The Rolling Stones Biography
Lyrics and Acoustic Tutorials

On this page you'll find the Rolling Stones biography in a condensed version along with several resources to help you play some of the Rolling Stones hits on the acoustic guitar. I'll be adding additional acoustic covers and expanding on more of the Rolling Stones lyrics over time.

As their official website proclaims, Rolling Stones concerts have probably been seen by more people wordlwide than any other band in the history of rock and roll.

And you can bet when the next Rolling Stones tour is announced, and Rolling Stones tickets go on sale, they will be a sold out in a heartbeat.

There was a rumour in late 2009 that a 2010 Rolling Stones concert tour was in the making, but in early 2010 that rumor was put to bed.



Instead, a remaster of their 10th album, Exile On Main Street from 1972, was released in May 2010 after new vocals, songs and guitar tracks were added. It peaked at #1 in the UK.

The reviews on the new releases were very favorable. If you go to Exile On Main Street (2010 Re-Mastered) here at Amazon you'll be able to read more than 400 - 5 star reviews on this new release. The audio quality of the 18 featured tracks blew people away.


The history of the Rolling Stones is a long story ... but briefly, the group was formed way back in 1962 ... when Keith Richards and Mick Jagger joined two fellow musicians Brian Jones and Ian Stewart. How well do you know the Rolling Stones history? Check out the Rolling Stones trivia page.

Bill Wyman played bass guitar and Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts rounded out the 5 piece. As time went on, Jagger and Richards became the band leaders and as people left, they and Charlie Watts were joined by Ronnie Wood in 1974.

The bands name came from a song by Muddy Waters called Rolling Stone. When The Stones played their first gig outside of their local London area, they shared equal billing with a band called The Hollies .. (you may have heard of them?).

Since then of course The Stones have sold several hundred million albums, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1989, and have been the longest group to stay together in the history of Rock and Roll.

The band made an appearance in 1964 on The Dean Martin Show, but their long hair hippie image was not something that Dean Martins audience embraced. Coupled with the fact there was no such thing as the Rolling Stones greatest hits yet, made for a tough tour to say the least.

But later in 1964 the band made it onto the Ed Sullivan Show and caused quit a stir as the younger generation were excited. BTW, the bands first International hit was "Satisfaction" back in Jun 1965.

In 1969 the members of the Rolling Stones became known as the greatest rock and roll band in the world ... and to this day, not a truer label could be given to this group. The longevity of more than 40 years is remarkable considering all of the changes in music thru the decades .. but The Rolling Stones hits just kept coming.

Many books and DVDs have been produced over the years to capture what the Rolling Stones biography impact has had on music and culture. Many youll find available within this leg of the website.

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