Not Fade Away

by Fong-Torres, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780879305901
• ISBN10: 0879305908
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Backbeat

Summary

From 1969 to 1981, Ben Fong-Torres was one of the first "star" writers on staff at Rolling Stone - the "scruffy rock journal" that metamorphosed into one of the most powerful voices of a generation. Now in this fascinating book, Fong-Torres revisits his most intriguing celebrity interviews and profiles, and - for the first time - tells the revealing stories behind the stories, the stars, his writing process, and life at Rolling Stone.

Author Biography

Ben Fong-Torres first wrote for Rolling Stone in 1968, when the publication was just five months old. He was on staff at the now-legendary magazine for the next 11 years.

Table of Contents

Foreword	5	(2)
Cameron Crowe
Introduction	7	(8)
Acknowledgments	15	(2)
Everybody Is a Star: Travels with Sly Stone	17	(13)
Hey, Janis Is Feeling Great	30	(3)
The Jackson 5: The Men Don't Know, But the Little Girls Understand	33	(11)
Jim Morrison's Got the Blues	44	(5)
Jefferson Airplane Grunts: `Gotta Evolution'	49	(8)
The World's Greatest Heartbreaker	57	(16)
Ike
Tina
Honor Thy Brother-in-Law	73	(17)
Marvin Gaye
Three Dog Night: See How They Run	90	(10)
The Resurrection of Santana	100	(18)
The Rolling Stone Interview: Ray Charles	118	(13)
The Rolling Stones in Paradise	131	(8)
The Formerly Little Stevie Wonder	139	(10)
Twenty Years of Clearasil Rock	149	(9)
Dick Clark
Knockin' on Dylan's Door	158	(14)
The Ego Meets the Dave: The Reunion of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	172	(13)
The Four-Eyed Bitch is Back	185	(12)
Elton John
Lumbering in the Material World	197	(12)
George Harrison
Heartbreak on Wheels	209	(12)
Linda Ronstadt
Daughter of the Blues	221	(12)
Bonnie Raitt
Yesterday, Today, and Paul	233	(11)
The Importance of Being Neil Diamond	244	(12)
The Life and Lurves of Diane Keaton	256	(13)
What Is This Thing Called Hunter S. Thompson?	269	(3)
Fifteen Years Dead	272	(8)
He Whines That We May Laugh	280	(9)
Rodney Dangerfield
Steve Martin Sings: The Rolling Stone Interview	289	(10)
The Photographer As an Activist	299	(3)
Annie Leibovitz
A Travelin' Man at His Own Pace	302	(4)
Rick Nelson
Who Does He Think He Is?	306	(7)
Eddie Murphy
Tom Hanks Plays It Cool	313	(6)
Say Goodbye to That Slinky Black Dress	319	(5)
Rickie Lee Jones
The Godfather's Back, with a Bullet!	324	(7)
James Brown
Iggy, We Hardly Knew Ye	331	(4)
Joni Mitchell Rocks Again	335	(4)
Epilogue: My Back Pages	339	(4)
Index	343	(8)
Biography	351	(1)
Credits	352