1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. 2 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 2: The stories about the Rolling Stones time in exile on 3 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: the French Riviera are insane. Gunfights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping, threats, 4 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 2: and much much more. All went down in and around 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 2: the walls of Pillonellcott, the massive mansion and converted makeshift 6 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: recording studio rented by Stones guitarist Keith Richards during the 7 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: spring and summer of nineteen seventy one. Having been chased 8 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 2: out of the UK by over aggressive tax men, the 9 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 2: Rolling Stones were in effect outlaws, a title that suited 10 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 2: them just fine. They were also broke and desperate to 11 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: create new music to help relieve their ruinous financial burden 12 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 2: at a time when Keith Richards decided to take on 13 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: a series heroin addiction and singer Mick Jagger decided to 14 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: get married and start a family, while the rest of 15 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: the band hung on for dear life. Through it all, 16 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 2: they made great music, possibly the greatest rock and roll 17 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 2: music ever made. That music I played for you at 18 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 2: the top of the show. That wasn't great music. That 19 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: was a preset loop from my melotron called Stoned Mellow 20 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 2: Games BK two. I played you that loop because I 21 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 2: can't afford the rights to Joy to the World by 22 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: three Dog Night, And why would I play you that 23 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 2: specific slice of junkie cheese? Could I afford it? Because 24 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: that was the number one song in America on April fifth, 25 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: nineteen seventy one, and that was the day that Keith 26 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 2: Richards escaped Britain for Villainellcot on the coast of France 27 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: to begin the recording of what would become The Rolling 28 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: Stones masterpiece, Exile on Main Street. On this episode, stoned games, 29 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: junkie cheese, debauchery, desperation from the Rolling Stone. In Exile, 30 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: I'm Jake Brennan and this is disgrace. Keith Richards had 31 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: a lot on his mind, which was saying something. For 32 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 2: a man who was the rock and roll equivalent of 33 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 2: a great white shark, the most dangerous animal in the 34 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: ocean that basically has two thoughts, kill and eat. Similarly, 35 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 2: the guitar player for the most dangerous band on the planet, 36 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 2: The Rolling Stones, spent his days with basically only two 37 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 2: thoughts of his own rock and roll, mainly roll. He 38 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: left most of the rock part to Mick Jagger, his singer, 39 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: a man who woke up every day with a precise 40 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: list of things to accomplish to propel his band and 41 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: his career forward to satisfy his desires. Their partnership was 42 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 2: more complimentary than any other in this still young genre. 43 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: Mick was sex, Keith was drugs, and together they were 44 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: rock and roll. Unlike Mick, Keith rolled out of bed 45 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: and moved through his days to the natural rhythms of 46 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: the world around him. His main priority was always playing guitar, 47 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 2: making music, writing songs, but not in the formal I'm 48 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 2: gonna sit down and write a song about X that 49 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: has a rhythm like why it moves to the bridge, 50 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 2: that sounds like ze and is perfectly calibrated for pop 51 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 2: superstar success sort of way. For Keith, it was all 52 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: about feel vibe, a perpetual dance with the muse, and 53 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 2: that meant Keith took his acoustic guitar with him everywhere 54 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: and playing it took priority or everything. He slept with it, 55 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 2: and he fell asleep playing it in the middle of 56 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 2: recording session takes. So this band sitting around dumbfounded, helpless 57 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: to do anything but wait until their guitar player and 58 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: songwriter awoke, hopefully still bound to his muse, So with 59 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: his Gibson Acoustic he roamed the halls of Nellcott, the 60 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 2: big mansion he was renting for twenty four hundred dollars 61 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: a week on the French Riviera, the former Gestapo headquarters 62 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: with a swastika engraved heating vents and complex maze of 63 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 2: basement rooms believed to have once been a Nazi torture 64 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: chamber during Germany's occupation of France, pausing to sit and 65 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 2: storm away until he found the right feel, and then 66 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 2: maybe that feel would grow into a rift, and that 67 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 2: riff might evolve into a chord progression. And if it 68 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 2: still felt right, then Keith, if he could remember, might 69 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 2: play that chord progression for his bandmates. And if the 70 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: gods were smiling, and if the tape was rolling, and 71 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 2: if the guitars weren't pushed