All--I'm taping a radio interview with Bill next week about his book, which I really enjoyed--I have some questions I've prepared but if anyone wants to offer some ideas and there's time, I'll see what I can include--

chris

Haven't read the book yet hb... But how about askin' Bill what's the
filthiest .. kick arse Stones story he knows that he couldn't put ta print



ROCKMAN

Ask him if he ever was disappointed - in any form
(from the musicians + from the persons).

Ask:

Have you ever done cocaine or heroin with any of the original band members?

Have you ever slept with any of their wives or girlfriends?

Did you break any laws on behalf or for The Rolling Stones?

larry's got the right idea. let's make some damned news out of this opportunity. tell us all the stuff that's not in the book for which somebody could either get in legal trouble or get his head split for spilling....

Whilst recording Dirty Work did anyone in the band think it was crap and if not why not?

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

www.myspace.com/thesonkings

Ya want us to do da job for ya, now???
Well: Have you ever felt like a "Kiss and tell"-bastard?

Do you honestly believe Keith will see this as your "love letter" to him?

Will you be able to look them in the eyes next time you meet, or will you just run like a coward?

How much did they - publisher - pay you to betray your old pals?

Are you aware that you've hurt people deeply?

Find out for plexi where ya can buy it the cheapest..



ROCKMAN

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Addicted
Ya want us to do da job for ya, now???
Well: Have you ever felt like a "Kiss and tell"-bastard?

Do you honestly believe Keith will see this as your "love letter" to him?

Will you be able to look them in the eyes next time you meet, or will you just run like a coward?

How much did they - publisher - pay you to betray your old pals?

Are you aware that you've hurt people deeply?

enough softballs, addicted. let's make him sweat a little....

Find out for Rocky when the book will be available down under.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

I haven't read the book yet...but I get the sense that Keith took
Bill under his wing and treated him like a son.....

Q: Did Keith ever accidentally call you Marlon?

I think I read that Bill German halted his education when it
appeared that his fanzine and relationship with the Stone was
going to take him somewhere

Q: Did Keith or Ronnie ever tell you to "stay in school, kid".

I read the segment in which Mick confronted Bill German and got
in his face.

Q: Did you (BG) ever mention this encounter to Keith? If so, what did Keith do?
If not, what do you think Keith would've done?

Bill was hanging with the Stones during a period when the
shit was hitting the fan.

Q: Bill, did you ever fear that something you said or wrote could escalate
the Mick/Keith feud...and therefore bring an end to your favorite rock band?
Any examples of close calls?


IORR............but I like it!

Addicted--"Ya want us to do da job for ya, now???"

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Nooooooo!! (I knew i was leaving myself open here, but JEEZ)

just in case I had a little space, wanted to pull in the IORR crew

and i seriously enjoyed the book--look, he has a story and he's telling it (and it's a cool story)

Ask him how he really feels about Jane Rose.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

Can you tell him that I'm sorry my friend so rudely walked up to him and asked him for backstage passes while I was chatting him up at one of Keith's Beacon shows. He quickly excused himself, and I was completely horrified.

It still makes me cringe when I think about it.

I would be very grateful!

Wasn't looking too good, but I was feeling real well.

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CindyC
Can you tell him that I'm sorry my friend so rudely walked up to him and asked him for backstage passes while I was chatting him up at one of Keith's Beacon shows.

rude? how about foolish to think german would have any....okay, i guess it's okay to be rude and foolish at the same time. i practice it everyday....

An awful lot of the questions raised here (seriously or not) are answered in the book. If you loved BEGGARS BANQUET or CONNECTION, you should pick up the book. I read it in two days. The excerpts don't honestly give a fair representation. Its a bit like a movie preview. The excerpts make you think the whole book is more of the same when it really isn't.

I would also note this is the Stones book with the least amount of factual errors. The only clunker I caught was listing Bobby Keyes' first Stones tour as '72 when it was '70. Compare that to either of Bill Wyman's books, Woody's recent autobiography, or OLD GODS ALMOST DEAD and you'll gain an appreciation for German's attention to detail.

Reading it is like reading BEGGARS BANQUET uncut. Its familiar, but with much more detail and background than was possible to print at the time. Its also funny as hell and at times, it struck me just how much German's experiences were identical to my own in growing up a Stones fan in a similar era. I also related to how his passion for the band altered as he grew older (but not his love for the music). While I certainly never met the Stones, I likewise learned the sometimes painful lesson of crossing the line in getting to know people you admire and having them become more real and less idealized as a result of being around them for a lengthy period of time. Its an essential book for Stones fans and one I'll return to again to actually read again from cover to cover and not just to double check a reference to see if my memory is faulty. That's certainly not something I can say about most Stones books or non-fiction books that I own.

you on the take, rocky?

ask-is the story about charlie punching mick across a table really true



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Ask: How much is Keith's "wild man of rock" image true (or false)

Ask him if he attended the NY part of the DW sessions and if he can tell who play what on which songs... (a boring question I know)

Just tell him some of us here do appreciated all the hard times and all the bullshit he had to take from the Stones organization,from jane rose all the way to Michael Cohl and Mick Jagger,yet he stuck with it, and wrote a very good account of his time with the band,without resorting to sensational stories (drugs,sex,ect) to make us buy his book.

"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"

Thanks, Chris. I would like to extend an invitation to see the Waddy Wachtel Band on a Monday night in Los Angeles when he is in town

@ Joe's Joint (a.k.a.) The Joint...Thanks again

Unfortunately I haven't read the book yet!

I'd like to know how he rates the Stones instrumental playing when seeing them face to face in a room.
Did he meet Wymann at all? And what did he honestly think of him and Charlie?

And did they ever offer him some refreshments as well?

Ask him how much his advance was.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

Ask Bill if he could go into a little more detail on Mick's paramours and how he covered for him?

Ask Bill if he could tell a few of the "crazy fan" stories from the chapter that got cut?

Thanks, hb...

ask bill which of the stones ladies (jo wood, jerry hall, or patti hansen)he would find the most irrisitable if the chance came up?

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ask bill which of the stones ladies (jo wood, jerry hall, or patti hansen)he would find the most irrisitable if the chance came up?

gotta be patti!!


IORR............but I like it!

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ROPENI
Just tell him some of us here do appreciated all the hard times and all the bullshit he had to take from the Stones

He had to take? I don't think so.

Ask him why he changed his mind and betrayed the Stones.

Recent photo of Mr. Bill German. (shot at 6:54....see clock in background)


IORR............but I like it!



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