Rolling Stones Share Alternate ‘Brown Sugar’ With Eric Clapton

While the official deluxe edition of Sticky Fingers doesn’t come out until next week (June 9th), the band has been zealously sharing alternate versions of their tracks in anticipation. The band may have already shared an extended “Bitch” and an acoustic “Wild Horses,” but this one takes the cake… an alternate version of “Brown Sugar” with Slowhands himself, Eric Clapton, on slide guitar.

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Listen to the Clapton version below, which was recorded a full year after the original:

And here’s the original, still rocking just as hard as it did on the official 1971 release.