Happy birthday, Mick. An excerpt from my Rocks Off book about favorite vocal of his performances. Let It Loose Recorded: July and October-November 1971 Villa Nellcôte, Villefranche-sur-mer, France (Keith Richard’s rented house December 1971 Sunset Sound Studio, LA Releases: LP Exile on Main Street May 1972 The Gospel of the Rolling Stones. Soon after Brian …
Happy 75th to Keith Richards. Here is a bit about him via his ballad, “Coming Down Again,” from Goat’s Head Soup, excerpted from my book, Rocks Off: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones. It is missing some of the formatting and footnotes, so grab yourself a copy of the book. Coming Down …
Happy 75th Keith. Excerpt from Rocks Off: “Coming Down Again.” Read More »
“Good Time Woman,” one of the outtakes included in the expanded Exile On Main St. box set, just came up today on shuffle in my car. It is the most complete of a number of iterations, a handful of recorded versions familiar to Stones fans from bootlegs that led to “Tumbling Dice,. Chris Kimsey explained to …
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the release of the single, here is my entry on the song in my book, ROCKS OFF: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones. This has been my ring tone for about 10 years. Never tire of it. Jumpin’ Jack Flash Recorded: April 20, …
I recently stumbled across the audio recordings of some of my interviews for ROCKS OFF. Here is one with producer/engineer Andy Johns, recorded August 30, 2012. It is one of three interviews with him I did within a few weeks. In this one we discuss Sticky Fingers; Exile on Main St; recording at Mick’s house, Stargroves; …
This just came up on shuffle. I have loved this song deeply from the moment I bought the album, the (on cassette!) day it came out. So I figured I would excerpt the entry for the song, from my book, Rocks Off: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones. Forgive the lazy lack of formatting. …
My love for this song grows each time I hear it. I feel it would have been one of the best songs on the original Exile on Main St. release had they finished it. So here I revisit the final chapter of my 2013 book, Rocks Off: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the …
Anthony DeCurtis writes: That historical context is an important aspect of the book’s great appeal. In the section on “Sway,” a lesser-known song on “Sticky Fingers” that is a favorite among Stones aficionados, Janovitz makes reference to the deaths of Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, as well as the drug problems of Keith …
September 13, 2013, 3:41 p.m. ET Book Review: ‘Rocks Off’ by Bill Janovitz There are many sorts of Rolling Stones fans, but all of them will love this book. By KEN KURSON I used to work with a salesman who wore a Rolling Stones tongue-logo tie every day. His Stones were the Stones …
A little controversy over at HuffPo. I was asked to choose some of my personal faves from my book of 50. The site then lopped off one and titled it “Nine Best Rolling Stones Songs.” Well, you can imagine the fallout! I mean, any limited list is going to stir up trouble in comment land, …