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Book Synopsis
Recorded during the blazing hot summer of 1971 at Villa Nellcôte, Keith Richards's seaside mansion in southern France, Exile on Main Street has been hailed as one of the greatest rock records of all time. Yet its improbable creation was difficult, torturous...and at times nothing short of dangerous. In self-imposed exile, the Stones-along with wives, girlfriends, and an unrivaled crew of hangers-on-spent their days smoking, snorting, and drinking whatever they could get their hands on, while at night, Villa Nellcôte's basement studio became the crucible in which creative strife, outsized egos, and all the usual byproducts of the Stones' legendary hedonistic excess fused into something potent, volatile, and enduring. Here, for the first time, is the season in hell that produced Exile on Main Street.
Trade Review
"The sense of chaos and evil that surrounded the recording of "Exile on Main Street" is palpable in Greenfield's thrillingly immediate... prose." New York Times Book Review "Anyone who thinks heroin enhances musical performance should read Exile on Main Street, Robert Greenfield's fly-on-the-syringe account." New York Daily News"
