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Authors: Stephen Davis
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PLAY DATES AND CONCERT TOURS:
American TV debut; American TV,
Ed Sullivan Show
; American TV,
Shindig
; ballroom circuit; BBC; Carnegie Hall, 1964; Crawdaddy; debut, July 1962; early pubs and clubs, as Rollin' Stones; Eel Pie Island; first American gig, San Bernadino; first appearance outside London; first Las Vegas date; first tour; first TV slot; Jovan sponsorship; landmark deal; merchandizing; 1964, American tour; 1964, America, second tour; 1964, Group Scene '64 tour; 1964, France; 1964, July and August riots; 1964, touring and television work; 1965, American tours; 1965, Australia and Far East; 1965, Britain with the Hollies; 1965, France; 1965, Germany and Austria; 1965, London and British; 1965,
Out of Our Heads
British tour; 1966, American tours; 1966, Australian tour; 1966 English tour; 1966, Euro tour; 1967, European tour; 1968,
Rock & Roll Circus
; 1969, American tour and Altamont; 1969, David Frost's American program, first appearance with Mick Taylor; 1969, free concert, London; 1969, London Lyceum; 1970, European tour; 1971, England farewell tour; 1972, American tour; 1972 Far East tour; 1973, European tour; 1975, American tour (TOTA); 1976 European tour; 1976 Knebworth Park concert; 1977 Canada tour; 1978 American tour; 1978 SNL; 1981, American tour; 1981 Euro leg of tour; 1981 HBO special; 1989,
Steel Wheels
American tour; 1990,
Steel Wheels
Japan tour; 1990 Urban Jungle tour 1994â95
Voodoo Lounge
tour; 1997,
Bridges to Babylon
tour; 1999
Bridges to Babylon
postponed tour; 1999
No Security
tour;
Ready Steady Go!
(ITV channel); Ricky Tick; Scene Club; shortest show, Birkenhead; Studio;
Sunday Night at the London Palladium
(ITV).
See also specific albums, group members, and song titles
Rolling Stone
magazine
Rolling Stones, The
Rolling Stones Monthly
magazine
Rolling Stones No. 2, The
Rolling Stones Now, The
Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus
Rollins, Sonny
Romeo, Max
Ronstadt, Linda
Rose, Axl
Rose, Jane
“Route 66 ”
Rubber Soul
“Ruby Tuesday ”
Rudge, Peter
“Run Rudolph Run ”
“Sad Day ”
“Sad Sad Sad ”
Sadomasochism.
See also
Jones, Brian
“Saint of Me ”
“Salt of the Earth ”
Sanchez, Spanish Tony
Santana, Carlos
“Satisfaction ”
Scaggs, Boz
Schatzberg, Jerry
Schneider, Ronnie
Schneiderman, David “the Acid King ”
Scully, Rock
“See What Happens ”
“Send It to Me ”
Sessler, Fred,
“Sex Drive ”
Sgt. Pepper's . . .Â
“Shattered ”
“She Comes in Colors ”
“She Smiled Sweetly ”
“She's a Rainbow ”
“She's So Cold ”
“Shoot Off Your Mouth ”
“She Said Yeah ”
“She Smiled Sweetly ”
“She Was Hot ”
She's the Boss
“Shine a Light ”
“Short and Curlies ”
Shrimpton, Chrissie
Shrimpton, Jean
“Silver Blanket ”
“Silver Train ”
“Sing This All Together ”
“Singer Not the Song, The ”
“Sister Morphine ”
“Sitting on a Fence ”
“Slave ”
“Sleep Tonight ”
“Slipping Away ”
Small Faces
Smith, Patti
“So Young ”
“Some Girls ”
Some Girls
“Something Better ”
“Something Happened to Me Yesterday ”
“Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Blue ”
“Soon Forgotten ”
“Soul Survivor ”
Southern, Terry
“Sparks Will Fly ”
Spector, Phil
“Spider and the Fly, The ”
“Star-Spangled Banner ”
“Starfucker (Star Star) ”
Starr, Ringo
“Start Me Up ”
“State of Shock ”
Steel Wheels
Stewart, Ian “Stu”: appearance; boogie woogie preference; buys VW bus for band; comment on Andrew Oldham; comment on
Goat's Head Soup
