It's fun to share a little background on the cover songs the band chooses to perform. "No Expectations" is from the Stones classic "Beggars Banquet" record.
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - "No Expectations" - Lebanon Opera House, 05/25/07</strong>
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Rolling Stones - "No Expectations"

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The slide guitar from Brian Jones competes with Mick's voice on this one - that tension between them is what makes this song so amazing.

<a href="http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=510">From SongFacts</a>

<blockquote>Mick Jagger (1995): "That's Brian (Jones) playing steel guitar. We were sitting around in a circle on the floor, singing and playing, recording with open mikes. That was the last time I remember Brian really being totally involved in something that was really worth doing. He was there with everyone else. It's funny how you remember - but that was the last moment I remember him doing that, because he had just lost interest in everything." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)</blockquote>

Note: I'm posting this under the "influences" category. Keep checking over on the right for more posts in those categories in the upcoming months.