When Sir Michael Philip “Mick” Jagger, the bandleader of the “World’s Greatest Rock And Roll Band” gives a shout-out to Stone Mountain to over 42,000 Rolling Stones fans – a soundbite that, sweet heaven above, I accidentally recorded at last night’s concert at Atlanta’s Bobby Dodd Stadium – you better believe it ends up here!

Confession time: I was but 16 days old when the Stones first played Atlanta at the bygone Omni for the “Made in the Shade” tour 40 years ago on July 30, 1975. It only took about 40 years (“I’ve been holding out so long”), but, thanks to an early birthday present from a friend, I’m proud to say I’ve finally seen my first Rolling Stones concert before the big 4-0 in 35 days (yep, now that Mick Jagger is my mom’s age—and the band’s brightly colored outfits last night reminded me at times of the “Golden Girls” episode where the girls try an aerobics class at a gym). Come to find out June 9 was the very day in 1969 when Brian Jones, the founding member of the Stones, quit the band (and died less than a month later in a swimming pool “by misadventure”).

Stone Mountain being namechecked by Jagger aside, I’d personally have been plenty satisfied (and for many nights after) to have only seen “Gimme Shelter” performed live with Lisa Fischer belting out “Rape, murder!” as fine as Merry Clayton ever did when the song was first recorded 46 years ago (more about Fischer and Clayton and the song in the 2013 documentary “20 Feet From Stardom”). Other memorable moments from last night’s show include running into comedian Jeff Foxworthy and now having the opportunity to say, “You might be a redneck if you bother Jeff Foxworthy to pose for a photo at a Rolling Stones concert.” The man (and his wife Pamela) was a very good sport and certainly got his pre-show exercise standing up and down every five minutes for practically every 50-65 year-old white male who’d likely been drinking since 2pm for the Stones’ big return to town since 1989. And there was me. Giddy and mesmerized beyond belief when the entire stadium began a chorus of “Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh/Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh…” like a parliament of owls during “Miss You.” Oh, and wish you had been there to hear Mick Jagger joke about the “290 people from May-CON” that must’ve driven into the big city for the show.