Keith and Mick wrote this song when they were in a ranch in Brazil surrounded by cowboys and all that kind of stuff. Keith said that they felt like if they were isolated in the middle of Arizona so they decided to write a country song (the first recording of this song was clearly country: no electric guitar in it, the country version is called Country Honk) but then the Rolling Stones played some sessions with Ry Cooder and Richards was "inspired" by one Cooder's riff and used it all along the song though the lyrics are basically the same with little changes.
Keith and Mick wrote this song when they were in a ranch in Brazil surrounded by cowboys and all that kind of stuff. Keith said that they felt like if they were isolated in the middle of Arizona so they decided to write a country song (the first recording of this song was clearly country: no electric guitar in it, the country version is called Country Honk) but then the Rolling Stones played some sessions with Ry Cooder and Richards was "inspired" by one Cooder's riff and used it all along the song though the lyrics are basically the same with little changes.