SOURCE: LA Music Blog
5-20-13
tags: sex, LA Music Blog, Rolling Stones, drugs, rock and roll
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5-20-13
Rock music historians debunk myths about Rolling Stones
Historians in the Newstags: sex, LA Music Blog, Rolling Stones, drugs, rock and roll
Many stories and figures have emerged from the hazy shroud of the genre-defining, five-decades-long sex-, drugs-, and rock n’ roll-fueled bender of The Rolling Stones. God knows some of the stories are exaggerated, while others are even more outrageous than we know.
In celebration of The Stones’ 50th anniversary, broadcaster and music historian Pete Fornatale endeavored to get to the bottom of many of the stories surrounding The Rolling Stones’ members and catalog. He passed away in 2012 shortly before the release of his book, 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones, earlier this year, but I recently spoke with his two co-authors: son Peter Thomas Fornatale and broadcaster Bernie Corbett....
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