{"product_id":"brian-jones-the-making-of-the-rolling-stones-9780147516459","title":"Brian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Should be unfailingly interesting to any Stones fan.\"--Larry Rhoter, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Rolling Stones' rise to fame is one of rock 'n' roll's epic stories. Yet one crucial part of that story has never been fully told: the role of Brian Jones, the visionary who founded the band and meticulously controlled their early sound, only to be dethroned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Tormented by paranoia and drug problems, Jones drowned at the age of twenty-seven. Drawing on new information and interviews with Richards, Andrew Oldham, and Marianne Faithfull, among dozens of others, \u003ci\u003eBrian Jones\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the Rolling Stones' full story, in all its glory and squalor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Trynka\u003c\/b\u003e is a respected music writer known both for his groundbreaking role as editor of \u003ci\u003eMOJO\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and as author of \u003ci\u003eStarman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpen Up and Bleed, \u003c\/i\u003ebiographies of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, respectively, which attracted laudatory reviews worldwide. \u003ci\u003ePortrait of the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, his collection of oral histories with more than sixty blues musicians (in collaboration with photographer Val Wilmer), is regarded as a landmark work. Paul was also editor of the widely respected \u003ci\u003eInternational Musician\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and founding editor of the\u003ci\u003e Guitar Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he first interviewed Keith Richards more than twenty years ago. Paul lives with his wife, Lucy, and son, Curtis, in Greenwich, London, just down the road from Mick and Keith's old stomping ground of Dartford.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Plume Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409760751890,"sku":"9780147516459","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b60cc8e7-01b4-4826-879f-2c6deb9028f5.jpg?v=1729293675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brian-jones-the-making-of-the-rolling-stones-9780147516459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}