"Let It Bleed," written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, was the title track on the Stones' 1969 album of the same name. This was the last Stones' album with Brian Jones, who was fired and replaced by Mick Taylor midway through recording. He died about a month later. Neither Jones nor Taylor played on the "Let It Bleed" cut, with Keith Richards doing all the guitar work. In later concert appearances, Richards and Taylor (playing slide) traded riffs.
Not sure why Jagger plays an inaudible acoustic guitar in concert:
Okay, this one I understand:
But also not sure why some of the vocalists on covers tend to adopt Jagger's faux country accent (if that's what to call it):
She is a better musician than this -- see this post from a couple of years ago -- but I included this mediocre clip because she really overdoes the Jagger accent:
Bonnie Raitt and slide guitar:
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