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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2012 13:08:25 GMT
Rolling Stones 50 X 20 Book: the “bad boys of rock and roll” make good on remarkable fifty-year career October 25th, 2012 · see: Rolling Stones Photographs www.hollywoodtoday.net/2012/10/25/rolling-stones-50-x-20-book-the-bad-boys-of-rock-and-roll-make-good-on-remarkable-fifty-year-career/By John Rowlands Hollywood, CA(Hollywood Today)10/25/12/—In 1965 on the second ROLLING STONES TOUR of America nobody knew the band would be a force to be reckoned with close 50 years later, but here we are…..50 years since their inception in 1962 in Chelsea as BRIAN JONES, MICK JAGGER and THE ROLLING STONES and here we go again……the “bad boys of rock and roll” are preparing to run around the world yet again. It appears they did not take to heart Pete Townshend’s 1965 song ‘MY GENERATION’ wherein Pete writes and Roger sings “I hope I die before I get old.” With that as simple premise the rock editors at INSIGHT conceived an idea to put together a book with narratives from 20 photographers who over those 50 years were involved in capturing first hand their images and impressions in sequential timelines. Thus 50 years by 20 photographers in compliment to a milestone Rolling Stones record album called 12 by 5. The Rolling Stones are performing select dates in 2012 in celebration of their 50th anniversary, and tickets for several of the concerts will reportedly go on sale beginning this weekend. Within the covers are more than eighty photographs that document the longevity of one of the most influential, enduring, and controversial bands in rock music history. Photographers include Fernando Aceves, Bob Bonis, Gus Coral, Michael Cooper, William Coupon, Barry Feinstein, David Fenton, Claude Gassian, Bob Gruen, Ross Halfin, Michael Joseph, Eddie Kramer, Chris Makos, Gered Mankowitz, Jan Olofsson, Michael Putland, Mark Seliger, Eric Swayne, Mark Weiss, and Baron Wolman. From the in studio photographs for album covers, concert footage, candid photos, and sittings for studio portraits, the pictures in this book not only offer a pictorial history of the band but show how even through death and lineup changes their essence has remained unchanged. As an 18 year old photographer in 1965 I first had words with Mick backstage in Ottawa, Canada. In trailing towards the end of that intrduction he mentioned that he and the band were going to do as much as possible in a real hurry as he expected their career to last 6 months to a year at most. Fortunately for me Mick proved himself incorrect and I spent another week with the band on the road in 1966, 1972 and 1975 and shot the New Barbarians with special guests John Belushi and Mick Jagger, in April of 1979. From rental trucks and cars providing the transportation to cities and concert venues in those early days to the private jets, rehearsal homes, and dozens of 55 foot inter-city transports hop-scotching around the world setting up stages in the next city while the Stones dance and rock the night away that night in another. The billions of dollars in merchandise, much like this book, are now at the ready along with tour programs, t-shirts and othe “swag” for the global voyage ahead! In 2004 at the tribute to GRAM PARSONS “RETURN TO SIN CITY” I had a brief update with Keith in Santa Barbara at an afternoon rehearsal. He smiled and checked out the three Nikons I had around my neck, patted me on the back and commented that I was “none the worse for wear.” His eyes were clear, his handshake firm and although I know he had no recollection of me I was happy he was happy and that was in high contrast to his words in Toronto in 1977 when he told me after being bailed out of jail……..”I only came here to play my f****** guitar, I only came here to play my f****** guitar!!!” All those times were exciting memories for me now. Of the thousands of bands I have photographed in my 53 years as a photographer The Rolling Stones and their music have been ‘top of the range’ in my book. The publisher of 50 X 20 is aptly named INSIGHT EDITIONS and this book does contain the photographers first person narrative of their experiences and their insights on working with the phenomonal ROLLING STONES. I know or have met a few of the photograhers whose works appear on these pages and can attest to the special “club” that accomplishing these images lets us belong………….. but underneath it all is that “we all know it’s only rock and roll, but we sure do like it!” Each of us has had a hand in showing others how we saw them through the emotions of our timing and the stories we can each tell. A few of my photographs from those younger days of The Rolling Stones accompany this story. Read about their journey, check out the photography, and play the music again and you will know that THE ROLLING STONES will continue to impress for generations to come. John Rowlands: Writer/Photographer
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2012 13:13:42 GMT
The Rolling Stones are performing select dates in 2012 in celebration of their 50th anniversary, and tickets for several of the concerts will reportedly go on sale beginning this weekend.