out of tune by the 72 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 2: Mediterranean humidity in the dank basement DIY studio at Nellcott 73 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: with electrical wiring that was fifty to fifty at best, 74 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,239 Speaker 2: if it didn't blow, and if the producer, Jimmy Miller, 75 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 2: didn't blow too many drugs and fuck up the take, 76 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: and if the twenty year old engineer Andy Johns remembered 77 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 2: to hit record inside of the mobile courting truck parked 78 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 2: out back. And if Bill Wyman, the bass player, was 79 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 2: paying attention, and if Charlie Watts the drummer, hadn't lost interest, 80 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,239 Speaker 2: and if the kids slide player Mick Taylor wasn't scared 81 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 2: into inaction, and if and this was the biggest if 82 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: of all, if his pain in the ass singer Mick 83 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 2: Jagger deigned to show up for the session, then maybe, 84 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 2: just maybe Keith's original inspiration would find itself turned into 85 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 2: a song. A hell of a lot of ifs for 86 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 2: a band that desperately needed to complete an album in 87 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 2: order to escape the financial ruin they had landed in 88 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: thanks to their own disinterest in shady accounting of former managers, 89 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 2: the pseudos Bengali Andrew log Oldham and the cunning and 90 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 2: powerful Alan Klein, now along with the band, all suing 91 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 2: each other, making matters worse. As of nineteen seventy one, 92 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: each member of The Stones owed the British government more 93 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: than one hundred thousand pounds in back taxes. And if 94 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 2: that weren't bad enough, because of their success and their 95 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 2: earning power as taxpayers, they were in the top UK 96 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 2: tax bracket, meaning that out of every dollar they made 97 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: they had a fork over ninety three percent of it 98 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 2: ninety three percent. During their rocket ship ascent to the 99 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 2: top of the charts with bank busting record and concert sales, 100 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 2: the band had spent nearly all of their money maintaining 101 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 2: their overhead and indulgent lifestyle English country homes to live 102 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 2: in in skyrocketing legal fees to keep them out of 103 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 2: prison due to their various drug busts. The situation was 104 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 2: dire and the Rolling Stones were desperate and there was 105 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 2: simply no money left to pay the taxman, and with 106 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 2: the tax rate being so prohibitive, the Rolling Stones were 107 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 2: actually too rich to grow out and make any more money. 108 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: The only possible way to make money to pay their 109 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: bills was to flee their home country for somewhere friendlier 110 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: to enterprising, decadent millionaires, and to then remake their fortunes 111 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 2: as the most famous fugitives on the planet tax exiles. 112 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: There was a tremendous amount of pressure, and the band's 113 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: financial burden troubled Mick Jagger the most. A new record 114 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 2: was Keith. Without it, they couldn't tour the States and 115 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 2: that's where the real money was. So no record, no bread, 116 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: and the band would cease to exist. And Mick couldn't 117 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: make a record without Keith. He needed him, and Keith, 118 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: whether he knew it or not or whatever, acknowledge it 119 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 2: even to himself, needed Mick. But the problem was that 120 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 2: in the spring and summer of nineteen seventy one, Keith 121 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: Richards was in no mood for Mick Jagger, a man who, 122 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: throughout all of the madness of the band's nine year existence, 123 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: Keith had thought of as a brother, a man who 124 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 2: he had more in common with musically despite their many 125 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: personal differences, than anyone he had ever met. A man 126 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: Keith loved Mick Jagger, a man who had not too 127 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: long ago and not too secretly carried on a torred 128 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 2: affair with Anita Pallenberg, the love of Keith's life and 129 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 2: mother of his son. So forget whatever pressure Mick was 130 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 2: feeling or whatever desperation was in the air. Keith Richards 131 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 2: could give a fuck, and not giving a fuck was 132 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 2: Keith's natural state. Who the fuck is mc jagger? So 133 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 2: it was easy icing out Mick. Icing out Anita was 134 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 2: a different story, try as he may focusing on music 135 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 2: was becoming more and more difficult. Mick Anita, the Stones, problems, 136 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: his celebrity, thoughts of all of it began seeping into 137 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: Keith's mind, and a new feeling, something approaching stress reared 138 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 2: its beastly head. So Keith turned with more frequency to Heroin, 139 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 2: and with a hit of smack, Keith could block everything 140 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 2: out and focus solely on his true love, his guitar. 