Even if you could see the heads of the band on that tiny stage, the main action was out on the floor, and the job of the Rolling Stones was to provide the music for the dancers.

The leading mods would have their own fan clubs and show off the various new moves every Sunday night, when the band would perform there. I remember the scene years back down at the so-called Crawdaddy Club in Richmond. Maybe it’s not Fred Astaire, but it’s surely encouragement for us all to dance and move as that’s a great freedom for our bodies, trapped as they are within our own inhibitions and inability to move to the rhythm.Īs the Stones started out way back as an outfit to dance to, I thought it might be appropriate, given the recent interest in TV dance shows, to look at Mick’s connection with the art of hoofing and what makes him move. What to my eye separated the Rolling Stones from the other bands of their day in London, for instance the Yardbirds or even the Beatles, was their onstage moves, due in no small part to Mick’s gyrations which have to date achieved legendary status as moves in their own right.

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