Showbiz411 broke the news, reporting that the Stones will perform at London’s 02 Arena on Nov. 26 and 27, and the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Dec. 15 and 16. There are also dates pending for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., but the site reports that negotiations over money between the Stones, Richard Branson and concert promoter Paul Dainty have delayed announcing those dates.
Guitarist Keith Richards talked about the group’s rehearsal process in a recent interview. “Everybody relies upon their instincts,” he said. “Especially once you start working regularly together again. Because it pulls all the bits and pieces together, which when you’re not working and playing with the guys, dissipates, obviously; you’re not having that immediate contact.”
The legendary musicians should have no shortage of material to draw from for the upcoming shows; in addition to their decades of classics, the Rolling Stones are set to release two new songs as part of a greatest hits package titled ‘Grrr!’ on Nov. 13. They released a new single titled ‘Doom and Gloom‘ today (Oct. 11) via iTunes after premiering it on BBC Radio. The collection also features a new track titled ‘One More Shot.’
The Rolling Stones Time Line
October 24, 1936: Bill Wyman was born.
June 2, 1941: Charlie Watts was born.
February 28, 1942: Brian Jones was born.
July 26, 1943: Mick Jagger was born.
December 18, 1943: Keith Richards was born.
June 1, 1947: Ron Wood was born.
January 17, 1949: Mick Taylor was born.
1964: The Animals, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds and other British blues bands achieve success recording American blues; Son House “rediscovered” and performs at the Newport Folk Festival.
January 18, 1964: “That Girl Belongs to Yesterday,” by Gene Pitney, enters the Hot 100. Written by Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it is their first song to chart in America.
June 1, 1964: The Rolling Stones arrive in America for their first North American appearances.
October 1, 1964: The Rolling Stones launch their second U.S. tour by performing on the Ed Sullivan Show. Though Sullivan swears he’ll never have them back, the group performs on the program six times between 1964 and 1969.
October 28-29, 1964: The concert film ‘The TAMI Show’ is recorded in Santa Monica, CA, featuring James Brown, the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones and the Supremes.
June 19, 1965: The Rolling Stones score their first #1 on the American charts with “Satisfaction”.
June 5, 1966: Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones) was a hit.
June 11, 1966: The Rolling Stones reach #1 with “Paint It Black”.
February 26, 1967: Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones) was a hit.
June 18, 1967: Jimi Hendrix performs at the Monterey International Pop Festival. Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones introduces him as “the most exciting performer I’ve ever heard.” At the end of his performance, he burns his Fender Stratocaster. “The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice,” Jimi said. “You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar. I’d just finished painting it that day and was really into it.” Literally overnight, the Jimi Hendrix Experience become one of the most popular acts in rock music.
July 26, 1968: Decca withdraws the release of the Rolling Stones’ ‘Beggars Banquet’ due to its controversial cover art. The album is released in December.
December 11-12, 1968: The Rolling Stones film the ‘Rock and Roll Circus’, with guests Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Jethro Tull and the Who.
December 12, 1968: Jethro Tull perform in the Rolling Stones ‘Rock and Roll Circus’.
July 3, 1969: Brian Jones is found dead in his swimming pool.
August 15-17, 1969: The year 1969 was the year of the rock festival. The largest was the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, held on the weekend of August 15-17 in the tiny town of Bethel, in upstate New York. An estimated crowd of 450,000 attended the event, which featured everyone from Jimi Hendrix and Joe Cocker, to Arlo Guthrie, the Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Ravi Shankar and Country Joe McDonald. If Woodstock marked the apex of the hippie movement in America, the Rolling Stones’ free concert in Hyde Park did the same for England. Held on July 5, the show drew nearly 300,000 people, the largest gathering in England since V-E Day.
August 17, 1969: Honky tonk Woman (The Rolling Stones) was a hit.
August 23, 1969: The Rolling Stones reach #1 with “Honky Tonk Women”.
December 1, 1969: A free concert is organized by the Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway, outside San Francisco. The event turns ugly when sets are disrupted by violence from Hell’s Angels, Marty Balin is knocked unconscious, and a concert-goer is stabbed to death.
December 26, 1969: ‘Let It Bleed’ by the Rolling Stones enters the charts.
April 1, 1971: Atlantic announces the signing of the Rolling Stones. The group’s recordings will appear on their own label, Rolling Stones Records.
May 23, 1971: Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones) was a hit.