141 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 2: But Anita wouldn't quit, wouldn't quit talking in that she 142 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 2: yet fascist Italian German accent, and she wouldn't quit fucking 143 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 2: around either with whoever micked the various hangers on at Nellcott, 144 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 2: it didn't matter, and she wouldn't quit shooting Heroin. She 145 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 2: was a full blown junkie. King junkie. William S. Burrows 146 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 2: had recommended the facility for her most recent detox, but 147 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 2: it didn't take. Anita escaped to Nellcott, where it seemed 148 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 2: her primary function was to lounge about the house day 149 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 2: night in a leopard print bikini apparently made of dental 150 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 2: floss that, of course reinforced her piercing sexuality and drove 151 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 2: everyone wild. But bikinis were in Anita's main fashion concern 152 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: suspenders were specifically those worn by her favorite drug dealer, Johnny, 153 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 2: who Keith had nicknamed Johnny Brace's because of his suspenders, 154 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 2: and Johnny Braceis was en route to Nellcott to help 155 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 2: sert out Anita in Keith's problem not having a regular 156 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 2: supply of heroin. Anita wouldn't shut up about it, which, 157 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 2: to Keith's estimation, was a minor victory. At least, she 158 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 2: wasn't talking about Bianca Perez Moro Massias, the Nicaraguan beauty 159 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 2: whom Mick had just married in a fever down the 160 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 2: coast in Saint Tropez, an event that still had Anita upset. 161 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 2: For some reason, Anita swore Bianca was a man, and 162 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 2: she let everyone she could know about it, which made sense. 163 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 2: Bianca was a stunning woman, but she looked just like Mick, 164 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 2: so much so that Mick's previous girlfriend, the British starlet 165 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 2: and Stones mused Marrianne Faithful, Anita's best friend who had 166 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 2: once slept with Keith and who was seeing Mick at 167 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: the time Anita was sleeping with Mick while Anita was 168 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 2: seeing Keith, who Anita had left Brian Jones for. But 169 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 2: I digress Mary n faithful had said of Mick marrying 170 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 2: Bianca quote he had finally given in to his narcissism 171 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 2: and married himself. If the reason behind Anita's preoccupation with 172 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 2: Mick's marriage to Bianca ranked Keith, he didn't let it show. 173 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: He was entirely too cool for anything as conventional as jealousy. 174 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 2: But he did continue to ice Mick out, and he 175 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 2: welcomed the dope and became more dependent on it. It 176 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 2: was self medicating and blocked out the blinding sun. Anita Pallenberg, 177 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: who the various Rolling Stones planets all revolved around allowing 178 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 2: Keith to focus on what really mattered music. He'd eventually 179 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 2: let Mike in, and eventually Mick would show up for real. 180 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 2: Until then, there'd be other distractions like guitars, dope, and 181 00:10:53,280 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 2: gunfights with locals, depending on who you asked. The cast 182 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: of characters hanging around Nellcott during the summer of seventy 183 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 2: one while the Rolling Stones set out to make their 184 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: next record were either wildly entertaining or wildly distracting. There 185 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 2: was the aforementioned dealer, Johnny Brace's and Anita the Witch, 186 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 2: another dealer, Spanish Tony Puss, the Heiress Rupert Prince, Michelle 187 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 2: the actress and Madeline the dancer. The American record exec 188 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 2: of Royal Blues and R and B Lineage Marshall Chess, 189 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 2: head of the newly formed Rolling Stones Records, was in 190 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 2: and out. Graham Parsons, cosmic American country singer, fall down 191 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 2: drunk and world class junkie, had made the scene, as 192 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 2: did the impossibly handsome race car driver Tommy Weber, who 193 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 2: it was said, dabbled in a little bit of this 194 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 2: and a little bit of that. Tommy didn't move enough 195 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 2: weight to satisfy Keith's definition of what a dealer was. 196 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: It was instead more of a drug buddy and procurer 197 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 2: of whatever Keith and Anita might need or might need 198 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 2: to go away and right now. After a heavy dinner 199 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 2: around the massive nell Cat dining room table and too 200 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 2: much Cvorsier and Mandricks, a powerful downer that is the 201 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 2: European answer to the American quailud, Keith and Anita needed rest, 202 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 2: so they, along with Spanish Tony, Tommy, Michelle and Madeline, 203 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 2: retreated to Keith's bedroom where they all fell on to 204 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 2: Keith and Anita's massive lou the fourteenth bed. Half of 205 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 2: them promptly passed out Spanish Tony was kept awake by 206 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 2: the sounds of Tommy, the race car driver penetrating the 207 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 2: master of the house's old lady, Anita Pollenberg. In the morning. 