Rolling Stones 69
Against a backdrop of social unrest and protests The Rolling Stones entered 1969 as a successful blues band that had experimented with psychedelia but were returning to their rock'n'roll roots. By the end of 1969 they had released a stone cold classic, lost one of their founding members, played an era defining concert at Hyde Park to half a million people and seen a fan stabbed to death at their concert in Altamont. This is the story of how 1969 cemented the Stones as "the greatest rock & roll band in the world".
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Rolling Stones 69
Against a backdrop of social unrest and protests The Rolling Stones entered 1969 as a successful blues band that had experimented with psychedelia but were returning to their rock'n'roll roots. By the end of 1969 they had released a stone cold classic, lost one of their founding members, played an era defining concert at Hyde Park to half a million people and seen a fan stabbed to death at their concert in Altamont. This is the story of how 1969 cemented the Stones as "the greatest rock & roll band in the world".
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Rolling Stones 69

Rolling Stones 69

by Patrick Humphries
Rolling Stones 69

Rolling Stones 69

by Patrick Humphries

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Overview

Against a backdrop of social unrest and protests The Rolling Stones entered 1969 as a successful blues band that had experimented with psychedelia but were returning to their rock'n'roll roots. By the end of 1969 they had released a stone cold classic, lost one of their founding members, played an era defining concert at Hyde Park to half a million people and seen a fan stabbed to death at their concert in Altamont. This is the story of how 1969 cemented the Stones as "the greatest rock & roll band in the world".

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781787601680
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Publication date: 09/26/2019
Edition description: None
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Patrick Humphries started out as a hip young gunslinger on "New Musical Express" in 1976, and has been writing about music ever since. In the intervening years he has interviewed three Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Roger Waters, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello, Cher, Neil Tennant and Art Garfunkel, among others. He has contributed to The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Mojo and Sunday Express and has written numerous books including definitive biographies of Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson and Lonnie Donegan. He has also written and presented a wide variety of series and individual documentaries for BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1 Jigsaw Puzzle 9

Chapter 1 When The Train Come In The Station 11

Chapter 2 Cheltenham, A Diversion 22

Chapter 3 Little By Little 28

Chapter 4 Coke & Sympathy 41

Chapter 5 The Devil Is My Name 55

Part 2 A Storm Is Threatening 69

Chapter 6 Diamonds From The Mine 71

Chapter 7 You Gotta Move 100

Chapter 8 Something Is Happening 109

Chapter 9 The Stones In The Park 121

Chapter 10 The Wizard Of Oz 137

Chapter 11 The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band In The World 152

Chapter 12 Dancing With Mr D 184

Chapter 13 Gimme Shelter 207

Chapter 14 Let It Bleed 219

Chapter 15 You Got The Gold 250

Chapter 16 Salt Of The Earth 269

Part 3 Aftermath 279

Chapter 17 The Glimmer Twins 281

Chapter 18 The Wild Bunch 316

Bibliography 323

Acknowledgements 327

In Memoriam 329

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