Every fan knows the rest of the story — they went back to the Fort Harrison Hotel and Satisfaction was born.
The roaring crowd seemed glad to have that influence back, dancing and singing along and ignoring a few drifts of raindrops on a cool, breezy night.
The show opened with an empty stage, a powerful recorded drumbeat and, on the tall video towers, images of Charlie Watts.
Keith Richards was long the edgiest member of the crew, with a cigarette dangling from his piratical sneer and a legendary capacity for partying.
Jagger still moves like Jagger: the hip shake, the shoulder shimmy, the dash down the runway in front of the stage.
Tampa chose Far Away Eyes, from the 1978 Some Girls album, a tongue-in-cheek country song graced by Wood‘s steel guitar.
Jagger got his customary two-song break mid show, when Richards took the mic in good voice to sing Connection and Happy.
Jagger, Richards and Wood are the core members, but there were 11 performers on stage, every one an ace.
The newest member, stepping into Charlie Watts’ impossibly cool shoes, isn’t really new.