Our band, whitewolfsonicprincess will be doing a set of Rolling Stones songs this Saturday at the Open Door Repertory - Songwriters NOT from the Great American Songbook. It's a special "sit-down" performance. The Hannah Frank Group opens with a set of Dylan. So a pretty nice double-bill. Great songs on all fronts. We are working a couple of our own songs into the set too.
We have been accused of being a little "Stonesy," and there is no doubt that some of our music has been influenced by Jagger and Richards' songwriting. We have experience in a theatrical setting, so this won't be totally intimidating, still it's all a little more "formal" than playing a bar, and we chose some really beautiful, and delicate, Stones songs ("As Tears Go By," "Wild Horses") and we want to do them justice, and make them our own.
We ran through the set-list last night with the band. The order needs a little adjustment, starting with "As Tears Go By" is not really a good idea, it's so quiet and delicate, it might be better to start with something a little looser - maybe "Dead Flowers." But the set really heats up as we go along. Some songs really came together quickly, especially "Sweet Black Angel," it's a little song nestled in the middle of "Exile on Main Street," - Jagger's ode to Angela Davis, and it sounds so natural and effortless with our band.
We feel really good about "Sister Morhpine," it's moody and dynamic, a little piece of r&r theater, and our version of "Play with Fire" is edgy and a little weird. One of Jagger's great dark "put-down" songs. A few of these songs we know very, very well, "Dead Flowers," "You Can't Always Get What You Want," and our version of "Jumping Jack Flash" is so gloriously and messily "garage-band!" Would like to think Keef would be proud!
