Look what four British cats dragged in. On Tuesday, November 15th, Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood brought themselves to San Francisco along with a brilliant Brooklyn-born vocalist by the name of Lisa Fischer, a stellar bass guitarist Darryl Jones and a killer keyboard player Chuck Leavell, to name only three of nine in the Rolling Stones band!

"Look What The Cat Dragged In" is actually the title of the band's fourteenth song of sixteen on their new "Virgin" album, A Bigger Bang.

"A Bigger Bang" was released on September 6th, 2005 during the Stones' current World Tour.

Jagger, Richards, Watts, Wood and Company are on their 2005-2006 world tour with Fischer, Jones and Leavell, as well as Bobby Keys on sax, Bernard Fowler and Blondie Chaplin singing back-up, Tim Ries on saxophone and keyboard, Kent Smith on trumpet and Michael Davis on trombone.

Remember these names because any one of them deserves their own stage. And very well may get one, one day.

In fact, after a little research, I learned that Fischer had been a back-up vocalist for Luther Vandross for years. She's also performed with Billy Ocean, Al Jarreau, Randy Crawford, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Maria Carey, Teddy Pendergrass, Aretha Franklin, Patti Labelle, just to name a few greats. In 1991, Fischer came out with her own CD called So Intense.

The legendary four and the nine talented musicians who support them, along with their promoters, producer, personnel, director, Next Adventure folks (whatever that means), production design team, fashion designers and stylists, steel crew, bus drivers, truck drivers and fan club, etc., etc., etc., "brought it" on Tuesday night. They brought it with a BIG bang.

Over 40,000 fans got to hear them play twenty-one Stone classics and new tunes. On the inside of SBC Park it was over two hours of bliss, especially when the stage moved toward center field, twenty feet from where we were standing. Tim and I were almost close enough to catch Jagger's guitar after he finished singing "Miss You".

I'd always wanted to go to a Stones concert growing up. As did Tim. For his 46th birthday, he got what he wanted.

While Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood did not perform their "cat" song on Tuesday night at SBC Park in San Francisco, the tunes they did sing had every dog in San Francisco howling at the nearly full moon and every fan applauding high in the air.

Now, finally I understand why Mick Jagger & Company are the musicians to witness -- live in concert.

The guy is 61 years of age, but he doesn't look a day over 49 on stage.

In fact, with the way he moved, you'd think he was still in his twenties. Inspiring, to say the least.

Beginning precisely at 8:45pm, here are the songs I can remember from the set San Francisco got to here on Tuesday night:

Start Me Up

Rain Fall Down with Mick on guitar (from their new album)

As Tears Go By

Night Time Is The Right Time with Lisa Fischer up front and center

Slipping Away with Keith Richards singing

Infamy again with Keith on vocals (from their new album)

Miss You (up close and personal)

Oh No Not You "

Jumping Jack Flash

You Can't Always Get What You Want

Satisfaction

A Bigger Bang CD Cover

"A Bigger Bang" was produced by 1995 Grammy Award-winning Producer of the Year Don Was.

Bigger Bang Tracks

1. Rough Justice
2. Let Me Down Slow
3. It Won't Take Long
4. Rain Fall Down
5. Streets Of Love
6. Back Of My Hand
7. She Saw Me Coming
8. Biggest Mistake
9. This Place Is Empty
10. Oh No, Not You Again
11. Dangerous Beauty
12. Laugh, I Nearly Died
13. Sweet Neo Con
14. Look What The Cat Dragged In
15. Driving Too Fast
16. Infamy

Among the more than 40,000 Evergreen, Metallica and Rolling Stones fans in the house on Tuesday night, there was a fan waving her Connecticut "STONES" license plate.

Half the fun of the evening was getting to people watch. I've never seen so many tongues printed on garments in my life. On pants, shirts, head bands, leather jackets, they were all over. And then at the end of the show, there was a colorful blown up tongue three stories tall.

Bill Walton was also standing tall in the crowd.

Behind the band, in what I called the Butterfly Wings section, VIPs sat with a bird's eye view and became part of the dramatic show behind the stage.

At one point in the show, I said to Tim, "It looks like The Stones are getting closer." And they were. The center part of the stage was literally rolling from its original location in center field to our seats near home plate. What a joy it was to see The Stones "up close and personal" from twenty feet and not just via the huge video screen hundreds of feet away.

The Rolling Stones' "Butterfly" Stage Photo Credit: Lea Suzuki

In between each "wing" was a huge sixty-foot tall video screen. This production alone was worth the price of admission. It was richly retrospective, diverse in style, very hip and high energy, from start to finish.

We also loved their "rugged elegant" rock star attire. Of course, Mick gets the award for most outfits that shine. Keith also had the look going.

Darryl Jones, 'Rugged Elegant' Bass Guitarist for The Stones Photo Credit: Jim Gensheimer

As did famous-in-his-own-right bass guitarist, Darryl Jones.

From reading the program it looks like those who deserve this credit, other than the guys who wear it well, are:

Clothing, Costumes & Stylists Crew

William Gilchrist and Isobel Work

L'Wren Scott and Ira Hammond-Glass, Michelle Archer & Rebecca Leach

Stephen Jones

John Hayles

Lars Nord

Emily Barnes

Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme

Comme des Garcons

Costume National

Balenciaga

Alexander McQueen

Notify

Prada

Buddhist Punk

Victor and Rolf

From their sound, to their look, to the staging, to Mick's dancing and prancing, to the feeling that remains now that these legendary rock 'n rollers have rolled out of San Francisco and headed to Vegas, the Rolling Stones delivers a Big Bang that reverberates more than seven miles from the perimeter of their stage.

It's now Thursday, and I am still basking in the glow of the Stones beat on Tuesday night.

Yesterday morning, I couldn't stop singing "Honky Tonk Woman" and the last song in their encore, "Satisfaction".

It was well worth the $164 per person price tag. So was the $25 official program.

If you're lucky enough to have tickets for one of the upcoming concerts in Las Vegas (11.18.05 and 3.4.06), Fresno (11.20), Salt Lake City (11.22), Denver (11.24), Glendale (11.27), Dallas (11.29), Houston (12.1), Memphis (12.3), Montreal (1.10.06), Boston (1.13 and 1.15), New York City (1.18, 1.20 and possibly 3.14), Chicago (1.23 and 1.25), St. Louis (1.27), Omaha (1.29), Baltimore (2.1), Detroit (2.5), Inglewood (3.6), North Little Rock (3.9), Ft. Lauderdale (3.12) and possibly Atlanta, San Antonio and Honolulu in March, you will not be disappointed. In fact, you're likely to be very "satisfied" -- just as we were!

Way to go gentlemen and Ms. Fischer! And thank you, all of you!!

Mick Jagger in San Francisco, 11.05 Photo Credit: Jim Gensheimer

Inspire & Be Inspired.

Here's to healthy, adventuresome, soulful, "very satisfying" living!

~ Jennifer Carolyn King, Rugged Elegance, LLC