How the Rolling Stones Reacted to ‘Stone Cold Country’ Tribute Album with Miranda Lambert and Eric Church

The 2018 album Stone Cold Country: The Country Music Tribute to The Rolling Stones turned classic rock hits into twangy anthems, with Miranda Lambert covering “Wild Horses,” Eric Church doing “Honky Tonk Women,” and Little Big Town tackling “Let’s Spend the Night Together.” Instead of bristling at the cowboy makeover, the Stones were genuinely into it—Keith Richards called the project “a whole new take” and said the country artists “made the songs their own.” Mick Jagger even appreciated the grittier interpretations, noting that hearing “Salt of the Earth” delivered by a country choir gave the track a fresh emotional weight that he hadn’t expected.