Knoxville
Friday, July 7
The local press offers nine song
references already available via the Knoxville audience tape. Perhaps the only fresh marker is the purple
jumpsuit visual.
Knoxville Journal |
Knoxville News Sentinel |
UT Daily Beacon |
Brown Sugar |
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songs mentioned |
Brown Sugar |
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Gimme Shelter |
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Happy |
Happy |
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Tumbling Dice |
Tumbling Dice |
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“country-flavored song” |
Sweet Virginia |
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YCAGWYW |
YCAGWYW |
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Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
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JJF |
JJF |
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SFM |
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Opening: Stevie Wonder |
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Jagger: “purple velvet jump-suit with silver
studs, a floor-length gold sash and white surgeon’s shoes with white socks” Opening: Stevie Wonder |
Knoxville Journal:
“Lead singer Jagger, looking like the devil in drag, opened with Brown
Sugar, the song written for his wife. His movements and dancing were in
keeping with his image as the epitome of evil sexuality. The audience loved
it.” Rolling Stone
[letter to editor, August 17, 1972]: “I want to go on record as the first to
say when the Stones played Knoxville July 7, Mick Jagger reached in the box to
get a fistful of rose petals, but wound up with a fried chicken breast
instead. I saw it; it was far out.” |
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Press Clippings