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Informationen zum Autor Bill Janovitz is a singer! guitarist! and songwriter in the band Buffalo Tom. He's also released three solo albums. He wrote Exile on Main Street about the iconic Stones album in the critically acclaimed 33 1/3 series. He has written extensively for the All Music Guide online site and has also contributed to BostonMagazine.com! the Boston Phoenix! and Post Road magazine. He lives in Massachusetts with his family. Klappentext On the occasion of their fiftieth anniversary! ROCKS OFF presents the story of the Rolling Stones as told through fifty of their most representative songs. All artists reveal themselves through their work and the Rolling Stones are no different: each song exposes a little more of their soul. ROCKS OFF promises to reveal that soul by deconstructing their best tunes from their incredible fifty years of record making. Written by Stones fanatic Bill Janovitz! this is a song-by-song chronicle that maps the landmarks of the band's career while expanding upon their recording and personal history through insightful and energetic prose. "By focusing intently on individual songs, Bill Janovitz has written a stealth history of the Stones, tracking their personal lives and complicated relationships, illuminating the many phases of their artistic evolution, and making a strong case for their enduring cultural influence. "Rocks Off "is a smart, informative, and highly entertaining look at the Stones' monumental body of work, written by a veteran musician who also happens to be a discerning critic and a diehard fan." --Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of "Little Children" and "The Leftovers""When it comes to what the Stones are doing on a particular track, as well as why they are doing it, Bill Janovitz gets right to the heart of the matter in "Rocks Off: 50 Tracks that Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones". A must read for all those who share his unbridled passion for the band and their music." --Robert Greenfield, author of "Exile On Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones" and "S.T.P.: A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones""Seasoned rock musician Bill Janovitz, co-founder of Buffalo Tom, evokes the gritty brilliance of the Rolling Stones in exactly the right way--by digging deep into their music. The 50 essays, each describing a key song in the band's 50 year career, weave Janovitz's fastidious research with his passion for music to make the Stones come alive on the page. By the time he's done Janovitz proves that the Stones catalogue isn't only rock 'n' roll, it's five decades of cultural history set in rhythm, blues and serious bad-assery." --Peter Ames Carlin, bestselling author of "Bruce" ...
