Guess what? I'm back to let y'all know that episode 9 is here...!
This week, we meet Robert Greenfield, author of the cult classic STP: A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones, one of the most vivid accounts of the Stones at their magnificent, hedonistic peak, and the first book ever written from inside a major rock tour.
Originally published in 1974, the book captured the Stones’ infamous 1972 US tour from its core, chronicling the songs, cities, excess, humour, and human fallout of life on the road at its most extreme. Rather than just mythologising the chaos, Robert’s method was to write it as he saw it; a quiet observer taking notes as the greatest rock and roll band in the world simply did their job.
The New Yorker had earned the group’s trust as the UK’s Associate Editor of Rolling Stones - his low-key presence and brilliant, expressive
feature on their 1971 ‘Goodbye Britain’ tour led him to the south of France later that year, where he conducted what became Keith Richards' first truly in-depth
interview at his villa, Nellcôte, during the making of ‘Exile On Main Street’.
In our conversation, Robert reflects on his formative years as a writer, the stark contrast between the Stones’ final days in Britain and their explosive return to America, and the extraordinary cast of characters that surrounded the band. He shares personal insights into Mick, Charlie, and Mick Taylor, the realities behind the infamous C*cksucker Blues documentary, and how a lifetime spent telling other people’s stories has shaped his own.
This is the sensational Stones of the ‘70s up close and unfiltered, told by someone who was there, paying attention, and writing it all down.
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