Book Review

Exile on Main Street (2006)

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Writer: Robert Greenfield; Genre: Nonfiction; Publisher: Da Capo Press

A debauchery-drenched account of the recording of the Rolling Stones' 1972 LP. The highlight Drug-addled visitor Gram Parsons is told that the reason he can't hear anything through his headphones is because he's actually holding a guitar pedal to his ear. Worth the $24? Yes, if you're more interested in sexual and narcotic misdeeds than recording info. B-

Originally posted Dec 01, 2006 Published in issue #910 Dec 08, 2006 Order article reprints

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