; comment on Mick and Marianne; comment on Scots riot; death; dislike of Brian Jones; as founding member of Stones; hometown; importance of; kicked out of band, becomes roadie and occasional player; playing of; quits day job; runs rehearsal studio, Bermondsea; Watts solo album and; wife, Cynthia; Wyman, Bill and
Stewart, Rod
Sticky Fingers
“Still a Fool ”
Stone Alone
Stone Alone
(Wyman)
“Stoned ”
“Stop Breakin' Down ”
“Storm, The ”
“Stray Cat Blues ”
“Street Fighting Man ”
“Strictly Memphis ”
Stripped
Stromberg, Gary
“Stuck Out All Alone ”
Studio
“Stupid Girl ”
“Suck on the Jugular ”
Sucking in the Seventies
“Summer Romance ”
Sun City
“Sun Is Shining, The ”
Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles
Supremes
“Sure the One You Need ”
“Surprise, Surprise ”
“Susie Q ”
Swales, Peter
“Sway ”
“Sweet Black Angel ”
“Sweet Virginia ”
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
“Sweethearts Together ”
Sydney Morning Herald
,
“Sympathy for the Devil ”
Sympathy for the Devil
(film)
Taj Mahal
“Take It or Leave It ”
Talk Is Cheap
“Talkin' 'bout You ”
Tangiers and Marrakech, Stones' sojourns in,
Tattoo You
Taylor, Dick
Taylor, Mick; bitterness; Electra Studio recordings; England tour, 1971; first album; first performance with Stones; first solo album; first tour with Stones, and Altamont; heroin use; influence on Stones; introduction by Mick; initial salary; joins Stones in Kansas City, 1981; last concert with Stones; last song recorded with Stones; lawsuit; Miller, Rose, and; Munich recordings; playing; quits Stones; reconciliation with Stones; song credit; unpaid; wife
“Tell Me ”
“Tell Me Baby ”
“Tell Me That You Love Me ”
“Terrifying ”
“That Girl Belongs to Yesterday ”
“That's How Strong My Love Is ”
Their Satanic Majesties Request
“Thief in the Night ”
“Think ”
Thorogood, Frank
Thorogood, George
“Through and Through ”
Through the Past, Darkly
Thurman, Uma
“Tie You Up ”
“Till the Next Goodbye ”
“Time Is on My Side ”
Time Out of Mind
“Time Waits for No One ”
Time Waits for No One
Times
of London, editorial
“Too Much Blood ”
“Too Rude ”
“Too Tight ”
“Too Tough ”
“Tops ”
“Torn and Frayed ”
Tosh, Peter
Townshend, Peter
Traffic
“Travellin' Man ”
Trudeau, Margaret
“Tumblin' Dice ”
“Turd on the Run ”
Turner, Ike
Turner, Tina
“Tutti Frutti ”
12 X 15
“Twenty Flight Rock ”
“24 Hours from Tulsa ”
“2000 Light Years from Home ”
“2000 Man,” 221
“2120 South Michigan Avenue ”
U2
“Under Assistant ”
“Under the Boardwalk ”
“Under My Thumb ”
Undercover
“Undercover of the Night ”
Unplugged
,
Up and Down with the Rolling Stones
(Sanchez)
“Use Me ”
Vee, Bobby
“Ventilator Blues ”
Vietnam War
Virgin Records
Voodoo Lounge
“Waiting on a Friend ”
Waits, Tom
“Walking the Dog ”
Wandering Spirit
“Wanna Hold You ”
“War Baby ”
Warhol, Andy,
Was, Don
Wasserman, Paul
Waters, Muddy (McKinley Morganfield)
Watts, Charlie: appearance; American tour, 1969, and Altamont; American tour, 1975; background, childhood, and family; banjo, converts to drum; Blues by Six; book about Parker; breeds sheepdogs; Devonshire estate purchase; drug use; drum set, first; at Edith Grove; France and; impact of playing style on group; Jagger and; Jones, Brian and; Korner band, Blues Incorporated, and; musical influences; playing of; quits day job; rejection of “star trip,”; role as arbitrator between Mick and Keith; Rollin' Stones, early involvement; Rollin' Stones, officially joins; Seraphina (daughter); Shirley Ann Shepherd (wife); solo jazz albums; stability of; style of; success, impact of
Watts, Ernie
“We Had It All ”
“We Love You ”
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas ”
