Taylor's horror at Stones lawsuit claim
Mick Taylor's manager says the former Rolling Stones guitarist is "horrified" over the contents of a Daily Mail interview which stated he was preparing to sue his ex-bandmates.
Jeff Allen, who also plays drums in the Mick Taylor Band, says there's no need to take legal action. The Mail quoted Taylor as saying he hadn't been paid since 1982 and he was considering a lawsuit over the immorality of the situation.
"Mick certainly didn't say he was going to sue the Stones," Allen says. "He's got a very good relationship with them.
"The last time we met up, him and Keith Richards were like long-lost lovers, hugging each other and happy to see each other. When Mick was ill some weeks ago Mick Jagger had his office phone up to see what was going on, then phoned the hospital just to check on Mick.
"So there's no animosity between Mick and the Stones. You can imagine the shock, horror and disbelief when that article came out in the Daily Mail. The emphasis was that Mick was some kind of run-down tramp living in Suffolk. The reality is Mick's having the house done up, and he's living in Holland at the moment with his girlfriend."
Some of the Mail's quotes read as follows:
“In 1982 they stopped paying me. They’d signed to a different record company and were advised they didn’t need to pay me any more.
“I should have got a lawyer – but instead I called them rude words and asked how they could just stop paying me.??“They all know it’s not right. They get all the money and I get the plaudits and praise – even from Mick. I’ve tried to talk to him a couple of times.
“But I realise that hiring a lawyer is probably the only way they’ll take me seriously. They figure I’m not going to do anything about it. But I’m going to do something because it’s morally wrong to cut my royalties for those six albums.”
“My life is much better now. So I don’t regret leaving. But people who really know me ask another question – whether I regret joining the Stones. To me, that’s far more astute.”
The Daily Mail have yet to return Rock Radio's request for a comment.
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