"Live with Me" is a song by

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from their album ''

Let It Bleed ''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released 28 November 1969 on London Records in the United States and shortly thereafter by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. ...

'', released in December 1969. It was the first song recorded with the band's new guitarist

Mick Taylor Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, he appeared on: ''Let It Bleed'' ...

, who joined the band in June 1969, although the first record the band released with Taylor was the single version of ''

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''. Taylor later described the recording of "Live with Me" as "kind of the start of that particular era for the Stones, where Keith and I traded licks."Bill Janovitz, ''Rocks Off: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones'' (

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, 2013), , pp. 168
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. The song also marks the first time the Stones recorded with tenor saxophonist

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(who played on many Stones records thereafter), and the only time Leon Russell would play with the Stones. Russell and

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contributed piano to the piece. Written by

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and Richards, "Live with Me" was recorded on 24 May 1969. As Taylor joined the band weeks later, his guitar part was dubbed over the basic track. Along with " Country Honk", this was one of the two songs on ''Let it Bleed'' that guitarist Mick Taylor played on. He and Keith Richards created an original 2-lead guitar sound. The song's lyrics were cited as the reason why the London Bach Choir asked not to be credited for their contribution to "

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". The poet X. J. Kennedy suggested that the lyrics are part of a tradition of responses, beginning with John Donne and Sir Walter Raleigh and continuing through C. Day-Lewis, to Christopher Marlowe's "

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". Marlowe's poem begins "Come live with me and be my love". Although never released as a single, the song has been frequently performed live, and concert versions appear on the albums '' Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'', ''

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'', and '' Light the Fuse'', as well as the 1996 " Wild Horses" (live) single and the ''

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'' compilation album. A live version recorded in 1971 appears on the 2015 Deluxe edition bonus disc of ''

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''. The song was performed live with

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for the concert film '' Shine a Light'', and appears on the accompanying soundtrack album.

Personnel

vocals *

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guitar, bass guitar *

guitar * Charlie Wattsdrums *

piano *

tenor saxophone * Leon Russellpiano, horn arrangement

References

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