208 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 2: When he awoke, Keith Richards was either none the wiser 209 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 2: or simply didn't care. Either way, He had a mission 210 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 2: that day. Nellcott rested on the banks of the French Riviera, 211 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 2: and Keith wanted a boat, a speedboat. He was inspired 212 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 2: by last night's high and knew just what he'd named 213 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 2: new speedy vessel, the Mandres. The French Riviera in the 214 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 2: early to mid twentieth century was the place for the 215 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 2: jet set. It was a playground with a rich history, 216 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 2: where the internationally famous and wealthy aristocrats and celebrities among 217 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 2: them would over indulge themselves their kinks, fetishes, and bad 218 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: behavior away from the prying eyes of the press back 219 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 2: in their respective homelands. Errol Flynn famously brawled with the 220 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 2: local police. Winston Churchill succme willingly, perhaps to the unwanted 221 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 2: seduction of a local socialite. The Hemingways and Fitzgerald summered there, 222 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 2: getting up to god knows what sorts of madness The 223 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: French Riviera, located between Monaco and Marseilles on the southeastern 224 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 2: coast of France, was positioned perfectly for the drug trade, 225 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 2: all manner of refraft dealers, hustler's, pimps, prostitutes continent. They 226 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 2: all washed up onto the shores near Niece, where Nelkov was. 227 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 2: The English playwright Somerset mom famously dubbed the French Riviera 228 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 2: a sunny place for shady people, which suited Keith Richards perfectly. 229 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 2: The sun was blinding. The speedboat he was interested in 230 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 2: purchasing was just up ahead, docked in the harbor. The 231 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 2: beach roads became increasingly small. As he his two year 232 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 2: old son Marlin in Spanish Tony approached in Keith's Jaguar 233 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 2: x ke, the road narrowed even further, and then, incredibly, 234 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 2: another Jaguar helm by two locals attempted to squeeze by 235 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 2: Keith's car, ripping a violent sounding scratch along the side 236 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 2: of his brand new jack. Keith immediately incense started screaming 237 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 2: out of his window at the couple in the other car, 238 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 2: What do you think you're fucking well doing. I'll smash 239 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 2: your fucking heads in, And he meant it in an instant. 240 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 2: As both cars stopped to assess the damage, Keith bounded 241 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 2: out of the driver's side, brandishing his massive German hunting knife, 242 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 2: the one he kept on him in a leather satchel 243 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 2: whenever he left the house. You stupid, fucking idiot, Keith screamed, 244 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 2: while rushing toward the driver and the jag that had 245 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 2: hit him. Just then, a mountain of a man, the 246 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 2: harbor Master, seeing what was all about to go down, 247 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 2: vaulted from his office and quickly interjected himself. Keith swung 248 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 2: at him, connecting his massive scull ring directly with the 249 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: Harbormaster's cheekbone, which quickly began dripping blood. The harbor Master 250 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 2: shocked unloaded with a heavy right handed punch to the 251 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 2: side of Keith's head, and Keith quickly crumpled. The Spanish 252 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: Tony took a swing at the harbor Master. It landed 253 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 2: weak and the harbor Master was unfazed, and the petrified 254 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 2: couple in the other car took the escalating melee as 255 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 2: their queue to beat a quick retreat to safety. Inside 256 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 2: of the Harbormaster's office, Keith pulled himself to his feet 257 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 2: and over into his car and emerged with a thirty 258 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 2: eight pistol. He pointed straight into the face of the 259 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 2: harbor Master, who was quick to pull his own gun, 260 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 2: and the two were now squared off silence. But for 261 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 2: the gentle sounds of the harbor. The melee had turned 262 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 2: into a standoff. A seaside spaghetti western on the banks 263 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 2: of the French Riviera, two pistols pointed straight at each other, 264 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 2: gripped tight by their alpha owners, the harbormaster and the 265 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 2: rock and roll pirate, neither intent on giving an inch. Then, 266 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 2: in a moment of what can only be described as 267 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 2: pure genius, Spanish tony, knowing full well the stubborn fuck 268 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 2: all constitution of Keith Richards, dove at his friend and 269 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 2: in a flash, ripped the pistol from his hand and 270 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 2: chucked it into the harbor, in effect diffusing the situation. 271 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 2: The two of them quickly gathered Marlin and made their 272 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 2: way back to Nellcott. Once safely ensconced back at his 273 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 2: rented mansion, Keith held court, detailing his latest adventure to 274 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 2: the various jokers and De Bosch's royalty surrounding him. Graham 275 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 2: Parsons was mesmerized by his Hero's recounting of the excitement, 276 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 2: it was almost enough to distract him from his Jones. Graham, 277 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 2: like Anita, was fresh off a filled stint in detox 278 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 2: and excited to be back around Keith and the Stones. 