50 years.....Holy canoli. The Rolling Stones are, were and will always be hands down my favorite band of all time. It was the Stones who pre-ordained me as a rebel. Yup....they did. I first saw them on a tire cake on my parents "Let it Bleed" album.  It was a life altering moment for me when I heard Gimme Shelter as a kid...I was changed. My first Stones concert experience was as a grade schooler in 1978 at The Capitol Theater in Passaic with a friend of mine whose dad worked for a concert promoter. I will never forget it. It was my watershed rock moment. The energy, chaos and magnetism of that band can never be copied. My jaw hung open and my ears couldn't get enough. And forget the visual.  Jagger the rebel gazelle of rock and Keith, the definition of defiance. I was hooked.   My Stones experiences are too many to even describe. I saw them countless times over the years. The excitement I feel when they take the stage always brings me back to my first TRUE rock experience. I met them in the 90's and again in 2005. I followed Keith Richards around backstage until he put his ciggy out and I stole the butt! I did....it's framed in my house.....I can die happy.

BTW...HBO will premiere the Stones Documentary "Crossfire Hurricane" this Thursday night at 9p. I hear it is incredible.

The Stones have a new greatest hits collection out called GRRR!! And they have two dates coming to the Prudential Center in December on the 13th and the 15th and one coming to Barclays in Brooklyn on December 8th. Yes, the tickets cost a fortune for the few select dates they are doing, but c'mon!! They have been with us 50 freakin' years...They are after all THE STONES!

 Here's the track listing for GRRR!! And here's to the world's greatest rock and roll band....

Disc: 1 

1. Come On 

2. Not Fade Away 

3. It's All Over Now 

4. Little Red Rooster

5. The Last Time 

6. (I Can t Get No) Satisfaction 

7. Time Is On My Side 

8. Get Off Of My Cloud 

9. Heart Of Stone 

10. 19th Nervous Breakdown 

11. As Tears Go By 

12. Paint It, Black 

13. Under My Thumb 

14. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? 

15. Ruby Tuesday 

16. Let's Spend The Night Together 

17. We Love You 

Disc: 2 

1. Jumpin' Jack Flash 

2. Honky Tonk Women 

3. Sympathy For The Devil 

4. You Can't Always Get What You Want 

5. Gimme Shelter 

6. Street Fighting Man 

7. Wild Horses 

8. She's A Rainbow 

9. Brown Sugar 

10. Happy 

11. Tumbling Dice 

12. Angie 

13. Rocks Off 

14. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 

15. It's Only Rock 'N' Roll 

16. Fool To Cry 

Disc: 3 

1. Miss You 

2. Respectable 

3. Beast Of Burden 

4. Emotional Rescue 

5. Start Me Up 

6. Waiting On A Friend 

7. Undercover Of The Night 

8. She Was Hot 

9. Streets Of Love 

10. Harlem Shuffle 

11. Mixed Emotions 

12. Highwire 

13. Love Is Strong 

14. Anybody Seen My Baby? 

15. Don't Stop 

16. Doom And Gloom 

17. One More Shot

I'll see you tomorrow at ten!

TC