The Rolling Stones: 45 Years of Kick-Ass

"Ladies & Gentlemen, the ROLLING STONES." We have been hearing that, most of us for over half our lives, since the early 1960's. For a time, when i was young, dumb, and rebellious, during the seven year reign of the Beatles, whom we thought would go on forever, we used to jokingly say, "If you have one Rolling Stones record, you have them all." No one ever thought that 60's rock bands would be resurrected and would tour with never less than one surviving band member way up into the new century. And then you have the Rolling Stones, the most successful rock and roll band in history. I just finished viewing Martin Scorsese's SHINE A LIGHT, his documentary on the Stones done last year, and released in IMAX theaters. Scorsese captured the energy, the humanity, the fun the group still has after all these years. One forgets that Mick Jagger can do more than sing off key and wiggle his ass. He plays a mean blues harp, and actually is not a bad guitar player either, doing a slide guitar number that holds up well. Coming off the intensity and drive the film exerts, I could not get the band out of my mind. So here is a pictorial of 100 shots to let you in on some of my Stoned mania. No band will ever match their longevity, their energy, and hell, they are still out there doing it. Enjoy.

Glenn