You Can't Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (694 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155022932X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 326 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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All rights reserved. Of certain interest to anyone who recalls the music scene of the early 1970s, this fast-moving narrative of rock-n-roll excess should also absorb music fans of any age. His work with the Stones began with their 1969 appearance at Hyde Park, and continued through an entire U.S. . Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. After that, Cutler took up with the Grateful Dead, managing finances and tours (including Europe '72). Cutler's memoir is populated by a fascinating range of rock stars, gangsters, and international drug lords, but his insider position doesn't always penetrate the chaos; one important exception is his account of Altamont, the massive, free, outdoor Stones concert overtaken by violence (among other record-setting details, Cutler reports that "police had done nothing in the face of serious violent crime other than bravely towing away hundreds of cars"). From Publishers Weekly
Brian Hassett said A natural storyteller with great stories to tell. It's pretty rare when a rock n roll memoir is written by a real writer and natural storyteller. Besides the musicians, I've always admired the people who made live music happen — Bill Graham, Chet Helms, Michael Lang, those types. And here's this guy who was at the. Interesting Perspective of Two Historic Bands and Altamont DACHokie I was informally introduced to Sam Cutler many, many years ago when I was in the process of wearing out my vinyl copy of the Rolling Stone's live album "Get Your Ya Yas Out" he's the guy that introduces the Stones as "the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World" prior . Rock Noir At Its Most Gripping "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a gripping rock 'n' roll saga which should appeal to anyone who is intrigued by authentic 'I was there' memoirs. Sam Cutler's book is not your usual press clippings cut and paste job from a rock journalist, aged groupie or a sycoph
This is also his own account of the high ol’ times he had managing tours for San Francisco band the Grateful Dead who went on to become the world's most successful live act. Sam Cutler was tour manager for the Rolling Stones at some of their major gigs in the late sixties, including the infamous concert at Altamont where a man was murdered by a Hells Angel in front of the stage while the Stones played on. There has never been an official investigation into events at Altamont and those involved have never before spoken on record. Sam Cutler has decided that it is time to put to rest the myths and legends that have grown up around this infamous event in rock history and for the first time reveal the truth. Sam survived Altamont and went on to live the ultimate rock and roll dream. This is an exhilarating, all-areas-access rock memoir from someone who has seen and done it all.. Along the way Sam draws in