The Rolling Stones Need More Than Another Pretty Face

IMMEDIATELY AFTER Mick Taylor left (I hesitate' to say "quit") the Rolling Stones last week, speculation about his successor began. The gossip all but ignored Taylor's future, which was not a surprise. He was no one's favorite when he joined, in 1969, after an apprenticeship with John Mayall. In fact, almost no one but the Stones had heard of him, a considerable drawback since he was replacing the popular Brian Jones.