"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers.
The track is over seven minutes long, and begins with a Keith Richards open-G tuned guitar intro.
Besides the regular Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger (vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals), Mick Taylor (guitar), Charlie Watts (drums) and Bill Wyman (bass), the track also features conga player Rocky Dijon, saxophonist Bobby Keys, organist Billy Preston and additional percussion by producer Jimmy Miller.
The track featured Rocky Dijon on congas; tenor saxophonist Bobby Keys performs an extended saxophone solo over the guitar work of Richards and Mick Taylor, punctuated by the organ work of Billy Preston.
For a guitar player it's no big deal to play, the chopping, staccato bursts of chords, very direct and spare.
[1]Taylor recalled in a 1979 interview: "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" ... is one of my favourites ... [The jam at the end] just happened by accident; that was never planned.
"My favourite Stones records were Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers… One of the greatest Mick Taylor solos is 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking'.