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With All Wood and Stones, veteran composers/vocalists/musicians John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley have taken songs that are practically hard-wired into our collective pop culture consciousness and put a uniquely fresh spin on them. That these songs are vintage Rolling Stones masterpieces composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards makes the duo's sonic reinvention of them all the more remarkable. It's almost as if the tracks are from an alternate universe where Mick and Keith hailed from Southern California instead of the U.K. Featuring crystal-clear yet atmospheric acoustic renderings of eleven gems from the Jagger-Richards songbook, the disc's magic revolves around Batdorf and Stanley's supple new arrangements, virtuoso guitar exchanges and almost dreamlike, harmonic vocals. John Batdorf (Batdorf & Rodney) and James Lee Stanley (after years has successfully avoided fame until now), are wonderful singers and guitar players. These are eleven of their favorite Rolling Stones songs, arranged by James and John in the studio, just playing and singing until the songs evolved into what we are presenting here. The songs are the stars, their timelessness enhanced by the mellow yet elegant simplicity of All Wood and Stones' presentation.