{"product_id":"book-bssm","title":"The Sun \u0026 The Moon \u0026 The Rolling Stones","description":"\u003cb\u003eA panoramic narrative history that will give readers a new understanding of the Rolling Stones, viewed through the impassioned and opinionated lens of the \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e contributor\u003cb\u003e—and co-creator of HBO’s \u003ci\u003eVinyl\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ewho was along for the ride as a young reporter on the road with the band in the 1990s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rich Cohen enters the Stones epic as a young journalist on the road with the band and quickly falls under their sway—privy to the jokes, the camaraderie, the bitchiness, the hard living. Inspired by a lifelong appreciation of the music that borders on obsession, Cohen’s chronicle of the band is informed by the rigorous views of a kid who grew up on the music and for whom the Stones will always be the greatest rock ’n’ roll band of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story begins at the beginning: the fateful meeting of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on a train platform in 1961—and goes on to span decades, with a focus on the golden run—from the albums \u003ci\u003eBeggars Banquet\u003c\/i\u003e (1968) to \u003ci\u003eExile on\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMain Street\u003c\/i\u003e (1972)—when the Stones were prolific and innovative and at the height of their powers. Cohen is equally as good on the low points as the highs, and he puts his finger on the moments that not only defined the Stones as gifted musicians schooled in the blues and arguably the most innovative songwriters of their generation, but as the avatars of so much in our modern culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the end, though, after the drugs and the girlfriends and the rows, there is the music. \u003ci\u003eThe Sun \u0026amp; The Moon \u0026amp; The Rolling Stones\u003c\/i\u003e makes you want to listen to every song in your library anew and search out the obscure gems that you’ve yet to hear. The music, together with Cohen’s fresh and galvanizing consideration of the band, will define, once and forever, why the Stones will always matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Sun \u0026amp; The Moon \u0026amp; The Rolling Stones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fabulous . . . The research is meticulous. . . . Cohen’s own interviews even yield some new Stones lore.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Cohen] can catch the way a record can seem to remake the world [and] how songs make a world you can’t escape.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “No one can tell this story, wringing new life even from the leathery faces of mummies like the Rolling Stones, like Rich Cohen. . . . The book beautifully details the very meaning of rock ’n’ roll.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Masterful . . . Hundreds of books have been written about this particular band and [Cohen’s] will rank among the very best of the bunch.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Cohen, who has shown time and time again he can take any history lesson and make it personal and interesting . . . somehow tells the [Stones’] story in a whole different way. This might be the best music book of 2016.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMen’s Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Cohen’s] account of the band’s rise from ‘footloose’ kids to ‘old, clean, prosperous’ stars is, like the Stones, irresistible.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “You will, as with the best music bios, want to follow along on vinyl.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A fresh take on dusty topics like Altamont and the Stones’ relationship with the Beatles . . . Cohen takes pilgrimages to places like Nellcôte, the French mansion where the Stones made \u003ci\u003eExile on Main Street, \u003c\/i\u003eand recounts fascinating moments from his time on tour.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “On the short list of worthwhile books about the Stones . . . The book is stuffed with insights.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49335271686448,"sku":"BDbssm","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49335271784752,"sku":"40bssm","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/220901-bssm-Square.jpg?v=1733924535","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bssm","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}