The Rolling Stones: An Oral History

Tamara Jones is a former production operations supervisor in the
Entertainment Department of Paramount Canada’s Wonderland.

Beginning with the band’s strong roots in the blues, this book
presents the history of the Rolling Stones through a collection of
transcribed interviews.

Oral history may feel authentic, but it is also subject to the agendas
of those who are speaking. Along with the band members, more than 20
other contributors—friends, fellow musicians, business associates,
press, and management—help paint a vivid picture of the Stones’
famous and infamous deeds while providing valuable insight into each
band member, the group’s musical influences and legacy versus that of
The Beatles, the Zeitgeist of the 1960s, and the business of
entertainment. The different interpretations of the contributors and the
shifting perspectives of the individual Stones over a career spanning
more than four decades make for fascinating reading.