October 14, 1973: Angie (The Rolling Stones) was a hit.
July 30, 1978: Miss You (The Rolling Stones) was a hit.
March 1, 1982: Pete Townshend, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger, Adam Ant, Pat Benatar, the Police and David Bowie kick off the “I Want My MTV” advertising campaign.
1989: The Rolling Stones inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Post by tullist on Oct 26, 2012 17:16:03 GMT
They miss one highly important operative, and indeed a member, to my recollection, in the first year or two. That is the man as responsible as anyone, including Brian Jones, for their mission statement. His name is, of course, Ian Stewart, won't be hunting down his birth or death date though. Bernie the Giants are freakin me right out. Very taken by the overall character of that team. And that Romo is such a likable young man, totally pulling for him. Several of the Tigers impress me too, particularly their two main pitchers. (Including the guy who got a line drive off his head last night, and just kept on tickin, ain't a damn thing wrong.)
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 26, 2012 17:33:52 GMT
Around 1968/70 or so, I worked with a graphic artist called John Edwards whose father had been the landlord of the Red Lion public house in Sutton. He told me a fair few stories about how his father had booked an embryonic line up of the Stones to play at the Red Lion which must have been 1962/63 (?) and, or so I'm led to believe, these are documented somewhere on the web.
Apparently, the stage area of the Red Lion was extremely small, meaning that band members were constantly falling off the side of the raised playing area. Any group playing there with more than 3 band members was in trouble !
Both John and his father have now passed on but I hope that their memories have been shared in detail with Stones fans somewhere.
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 26, 2012 18:15:55 GMT
Poor Ian Stewart...pushed off the stage...even when the stage was big enough for more than 3, by image concious proto-management for not looking right...but part of the Stones studio, live and social scene forever...well...he didn't have it so bad, did he?
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Post by tullist on Oct 26, 2012 19:28:21 GMT
Pretty sure, other than his close relationships with the music that gave the Stones birth, largely centered on the south side of Chicago, and his relationships with the original members, thats pretty much where his involvement ended. As far as I know he just was not a drug, party or fast lane guy. I have read his primary concern was seeing that the Stones touring itinerary always included easy access to a quality golf course. Scotsman. As far as I know if there was one Rolling Stone that the others resolutely loved year in and year out it was Ian Stewart.
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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 26, 2012 20:27:01 GMT
Not a Stones fan and didn't know anything about Stewart. Read this;
According to a Sunday Herald article in March 2006, Stewart was the basis for a fictional detective:
...Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin has revealed that John Rebus, the star of 15 novels set in the grimy underbelly of the nation's capital, may have more to do with the Rolling Stones than any detective could have surmised. The award-winning novelist admits during a new Radio 4 series exploring the relationships between crime writers and their favourite music that he took some of his inspiration for the unruly inspector from the "sixth Stone", Ian Stewart.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Oct 26, 2012 22:09:26 GMT
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Post by jackinthegreen on Mar 28, 2013 23:26:07 GMT
Glastonbury watch out........ ;D ;D ;D Gordon Bennet... ....wtf does Keef look like these days........ How the fook does he play geetar with those arthritic fingers. Unbelievable that they are still up there IMHO, Exile on Main Street, is one of the best albums ever made.
