50 Licks Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones

by Fornatale, Peter; Corbett, Bernard M.

• ISBN13: 9781608199211
• ISBN10: 1608199215
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-02-26
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

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 Lickstells the story of the Stones, right from its very origins. On July 12, 1962, London's Marquee Club debuted a new act, a blues-inflected rock band named after a Muddy Waters songthe 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 decisionhe 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 classic stories that make up 50 Licks, each named for a different Stones song. Many are never before told, some are from exclusive interviewsincluding with elusive bassist Bill Wymanand all are told by the people who lived them. Part oral history, part memorabilia, this fiftieth anniversary book is the Stones album every collector will need to have.

Author Biography

Pete Fornatale is an award-winning broadcaster and rock icon who has been a fixture on the New York radio scene for the past forty years. He is most recently the author of Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock and How It Changed a Generation, and he can be heard on WFUV radio's Mixed Bag. He lives in New York City.

Bernard M. Corbett is the radio voice of Harvard University football and Boston University hockey. He is the author and coauthor of fifteen books.He lives in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and is a lifelong Rolling Stones fan.