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Good point again, but in the group member game it also becomes an image thing.

Rock groups, with rare exception, are thought of as 3, 4, or 5 musicians; this makes it much easier for fans to focus on favorites and pin-down which instruments & performances they favor. Lot's of groups employ studio musicians to embellish slick album recordings, but they wouldn't tour with them for a variety of reasons including tour cost, stage space, additional gear, group image, etc. In fact, some groups employ studio musicians for albums in order to maintain a difference between the slicker studio sound and rawer live performances.

While I think Andrew Loog Oldham was correct in keeping Ian Stewart out of the original line-up, I think the "good looking" thing was merely an excuse. Keep in mind that at the time just about everyone considered the Stone's a very ugly looking rock group, and not just because of their controversial hair (circa '64) and bad-boy attitude; why would Ian Stewart have made any difference, except perhaps to make the others look more appealing to their audience demographic? No, I suspect that Oldham's consideration was more financial, the fact that Ian played an instrument less popular with groups of the era and establishing a solid group identity.

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  • Good point again, but in the group member game it also becomes an image thing. - Audiophilander 23:23:02 01/03/07 (1)


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