The Charlie Watts Auction – Gifts from Mick & Keith on the Block

Rolling Stones fans will be thrilled by a fascinating subset of items in the upcoming Charlie Watts auction of books and jazz ephemera at Christie’s. Among the 475 lots are eight that were gifts from the late drummer’s bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

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Bite-sized Bob: Dylan shares 66 of his favorite songs

THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG
By Bob Dylan
Simon & Schuster, $45 list; or $22.50 at Target and on Amazon at review date.

The new Bob Dylan book looks great and smells better.

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John Lennon: As remembered by Steven Tyler, Jimmy Iovine, Jann Wenner

In December 2005, my boss asked me to write a story on the upcoming 25th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. I protested, as I always did when given an assignment, arguing that it was not news, that every day is a rock ‘n’ roll anniversary, and everything that can be said about Lennon has already been said a million different times.

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