279 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: The former Bird was on the outs of his car band, 280 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 2: the Flying Burrito Brothers, and was secretly hoped and Keith 281 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 2: would produce his solo debut for Rolling Stones Records. Johnny 282 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 2: Bracis was also among the group, and he found the 283 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 2: story particularly funny and Johnny needed a laugh. Jim Morrison, 284 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 2: rock star, singer of The Doors and boyfriend of Pamela Corson, 285 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 2: who Johnny was carrying on an affair with, unbeknownst to Jim, 286 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 2: of course, had just overdosed and died on what Johnny 287 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 2: was pretty sure was dope that he'd sold them, and 288 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 2: dope was the reason Johnny Braceis was at Nellcott, dope 289 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 2: and distraction, because distractions like the dust up at the 290 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 2: Harbor were a regular event. There was always something going 291 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 2: down at Elcott that summer. There were the instruments that 292 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 2: went missing, seemingly right under the noses of Keith and 293 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 2: his entourage while they knotted off in front of the television. 294 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 2: One afternoon, the home was invaded by bandits who stole 295 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,400 Speaker 2: three saxophones and nine guitars, including the Flying v Keith 296 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 2: had played back at their Hyde Park show in nineteen 297 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 2: sixty nine. There was the time when Fat Jack the 298 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 2: Chef emerged from the kitchen enraged at the Lord of 299 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 2: the manor because grapevine had it that his lady, Anita, 300 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 2: had turned the chef's fourteen year old daughter onto heroin. 301 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 2: And then there was a sketchy Oliver dude from the 302 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 2: far out Living Theater, a stage hero of Jim Morrison's, who, 303 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 2: while staying at Nellcott survived on a diet of bourgelais 304 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 2: a Mandrex aka Randy Mandys that three young local boys 305 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 2: accused him of plying them with an attempting rape. It 306 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 2: was a bad scene, filled with bad juju, remnants of 307 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 2: the Gestapo, dope craze, behavior and desperation. Everything seemed to 308 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 2: be happening except the making of music, a fact that 309 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 2: no doubt annoyed Mick Jagger to no end. Mick was 310 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 2: newly married, had a baby on the way, a massive 311 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 2: tax debt, a tour of the United States. He was 312 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 2: trying to set up an album he desperately needed to complete, 313 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 2: an album that he and his bandmates had barely even 314 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 2: begun to make, and a heavily distracted songwriting partner in 315 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 2: Keith Richards, a songwriting partner who at the time seemingly 316 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 2: had Mick and Mixed problems on the Pay No Mind list. 317 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 2: As if the dopes actions at Nellcott weren't enough, Keith 318 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 2: was also distracted by the baby growing in the belly 319 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 2: of his heroin addicted girlfriend, Anita. It wasn't the prospect 320 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 2: of another kid that occupied his thoughts, it was the 321 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 2: thought of who the father might be in his Heroin Hayes. 322 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: That summer, Keith and Anita seldom had sex with each other. 323 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,719 Speaker 2: Keith preferred the convenience of manual ejaculation, Anita preferred whatever 324 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 2: whoever was nearest, willing and most charming trades. Mick Jagger, 325 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,439 Speaker 2: despite his nu marital bliss, had in spades, and the 326 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 2: tension was thick enough to perhaps make lesser men throwing 327 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 2: the towel on the madness of exile on the French 328 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: Riviera and inject the suicide files of morphine left behind 329 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 2: by the Nazis in the basement of Nellcott but Mick 330 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 2: had a record to do, and Keith had more dope 331 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 2: to do. Somehow they'd have to see themselves through. But 332 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 2: first there was the matter of the Corsicans. We'll be 333 00:19:54,560 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 2: right back after this word word word. Mick Jagger was 334 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 2: in the basement, the dank, dusty makeshift recording studio Keith 335 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 2: had cobbled together to record their new album in. It 336 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 2: was as dark down here as the debauchery upstairs in 337 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 2: the living quarters. Mick wanted no part of what was 338 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 2: going on up there. He was down here with Charlie 339 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 2: Bill and the other Mick banging around an old Bluesit's 340 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 2: stank of desperation, hoping to inspire Keith to join them 341 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 2: and get something down on tape. But the jam without 342 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 2: Keith was obviously uninspired, and besides, Keith was obviously preoccupied. 