Stone Alone: Caught Between Growing Children and Aging Parents, (Paperback)

from J.v.d.A.

At times this interminable book seems to be little more than a self-indulgent discussion of how many birds Wyman was able to screw in between playing in the band. Some of the rest of it is interesting, but the book goes on far far too long.

from ehines

The Stones were my favorite band when I was just getting into music, so the subject matter is of interest to me, and this does seem to be a fairly honestly and fully told story. But Wyman could have used some more active help from his co-writer. Too many lists, too much repetition, not enough ref...

from simon_carr

Over long and perhaps overly detailed in mundane matters, nevertheless this is mostly interesting. Bizarrely, despite the length, the book ends in 1969, thereby missing probably the most interesting period of stones history, namely their sojourn as tax exiles in the south of France.

from secordman

Wyman delves deep into the early era of the Rolling Stones, with a sometimes overwhelming detail. Since Wyman was older than the other Stones, he provides a lot of insight into the rationing of post-war Britain and his own military training which was still compulsory in the 1950's. Bill Wyman's b...