50 Licks Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones #pdf by M Corbett

Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones


Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | ISBN:1608199215 | File Type: PDF, 288 pages | File size: 22.Mb | Nov. 13th, 2012
General Composers Musicians Biography and General Composers Musicians Autobiography: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones Behold the Rolling Stones run ins with the law chart topping successes and now the World s Greatest Continually Operating Rock and Roll Band 50 Licks tells the story of the Stones right from its very origins On Jy 12 1962 London s Marquee Club debuted a new act a blues inflected rock band named after a Muddy Waters song the Rolling Stones They were a hard edged band with a flair for the dramatic styling themselves as the devil s answer to the sainted Beatles A young inexperienced producer named Andrew Loog Oldham first heard the band at a session he remembers with four words I fell in love Though unfamiliar with such basic industry practices as mixing a recording he made a brilliant decision he pitched the band to a studio that had passed on the Beatles Afraid to make the same mistake twice they signed the Stones and began a history making career This is just one of the fifty ic stories that make up 50 Licks each named for a different Stones song Many are never before told some are from exclusive interviews including with elusive bassist Bill Wyman and all are told by the people who lived them art oral history part memorabilia this fiftieth anniversary book is the Stones album every collector will need to have