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Editorial Review:
A biography of the Rolling Stones.
Up and Down With the Rolling Stones Reviews:
Up and down with the Rolling Stones 
2009-02-12 - I purchased this book as a gift for someone. It was rather difficult to find, since it is out of print. I was happy with all phases of the transaction.
Sad
2008-03-30 - Even though Mick Jagger is on the cover of my copy, Mick barely appears. This is really the story of Tony hanging and taking drugs with Keith Richards. There are some fun stories up front, including little anecdotes about Lennon/McCartney, and Marianne Faithfull. Then it gets sad and boring. (Like many addicts, their days are spent basically figuring out how to score another bag, with little real texture or variety to their experiences.) Then it gets more sad. The picture of Keith and Anita painted is of a typical couple of junkies; in fact, they may be a little meaner than some junkies. So in that sense it's not simply disillusioning to read, but rather painfully so. But it's an interesting, sobering book.
Excellent Read 
2008-02-28 - Being a Stones fan from way back I read this book when it first came out. I'll only say this. Some or all of this book may be embellished or downright false, but it is a great read and if it isn't mostly true, I'd be a bit disappointed! Loved it!
MOST FUN STONES BOOK
2007-06-08 - IF YOU LIKE EXCITEMENT- SEX- DRUGS-INTRIGUE AND OH YEAH- ROCK AND ROLL- THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. I DONT KNOW HOW TRUE IT IS BUT IT SURE IS WILD!!!!
An engaging, believable read
2007-05-31 - I used to own the out-of-print paperback edition of this book. I foolishly gave it away.
Sanchez begins with his life as a young, aspiring underworld figure, emulating an older, already established relative. He worked in a casino, and also began to take up photography. (Sanchez writes that he photographed the first Moody Blues album cover.) An acquaintance, London art dealer Robert Fraser, was deeply in debt to another casino run by an underworld boss, and dramatically confided his problem to Sanchez. Sanchez nervily approached the creditor casino boss, to keep Fraser out of harm's way. Then--aware that the competing casino where he worked subtly rigged gaming against its own customers--Sanchez arranged for Fraser to win the money needed to pay off the debt. Fraser was grateful and so introduced "Spanish Tony" to his new, up-and-coming, hip young friends, the Rolling Stones.
Spanish Tony's common bond with Jones and Richards was his access to, and penchant for, hard drugs and he became a heroin addict.
This book mostly concentrates on Sanchez' close access to Jagger, Richards, and Jones, as well as Stones' exes Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull, and Bianca, between the years 1966-73, which was the peak of the Stones' artistic success. Watts, Wyman, and Mick Taylor are hardly discussed, and they get just a few pages of text.
Sanchez acknowledges the shallowness of his friendship with and access to the Stones as being based on his connections and ability to discreetly obtain large quantities of drugs in England and the south of France. He was Keith Richards' (who spent the most on drugs) liaison to the underworld. Sanchez severed his relationship with the Stones and went into rehab. There can be no question of Sanchez' close relationship with three of the Stones, from the unique candid photos he publishes here.
Anyone who wasn't present for the events which shaped the book can't know for sure, but to a fan of insider celebrity bios, this book is presented with sufficient insight and clarity to convince that it is principally a true story.
