The year was 1971. The band was the Rolling Stones. The album was Sticky Fingers. It was the British group's first release of the '70s, and it helped set the standard their sound for the decade to follow. 45 years later, it's still considered one of their greatest ever records.
Indeed, from the moment the opening strains of 'Brown Sugar' start rockin', there's no doubting that Sticky Fingers is something special. While the band still tour, hearing them play any of their albums live in their entirety is never going to happen, so a heap of Aussie musos have teamed up to give Brisbane the next best thing.
Trust Tim Rogers to strut his stuff to tracks like 'Wild Horses' and 'Moonlight Mile' — and trust Ben Salter to join him. Salter's The Wilson Pickers bandmate Danny Widdicombe is actually the mastermind behind the event, with one of his other groups, The Honey Sliders, helping crank out the iconic album plus a heap of other great Stones songs. And if you can't make it to The Zoo on Saturday night, they'll be doing it all over again at The Soundlounge in Currumbin on Sunday evening.