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Post by tullist on Mar 29, 2013 15:37:04 GMT
Glastonbury watch out........ ;D ;D ;D Gordon Bennet... ....wtf does Keef look like these days........ How the fook does he play geetar with those arthritic fingers. Unbelievable that they are still up there IMHO, Exile on Main Street, is one of the best albums ever made. I see Keith's hands, they do look like that might be a concern, but having read 2 of his biographies I do not recall that malady being mentioned. Being one nasty arse rhythm player I can see where that would be less of a concern than for a lead player, but he does a bit of that too, he and Ronnie are both sort of rhythm players. I am a little surprised arthritis has not de railed more of the players from the UK, (I cannot think of any) as that is a more prevalent disease there, I know these things with so much of my bones and blood being Irish and Welsh. Gray hair is a more frequent visitor as well. Having said that, the last few times I have seen them on the net or where ever, (remarkably, never seen them live)they appeared in very fine fettle indeed. That Jumpin Jack Flash opener on the beach in Rio left the vaguest hint of steam rising from the stage. Yeah. Washed up. Trust me, they will know when they can no longer do it, I know Keith has far too much reverence for the band name to bring some sad s**t on stage. Might have posted this before, its only about 15 or 20 minutes, ardent Stones fans likely have seen it before, but their appearance on the Tammy show in the UK in 64, where I believe they truly announce themselves via performance as the world's greatest rock and roll band, about 5 years before that became a byword for them. The version of Off the Hook is just that. Rock that s**t white boy. God I love that band. youtu.be/ulxQv9WKzHU
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 29, 2013 16:23:57 GMT
Glastonbury watch out........ ;D ;D ;D Gordon Bennet... ....wtf does Keef look like these days........ How the fook does he play geetar with those arthritic fingers. Unbelievable that they are still up there IMHO, Exile on Main Street, is one of the best albums ever made. Mainly a fan of early Stones and Aftermath is a good an album as many from that era. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_(The_Rolling_Stones_album)
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Post by tullist on Mar 29, 2013 17:21:09 GMT
Glastonbury watch out........ ;D ;D ;D Gordon Bennet... ....wtf does Keef look like these days........ How the fook does he play geetar with those arthritic fingers. Unbelievable that they are still up there IMHO, Exile on Main Street, is one of the best albums ever made. Mainly a fan of early Stones and Aftermath is a good an album as many from that era. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_(The_Rolling_Stones_album)Agreed. In fairness to the Stones, if they had ceased operations in 1969 like the Beatles there would not be much to bitch about. But the press and various rock and roll know it all's have written their obituary notice since at least 81, (also around the time I ceased to know Stones albums front to back,)a period extending to now when the band have made some of their greatest performances. Off the top of my head, and mainly only knowing the tracks that were played on the radio or in concert films since 81, I would mark Mixed Emotions, Harlem Shuffle, Long Black Limousine and Keith's Wicked as it Seems as sitting handsomely with their legendary material, and I suspect there are other great tracks that I just am not familiar with. Even Start Me Up, on first hearing, it had everything, prior to it becoming an anthem in sport stadiums, notably my Lambeau, though it reached anthem status pretty much immediately. Had it been left alone its a great Stones track. And for all the wallowing in bile and filth that I perceive most of the strains of popular music to have engaged in in the past 40 plus years, no one does it better than the Stones in that song. I mean, "you make a dead man cum", I mean please, that is the big nasty, that is rock and roll learned off the actual masters, not ZZ Top or even the undeniably phenominal Led Zeppelin,(as has been the case with many post 1970 white blues rockers) but Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and Chuck Berry, and no one knows it better, or could deliver that line as convincingly, nearly endearing, as the Rolling Stones. Nearly certain most in sports stadiums are not aware that is what is being sung at one point. They hear that clarion call opening riff, classic Stones. And off Aftermath, the opening 4 seconds of Mothers Little Helper, even after, I don't know, 400 listens or so, remain right there as my favorite moments in rock and roll, or even music history. Them suckers know how to riff. O man. Oops, come to think of it, that isactually 19th Nervous Breakdown I am thinking of
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Post by jackinthegreen on Mar 29, 2013 20:54:01 GMT
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Post by tullist on Mar 29, 2013 21:31:42 GMT
Sorry if it sounded like I was taking offense Jack, lol. The Stones are one of about 25 subjects in this world that if I get the remotest chance to make commentary on...I will! Really unusual I have never seen them given the regard I have held they, and their forbears like Muddy and Howlin Wolf in. Stones have been excellent songwriters, and excellent torch bearers for, particularly hard Chicago blues. Always noted that on that first trip to American they paid their homage right away, visiting 2121 South Michigan Ave, Chess recording studios, only to find their hero, Muddy Waters, painting the place...Yeah we took care of our legends, lol. Chicago took more notice in huge part, as well as the world, thru these English white guys introducing us to our own musical heritage. So I deeply love them for that alone. And Keith and Mick will always be 2 of my favorite life characters. I believe Jagger really knows how to enjoy the good life with what I find to be an endearing style. It has always either been too much of a hysterical hassle in the waybacks, or too much money, or the Grateful Dead or Tull or somebody else I just had to see were in town at or around the same time. A mystery even to me.
