Shine a Light on the Big Bang Tour

There's no doubt in my mind about the legacy of Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones. It began in 1962 with their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, the family favorite bubble time show and fox trot haven for musical entertainment on the old black and white televisions. Who would guess when emcee host Ed Sullivan introduced Elvis Presley, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, he pre-chose some of the most explosive performing artists of 20th century music. Believe it or not the first known producer of an ecstatically screaming audience was Elvis Presley. The Beatles achieved the same success and so did the Rolling Stones during the Ed Sullivan Show performances. But during the times of the rock music origins of Elvis, then The Beatles, The Rolling Stones also became something more than "a scream" in the music world.

The Rolling Stones were inexhaustible and energetic musicians producing hit after hit, sparking pace with popularity in the 1960s, the 1970s, and the 1980s, their songs integrating American rhythm guitar, drums and percussion instruments with the dynamic rock and roll magnetism in the music world. The Stones were about vitality and movement, groove and dance, brotherhood and charisma, and energetically charged sound. Basically, they got something going and let it rip. The early members included Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Mick Taylor, Ian Stewart and Dick Taylor. The late 1960s and early 1970s tours included live stage shows with The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, and Ike and Tina Turner.

Their music went like this: "This Will Be The Last Time," "Paint It Black," "Lady Jane," "Let's Spend the Night Together," "Ruby Tuesday," "Honky Tonk Women," "Brown Sugar," "Start Me Up," "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "Gimme Shelter," "Wild Horses," "Some Girls," "Miss You" and "Like A Rolling Stone." Each one of these songs were on the top music charts. In 1985, The Rolling Stones toured the U.S. and included "Gimme Shelter." Later used for the movie "Gimme Shelter," the band received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement. This tour included playing with the Alman Brothers Band. A damper was put on the band's spiraling career in the early 1970s as a result of the Meredith Hunter stabbing by members of the Hell's Angels gang. The Hell's Angels were only meant to provide security when hired by The Rolling Stones. Some other parts of the globe the musicians performed included Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany and the Fiji Islands. Originating from Great Britain, the European shows were many. A next stop for performance may be in Serbia.

A new film "Shine A Light" will include the latest tour starting from Europe in 2005, to the Beacon Theater in New York City in September of 2006 and continuing in the U.S. until June of 2007. This Paramount film was directed by Martin Scorsese, a somebody who received an Academy Award for the film-making of "Mean Streets." This most recent "Big Bang Tour" by Mick Jagger and band members Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood, grossed $437-million in the United States just for that tour. The revenue was so tremendous it was listed in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records.

The primary instruments the band is using these days are pretty close to the early 1960s start-up. Some band members have also performed with jazz bands and are also referred to as masters by performers. After all, the unique clarity and distinctness of style of The Rolling Stones is just some of that good time rock and roll, and a lot of other things.

Currently Imax Theaters are playing "I Am Legend" derived from a 1954 novel and "Beowulf" from a classic early epic. "The Spiderwick Chronicles" opens on February 14, 2008 and a "Deep Sea 3-D" showing is a fun project ready to experience. Shown at the Berlin Film Festival on January 15th, "Shine A Light" portrayed by The Rolling Stones is expected to open in Imax Theaters during April of 2008 in the United States.