Rolling Stones History - “Wild Horses” - 5 Things That You Didn’t Know

here are five things you didn't know about the Rolling Stones Wild Horses this was the last of three songs that the stones recorded in December 1969 at the muscle SCH studio in Alabama Ian Stewart who usually played piano on Stones recordings refused to record wild horses because he didn't want to play songs that were in a minor key the song was first released in 1970 by Graham Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers the stones version was delayed until 1971 due to legal wranglings in which they were involved with manager Alan Klein to assure that there were no bootleg versions of the recording sessions Mick Jagger personally sat on the floor of the studio and shredded the eight track Originals leaving only the final Master tape guitarist Mick Taylor used Nashville tuning on his guitar tuning the four base strings of the guitar one octave higher than normal [Music]