Rare DS, one page, 8 x 10, October 21, 1969. Document submitted to Mr. Stanley Booth of Memphis, Tennessee. In full: “This letter assures you of the Rolling Stones’ full and exclusive cooperation in putting together a book about the Stones for publication.” Boldly signed at the conclusion in black felt tip by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, and Mick Taylor. In fine condition. Brian Jones's increasingly erratic behavior caused him to be released from the band in June 1969, and he was found dead in his swimming pool less than a month later. At the suggestion of John Mayall, the Rolling Stones took on Mick Taylor as a replacement. Taylor only stayed with the band through 1974, due in part to a dispute over songwriting credits on the album It's Only Rock 'n Roll. Fully signed material from this era immediately following Jones’s removal and tragic death is rare. The recipient, Stanley Booth, was an up-and-coming music journalist who managed to attach himself to the Stones' infamous 1969 American tour, living and traveling with them across the country. Keith Richards called Booth the band’s ‘writer-in-residence,’ and the book spurred by this document ended up taking 15 years to complete before being released in 1984 under the title Dance with the Devil: The Rolling Stones and Their Times, now considered a classic of music journalism and one of the most accurate accounts of the Stones during their heyday. A truly marvelous piece of rock and roll history. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.
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