· In the mid-'60s Stanley Booth wrote apparently on spec a sensitively descriptive, narrative piece on Furry Lewis, the one-legged Memphis bluesman, a piece that was not published until Playboy brought it out in -- but it seems by then to have been enough to secure Booth an agent, a assignment to go to London and cover the Rolling Stones, and ultimately, a book-contract to tour with /5. · Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in He lived with them throughout their tour across the United States, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with www.doorway.ru by: 6. In , a young journalist named Stanley Booth got a book deal to follow the Rolling Stones around the country on their tour, to document both their journey across America and their history as the premier rivals to the Beatles in the hearts of music fans/5(49).
Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in Absolutely brilliant book. Stanley Booth has written a couple of Stones-related books but this one was written when he spent time with them in , when. Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in —Richard Williams, Guardian " The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones is, simply put, one of those essential texts of music journalism. In The Rolling Stones were bravely going where literally NO ONE had gone before them. He also discusses some of the problems he had "making the manuscript work". But work it does - it is an un-put-downable train wreck of a story, never short of fascinating as Booth peels back the veils for.
“The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones is, simply put, one of those essential texts of music journalism. Groundbreaking, insightful, funny and tragic, it's a piece of reporting that could never take place today.” —The Houston Press “Booth's prose (his other books include "Rhythm Oil" and "Keith: Till I Roll Over Dead") is writerly, funny. The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth. One of the most enlightening pictures of the rock revolution of the 60s that you’re ever likely to read, The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones is also a no-holds-barred insider view of the rise of the Rolling Stones. Stanley Booth has written a couple of Stones-related books but this one was written when he spent time with them in , when they were recording and on tour. He tells about the making of the film 'Performance' starring Mick and Keith's girlfriend Anita and he was with them at the infamous Altamont concert.
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