You Cant Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and other wonderful Reprobates

ISBN: 155022932X

Author: Cutler, Sam

Condition: New

A straight-dope, tell-all account of touring with two of the worlds greatest bands of the 60s and 70s - A fast-moving narrative of rock-n-roll excess. (Publishers Weekly)Sam draws intimate portraits of other stars of the psychedelic circus that was the music industry in the sixties and seventies, including Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, the Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, and Eric ClaptonIn this all-access memoir of the psychedelic era, Sam Cutler recounts his life as a tour manager for the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead - whom he calls the yin and yang of bands. After working with the Rolling Stones at their historic Hyde Park concert in 1969, Sam managed their American tour later that year, when he famously dubbed them The Greatest Rock Band in the World. And he was caught in the middle as their triumph took a tragic turn during a free concert at the Altamont Speedway in California, where a man in the crowd was killed by the Hells Angels.After that, Sam took up with the fun-loving Grateful Dead, managing their tours and finances, and taking part in their endless hijinks on the road. With intimate portraits of other stars of the time - including Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Band, the Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, and Eric Clapton - this memoir is a treasure trove of insights and anecdotes that bring some of rocks greatest legends to life.