Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos "Live 3.10.22" (2025 Record Store Day EP)
For Record Store Day 2025, a live EP recorded by Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos is being issued on vinyl, in a 1,300-copy limited edition. Live 3.10.22 was recorded on the titular date at the 6th annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert. The 3-song, 12-inch EP is pressed in red vinyl, with an etching on the second side.
This short-but-sweet concert set took place at New York's Beacon Theater, at a concert to benefit God's Love We Deliver, an organization which cooks and delivers meals to sick people in New York City. This concert reunited the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist with the backing band who supported him on his solo albums Talk Is Cheap (1988) and Main Offender (1992), as well as on the respective tours to support those albums. The X-Pensive Winos lineup for this set featured guitarist Waddy Wachtel, Ivan Neville on keyboards, Steve Jordan on drums, and bassist Will Lee (replacing the unavailable Charley Drayton). This appearance was billed as their first together in 30 years -- although they did briefly reunite for another benefit concert in 2015.
So, do you remember when we used to joke about Keith Richards looking like death warmed over? Well, now we joke about how Richards is going to outlive us all! As of this writing, the man who everyone once thought was living on borrowed time is 81 years old, well past average male life expectancy. When this concert took place, Richards was 78, and showed a remarkable amount of energy, lucidity, and professionalism.
The short set began with "999", which was the lead-off track from Main Offender. It was a good choice of a blues-rock jam for Richards and the band to set the tone of the set. Richards and company then turned in an admirably graceful rendition of the Stones' 1969 country-blues ballad "You Got The Silver" (from Let It Bleed), but the high point of the set was their rendition of the Stones' 1978 classic "Before They Make Me Run" (from Some Girls). This song is one of my personal favorites from Mr. Richards, and he pulled it off -- both vocally and on guitar -- like an authentic elder statesman of rock and roll should. Live 3.10.22 provides a brief but satisfying set by a legend on a good night.
Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos "Live 3.10.22" EP (BMG) 2025
Track Listing:
1. 999 (Live)
2. You Got The Silver (Live)
3. Before They Make Me Run (Live)
This short-but-sweet concert set took place at New York's Beacon Theater, at a concert to benefit God's Love We Deliver, an organization which cooks and delivers meals to sick people in New York City. This concert reunited the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist with the backing band who supported him on his solo albums Talk Is Cheap (1988) and Main Offender (1992), as well as on the respective tours to support those albums. The X-Pensive Winos lineup for this set featured guitarist Waddy Wachtel, Ivan Neville on keyboards, Steve Jordan on drums, and bassist Will Lee (replacing the unavailable Charley Drayton). This appearance was billed as their first together in 30 years -- although they did briefly reunite for another benefit concert in 2015.
So, do you remember when we used to joke about Keith Richards looking like death warmed over? Well, now we joke about how Richards is going to outlive us all! As of this writing, the man who everyone once thought was living on borrowed time is 81 years old, well past average male life expectancy. When this concert took place, Richards was 78, and showed a remarkable amount of energy, lucidity, and professionalism.
The short set began with "999", which was the lead-off track from Main Offender. It was a good choice of a blues-rock jam for Richards and the band to set the tone of the set. Richards and company then turned in an admirably graceful rendition of the Stones' 1969 country-blues ballad "You Got The Silver" (from Let It Bleed), but the high point of the set was their rendition of the Stones' 1978 classic "Before They Make Me Run" (from Some Girls). This song is one of my personal favorites from Mr. Richards, and he pulled it off -- both vocally and on guitar -- like an authentic elder statesman of rock and roll should. Live 3.10.22 provides a brief but satisfying set by a legend on a good night.
Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos "Live 3.10.22" EP (BMG) 2025
Track Listing:
1. 999 (Live)
2. You Got The Silver (Live)
3. Before They Make Me Run (Live)
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