Ah, folks, not all news are good news. And here we go again.
Most of you will know the name Stanley Booth for his books on the Stones and the tours and the life then…
With great sadness we have to learn, that Stanley has died …
“… late Thursday night at ACH Harbor View nursing home in Memphis at the age of 82. His daughter, Ruby Booth, confirmed his passing. Booth had been in poor health for several years and had recently been moved to hospice care.
Booth is best known for embedding himself with British rock band the Rolling Stones in the late ‘60s, covering the group’s epochal 1969 tour of America, which ended with the concert tragedy at Altamont. His resulting biography of the Stones would take 15 years and much personal turmoil for Booth to complete. Published by Random House in 1984, “The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones” — the book would originally appear as “Dance with the Devil” — is widely regarded as one of finest music bios ever written, even though it served as a study of Booth’s own life as much as the Stones. …”
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