 It was Mick Taylor's first tour with the band; he had replaced Brian Jones that June, shortly before Jones's death, and had only performed one gig (the free concert in Hyde Park) with them before the tour.Some rehearsals for this tour occurred in the basement of Stephen Stills' Laurel Canyon home.The tour began on 7 November with a warm-up show at Colorado State University, and then proceeded generally west to east, often playing two shows a night.