Wenglass, Lily
“What a Shame ”
“What to Do ”
“When I'm 64 ”
“When the Whip Comes Down ”
“Where All the Boys Go ”
White Album
Whitehead, Peter
Whitehouse, Mary
Who
“Who's Been Sleeping Here,”
“Who's Driving Your Plane? ”
“Wild Horses ”
“Wild Thing ”
Williamson, Sonny Boy
Wilson, Brian
Wingless Angels
“Winning Ugly ”
“Winter ”
Winwood, Steve
“Wish I'd Never Met You ”
Wohlin, Anna
Womack, Bobby
Wonder, Stevie
Wood, Crissie
Wood, Jo Howard
Wood, Leah
Wood, Ron [Ronnie]; alcoholism; appearance; art shows; character and personality; child, Jesse James; child, Tyrone; drug use; Dylan and; first Stones album; first Stones tour; Irish farm; Jagger and; with Jeff Beck1; Live Aid concert, 1985; New Barbarians; percentage of Stones granted; Richard, Keith and; salary instead of partnership; with Small Faces; solo albums; solo play dates; songwriting credits; Stones, beginning of absorption into; Stones, playing with; Trudeau, Margaret and
Woodstock
“Worried About You ”
“Worst, The ”
Wyman, Bill (Bill Perks): absent from
Exile on Main Street
; “Acid in the Grass” (“In Another Land); age; appearance; avoidance of narcotics and Nellcote; background; breach with Keith, 1970â1981; burger joint, Sticky Fingers; comment on Brian; comment on Chuck Berry; comment on Dean Martin Show; comment on Muddy Waters, 90â91; comment on Ron Wood; divorce; first meeting with Stones; gun purchase; Hammond, Jr., John and; joins band; on Jones, Brian; Lindstrom, Astrid, and; name change; playing of; quits day job, 58; quitting Stones threat; retirement from Stones; Rhythm Kings; Richards, reconciliation with; sexuality and promiscuity; Smith, Mandy affair; solo album; TV and; wife
Yardbirds
“Yer Blues ”
“Yesterday ”
“Yesterday's Papers ”
Yetnikoff, Walter
“You Better Move On ”
“You Can Make It If You Try ”
“You Can't Always Get What You Want ”
“You Can't Judge a Book ”
“You Don't Have to Mean It ”
“You Don't Move Me ”
“You Got Me Rocking ”
“You Got the Silver ”
“You Gotta Move ”
“You're Too Much ”
“You Should Have Seen Her Ass,”
Photo Credits
Chapter Openings
Chapter 1: Michael Ochs Archives. Chapter 2: Graham Dawes. Chapter 3: Blue Hills Archive. Chapter 4: Michael Ochs Archives. Chapter 5: Blue Hills Archive. Chapter 6: Michael Ochs Archives. Chapter 7: © Jim Marshall®. Chapter 8: Peter Simon. Chapter 9: Michael Ochs Archives. Chapter 10: Gary Gershoff/Retna.
Stephen Davis
is the author of numerous books, including the
New York Times
bestsellers
Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zepplin Saga
and
Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith
, and coauthor of
Fleetwood
, the memoirs of Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood. His journalism has appeared in
Rolling Stone
, the
New York Times
, the
Boston Globe
, and may other publications. He lives in New England.
Also by Stephen Davis:
Hammer of the Gods
Walk This Way
Reggae Bloodlines
Reggae International
Bob Marley
Say Kids! What Time Is It?
Moonwalk
Fleetwood
This Wheels on Fire
Jajouka Rolling Stone
OLD GODS ALMOST DEAD.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Davis, Stephen.
  Old gods almost dead: the 40-year odyssey of the Rolling    Â
  Stones / Stephen Davis.â1st ed.
    p. cm.
  Includes bibliographical references.
  1. Rolling Stones. 2. Rock musiciansâEnglandâBiography.
  I. Title.
  ML421.R64 D36 2001
  782.42166'092'2âdc21
  [B]          2001035683
Background photograph of sandstone is courtesy
Corbis Royalty-free Images
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