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>>>I left that 20 years ago and the 30 years I was in the band was fantastic, but I've done other things. I did archaeology. I write books. I've got a successful restaurant. And I've got a beautiful family of three beautiful daughters and that's all I want in my life, you know?

Excuse me, you're also the bass player in an active touring and recording band, Bill. So what's so hard about reprising your role as the bass player in the world's greatest rock and roll band?

we've been through this before.bill has money,lots of it.- he doesnt need the stones.

so why would he travel halfway across the world,leave his home and his family to play two songs a night every four days with the stones?

he doesnt like to fly anyway,so unless there is an actual reunion of that version of the band with alot of cash involved,he's staying home.

....wanna know all that he said in the Crossfire interviews ...



ROCKMAN

The point is - he is not in a bad relationsship with the other ones.

The complainers here on the board still try to say that he doesn't like Mick, Keith etc.

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>>>I left that 20 years ago and the 30 years I was in the band was fantastic, but I've done other things. I did archaeology. I write books. I've got a successful restaurant. And I've got a beautiful family of three beautiful daughters and that's all I want in my life, you know?

Excuse me, you're also the bass player in an active touring and recording band, Bill. So what's so hard about reprising your role as the bass player in the world's greatest rock and roll band?

I gotta think its the Darryl Jones union contract...that thing is airtight except for HTW...that was left out and known as Bill's Bone amongst insiders...

A quitter. No room for a "Best Stones Yet".

- Doxa

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Actually, there's footage of us signing things in the dressing rooms. We all tried to do it. And there were stacks and stacks of autographed books, programs to be signed, and we just used to grab a bunch each and sign everybody's name. We all learned to sign each other's signatures (laughs). Except for Charlie. He wouldn't sign anything. But me, Keith, Mick and Brian all could sign each other's autographs. When I see them now for sale, I know that, you know, two of them are not theirs – originals and all that. But it was the only way to do it, because you couldn't pass this stuff around. You didn't have time. You were onstage in 10 minutes.

-Bill Wyman



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Makes sense. Instead of passing a photo around and having all five guys sign it, one guy signs it, and then adds perfect (or near perfect) forgeries of the other four guys signatures.



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The Beatles probably did the same thing. I've heard stories about people asking George Harrison to sign a photo of the Beatles and having him hand it back to them with the signatures of all four Beatles.

They did the same thing with girls..haha. Saves time looking!

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They did the same thing with girls..haha. Saves time looking!

So those Brian father claims were really Bill and Brian just made some not so nice tea?

That sly ol' dog!

This important topic is worth two separate threads at least.

I had a part-time, high school job working at the Civic Arena. A good friend of mine's family member worked for the Pens, for years.

How many times, items were dropped off to get autographed. He would sign them. Just making sure the first initials and jersey number were present.

After that, unless I see the person sign it. I'm assuming it is fake.

Nothing new, i knew this before, The Beatles did the same.

If you pay collector prices for any autographs you are taking a huge risk. Experts can review the item prior to purchase and if you buy from an auction house like Christie's, you are protected. Otherwise, it's buyer beware. A lot of early 60's Beatles items were signed by staff members and secretaries.

I have all four Beatles on legit items - John on a Bag One lithograph, George and Ringo on Genesis books, and Paul on an item he signed when I met him. Not the same as a genuine 60's item signed by all four, but I think it's just too risky.

But but but.... isn't signatures of Jagger, Richards, Wyman and Jones - or even Watts - all made by Brian Jones an item valuable in its own from collectors perspective? "Look here is Mick Jagger's signature made by Brian Jones... There's not many of them around..."

- Doxa

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But but but.... isn't signatures of Jagger, Richards, Wyman and Jones - or even Watts - all made by Brian Jones an item valuable in its own from collectors perspective? "Look here is Mick Jagger's signature made by Brian Jones... There's not many of them around..."

- Doxa

Yes, i think so,.....if you can prove it's done by Brian's hand.
If you not get the autograph in person, the provenance is the most important thing.
Here is a signed pic of Keith signed in 2006. Comes from Keith's personal manager Jane Rose. See the envelope with the details. (Some details are blocked for privacy). A very good provenance.

THWACK!!!



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Why on earth would my thread about the Stones faking each other's autographs get lumped in with this one? Shouldn't it have gone into the "Crazy Complaints" thread?

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A quitter. No room for a "Best Stones Yet".

- Doxa

Problem is Doxa, you are debating with too often, a few dumb bells here - especially those that specialize in the "quitter" line of reasoning.

They're so thick it doesn't even occur to them that Bill Wyman actually retired. Or that the lead singer effectively "quit" the band for a few years.

When there is a Veterans Day Parade they call them Veterans; Its not a quitters day parade.

If its "50 and counting" the fact is Daryl Jones was not there for 50 years. He's a stand in for Bill Wyman and the band is poorer off for it, notwithstanding Daryl's talents or presumably fine personality.

I think you were right when you once said these are basically sports fan boys (and not really the smarter ones). They root for the uniform. Not really the players.

It's nice to hear that Bill is getting the same opinion from others like Tom Petty that Dylan gave originally. I guess Dylan and Petty are just blindly nostalgic, and deaf to the overwhelming talents of one Darryl Jones. I tell you what's crystal clear, Mick Jagger is running everything. There are no Rolling Stones anymore, per se. There is Mick, and then there is a small, tighter circle around him of Keith, Charlie and Ronnie, followed by everyone else. But make no mistake, the Rolling Stones' sun rises and sets around Mick Jagger now. He cracks the whip and the rest of them dance.

I think it's a bit of nonsense that the band is like an old girlfriend. I still think if the real Rolling Stones, Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill, Ronnie and Mick got together under the Stones umbrella and made a studio album that it turn out to be very satisfying. But it's not going to happen. 70-year-old egos suck too.