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| Eileen Released 1992 |
741 Miles To Go
There may never have been a better main man side project than Keith Richards' run with his X-Pensive Winos for 1988's Talk Is Cheap, 1991's Live At The Hollywood Palladium, and 1992's Main Offender.
At the time, Mick and Keith were publicly cat fighting over the future of the Rolling Stones. So, Richards grabbed his guitar case and formed a band of all-star sessions players to produce an album that easily surpassed the Stones' efforts of the era (1986's Dirty Work and 1983's Undercover of the Night) and arguably many of the records that followed the Glimmer Twins eventual reconciliation.
The X-Pensive Winos included guitarist Waddy Wachtel, drummer Steve Jordan, bassist Charley Drayton, keyboardist Ivan Neville, singer Sarah Dash and saxophonist Bobby Keys - a longtime Stones contributor.
Eileen is a five-song CD single featuring the title track (from Main Offender), a previously unreleased cover of Little Walter's Key To The Highway and three live cuts from a December 1992 Winos show in London - Gimme Shelter, Wicked As It Seems and How I Wish.
Dash's vocal performance in Gimme Shelter overwhelms everything else on this vintage collectible.
On Key To The Highway, featuring Chuck Berry pianist Johnny Johnson, Richards promises:
"I'm gonna roam this highway
Until the day I die"
I believe him.
If you have the opportunity to catch a copy of Eileen, grab her quick. This girl is even more wicked than she seems.
Song For The Soundtrack: Gimme Shelter
Running Data for Friday, April 12:
2.15 Miles
23:41
Mileage in the Change Jar: 0.95 Miles
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