A dream.
Last night, The Rolling Stones headlined Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, and one of country music’s best acts in Tyler Childers opened the show.
The Stones are currently out on the road for their summer tour, which is in support of their 2023 Hackney Diamonds album, and I’m sure just getting to be part of that was a dream in and of itself for Mr. Childers.
But even cooler was the fact that he got on stage with Mick and the boys to sing “Dead Flowers.”
Of course, “Dead Flowers” was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and included on their classic 1971 album Sticky Fingers. It was written during a time when the band, and specifically Keith Richards, was greatly influenced by country due to his friendship with Gram Parsons.
Sticky Fingers as a whole project does have country influence in the sound, especially the guitar playing style à la Richards, and even former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor (who left the group in 1974).
All of that to say, it was the perfect song to have Tyler come out and join them for, and he of course added the perfect amount of twang for the country-inspired tune, and even strummed his acoustic guitar as well. And actually, it’s the first time in years that “Dead Flowers” has appeared as part of the official concert set list for the Rolling Stones, so you have to imagine having Tyler there influenced that decision some.
And a great decision it was, because I need so much more of this… check it out:
Core members of the Rolling Stones in Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood will perform in 16 different cities in total over the next several months, where they’ll play a combination of classics, deep cuts and some tunes songs from their aforementioned new album, as well.
Other country artists and acts in Lainey Wilson, Red Clay Strays and The War and Treaty are also slated to open different shows on the tour.
“Dead Flowers”
