian Stewart. The marked difference
between Good Time Women and the eventual outcome Tumbling Dice,
which is skilfully slovenly, is the rhythm artistry of Keith Richards.
He performed the lead and rhythm guitar while Mick Jagger played
the bass. In so doing (and with changed lyrics), he transformed
the track from anonymity to chart success.
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