Suggestions to play the Rolling Stones

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Ciao,
I’m Italian and trying to get into a Rolling Stones Tribute Band.
The goal is to respect the maximum of the original published versions of the songs, to re-create the sounds of those times.
I play at the 5-6 level of IRocku.
Any suggestion about how to (and what parts) play on piano and organ of: Gimme Shelter, Jumpin Jack Flash and You can’t always get what you want?

Thank you in advance for any answer.

Let’s Rock!

Pino

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Level 5-6 is probably the right level for playing with a band. We’ve found that most players in bands use our level 5s when they perform and they supplement it with licks from the 6s and 7s. The levels 6 and 7s are challenging to play while keeping up with everything else you need to pay attention to when playing with others plus the left hand from those arrangements might get in the way of the rhythm section. You might want to focus on the groove charts when you are comping with the band and then supplement it with licks from the lessons, improvs, and exercises.

The Stones are mostly a guitar band but they do have some great keyboard songs. We’ve included many of them in our lessons. When playing the Stones consider how their keyboard style evolved. They started with Ian Stewart who was a boogie woogie piano player so work on songs like “Honky Tonk Women” and “Let it Bleed” to develop your boogie woogie chops. Nicky Hopkins was a great rhythm and groove player and he introduced many of the 16th note syncopated rhythms, such as you would find in the bridges on “Sympathy for the Devil” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. He also did a lot of Sus chord substitutions so get them down. And Billy Preston introduced a touch of soul to the keyboards so you should work on “Shine A Light” and work on moving between the I and IV chords. And finally, Chuck brings all their styles together and adds masterful solos on top. This will take the most time to develop because you’ll need to make the solos ‘your own’ if you want to perform them with a band. Playing the notes of a solo that someone else performed just never quite sounds the same. Pick any of our songs and work on the improvs but be sure to experiment and develop your own licks. You can use the IROCKU improvs as starting points.

Hope this helps!!!! Keep rockin!