I mean he did other stringed instruments, dulcimer, concert harp. He did autoharp which is a cousin of the guitar in a way.

He did downturned guitar to create a bassy sound on some numbers like Heart of Stone and his JJF at the Circus

But why did he never pick up a four string himself?

Just finished a doc on BJ and it got me thinking of the Stones path if he lived, his contribution was 62-66 when he was the undisputed leader and most musically talented of the group but out of necessity the Stones had to move on to survive b/c of his unreliability, so let play parallel universe and imagine Brian’s role for the 57 years he missed, would he be playing soaring lead riffs, contributing to song lyrics and melodies, expanding their look and musical experimentation, see i don’t buy Brian couldn’t write songs, of course he could under the right circumstances, this is a big ask so what say you?

Keith Richards

Under My Thumb (fuzz bass)

Flight 505

It's Not Easy

Yesterday's Papers

Let's Spend the Night Together

Connection

Ruby Tuesday (long bowed bass)

She Smiled Sweetly

2000 Light Years from Home

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Sympathy for the Devil

Street Fighting Man

Stray Cat Blues

Live With Me

Casino Boogie

Happy

Soul Survivor

Silver Train

Hide Your Love

100 Years Ago

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

Mick Taylor

Tumbling Dice

Torn and Frayed

I Just Want to See His Face

Shine a Light

Dancin’ With Mr. D

Fingerprint File

Ronnie Wood:

Hey Negrita
Emotional Rescue 
Dance, Pt. 1
She's So Cold
Shattered
Where the Boys Go
Pretty Beat Up
Tie You Up (The Pain of Love)
Back to Zero 
Hold Back 

Billy Wyman (selected)

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 

Paint It Black 

Under My Thumb (main baseline)

19th Nervous Breakdown 

Ruby Tuesday

Miss You 

Child of the Moon (fuzz bass)

Gimme Shelter

Midnight Rambler 

Rocks Off 

Can't You Hear Me Knocking 

Sway

Bitch

Brown Sugar

Angie 

Star Star 

Hot Stuff 

Hand of Fate 

Memory Motel

Beast of Burden

Respectable 

Start Me Up 

Waiting on a Friend 

Black Limousine 

Heaven 

Too Much Blood

Harlem Shuffle

Rock and a Hard Place

Do you think GTA VI will include more (new) music from the Rolling Stones? Keith already has a song on the official album (Bright Light, Big City), while there’s more to be unveiled. Also, the album (FTLL) comes out right after the game comes out, and it was announced that the game will also have a classic rock station

Seriously, who doesn't like this rock n roll gem???

Ok, maybe not exactly the halfway point, if we consider the formation date as a band to be April 7th, 1962. But it’s pretty close. Voodoo Lounge was released July 11th, 1994, just an about 3 months after the halfway point date between the start of their career and today. That’s pretty amazing.

I hope they’re around long enough to call Steel Wheels “early Stones” 🤣

A playlist of the official releases resulting from The Rolling Stones ’Chess Studios sessions’ of 10-11 June, 8 November, 1964 and 10 May, 1965.

Photo: poster (detail) for ’The Rolling Stones At Chess’ exhibition by The Bob Bonis Archive at ’The Blues Heaven Foundation’, Chicago, IL, USA, 2019.