343 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 2: Johnny Braces had made the connection. Finally, It's what Keith 344 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 2: and Anita were waiting for, a connection to weight serious dope, 345 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 2: enough heroin to fuel Nellcott for a month at a time, 346 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 2: nine thousand dollars worth. The Corsicans had come through for Johnny, 347 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 2: which was a relief. Had they not, Johnny would have 348 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 2: been out serious bread and with little recourse. These Corsicans 349 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 2: were a nasty lot, big and intimidating. They sweat tropicana 350 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 2: and their glands released a scent that could only be 351 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 2: described as a mix of cheap cologne, hand rolled tobacco, 352 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 2: and feta cheese. Their gold chains and sweat stained, dacked 353 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 2: summer suits screamed nouveau drug money, while the bulges along 354 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 2: their waistbands screamed indiscriminate murder for hire, Riviera cowboys, every 355 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 2: bit of outlaws. The tax exiles and junkie hangers on 356 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: sitting across the table from them. They fit right in, 357 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 2: But Johnny Braces was worried the Corsicans might have a 358 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 2: look around the mansion and realized there was a bigger 359 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 2: score to be had than the nine grand a month 360 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 2: and dope trade. Kidnapping you can fetch big bucks. And 361 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 2: that little boy, the one they call Marlin, looked mighty 362 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 2: vulnerable running around unattended to by his junkie parents. But 363 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 2: something in the vacant eyes of the pirate looking father 364 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: with the snaggletoothed, wiry fuck all frame warned them off. 365 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,479 Speaker 2: The monthly nut would have to do. They took their 366 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 2: cash and split back on their speedboats and off into 367 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 2: the ocean. From whence they came. Graham Parsons stood by, 368 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,959 Speaker 2: wild eyed, his whistle wet with junkie anticipation. He watched 369 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 2: his keys stepped on the fresh batch of Corsican delivered heroin. 370 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 2: Keith was shabby but surgical in his approach. Hovering over 371 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 2: his wrenched mansion, standing in the table, shirtless, wearing nothing 372 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 2: but low slung striped corduroys, he carefully doled out the 373 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 2: appropriate balance of kenine and then talcum powder, and added 374 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 2: it to the pile of pink tie heroin. The heroin 375 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 2: was incredibly pure and thus deadly. Graham suggested cutting it 376 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 2: with laundry detertion, inexperienced in most things in life. Compared 377 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 2: to Keith Richards, Graham Parsons was overruled. This incredibly lethal 378 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 2: heroin needed to be tempered, but Keith didn't want to 379 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 2: turn it into a batch of streets gag. Last year, 380 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 2: while on tour in the States, Keith had heard of 381 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 2: a drug dealer in Harlem who had been flying in 382 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 2: nearly pure heroin from Vietnam and distributing it in a 383 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 2: twelve percent potency compared to the usual five percent of 384 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 2: most street dope. The Harlem dope King's trick was cutting 385 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 2: the smack with kenine, non intoxicating medication, as opposed to 386 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 2: cutting it like most dealers did with rat poison, or, 387 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 2: as Graham had suggested, with laundry detertion. If they were 388 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 2: going to make this Keilo last a month before the 389 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 2: Corsican zipped in again up the front Riviera on their speedboats, 390 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 2: then Keith needed to cut the smack properly. Key nine, yes, 391 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 2: talcum powder, maybe, laundry detergent, definitely not. Graham felt the 392 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 2: sting of dejection, but shrugged it off. He needed a fix. 393 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,479 Speaker 2: Getting a hair across his ass about it wasn't going 394 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 2: to help Matters. Satisfied that the heroine was properly calibrated, 395 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 2: Keith dipped his German hunting knife into the pile, scooped 396 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 2: out a sizeable bump. Turned to Graham, who was standing 397 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 2: at his side, nearly salivating it. In a voice that 398 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 2: was part laughter, part two pack a day cough, said, 399 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 2: have at it, boy. Graham delicately brought his nose to 400 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 2: the blade, looked up to Keith dutifully, and with gratitude, 401 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,479 Speaker 2: pressed his right thumb to his right nostril, vacuuming up 402 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 2: the powder. In one quick snart, heroine shot through him 403 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 2: like a comet, hard fast and without regard for anything 404 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 2: in its path. Graham stumbled a bit, groped about with 405 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 2: his hands resting them on the dining room table's surface, 406 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: and hung his heavy head to his chest. His long 407 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 2: dark hair swung delicately as he tried steadying himself. He 408 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 2: then gently slumped back into the chair behind him and 409 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 2: knotted off. Keith laughed to himself, thinking lightweight, and then 410 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 2: finally decided it was time to go to work. Graham 411 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 2: awoke to the sounds of Keith and his bandmates messing 412 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 2: with the slow blues from the studio in the cellar. 