Recommended Read!

Bill Wyman: Drive My Car

Bill Wyman’s time in The Greatest Rock’N’Roll Band In The World was storied, but there’s been much, much more to his life than that

“They all lived on half a pigeon’s egg each in the morning”: The extraordinary life of Bill Wyman: WW2 evacuee, RAF airman, hit solo artist, bandleader, author, restaurateur, archaeologist, cricketer and Rolling Stone

At loudersound.com, we are treated with a longer read about Bill and his times.

Just before, these lines caught my eye: “He’s since written 14 books, including the million-selling Rolling With The Stones (there are at least two more on the way)” – that sounds promising!

Or finally we get the detailed complexity of his DNA cleared up. Oh, and: any regrets? “I should have left [the Stones] earlier” – these words just clicked as I scrolled through the long page downwards… ENJOY! 

 

Another add to the library!

Another add to the library!

MOJO Magazine – The home of great music – has it’s #375 out for February next year

And it’s a another must-have for all of us fans who like a good read and another addition to the how-manymeters-long-line of paper products with text and pictures of our favourite band.

Fifty-five years on, The Rolling Stones’ epochal Let It Bleed album is under the spotlight, plus the triumphs and tragedies of the band’s watershed 1969: Brian’s death, Altamont, Honky Tonk Women and more. Also in the issue: The Doors – amazing unseen pics with exclusive commentary from John Densmore and Robby Krieger; the dawn of Thin Lizzy; 2025 Music Preview starring Ringo Starr, Lana Del Rey, ELO and Led Zeppelin; the extraordinary story of America’s Horse With No Name. Plus: Jean-Michel Jarre, Charles Mingus, Manic Street Preachers, Lijadu Sisters, John Grant, Laura Nyro, Billy J Kramer, Bob Neuwirth, The Weather Station, Dory Previn, tributes to Phil Lesh, Quincy Jones, Shel Talmy… and more.

THIS MONTH’S COVERMOUNT CD is A Man Of Wealth And Taste: The Brian Jones Companion. Includes tracks by Lucinda Williams, Elmore James, Nico, Ravi Shankar, Howlin’ Wolf, The Master Musicians Of Joujouka, and more!

For print orders: MOJO Subscription needed