The Rough Guide to The Rolling Stones 1 (Rough Guide Music Guides)

Still going strong after four decades, The Rolling Stones are the ultimate rock band. The Rough Guide to The Rolling Stones explores every aspect of the music, and charts how Mick, Keith and the boys invented rock stardom. Features include: The Story: From the blues clubs of 60s Chelsea to the world tours and millionaire mansions, The Music: 50 essential songs and the stories behind them, plus the albums, bootlegs, soundtracks and solo projects, The Entourage: the girlfriends, managers and musicians, from Jerry Hall and Marianne Faithful to Andrew Loog Oldham and Nicky Hopkins, The Rolling Review: the movies, books and websites ? all the Stones info you?ll ever need. This Rough Guide leaves no stone unturned.

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Posted: Sep-25-2008

Roll on

You can't move for books on the Stones at the moment. As the old boys approach their pensions (and Charlie collects his), it must be reassuring for them that there's still so much interest. But if you're looking for one book on the Stones, this is it. It covers every aspect of the group's history...

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Posted: Aug-13-2008

Great Summary of The Stones

I could not put this book down. It really provides a very exciting and readable history of the band and the personalities surrounding the band (lovers, managers, competition, etc.) without going into too much detail for the average reader. I am a Stones fan and a lot of the factoids were new to...

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Posted: Jul-25-2007

Comprehensive Guide to the World's Oldest (oops, sorry!) Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band!

Similar to their volume on the Beatles, this Rough Guide gives us an overview of the life, times and music of the Rolling Stones. In spite of the Stones' longer career, author Sean Egan still manages to pack a lot of information on Mick, Keef, Charlie, Bill, Brian, etc. in the book's 303...

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Posted: Dec-25-2006

Good Overview of All Things Stones

The Rough Guide series is ambitous, to say the least. For an author to teach a reader ALL there is to know about a band that's literally been around since most of us were babies is a daunting task. What to put in? What to leave out? Magically, the author has done a pretty darn good job covering...

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