i know there are so many books about them. but which-one is really good and serious? my son want a "biographie" with all their concerts and records.

Hmm--the last Wyman?

according to...??

No idea...... but what fantastic dad have the kid!!!!

Good work and continue educanting him on rocking!!

Off the Record!!!!and According to the Rolling Stones( for the pics) should be great to start with.

According to the Rolling Stones should fit the bill.

i'd go with bill's 2nd book..the problem with according to the rolling stones is that it has a lot of fiction..jagger and richards are not very good at clearly remembering the facts...ha... if you see what they say about poor brian jones you will see why...go with bill...even jagger called up bill for the stones facts when he was trying to write his own book..

well, my son is 16 now. he like most of the stones-records and Videos.
What he really wants is a book about their history.
he prefers the "Early" years lets say 1963-1990.

Spanish Tony's book is a good read.

Either The Rolling Stones: An Unauthorized Biography by David Dalton, or The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record by Roy Carr...both out of print, but easy to find on Ebay. Let me know if you cant find them, and I will see if I have extras...

Both GREAT!

JR

Twenty years by David dalton.

I'm 16 myself so I went through a similar sort of thing, and @Rolling With The Stones' is so much better, because you KNOW what Bill says is true with the facts and all that, whereas 'According To...' there is always doubt.

i like david dalton's book too...i also like the 3 books about brian jones...
funny, after you get one book on the stones you're hooked and you get them all..
its hard to read just 1 book!!!!!

I collect Stones books..I have a lot of them..the Billy Wyman books are so boring!!facts..and fuc s.

But I love his DVD..Bill Wymans Blues OD.

if he wants a reading book and not a picture book:
Stanley Booth's True Adventures of the Rolling Stones

Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way

I'd say Rolling With The Stones by Bill Wyman.

It's a good book, a nice read and it has some wonderful photographs aswell.

But before he starts reading, tell him Bill is known to.. spice his stories up a bit, especially the ones about him and his inovation and succes.

Bills books are great, but there are some mistakes....its sorta imbedded in the literature....No worries, alll the ones mentioned here are REALLY good....incuding Bill!

GET WELL, KEITH!!!!

JR

Agree on Rolling; Stone Alone is good too plus Andrews books -
suits a youngster. Christopher Sandfords Keith-book is another good one.

with sssoul Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> if he wants a reading book and not a picture
> book:
> Stanley Booth's True Adventures of the Rolling
> Stones
>
> Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way


Right...so right sweet soul....I wanted you to say that!!!

[www.nzentgraf.de]




[www.faqs.org]


print these for him...

old gods almost dead is good. except its quite thick, but well written.

Rolling with the Stones, that's the Stone Bible.
Good photos and good stories.

It depends how young your son is, it's a heavy book for kids.

actually i find Sanchez, Sanford and Davis (Old Gods) to be quite mean-spirited.
if the kid digs the Stones he'll probably enjoy a writer who digs them too.
Stanley Booth and Chet Flippo really write beautifully, too - but since he loves the early stuff Booth'll be better for him.

Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-05-26 00:28 by with sssoul.

Stanley Booth..to start with.

only one, please, for your son: STP a journey through AMERICA WITH THE Rolling Stones. robert greenfield. Not the only one but THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!

I read all the books written by Bill Wyman. All of them are good. I recommend "Rolling with the Stones" which is very comprehensive and easy to read.

okay, i reread what you said your son likes, so i'm revising my prescription:
1962 - 69: True Adventures of the Rolling Stones
1972: STP
1975 - 78 or so: Chet Flippo's On the Road With the Rolling Stones
the Dalton book's pretty good too - the First Twenty Years or whatever it's called;
and Bill's Rolling With the Stones.

Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way

I would go for Stone Alone, great introduction to the characters and Spanish Tony's book, it gives a lot of drama to the same people as in Bill's book.
I'd start from there, if your son doesn't grow an interest in the Stones then get him a guitar.

Get him the lot........Nothing harmless...Everyone of 'em's about sex and dancin' havin a real-real good time....Yeah get 'em all



ROCKMAN

Stanley Booth-True Adevntures
Robert Greenfield-STP