I was thinking about reading 'Up & Down With The Rolling Stones" again, for those who read it, how do you feel about it? think it's very accurate? or just a bunch of made up stuff.

My fav

Keith said Tony coould barely write his own name much less a book - he dod refer to it once as marianne's "embellished memories"

anyway imho , tho there may be a bit of exaggeration it mostly rings true - there's nothing in it that makes you think that must be absolute nonsense

it has some hilarious anecdotes - e.g. nothing says 70's rock star excess like the tale of keith crashing his hover-craft into his moat down at redlands

yes i remeber that  bit - not having a copy to hand - still ...you never know ..tony wasn't there because he was a nice guy...he had his hand on some serious drug handles (otherwise why would he be there - surely not for his musicianship) ...and when it comes to smack even anita would give it up for a score

yet i know what you mean ... as i said keith said "ëmbellished"

This was the first Stones book I ever read. Read it when it first came out. He seemed to tell what he could if that means anything,
some of it one has to read between the lines.  Thought it was really interesting.

..Sorry I made an error.
.......rare photos by Tony Sanchez himself.....

"If Tony'd had any balls and loyalty, he'd have had the bastard killed.  Instead, a book that reeks of rotten grapes and self-centeredness, like he'd had all the talent and judgment secretly all along.  Shite and bollocks!  He's not worth wind from Marianne Faithfull's arse - and I'm hardly jealous, thank you." -- Ronnie Kray

jigsawpuzzle wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 6:43am:


Yes, the dog named Syph!

Can't forget Brian saying "I'm going to kill myself" and jumping into the moat and Mick jumping in after him.

I need to read it again, forgot about the moat and dog episodes.

WTF is Ronnie Kray ?

andrews27 wrote on Mar 14^th, 2010 at 12:13am:



 

A hilarious book. I love it. I got the original. I recall Keith not denying most of it, but more upset that a "mate" would go and "lag" to the world.

There's also a line during the making of Exile that says those staying at Keith's got a bill. Wyman asked what the bill was, and was told it was for food & accomodation.

I vividly remember Sanchez sarcastically saying during the 69 tour "...even Bill Wyman could get a head job" when they were in L.A.

Which, as we now know, shows how little Mr. Sanchez knew of Bill's extra curricular activities.

What does toothpaste do?