A review by johndiconsiglio
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan

3.0

Jann Wenner can't get no satisfaction from this long but brisk Rolling Stone history. Although he handpicked the author, he was apparently enraged by the 50-year chronicle of turned-on, tuned-in, dropped-out stoners becoming billionaire powerbrokers. (Wenner here is more hustling star you-know-what’er than hippie.) Warts-&-all reporting, from Altamont to UVA. You read a book like this for the gossip, especially with a cast like John, Mick, Hunter S. Thompson & Annie Leibovitz. (Boz Skaggs anecdotes won’t cut it.) Lotsa cocaine & bed-swapping. Really, what did Wenner expect? I know it’s only rock 'n roll but I like it.