![]() Not everything among the collection’s 14 tracks pays off. ![]() Now, “…with more steel guitar” may sound like a glib, dismissive phrase, but when you’ve got players like Paul Franklin or Dan Dugmore popping in for extended solos - as they do on Steve Earle’s “Angie” or Elle King’s “Tumbling Dice,” respectively - suddenly it’s that steel that can feel like the real star for a minute, not the Stones or their Tennessee suitors. “Stoned Cold Country: A 60th Anniversary Tribute to the Rolling Stones” doesn’t so much bend the Jagger-Richards catalog to a pure country sound as it collects some genre practitioners who have a strong rock ‘n’ roll bent and has them hew fairly closely to the Stones’ originals… with more steel guitar. A new album produced by Robert Deaton, longtime executive producer of the CMA Awards, marries mainstream country stars to Stones classics with mostly satisfying results.
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