Rolling Stones FAQ

All That's Left to Know About the Bad Boys of Rock

Gary J. Jucha

• Publisher: Backbeat
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781493050741
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music History & Criticism

Cleverly marketed by their original manager as the bad boys of rock, the Rolling Stones have survived dalliances with the devil, drug busts, and the death of founding member Brian Jones to become the world's longest-running rock and roll band. Led by partners-in-crime Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones have had No. 1 hits, released classic albums, broken box office records, and literally changed the world.



All too often, however, books on the Rolling Stones glimmer with gossip instead of shimmering with facts about the band's music. The Rolling Stones FAQ presents these musical facts in a fast-moving, fan-friendly read. The five incarnations of the Rolling Stones are highlighted with in-depth explorations of the band's hit records, albums, films, and tours. The band's story is told not only through the biographies of the eight men to each be called a Rolling Stone, but also through the stories of session men, producers, managers, artists, girlfriends, and wives who have contributed to the enduring, yet controversial, success of the Rolling Stones.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 What’s a Poor Boy to Do? The Rollin’ Stones
• 2 There’s Gotta Be Trust in This World: Boogie with Stu
• 3 Make Every Song Your Favorite Tune: Songs for Andrew: Early British Recordings
• 4 I Know I Got Ya Some Picture That I Filed Away: Iconic Album Covers
• 5 2120 South Michigan Avenue: The Chess Studio Recording Sessions
• 6 You Can Be My Partner in Crime: Jagger/Richards, Songwriters
• 7 Dig That Sound on the Radio: When the Stones Were the Beach Boys: The RCA Recording Sessions
• 8 I Went to See the Gypsy: The Rolling Stones Meet Jimi Hendrix
• 9 You Change with Every New Day: The Master Musician of Cheltenham
• 10 The Misbred Grey Executive: Free, White, and Twenty-One
• 11 Some Brand New Steps and Some Weight to Lose: Getting Back into Orbit: Beggars Banquet
• 12 I Watched You Suffer a Dull Aching Pain: The Doom and Gloom of Brian Jones
• 13 Let’s Drink to the Hard Working People: The Birth of the Sound: Let It Bleed
• 14 The Drummer Thinks That He Is Dynamite! Well Alright, Charlie’s Good Tonight
• 15 I’m Doing This and I’m Signing That: Who the Fuck Is Mick Jagger?
• 16 I Went Down to the Chelsea Drugstore: Sticky Fingers
• 17 Fire upon Your Wicked Tongue: The Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Logo in the World
• 18 What a Beautiful Buzz: Exile on Main St.
• 19 They Can’t Say We Never Tried: Goats Head Soup
• 20 Spare the Crucifixion: It’s Only Rock ’n Roll Is Only a Rock ’n Roll Album (But I Like It)
• 21 Just as Long as the Guitar Plays: Mick Taylor, the “Jean Harlow” of Rock
• 22 The Guitar Players Look Damaged: Would You Let Your Brother Play in the Rolling Stones?
• 23 If You Start Me Up, I’ll Never Stop: Ronnie Wood, Guitarist for Hire
• 24 Ain’t I Tough Enough?: Going Punk: Some Girls
• 25 Dance Across the Darkened Skies: The Best Dance Remixes
• 26 It’s Just That Demon Life: Keith Richards, the Soul Survivor
• 27 She’s the Worst Thing in This World: The Midlife Albums of the Bad Boys of Rock
• 28 I Was Crowned with a Spike Right Through My Head: Reclaiming the Spike
• 29 Well, It’s Another Goodbye to Another Good Friend: “Old Bill, I Guess We Just Wore Him Out”
• 30 I Shot a Horde of Zombies and Came Out on Top: We’re a Political Band
• 31 The Band Is Onstage: The Officially Released Live Recordings
• 32 When I’m Ridin’ ’Round the World: Stones Mach IV
• 33 His Virgin Daughter Has Bordello Dreams: The Virgin Records Recordings
• 34 In and Out of Fashion: The Influence of the Rolling Stones on the Arts
• 35 Two’s a Crowd in My Cloud: Guest Performers
• 36 Ballin’ Through the Silver Screen: Through the Videos, Darkly
• 37 Dandelions Don’t Care About the Time: Gathering No Moss
• Bibliography