413 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,199 Speaker 2: Mick laid it on thick with a vocal, but the 414 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 2: tune quickly devolved. It was obvious that Keith lost interest 415 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 2: in whatever did he ask koodoo Mick was attempting to conjure. 416 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 2: Then Graham heard the newly familiar chorus to what would 417 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 2: become a Stone's masterpiece all down the line, burbling up 418 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 2: from the basement into a blast of swampy sonic magnificence. 419 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 2: G c d back to the g Keith carved up 420 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 2: the riff with his Telly Charlie and Bill pulled the 421 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 2: rhythm into form. Mick Taylor skidded across the top of 422 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 2: it all with his loose slide, while Jagger channeled Big 423 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 2: Mama Thornton through his skinny English frame. Keith then pushed 424 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 2: the tune to the forecord Mick hit the chorus. Keith 425 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 2: couldn't contain himself. He muscled over to Mick and sang 426 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 2: out into Jagger's handheld mike alongside him, the two of 427 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 2: them a shambalic mess of spontaneous rock and roll brilliance, 428 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 2: their voices saturated with junk and ambition, respectively, and before 429 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 2: jumping back into the rift, Keith let out a short, 430 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 2: ecstatic yeah. Graham heard it all unfold from upstairs. He 431 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 2: brimmed with jealousy and the basement. While the Stones were 432 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 2: recording with strictly off limits unless you were contributing to 433 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 2: the music in a meaningful way, A well meaning as 434 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 2: he was, there was nothing meaningful about Graham Parson's contribution 435 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 2: to the Rolling Stones recordings while exiled on the French Riviera. 436 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 2: A less, of course, you count being Keith Richard's Junkie 437 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 2: pilot Fish is particularly meaningful now during working hours midnight 438 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 2: ish to whenever Keith passed out, Graham was relegated to 439 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 2: the upstairs with the women and the rest of the 440 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 2: junkie hangers on. None of this is to say that 441 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 2: Graham and Keith didn't have a special relationship. They did, 442 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 2: for sure. He and Keith would get high and sit 443 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 2: around talking country music until the sun came up. It 444 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 2: was a genuine mutual admiration club, and it drove Mick 445 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 2: Jagger nuts. Here was Mick fighting for the survival of 446 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 2: their band, trying to move Helen Earth to engage Keith, 447 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 2: his songwriting partner creatively, only to be continuously iced out 448 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 2: by Keith while he got high and traded old honky 449 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 2: tonk songs on acoustics with another songwriter, Graham Parsons, for 450 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 2: hours on end. Graham knew Mick hated him, hated the 451 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 2: contention that someone else, someone like Graham Parsons, was going 452 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 2: to teach him, Keith Richards, or any of the Rolling 453 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 2: Stones for that matter, about country music. After all, on 454 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,479 Speaker 2: their previous smash hit long Players Sticky Fingers, Mick had 455 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 2: written the country inspired dead flowers. Fuck you very much, 456 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 2: mister Parsons. The rivalry drove Mick and eventually Mixed Drive 457 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 2: did what it always did, caught keys up in its 458 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 2: draft and pulled them into the creative frey until finally 459 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 2: the two got down to doing what they'd left England 460 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 2: to do, make the greatest rock and roll record of 461 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 2: all time. But the record wouldn't be completed at Villainelle Cott. 462 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 2: French police were polite but stern. They'd come calling to 463 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 2: follow up on various reports Corsican drug dealers were seen 464 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 2: entering the house. There were reports of rampant drug use, 465 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 2: including from miners, and there were also rumors of miners 466 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 2: being assaulted sexually, a result no doubt of Sketchy Oliver 467 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 2: as Randy Mandy's. Despite this serious list of transgressions, the 468 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 2: local authorities did not, it seemed, take the searching of 469 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 2: the house seriously. When they left, Anita moved quick she 470 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: knew what was up. There was no search because the 471 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 2: cops were looking for her bribe, which Keith was too 472 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 2: oblivious to offer them, which meant, by Anita's estimation that 473 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 2: the authorities would be back, and this time not so 474 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 2: lackluster in their search. Convinced they were still out there 475 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 2: watching the house, Anita grabbed as much dope as she 476 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 2: could fit into her purse and then grabbed Keith by 477 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 2: the hand, who then grabbed Marlin, and the three of 478 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 2: them headed to their upstairs bedroom. The drill, the bus 479 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 2: drill had been well rehearsed. Out the bedroom window, onto 480 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 2: the roof of the mobile recording truck, down its side, 481 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 2: onto the manicured lawn, down the back steps to the dock, 482 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 2: onto the speedboat, and the fuck out of dodge, and 483 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 2: just like that, they were gone in the wind Outlaws 484 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 2: up next the Wild Wild West, Los Angeles. The band, 485 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 2: due to the heavy sales of their previous record, Sticky Figures, 486 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 2: had banked enough bread during their time away from the 487 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 2: UK in France to finance the completion of the record. 