 |
|
|
 Stoned:
A Memoir of London in the 1960s, By Andrew
Loog Oldham
St. Martins Press
In
the '60s, Andrew Loog
Oldham plowed
his way to iconic status in the United Kingdom. A one-time press agent
for the Beatles, the young hipster saw a void in pop music and sought to
fill it, finding a dark, bad-ass balance to the mop-tops' then-clean-cut
image in the swaggering Rolling Stones. Though he only worked with the
band as its manager and producer through the early period (before the
group dug into the raunchy grit-rock that gave the band its biggest and
longest-lasting impression on younger generations), he was able to make
a lasting mark in rock history. Featuring discussions with and insights
on such heavy players as Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, Phil Spector
and Brian Epstein, this book -- an account of London's cultural scene
from just before the Beatles broke out and up through the release of the
Stones' first LP -- seeks to expose the key moments and figures, the
ideas and the groovin' vibe that flourished during one of England's most
remembered eras. Those hoping for gossipy tales of decadence may be a
little disappointed. Oh well. Like Jagger once sang, "you can't
always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes you find you get
what you need." With Stoned,
|
[ Back ]