You Can't Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates

Cutler, Sam

ISBN 10: 1741666090 / ISBN 13: 9781741666090

Published by William Heinemann, North Sydney, NSW, 2008

About this Item

Soft cover, first edition, 434g, 295pgs. Biography of Sam Cutler, tour manager for the Rolling Stones at some of their major gigs in the late sixties, going on to manage tours for the Grateful Dead, and drawing intimate portraits of other stars of the music industry in the sixties and seventies. Book is in good condition with mild general wearand tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Photo featured is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title your looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!! 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # ENTMUS18

Bibliographic Details

Title: You Can't Always Get What You Want: My Life ...

Publisher: William Heinemann, North Sydney, NSW

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Sam Cutler was your manager for the Rolling Stones at some if their major gigs in the late 60s. Cutler has now decided it's time to put to rest the myths and legends that have grown up around an infamous event in rock history - the Stones concert in which a Hell's Angel was murdered in front of the stage while the band played on. Also included in this account is Cutler's life managing the Grateful Dead and includes portraits of other stars of the 60s and 70s including Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton. An exhilarating, access-all-areas rock'n'roll ride.

Review:

"A riveting rock read." "--Sun-Herald"

"Thoroughly impossible to put down." --"ABORT MAGAZINE"

"[Cutler] writes with great insight and with humor about the antics of the legendary musicians he looked after and having to deal with riot police, groupies, drug dealers, mobsters and promoters, as well as friendships with rock legends like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and former Pink Floyd frontman, Syd Barrett." --Bookviews by Alan Caruba (blog)

"A fascinating historical snapshot not only on the life and heady times of the Stones, the Dead and Altamont, but of the Sixties themselves. As such, it is not to be missed." --blogcritics.org

"[Cutler's] memoir of his time with first the Stones and then the Grateful Dad brings to life hippie-era delights (lots of acid) and an encroaching darkness . . . he unleashes one killer road tale after another." --"Rolling Stone"

"Effortlessly readable, packed with entertaining, sleazy, behind-the-scenes tales." --"Portland Mercury"

"Entertaining, eye-opening memoir . . . the book hits a particularly colourful stride with the Stones' arrival in LA to finish "Let It Bleed" and rehearse for the dates ahead." --"Uncut Magazine" (U.K.)

"A quintessential addition to any die-hard rock and roll fan's bookcase." --Daily Vanguard Online