Keith Altham is an English rock journalist, publicist, and author.
Billy Altman is a rock critic and friend of the family.
Marty Balin was one of the lead singers for Jefferson Airplane.
Sonny Barger is a founding member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
Sid Bernstein promoted both the Beatles and the Stones on their first tours of America.
Steve Binder was a renowned director who worked on both the T.A.M.I. Show and Elvis Presley’s ’68 Comeback Special.
Bob Bonis was the Stones tour manager on their first tours of the US and was also an excellent amateur photographer. Many of his photos appear throughout this book. You can see more of his work in the books The Lost Beatles Photographs and The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs.
Craig Braun worked with Andy Warhol in the ’60s and is best known for his work helping to design the Sticky Fingers jacket.
Larry Cancro works for the Boston Red Sox as senior vice president of Fenway affairs.
Marshall Chess is the son and nephew of the founders of Chess Records. He was also the first president of Rolling Stones Records.
Eric Clapton is a rock ’n’ roll guitar god.
Alan Clayson is the frontman for Clayson and the Argonauts and the author of many rock books.
Merry Clayton is an accomplished American singer best known to Stones’ fans for singing on “Gimme Shelter.”
Sam Cutler, author of You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and Other Wonderful Reprobates, is most famous for being the Rolling Stones’ tour manager in 1969.
Joe D’Allesandro is an American actor and Warhol superstar, immortalized as “Little Joe” in Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side.”
Stephen Davis is an American music journalist.
Norman Dayron was a producer for Chess Records.
Anthony DeCurtis is an American author and rock critic.
Marianne Faithfull is an English singer and actress.
Mick Farren is an English journalist, author, and rock ’n’ roll singer.
Robert Frank is a renowned photographer and filmmaker.
Bill German is the rock historian who ran the Beggars Banquet fanzine and authored the book Under Their Thumb.
Gary Pig Gold is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, journalist, and author.
Bobby Goldsboro is an American musician who appeared with the Stones on their first US tour.
Bill Graham was a famous (and feared) rock promoter and impresario.
Robert Greenfield is an American journalist and author.
Peter Guralnick is an American author and music critic.
Buddy Guy is an acclaimed Chicago blues guitarist and friend to the Rolling Stones.
Taylor Hackford is an American director who worked with Keith Richards on Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll.
George Harrison was the Beatles’ secret weapon.
Dave Herman worked with my father for many years at WNEW-FM and K-ROCK. Several of the interviews that appear in this book were done by him.
Barney Hoskyns is an English rock critic and author and the editor of the website Rock’s Back Pages (www.rocksbackpages.com).
Dartford-born Rick Huxley was the bassist for the Dave Clark Five.
Chrissie Hynde is the singer/songwriter/guitarist and all around frontwoman for the Pretenders.
Mick Jagger needs no introduction.
Andy Johns is an English record engineer and producer who worked extensively with the Stones and other rock luminaries.
That description also fits his elder brother, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Glyn Johns.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnnie Johnson is a pianist best known for his work with Chuck Berry.
Darryl Jones is a Chicago-born guitarist who has played bass with the Stones since 1993.
Aki Kanamori is a Rolling Stones fan who attended Altamont.
Phil Kaufman was a rock ’n’ roll road manager and friend of Gram Parsons.
Saxophonist Bobby Keys, who shares a birthday with Keith Richards, met the Stones on their first tour of the States and has played with them on and off ever since.
Engineer and producer Chris Kimsey worked with the Stones from Sticky Fingers through the Steel Wheels tour.
Al Kooper should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
South African–born Eddie Kramer was an engineer and producer who worked with the Stones, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix, among others.
John Landis is an American director and screenwriter.
Don Law’s company, Tea Party Productions, promoted the Stones’ Boston appearance on the 1972 tour.
Chuck Leavell is an American keyboardist who has played with Eric Clapton, the Allman Brothers, and, of course, the Rolling Stones.
Sometime Rolling Stones foil John Lennon was a member of the Beatles and remains one of the most important and influential musicians ever.
Michael Lindsay-Hogg is a filmmaker who has worked with the Stones many times, including on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
Paul McCartney was a member of the Beatles and is one of the most famous singers and songwriters of all time.
Ray Manzarek was the keyboardist for the Doors.
Mike Martinek is a Stones fan who attended the 1972 tour show in Boston on July 18.
John Mayall has been a blues musician for more than half a century. He founded John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.
Joyce Maynard is an American journalist and author.
Albert Maysles is a documentary filmmaker.
Producer Jimmy Miller was the architect behind one of the most successful periods in Stones history.
Steve Morse is an American rock journalist.
Andrew Mosker is a Canadian musicologist and the world’s foremost expert on the Rolling Stones’ Mighty Mobile Unit.
Scott Muni was one of the great rock ’n’ roll deejays of all time.
Steve Nazro is the director of events at Boston Garden.
Andrew Loog Oldham was a co-manager and producer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 to 1967.
Anita Pallenberg is an actress and model who was Keith Richards’ partner from 1967 to 1979.
John Pasche is an art designer who designed the famous tongue logo.
Greg Perloff’s company is Another Planet Entertainment; he was the tour coordinator on the ’81 tour.
Laurence Randall is the director of programming for the National Football League.
Keith Richards is the illegitimate son of Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reed.
Peter Rudge is a rock ’n’ roll tour manager who worked with the Stones from 1972 to 1977.
Kurt Schwarz is a Rolling Stones fan who blogs at www.reallifehusband.com.
Martin Scorsese is a legendary filmmaker.
Gloria Stavers, one of the first female rock journalists, was the editor in chief of 16 magazine throughout the 1960s.
Ian Stewart was a founding member of the Rolling Stones.
Sugar Blue is an American blues musician best known for playing the harmonica on “Miss You.”
Ed Sullivan hosted a wildly popular variety show from 1948 to 1971.
Blues legend Hubert Sumlin played guitar for Howlin’ Wolf.
Dick Taylor was the original bassist for the Rolling Stones, he later went on to found the Pretty Things.
Mick Taylor was the lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones from 1969 to 1974.
Dean Torrence, of the surf rock duo Jan and Dean, co-hosted the T.A.M.I. Show.
Irma Thomas is an American blues and soul singer who sang the original version of “Time Is on My Side.”
Roast-meister Pete Townshend moonlights as the guitarist for the Who.
Kenny Vance was an original member of Jay and the Americans.
Klaus Voorman is a German-born artist and musician, most famous for his work with the Beatles.
Don Was is an American musician and producer who has worked with the Stones since Voodoo Lounge.
Charlie Watts is the greatest drummer in rock ’n’ roll history.
Chris Welch is an English music journalist.
Mike White is a film critic and the author of Impossibly Funky: A Cashiers du Cinemart Collection.
Tom Wolfe is an American journalist and author.
Guitarist Ron Wood was a member of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces and has been with the Stones since 1975.
Leslie Woodhead is an English filmmaker.
Bill Wyman was the longtime bassist for the Rolling Stones.