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Post by steelmonkey on Mar 29, 2013 22:51:11 GMT
Amazing posts, Ray...my last 'end to end Stones album exactly the same...Tattoo You...and if you asked me to name one song after that makes the grade I'd promptly say 'Mixed Emotions.' Saw them twice only...Boulder in about 1976 or 77...boiling 'Some Girls' era...and again in 1981...when a friend took me direct from flight back from two full years in Europe to candlestick park for 1981 gig that was a bit paler...too much 'start me up' rah rah rah....oh wait...totally forgot....saw them free in El paso in about 94...for some bridges to voodoo type tour....50% impressive but plenty a dull moment...but i think the film they generated a few year ago..."Shine a Light' was note perfect and boiling from end to end. I have very high Stones tolerance...really love and respect them all...and inhaled keith's book....honest genius.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Mar 29, 2013 22:56:45 GMT
Sorry if it sounded like I was taking offense Jack, lol. The Stones are one of about 25 subjects in this world that if I get the remotest chance to make commentary on...I will! Really unusual I have never seen them given the regard I have held they, and their forbears like Muddy and Howlin Wolf in. Stones have been excellent songwriters, and excellent torch bearers for, particularly hard Chicago blues. Always noted that on that first trip to American they paid their homage right away, visiting 2121 South Michigan Ave, Chess recording studios, only to find their hero, Muddy Waters, painting the place...Yeah we took care of our legends, lol. Chicago took more notice in huge part, as well as the world, thru these English white guys introducing us to our own musical heritage. So I deeply love them for that alone. And Keith and Mick will always be 2 of my favorite life characters. I believe Jagger really knows how to enjoy the good life with what I find to be an endearing style. It has always either been too much of a hysterical hassle in the waybacks, or too much money, or the Grateful Dead or Tull or somebody else I just had to see were in town at or around the same time. A mystery even to me. Great post, well said sir........ I agree it's nice that Mick and Keith doffed their caps to the great Muddy Waters etc... .....and as you say Tullist, raised the profile for the original blues artists who started it all. Lots of British bands were copying it.... ....including Ian Anderson & co for a little while, lol........ I'm not trying to distance myself from blues music though..I love a lot of it still. I heard John Lee Hooker when I was about 14 or 15 and was hooked, pardon the pun. Recently I was saddened at the passing of one of the best blues guitarists ever, Alvin Lee, (Ten Years After) Check out the Bluest Blues.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzNkhqkF8U
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Post by steelmonkey on Mar 29, 2013 23:00:28 GMT
The movie had a guest appearance by one of the old greats...Buddy guy was it ? Amazing.
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Post by tullist on Mar 29, 2013 23:42:20 GMT
The total one to see, and they used to visit Muddy every time they came to Chicago, pullin up in all those limousines until Mrs Muddy put her foot down or something, too many entourages who wanted to meet Muddy too, but the total one to see is the recently released dvd and cd of their performance at Muddy's Checkerboard Lounge, Buddy Guy is there. Its from 81 and I believe started showing up on public television nearly 30 years ago, but now it is all polished up, or at least as much as it can be for so impromptu a deal. Certainly no one individual can lay claim to starting rock and roll but Muddy Waters should be the first claimant on the deed. In fact I would love to see an American Mt Rushmore of Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and...Jerry Garcia. Both because of their timeless greatness, but also because they all had real high quality heads, well worth carving, particularly Muddy and Jerry. Gonna have to make room for Jimi on there too though oddly I feel part of him belongs to England.
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Post by steelmonkey on Mar 30, 2013 4:06:28 GMT
Hey ray, didja know there is a little park around I-40, near Window Rock, Arizona with a huge sculpture of jerry's guitar, Rosebud. complete with plaque in his memory? Friend of mine who lives on the rez got it together...the money and the bureaucracy to make it happen...just a scrubby, little, nothing park along the freeway. I'm going to Madison for a memorial service for cable car buddy/ true hippie daddy on may 12th. Can we hang on may 13th in Chicago? A Monday, it will be.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 30, 2013 9:30:56 GMT
MIck Jagger Mick Jagger Mick Jagger !! F*kn cool! Dear Fairy Godmother, Please make it like I can dance/strut and look as cool as Jagger did yesterday at Glasto when I'm 69. Mr Wood looked fit as well. Mr Richards emm looked the part and Charlie Watts is uber cool. I have been luke warm to the Stones all my life, never seen them live I think I may have missed out - must try harder. Mick Taylor was brilliant www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23111268
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 30, 2013 9:50:41 GMT
Great quote about the Stones at Glastonbury on Twitter
"Imagine 20 somethings in 1965 waiting to hear a band that was big in 1917"
Bill Bailey
" I like the way Keith Richards looks like he's always playing a different song, in a different tempo in a different dimension"
another quote
"Keith Richards looks like a Tai Chi teacher in a retirement home"
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