For 25 years Bill Wyman has been "the silent Stone", the quiet bass player in the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". This autobiography-of-a-band is a note-by-note rendition of the Stones' tumultuous early years, based on Wyman's own meticulously kept diaries. 32 pages of photographs.
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For 25 years Bill Wyman has been "the silent Stone", the quiet bass player in the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". This autobiography-of-a-band is a note-by-note rendition of the Stones' tumultuous early years, based on Wyman's own meticulously kept diaries. 32 pages of photographs.
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594pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [spine of large volume is creased from reading with a slight pull at spine head; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A rather different insider view of the Rolling Stones exper A rather different insider view of the Rolling Stones experience.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band. BOOK NUMBER: 1190. FRONT AND BACK JACKET PHOTOGRAPHS FROM: the Bill Wyman Archive. JACKET DESIGN BY: Neil Stuart. CONTENTS: Introduction 1 Flash Forward 2 Roots and Routes 3 How the Stones got the Blues 4 Birth of the Legend 5 The 'Great Unwashed' 6 The Selling of a Rebellion 7 The Unholy Trinity 8 Riots and Romances 9 Addictions and Frictions 10 (Drug) Trials and Tribulations 11 De-Klein 12 Little Boy Blues; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Records 1963-69; Awards 1964-69; Shows 1962-69; Film and Television 1957-69; Radio 1963-69; Index. SYNOPSIS: For twenty-five years Bill Wyman has been "the silent Stone, " the quiet bass player in the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band. This autobiography-of-a-band is a note-by-note rendition of the Stones' tumultuous early years, made possible by Wyman's own meticulously kept diaries. As one critic put it, "The Beatles charmed a nation. The Stones kicked it in the bollocks." Wyman candidly recalls the struggle of the perpetual "bad boys" through their tough years of apprenticeship (once living for weeks on stolen potatoes) as their music evolved. The vision of Brian Jones, an extraordinarily talented musician devoted to American blues and R & B, shaped the group and the raw, gutsy sound that blew open the British music scene. The Stones struck a deep chord among Britain's young, and Wyman describes the hair-raising chaos and violence of their early tours. He is disarmingly frank in describing the wildness and intricacies of the Stones' personal affairs, the dynamics of the musicians in and out of the studio, their scandalous legal problems, financial and management crises, conflicts over songwriting, and the effects of drugs on their music and lives. He sheds new light on the complex story of Brian Jones, forced aside by the triumvirate of Mick, Keith, and manager Andrew Oldham. The book ends with Brian's break with the band and retreat to his beloved country home, only to drown on the eve of the Stones', and Britain's, biggest rock concert. The gathering of 500, 000 in Hyde Park became Brian's wake, and marked the end of the first era of the saga of the Stones. A married man with a son, already in his mid-twenties when he met the other members of the band, Wyman was the first person in his family's history to have a job with a pension. To their horror he cut loose to follow the promise of the Stones' new sound. His unique perspective on the journey that followed shows how the 1960s looked from one of its epicenters. Ray Coleman was editor-in-chief of London's Melody Maker for eleven years and traveled with the Stones. He is the author of biographies of John Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Brian Epstein.