The Canadian musician who co-wrote a Rolling Stones song without realizing it: “I got a call from my lawyer – she told me to sit down. She’d just gotten off the phone with the Stones’ manager…”

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones onstage on the Bridges to Babylon Tour in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois.

For countless players around the globe, working with a band like the Rolling Stones is a dream gig. Canadian musician Ben Mink can say he’s done exactly that, but he was none the wiser at the time.

In 1997, the Stones released Bridges to Babylon, the band’s second studio album since penning a big money deal with Virgin. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, credited as the Glimmer Twins, co-produced it with Don Was, The Dust Brothers, Rob Fraboni, and Danny Saber.