The Pandemonium of 'Sympathy for the Devil': Recording Technique and the Rumored Actress

The layered percussion and chaotic atmosphere of “Sympathy for the Devil” came from an intentional studio experiment. Recording at Olympic Studios in June 1968, the Stones invited a group of conga players and percussionists—including Rocky Dijon, Bill Leghorn, and future Traffic member Rebop Kwaku Baah—to play all at once with no click track. Keith Richards ran his acoustic guitar through a Leslie rotating speaker to get that warbly