Exile on Main St: A Season In Hell With The Rolling Stones, By Robert Greenfield (Da Capo Press)
Nick Coleman, Independent on Sunday, 3 February 2008
In the summer of 1971, Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg holed up in a villa on the Riviera with the other members of the Rolling Stones and an entourage of liggers and dealers. The result was an album that has become a music legend
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