Up and Down with The Rolling Stones - My Rollercoaster Ride with Keith Richards

IF YOU LIKE EXCITEMENT- SEX- DRUGS-INTRIGUE AND OH YEAH- ROCK AND ROLL- THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. I DONT KNOW HOW TRUE IT IS BUT IT SURE IS WILD!!!!

This book was first issued in 1979. It was a very interesting book as it included Brian Jones. As Brian was the founder of the band, it is refreshing to read about him. It includes Mick Taylor. Very talented but not as captivating or as gifted as Brian Jones.

KEITH HIMSELF HAS SAID THAT EVERYTHING TONY SANCHEZ SAYS IN THIS BOOK IS TRUE. If you want to know what it may have been like to really be on the inside, to really know the Stones and what they did on a day-to-day basis, get this book. Sanchez was a crook, he admits it. He was a junkie, he broke all sorts of laws working for Keith. But that's what it was (apparently) like! For Keith to feed his drug habit he would have needed somebody like Sanchez. There are some parts of this book that aren't exactly "clean reading," but the truth is the truth. This book is a classic of a unique kind: It isn't biased by the desire to be hip or appealing.

First of all, this book, even if stretched, is great reading! Second, the guy Brent who gave the book one star needs to get his facts straight. In the movie "Gimme Shelter", the guy "scowling so prettily when one of the Maysles sticks a light meter in his face" while in the hotel room with the Mick and Keith listening to "Brown Sugar" is not Tony Sanchez. It's another author by the the name of Stanley Booth who wrote the book "The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones" while covering the Stones' '69 tour. Try reading it.

The Stones have always attracted so much attention it should be no surprise to anyone that books about them are also controversial. Yes, Sanchez had a rep as a dealer (stories about him and Keith while living in France have been around a long time), but it's important to realize that whereas Wyman's "Stone Alone" shares Bill's memories and perspective, this book tells you how Sanchez remembers it.....you have to put them all together to get your own picture of what the Band was like (and it is fair to assume that Sanchez has made up some of the conversations to flesh out events he was connected with but probably did not hear - or was capable of remembering - the exact words).