The True Adventures of the Rolling St..., Stanley Booth
The True Adventures of the Rolling St..., Stanley Booth
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The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones

Author: Stanley Booth

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Unabridged: 17 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/15/2013


Synopsis

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 1969. He lived with them throughout their 1969 American tour, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedwaya nightmare of beating, stabbing, and killing that would signal the end of a generations dreams of peace and freedom. But while this book renders in fine detail the entire history of the Stones, paying special attention to the tragedy of Brian Jones, it is about much more than a writer and a rock band. It has been calledby Harold Brodkey and Robert Stone, among othersthe best book ever written about the sixties. In a new afterword, Booth explains why this book took fifteen years to writean astonishing story of drugs, jails, and disasters.

About Stanley Booth

Stanley Booth is the author of Rythm Oil: A Journey through the Music of the American South and Keith, as well as other books about the Rolling Stones. He has written for Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Playboy. He lives in Brunswick, Georgia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ethan on October 25, 2012

There is not, nor will there ever be, another book on The Rolling Stones that you can read five or even ten times and be rewarded, every time. I know whereof I speak. Ethan Russell posted: 10/25/2012......more

Goodreads review by Brian on February 21, 2009

Brilliantly constructed, explosive, masterful imagery...the best book on rock and roll I have ever read, and I have read far too many books on rock and roll. Covering the Stones at their peak, the chapters alternate and tell two stories in one: the odd chapters build up to Altamont, and the even cha......more

Goodreads review by Ben on July 20, 2012

Reading about the Stones makes me feel like the hero of the French comedy Brice de Nice, a 30-something surfer who hangs around his waveless bay on the Mediterranean watching Point Break and waiting for the perfect swell. Watching whoever is the latest craze on MTV doesn't help either; the man-made......more

Goodreads review by Jason on March 29, 2017

After years of circling this thing, I have finally read the rock’n’roll book that makes all the rock’n’roll books look faint and puny. No Almost Famous feel-good picnics, no Hammer of the Gods tabloid sleaze. Some thoughts (we’ll be here for awhile): * Author Stanley Booth hit the road with the Stone......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on September 18, 2023

The year 1969 was a pivotal one for the Stones. Founding member, Brian Jones, died in July of that year after being fired from the band (or after he quit according to him). They also released the second album in their golden quartet, the inimitably apocalyptic "Let it Bleed." Finally at the end of t......more