As one of the most influential rock bands of all time, The Rolling Stones marks 60 years in the biz. The biggest stars in country music are paying homage with a star-studded newly released documentary about the making of Stoned Cold Country , the 60th-anniversary tribute album cementing the band's impact on the country music scene. It was all created by country music powerhouse producer and director Robert Deaton, known as an influencer of popular culture and the music world, working with superstars across all genres, including Garth Brooks, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Chris Stapleton. Since 2007, Deaton has served as executive producer of country music's biggest night of the year, the CMA Awards. The album, which Deaton calls "a love letter to The Rolling Stones from Nashville,' includes performances by country greats Eric Church, Lainey Wilson, Zac Brown Band, Brooks & Dunn, Little Big Town, and more. We caught up with Deaton, who assembled the talent and produced the album and the documentary to hear all about.
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00:00 As one of the most influential rock bands of all time, The Rolling Stones, mark 60 years
00:07 in the biz, country music's biggest stars are paying homage with a star-studded, newly
00:13 released documentary about the making of Stone Cold Country, the 60th anniversary tribute
00:19 album that cements the band's impact on the country music scene.
00:23 Created by country music powerhouse, producer and director Robert Deaton, it includes performances
00:28 by country greats Eric Church, Laney Wilson, Zac Brown Band, Brooks and Dunn, Little Big
00:34 Town, Marcus King, and more.
00:36 We caught up with Deaton, who ensembled the talent, produced the album, and the documentary
00:41 to hear all about it.
00:42 We got the blessing, you know, from Mick and Keith.
00:45 And then once we got the blessing, I just kept periodic phone calls with management,
00:51 just giving them an update.
00:54 And I was sending them rough mixes, making sure you guys are good and feel like this
00:59 is worthy of the Stones.
01:00 I mean, these are their songs.
01:02 And so I wanted to make sure that they were happy with everything.
01:05 I got introduced to Marcus, and I was like, "Hey, you want to be on a Stones tribute record?"
01:11 And I knew immediately that it would be Can't You Hear Me Knockin'.
01:15 How I decided who was going to be on the record was, I just, you know, I worked for two full
01:21 weeks or more just listening to the Stones' music.
01:24 In the beginning, it's frightening, because you start taking their entire body of work.
01:30 And you go, "Okay, I've got to narrow this down to 14 tracks."
01:35 It's like, how did you go about doing that?
01:38 So I just started listening and listening, and then I would start hearing artists with
01:42 certain songs.
01:44 Some of them are very fast, like Wild Horses.
01:47 The minute I started listening to Wild Horses, I just knew Little Big Town would be perfect
01:51 for that, with their harmonies and the chorus.
01:59 For like, I Can't Get No Satisfaction, you know, I thought, you know, let's...
02:03 And I didn't know at the time that was going to be the first track on the album.
02:06 But I thought, how great would this be to kick off a Stones tribute record with a female
02:12 singing that incredibly awesome, famous song of the Stones?
02:19 How great would it be for Ashley McBride, for her to...
02:23 First of all, Ashley can sing anything.
02:24 I thought she was a unique choice for that.
02:27 Some of this stuff was like, it's a group effort, you know what I'm saying?
02:30 So it's my job as the producer to be listening and to hear people.
02:37 I love the documentary because I think it's a peek into Nashville, a peek into the behind
02:41 the scenes, you know?
02:42 You don't normally get to see how these artists work behind the scenes.
02:46 You don't see Eric Church in the studio, you know, without glasses and just the energy
02:52 level that he brings to the recording process.
02:57 Or, you know, you could sit there and look at Zac Brown and you see in his brain, that
03:01 genius level brain, music brain, just thinking, you know what I'm saying?
03:07 Every single one of these artists on here, they are who they are, you know?
03:10 And they're unapologetic about it.
03:13 And that's how The Stones work.
03:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:17 (upbeat music)
03:20 (gunshots)