Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Upright acoustic bass: Bill Plummer
Rhythm electric guitars: Keith Richards
Slide electric guitar: Mick Taylor
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Background vocals: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Kathi McDonald (+ ?)
Piano: Nicky Hopkins
Saxophone: Bobby Keys
Trumpet and/or trombone: Jim Price
Maracas: Jimmy Miller
 

Yeah, heard the diesel drumming all down the line
Oh heard the wires a-humming all down the line
Yeah, hear the women sighing all down the line
Oh hear the children crying all down the line

All down the line
We'll be watching out for trouble, yeah
All down the line
And we'll keep the motor running, yeah

All down the line
You can't say yes and you can't say no
Just be right there when the whistle blows
I need a sanctified girl with a sanctified mind to help me now

Yeah, all the people singing all down the line
Watch the men all working, working, yeah, all down the line

All down the line
And we'll open up and swallow, yeah
All down the line
And we'll bust another bottle, yeah

I need a shot of salvation, baby, once in a while
Hear the whistle blowing, hear it for a thousand miles

Well you can't say yes and you can't say no
Just be right there when the whistle blows
I need a sanctified mind to help me out right now

Won't you be my little baby for a while?

(...) walking all down the highway side
That's why I need you (...)
 
 

TrackTalk

I thought Mick Taylor was a really good slide player. I liked him on things like All Down the Line and Love In Vain, you know.

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