488 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 2: In America, a country whose music blues country in R 489 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 2: and B, the band, like most of their contemporaries, found 490 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 2: endlessly compelling American music. So compelled the Rolling Stones that, 491 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 2: no matter what their situation, exiled addicted whatever they were 492 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 2: able to lock into the music and keep themselves from 493 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 2: spinning off at the face of the earth, despite whatever 494 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 2: desperate circumstance they found themselves in. The Rolling Stones always 495 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 2: seemed to rise to the creative challenge. Their approach to 496 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 2: their craft, making the greatest rock and roll music the 497 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 2: world had ever heard, being the greatest rock and roll 498 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 2: band the world had ever seen, and doing it all 499 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 2: without a playbook was inspired. America was big and its 500 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,479 Speaker 2: music worthy of respect making. Keith knew that if they 501 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 2: were going to fuck with it, they needed to treat 502 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 2: it with the reverence it deserved. So when it came 503 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 2: to their craft, the band worked hard, dope, guns, money, 504 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 2: and women could wait. As careless as it seemed. Rock 505 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 2: and roll was serious business for rock musicians in the 506 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 2: early seventies. For Graham Parsons, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell Elton, 507 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 2: John led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, the Band, The Eagles, 508 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 2: John Paul, George Evn Ringo, the race was on to 509 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 2: see who could crack the code to American roots music, 510 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 2: a music with a fascinatingly rich stew of influences Delta blues, country, soul, gospel, 511 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 2: R and B. This mixture had produced the first generation 512 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 2: of rock and rollers that The Stones and their contemporaries 513 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 2: have all grown up on. And who would influenced them 514 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 2: to start making music to begin with artists like Elvis Presley, 515 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 2: Jerry Lee, Lewis, Bo Diddley, and others. How could this 516 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 2: endlessly fascinating music, American music, be reimagined into something entirely 517 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 2: new for today's generation of rock and roll fans. That 518 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 2: was the question, and at Villanellcott in the summer of 519 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 2: nineteen seventy one, almost by accident, the Rolling Stones answered 520 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 2: it was a question they were uniquely qualified answer. Their 521 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 2: situation in exile meant they were as steeped in desperation 522 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 2: as the financially strapped post war blues musicians who inspired 523 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 2: them to pick up guitars in the first place, and 524 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 2: they'd spent the entirety of their post pubescent lives studying 525 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:17,239 Speaker 2: and trying to replicate American music, all while embodying the 526 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 2: fuck all ethos of the evolving rock star avatar. If 527 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 2: success for the straight world is when preparation and opportunity align, 528 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 2: then success for the Rolling Stones was when circumstance and 529 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 2: necessity aligned. Preparation wasn't part of the equation musically. They've 530 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 2: been preparing to make this record their whole lives, and 531 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 2: that record the one they began at Nellcott, the basic 532 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 2: tracks they'd cobbled together in a basement through a haze 533 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 2: of dope, desperation and distractions, thick personal tension, electrical fires, 534 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 2: small time burglaries, police raids, gunplay. What the Rolling Stones 535 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 2: emerged with while exiled in a foreign country, away from 536 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 2: their home country was a wholly unique interpretation of another country, 537 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 2: entirely America. The music The Stone is desperately concocted in 538 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 2: keith sweaty basement, would shine a light on the underbelly 539 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 2: of Americana and show the world the potential of where 540 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 2: rock music is a genre could go exile on Main Street. 541 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 2: The record they emerged with was a masterpiece. It was official. 542 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 2: The race was won. Despite their dysfunction, despite their desperation, 543 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 2: The Rolling Stones were kings. They may have been exiled outlaws, 544 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 2: but they were now rock and roll royalty. I'm Jake 545 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 2: Brennan and this is Disgraceland. Disgraceland was created by Yours 546 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 2: Truly and is produced in partnership with Double Elvis. 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