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Sticky fingers : the life and times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine / Joe Hagan.

Hagan, Joe, 1971- (author.).

Summary:

A portrait of the iconic founder of Rolling Stone magazine places his life and achievements against a backdrop of his first-person experiences with forefront events and artists, drawing on an extensive trove of personal documents and letters to include coverage of his ambiguous sexuality, reinvention of youth culture and influence on innumerable extraordinary lives.

Record details

ISBN: 9781101874370
ISBN: 1101874376
Physical Description: x, 547 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [513]-524) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Get back -- Book I. The wunderkind -- Atlantis -- Are you experienced? -- California dreamin' -- Like a rolling stone -- Born to run -- Sympathy for the devil -- Bridge over troubled water -- Book II. The 1970s -- Temptation eyes -- Sticky fingers -- California -- The cover of the Rolling Stone -- Whatever gets you thru the night -- Love will keep us together -- Take it to the limit -- Big shot -- Stayin' alive -- Shattered -- Book III. It's only rock & roll -- Get back -- We don't need another hero -- Purple rain -- We didn't start the fire -- Nevermind -- Bridges to Babylon -- Still crazy after all these years -- Afterword.