The Rolling Stones: Fifty Years
$26.24
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2013
Summary
In 1962 Mick Jagger was a bright, well-scrubbed boy (planning a career in the civil service), while Keith Richards was learning how to smoke and to swivel a six-shooter. Add the mercurial Brian Jones (who’d been effectively run out of Cheltenham for theft, multiple impregnations and playing blues guitar) and the wryly opinionated Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, and the potential was obvious.
During the 1960s and 70s the Rolling Stones were the polarising figures in Britain, adm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849832847 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1849832846 |
| Author: | Christopher Sandford |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 388g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 1mm |
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Critics Review
“Sandford is no stranger to the rock bio and attacks his newest venture with skill and style… . an expert job of capturing a complicated subject.
“Highly readable and well judged… . Sandford skillfully deconstructs some of the mythology around the group.” –“Financial Times”
“Sandford is no stranger to the rock bio and attacks his newest venture with skill and style… . an expert job of capturing a complicated subject… . his easy storytelling style and expert musical knowledge make for a satisfying read.”” –Publishers Weekly” on “Keith Richards: Satisfaction”
About The Author
Christopher Sandford
Christopher Sandford has been a professional writer for 40 years and a frequent writer about the Rolling Stones for more than 30. He has published many previous books and is the only writer to have written biographies of both Mick Jagger, ‘the classic biography’ (The Times) and Keith Richards ‘Sandford’s affectionate, warts-and-all portrait of Keith is undoubtedly the best read’ (Sunday Telegraph).
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