This page is dedicated to one of my favorite bands ... the Rolling Stones.
Has long as I have been around this group has provided me with a wealth of great blues based music and continues to do so today.
Hope you enjoy your stay
THE FINE PRINT
This page was started on MAY 10, 2011
Who Breaks A Butterfly On A Wheel
It began on a quiet Sunday in February when Redlands, the Sussex country home of Stone’s guitarist Keith Richards was raided by a force of twenty police officers. Richards was hosting a weekend party attended by Mick Jagger the Stone’s singer, a couple of the Beatles and other friends and notables of swinging London.
Jagger and Richards were convicted and sentenced to prison for three and twelve months.
The
sentences drew a storm of protest and support. Fans held a candlelit
vigil in Piccadilly Circus, In New York, fans mounted angry pickets
outside the British Consulate. Support also came from an unlikely source
- The London Times – a bastion of the establishment. The Times devoted a
leader to the case. Penned by its conservative editor, William
Rees-Mogg, headlined, "Who Breaks A Butterfly On A Wheel?" it questioned
the severity of the punishment.
The appeal against the sentences
was brought forward, and heard by Britain's Lord Chief Justice who
overturned Richards's conviction and reduced Jagger’s sentence to a
conditional discharge. The case represented a sea-change in the culture
in Britain.
Rolling Stones - Cocksucker Blues (unreleased documentary)
In commemoration of the statements stated in the FINE PRINT I would like to open this page with the full film COCKSUCKER BLUES. For years I had not seen this myself ... until my good friend Nick (Memphis - stagehand ) hipped me to it about 4 AM in the morning onna a late Memphis nite after much bar hoppin and so forth. Here it is (albeit in many parts due to the YOUTUBE version) ... but none the less here is one of the most underground rock n roll films for the ever !
The film was shot cinéma vérité, with several cameras with plenty of film left lying around for anyone in the entourage to pick up and start shooting. This allowed the film's audience to witness backstage parties, drug use, roadie antics, fey artists and the Stones with their defenses down.
The resulting movie was at once so dreamy and harsh -- crowded with scenes of the Stones nodding out, roadies balling groupies, and assorted tour hangers-on shooting up -- that the band refused to permit its release. Eventually Frank secured right to screen it once a year, but it has only appeared on video in bootleg form.
Still ...more fine print
The film itself is under a court order which forbids it from being shown unless director Robert Frank is physically present. This ruling stems from the conflict that arose when the band, who had
commissioned the film, decided that its content was inappropriate and
potentially embarrassing, and didn't want it shown.
Frank felt otherwise
— hence the ruling.
Click the pic below ta watch "GIMME SHELTER"
In December of 1969, four months after Woodstock, the
Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane gave a free concert in Northern
California, east of Oakland at Altamont Speedway. About 300,000 people
came, and the organizers put Hell's Angels in charge of security around
the stage. Armed with pool cues and knifes, Angels spent the concert
beating up spectators, killing at least one. The film intercuts
performances, violence, Grace Slick and Mick Jagger's attempts to cool
things down, close-ups of young listeners (dancing, drugged, or
suffering Angel shock), and a look at the Stones later as they watch
concert footage and reflect on what happened.
John the Conqueror Root |
|
$ 7.77 USD |
|
SHIPPING FREE in The United States
John the Conqueror, also known as High John the Conqueror, John de Conquer, and many other folk variants, is a folk hero from African-American folklore. He is associated with a certain root, the John the Conquer root, or John the Conqueroo, to which magical powers are ascribed in American folklore, especially among the hoodoo tradition of folk magic. It's also known, that the seeds of plants belonging to the genus impomea contain a LSD-like psychedelic substance (Ergine). The magic of John the Conqueroo became known beyond the circle of African American hoodoo practitioners by being mentioned in a number of well known blues lyrics. John the Conqueror was reputedly a real person – an African prince who was sold as a slave in the USA. Although enslaved, his spirit was never broken. One of the most famous – and most powerful – roots in voodoo conjure is John the Conqueror root. It was mentioned in many famous blues songs by artists like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, all of whom were no strangers to “conjure,” as folk magic was often called in the American South during the early decades or the twentieth century and before.
E-MAIL FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS Nos4ra267@yahoo.com |
Rare and Collectibles and more ...
If you are looking for a specific item and don't see it on my site email me !
I am affiliated with several other buyers and have had a very good track record locating hard to find stuff !