
Brian Jones
The Making of the Rolling Stones
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Steven Crossley
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Paul Trynka
Brian Jones was the golden boy of the Rolling Stones - the visionary who gave the band its name and its sound. Yet he was a haunted man, and much of his brief time with the band, before his death in 1969 at the infamous age of 27, was volatile and tragic. Even now the full story of his downfall is still largely untold.
Brian Jones is a forensic, thrilling account of Jones' life, which for the first time details his pioneering achievements and messy unraveling. With more than 120 new interviews, Trynka offers countless new revelations and sets straight the tall tales that have long marred Jones' legacy. His story is a gripping battle between creativity and ambition, between self-sabotage and betrayal. It's all here: the girlfriends, the drugs, and some of the greatest music of all time.
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Critic reviews
Very detailed story
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Didn’t always enjoy the voice, but that was just my preference. Overall, I’m very happy that I listened to this audiobook. I actually listen to it three times. So it gets a great review from me.
Interesting listen
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It is well read. I really like the narrator. Very well done. If you have any interest in the Stones and Brian Jones, I recommend this book.
Well Written and a fair perspective On The Brian Jones
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Very biased
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Here the young, talented, handsome, musical prodigy named Brian Jones is revealed... who like the many of us, got lost down the rabbit hole.
In this audible, traces of him still exist and are brought to a new light in clarifying proper ways.
An absolute must in the collection of the dark and mysterious, shrouded in utter chaos and sadness known formally as Rolling Stones legacy.
Ode to the_
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An intellectual perspective on the founding Stone
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best rock and roll history.
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This was about Brian Jones' extraordinary talent, often forgotten or uncredited. It's about time. I learned some things I never knew before. That's the best kind of book in the world.
Best Jones Bio, in my opinion
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Still, highly recommended for any Stones fan. Essential material for the library.
Sympathy and due for the Devil
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What did you love best about Brian Jones?
First, this is one of the VERY few pop music biographies that is appropriately narrated. I've listened to countless audiobooks about famous musicians, and, with the exception of the wonderfully written and narrated Tune In (first volume of Mark Lewisohn's biography of the Beatles), they have been disappointing. Unfortunately, American narrators seem to be the worst: either pretentious in diction or remarkably "off" in tone and pace. They never match the spirit of the books OR the spirit of rock music.At first I thought the narrator might grow tedious (he sounds like an old-fashioned school master in the beginning), but as the story went on, I thought he captured exactly the right archness and irony that many of the incidents and quotations call for. AND: So far (I'm almost finished with the recording), he hasn't mispronounced a single foreign (or American) proper name (something every other recording, even the Beatles' biography, is flawed by, almost to the point of hilarity).
Well written, quite balanced look at the musical roots, inspirations, and rip-offs that have marked the Stones' career.
Any additional comments?
PLEASE urge the producers of audiobooks to choose narrators who can capture the tone and spirit of the stories they read. This audiobook, and Lewisohn's audiobook, are models of how rock stories should be told.Great story, exceptionally well narrated
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