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Title: Nankering With the Rolling Stones by James Phelge ISBN: 1-55652-373-4 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.89 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: 2nd BEST STONES BOOK EVER!!
Comment: Stanley Boothe's book about the Stones 1969 American Tour has gotta be my favorite Stones book, a classic of rock n roll books. However, Nankering With the Stones is a BLAST to read! it is extremely well-written, every anecdote is great, the author LIVED with Keith, Brian, and Mick just before they became famous. This book captures the excitement of the Stones earliest gigs and is full of hilarious observations and antics!!! If you love the Stones, you will love this book. For readers interested in a biography from childhood to fame, this ain't it, but it's better than a bio, and is sort of a book equivalent of a TV show like the Real World, or much more appropo, Survivor! James Phelge, THANK YOU!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: An Great Inside Look at the Boys in the Band
Comment: Many books have been written about the Stones which give an account of the band's exploits, music, etc. AFTER they made it big. But this account transports the reader back in time to their infancy. Jimmy Phelge was there when it all started--during the days of struggle when there wasn't a coin to put into the meter for heat, during the days of slugging it out and playing for next-to-nothing, and during the days of high jinks such as recording the bathroom experiences of unsuspecting neighbors. He recounts how the band came together, the personalities, and how the dedication to their idols made the band what it was and is.
Reading this work allows one to picture and even feel like he's in the flat at Edith Grove with Mick, Keith, Brian and Jimmy. Phelge's recollections of his buddies is especially insightful when it comes to Brian Jones. This book gives the reader a true appreciation of not only his talent, but also his vulnerability.
I recommend it for anyone with even a passing interest of the Stones because it's a source for some great trivia. But mostly it's INSIDE INFO about the members of the band and what makes them tick. A solid piece of work!
Rating: 5
Summary: Ah, joy! Now I know what Nanker-Phelge finally is (and why)!
Comment: This book is precious and priceless!
Older Stones fans (like me), especially those familiar with Sixties London and the districts where The Stones lived in 1963, will delight in the easily readable and so evidently true stories of The Stones' very early days when Mick, Keith and Brian were more than teenagers but not quite mature adults. Phelge has covered many of the bases and truly gives you a taste of the environment that nurtured The Stones. You arre literally in the room with them, watching The Stones struggle hard, indeed, almost desperately for a commercial break, and against incredible odds in a still conservative post-war England. The book is chock-full of marvellous observations, wonderful insights, hilariously humorous incidents, and pathos. It clearly reflects Phelge's superb capabilities as a raconteur (and one not given to exaggeration) who tracked the evolution of The Stones even as he lived with Mick, Keith and Brian 40 years ago in their squalid, disorganized flat where cleaning up for the lads simply meant throwing crockery, cutlery and utensils out of the kitchen window into the communal garden below.
The book is filled with gems: Mick's yearning and wistfulness for a load of money as he lolls aimlessly in a freezing cold, food-free flat with his fellow Stones; chucking Ian Stewart out of the band because he did not look "with-it" enough for Andrew Loog Oldham, the first manager of The Stones along with Eric Easton; the unbelievably funny and ridiculous "Toilet Door Fiasco" with Keith and Phelge who drove their neighbors mad every day for months on end with their antics and purloining; the "Immaculate Dollies" with their [nice figures]; the "nankering" (face-making and squawking) and pranks that went with their looning around generally; the list is endless.
In addition, Phelge paints excellent portraits of The Stones' character and temperament. One sees the competitiveness and tension between Brian on the one hand, and Mick-and-Keith on the other hand, all starting very early on in their association. (They would carry this around with them for years until they ditched Brian with the worst of feelings in 1969.)
Younger Stones fans need to read this book in order to understand who The Stones were and where they came from, and how they started up the ladder that took them to stardom at the very top of the world where they have stayed since 1965. My younger office colleagues who like The Stones have absolutely no idea about any of this history and it is a shocking gap in their knowledge.
Overall, an amazing, informative, excellent book. At least 5 stars!
JS
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Title: Brian Jones : The Last Decadent by Jeremy Reed ISBN: 1871592712 Publisher: Creation Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth ISBN: 1556524005 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: According to the Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones ISBN: 0811840603 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Rolling Stones Rip This Joint: The Stories Behind Every Song by Steve Appleford, Chris Welch ISBN: 1560252812 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 30 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Love You Live, Rolling Stones: Fanfare from the Common Fan by Marilou Regan, Hans Oosterbaan ISBN: 0972370404 Publisher: Fanfare Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: 25 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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