A good read, if you are interested in less widely heard info about the Stones.
Great read and dovetailed well with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards books which I had read previously. Wyman is a stickler for detail and it's clear that he had recorded events religiously during his time with the Stones.
Man this guy just keeps on rocking. hard to believe he is almost 80 years old.
While rock autobiographies have become the flavour of the day recently (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Keith Richards, Ace Frehley and Duff McKagan have all written theirs recently, with Neil Young reportedly ready to pen his own), this is probably the granddaddy of them all - it was published in 1991 and precedes most of them (Bob Dylan published his in 2004), plus it is absolutely exhaustive! Wyman is the perfect autobiographer, being notoriously sober as an individual (as opposed to any of the above) with his memory presumably fairly intact; he's also a meticulous journal keeper and an archivist of press clippings, meaning that he is his own encyclopedic source of dates and data.
The first of two accounts of the Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman's "Stone Alone" (the second is "Rolling with the Stones) is an encyclopedia of facts about the band and its legal and financial problems as they rose to the top of the charts. A virtual day-by-day account, it has more detail than any other book written by band members, thus far.
Interesting insights into the formation of the Stones, Bill's early life and the interplay of the members. I did find it a bit long and ...
I read Bill Wyman's book years ago when it first came out. Since then, I have re-read it several times.
This is an account of the Stones, from each's day of birth to the death of Brian Jones.After a while it gets repetitive with all the places they played, all the girls he's been with and all his bank statements.
It was a gift for my brother. It arrived before Christmas andhe really liked it.
Well-written but disjointed (as it would have to be, I guess). I've always liked Mr Wyman's expert but unobtrusive bass sound and can now delight in reading his musings on the past.
This work by Bill Wyman is quite intersesting to a Rolling Stones die hard like myself.However, there is little insight into the personalities involved other than Brian Jones.
Bill Wyman chose the wrong writer. How can the story of the Rolling Stones be so boring?
Like the other esteemed reviewer noted, "Stone Alone" ends with the debacle at Altamont (with the exception of a couple of pages' "memoirs" about the Stones' "comeback" 1989 tour.) Great anecdotes (sp?
This is a good insider book on the Rolling Stones, but long-time Stones bass wizard Bill Wyman spends too much time discussing how poor the band remained well into the period where they were considered millionaires and not enough on the creative processes behind the incredible songbook the band created. It is fascinating to see how the Stones were conned by Alan Klein, but even that gets old after several hundred pages.
Written in 1990, this is a very well written inside look at how the Stones developed. Wyman has kept good notes and uses them to full advantage to give you a rationale look at the music, business, and lifestyle of the band from 64 though 90.
