Shining a Light

(The magazine printed the entire letter.) In 1968, Wenner flew to Los Angeles to watch Jagger mix Beggars Banquet, and wrote a definitive cover story previewing the new album and, with it, the Stones' move back to tough, bluesy rock & roll. Conducted over the course of nearly a year, in sev...

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Published inRolling stone no. 1295; pp. 24 - 25
Main Author Browne, David
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Rolling Stone Licensing LLC 07.09.2017
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Bands
Interviews
Musical performances
Wenner, Jann
Writers
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Summary:(The magazine printed the entire letter.) In 1968, Wenner flew to Los Angeles to watch Jagger mix Beggars Banquet, and wrote a definitive cover story previewing the new album and, with it, the Stones' move back to tough, bluesy rock & roll. Conducted over the course of nearly a year, in several cities, the 20,000-word conversation, in a December 1995 issue, remains the most wide-ranging overview Jagger has given, touching on the creation of some of the Stones' biggest songs, his thoughts on Richards' drug problems ("I've never really talked to Keith about this stuff"), the Beatles, Altamont and his business savvy. By the time writer Brian Hiatt sat with the band in late 2016 for the magazine's most recent cover story, it was clear Jagger and Richards had come to a detente. At Wenner's urging, Jagger took part in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th-anniversary concerts in New York in 2009, joining U2 and the Black Eyed Peas for a fiery version of "Gimme Shelter" that Wenner calls "a great highlight" of the connection between magazine and band.
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ISSN:0035-791X