Get Better Soon Mick Taylor

Former guitarist for the Rolling Stones, Mick Taylor, was rushed to an area hospital shortly before tonight's show at the Narrows.

Unofficial word is that he's suffering from pneumonia.

Last year, his scheduled appearance at the Narrows was postponed--although that time well in advance-due to illness.

We wish him the best and look forward to his complete recovery, as well as his performance at our fabled venue.

Mick Taylor joined the Stones after Brian Jones' death in 1969 and remained with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts until the mid-1970s. That means his guitar is on the albums Sticky Fingers (featuring "Honky Tonk Women" and "Brown Sugar"), Exile on Main Street ("Tumbling Dice," "Sweet Virginia," "Happy"), Goat's Head Soup ("Angie,""Heartbreaker," "Star Star"), and It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (Title cut, a great cover of "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," and "Time Waits for No One").

Mick Taylor quit the Stones after It's Only Rock 'n' Roll for reasons that have never been clear. Speculation includes not getting along with Keith, issues about songwriting credit, the lifestyle of being a Rolling Stone, and a desire to have a solo career.

He was replaced by the Faces' Ronnie Wood, who has been a Stone ever since.