Like a Rolling Stone, Jann S. Wenner
Like a Rolling Stone, Jann S. Wenner
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Like a Rolling Stone
A Memoir

Bestseller

Author: Jann S. Wenner

Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris, Jann S. Wenner

Unabridged: 17 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2022


Synopsis

In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offers a "touchingly honest" and "wonderfully deep" memoir from the beating heart of classic rock and roll (Bruce Springsteen). Jann Wenner has been called by his peers “the greatest editor of his generation.”

His deeply personal memoir vividly describes and brings you inside the music, the politics, and the lifestyle of a generation, an epoch of cultural change that swept America and beyond. The age of rock and roll in an era of consequence, what will be considered one of the great watersheds in modern history. Wenner writes with the clarity of a journalist and an essayist. He takes us into the life and work of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Bono, and Bruce Springsteen, to name a few. He was instrumental in the careers of Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe, and Annie Leibovitz. His journey took him to the Oval Office with his legendary interviews with Bill Clinton and Barak Obama, leaders to whom Rolling Stone gave its historic, full-throated backing. From Jerry Garcia to the Dalai Lama, Aretha Franklin to Greta Thunberg, the people Wenner chose to be seen and heard in the pages of Rolling Stone tried to change American culture, values, and morality.

Like a Rolling Stone is a beautifully written portrait of one man’s life, and the life of his generation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on May 12, 2022

I was just thinning out the bookshelves a bit, and recently saw the Peter Jackson Get Back culling/curating/cleaned-up version of the last performances of the Beatles, and I saw this hardcover version of this book on me shelves, and sat down and read it through, though friend Maria had gifted it to......more

Goodreads review by Julio on July 22, 2023

I'm John fucking Lennon! I'm such a fucking genius it hurst. I can't stand the pain of being the target of businessmen, my former bandmates, the press, and my fucking fans. That's why I went on heroin, to get away from the pain. What do I think of the current music scene? Bullshit. What do I think o......more

Goodreads review by Dan on September 19, 2021

It’s hard to imagine not giving this 5 stars, but it’s also hard to know how to rate this at all. It’s basically a word-for-word transcript of a very long interview with John Lennon - and Yoko Ono - shortly after the breakup of the Beatles, and it covers pretty much everything you’d want it to. Jann......more

Goodreads review by Whitney on May 15, 2013

"Lennon Remembers is classic Lennon. It's not a sit-back-and-put-your-feet-up read... It's a jolt on your nerves like bad, bad espresso. People with weak stomachs should close the window before reading. You might just feel like jumping out." ~ Yoko Ono, from the Foreword I hardly ever read forewords,......more

Goodreads review by James on December 04, 2013

Lennon has been essentially sainted since he got shot. This book is great because it demonstrates what an arrogant asshole he could be. He talks all kinds of shit about Jagger, McCartney, and every other 60s British rock star. Worth a read for Beatles fans and Beatles haters.......more


Quotes

“If you were young, alone and in the far lands of New Jersey, Rolling Stone was a dispatch from the front, carrying news of a bigger world and another life awaiting. Like A Rolling Stone is a touchingly honest memoir from a man who recorded and shaped our times and of a grand life well lived. It is wonderfully deep and rewarding reading. I loved it.”—Bruce Springsteen

“A high-octane story of a visionary editor, a sweeping portrait of a generation. When it comes to readable prose, political instincts, rock ’n roll, unvarnished truth-telling and passion for life itself, Wenner is in a league of his own. This memoir is utterly intoxicating."
 —Douglas Brinkley, Author of Silent Spring Revolution

“Jann Wenner has written a rip-roaring and speedy ride through the excesses, excitements, and tragedies of our generation. Alternately thrilling, bedeviling, and deeply moving, he was the voice, the editor, and the arbiter of all things Rock and Roll. His accomplishments, jaw-dropping experiences, and extraordinary friendships with the most accomplished artists and journalists of his day are unparalleled reading.”
 —Bette Midler

“The planet got much hipper right around the time Jann Wenner arrived on it. It feels like every significant wave that’s broken over the surface of the world I have lived in, Jann has been there to bear witness and often to catalyze. In memoir as in life, Wenner lets his serious and his silly get the better of him. And we, his readers—for nearly half the century—get the best of him in these pages. I had a lot of fun getting lost in him and no interest in being found.”—Bono