Wenner, Jann
Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir [signed]
Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir [signed]
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. First edition. xv, 576 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 25 cm Very fine in very fine jacket now in archival mylar. Signed by Wenner on publisher's sticker label neatly adhered to center of title page. . Hardcover. ISBN: 9780316415194, 0316415197
"Alongside such legends as Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elton John, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul McCartney was one man who knew them all - Jann Wenner. From growing up in San Rafael, California, to dropping out of Berkeley and creating Rolling Stone with $7,500 borrowed from friends and family, Wenner's love for rock 'n' roll led him to create one of the great cultural touchstones of an era. From dropping acid with the icons of classic rock, to covering politics and working with the greatest journalists of his day, Jann Wenner was at the center of everything that the rock generation stood for. As a born storyteller, he writes vividly of Mick, John and Yoko, Bono, Jackie O, Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and so many, many others"-- Provided by publisherContents: Prologue: The last days. Part one. Beginnings. Rainbow Road; The school on the hill; Berkeley; Turn on, tune in, drop out; London calling; Jane. Part two. Rolling Stone. The first issue; A family affair; Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, and the naked Beatle; A brief visit to planet New York; Trans-Oceanic Comics Company; Me and Boz, sittin' on Otis' porch; Talking Bob Dylan; Altamont and the end of innocence; Helter skelter; John Lennon and Hunter Thompson drop by; Lennon remembers; Putting together the home team; The house on California Street; A day in the life; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; The beast stirs in Big Sur; Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail; Truman and Andy, Paul Bowles and Uncle Earl; A wonder of American journalism; From Elko to Egypt; Farewell to Ralph J. Gleason; Becoming bicoastal; The scoop of the seventies. Part three. The empire. The Big Apple; John Belushi, incoming; Out tenth anniversary; Christmases with Jackie; The dry heaves; Asleep at the wheel; The dream is over; Fuck the NRA; God has his hands full; Diamond rash, limousine elbow; The Hall of Fame; The Bonfire of the Vanities; The gift of God; Yoko and the Gorbachevs; My father's death; Altitude adjustments; The king and queen of pop; Blue highways; Bill Clinton and the three stooges; A visit to the White House; The death of Jackie Onassis; Matt. Part four. Settling down. Passages; A visit from Jane; The best magazine in the world; Only the good die young; All out for Al; My city in ruins; My private Idaho; Watching the river flow; Kerry loses; Hunter Thompson, R.I.P.; Hunter redux with Johnny Depp; Magazine wars; The say it's yer birthday; The wheel of life; Burning Man; "Higher and higher"; The runaway general; The wrecking ball; The road to Rio; The million-pound shit hammer; Bad moon rising; The gathering storm. Part five. Goodbye to all that. Selling Rolling Stone; The road to recovery; My last letter from the editor.