Jann S. Wenner was born in New York City and raised in San Francisco and Marin County. He founded Rolling Stone in 1967. Over the ensuing decades, Rolling Stone won many awards for its design, photography, public service, and journalism, and was instrumental in launching the careers of many groundbreaking journalists and photographers. He also founded and published Outside, US Weekly, Family Life, and Men's Journal. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the youngest inductee in the American Society of Magazine Editor's Hall of Fame, Wenner lives in New York and Idaho. He is married and has six children.
"Like a Rolling Stone is something of an immoveable feast....When
he finally ascends to Magazine Heaven, Mr. Wenner will be eligible
to join Harold Ross, Henry Luce, Clay Felker, Helen Gurley Brown
and a few others at the high table reserved for editors who created
or revitalized great and enduring American magazines like the New
Yorker, Time, Life, New York and Cosmopolitan."--Edward Kosner,
Wall Street Journal
"What we haven't really heard until now is a full-throated inside
account of how music came to define American life in the first
place, starting in the late '60s and onward--written by the man who
channeled that revolution into a magazine, Rolling Stone, that
became a cultural force of its own...Jann came, he kicked ass, had
his own ass kicked, and walked away with his head held
high."--Corey Seymour, Vogue
"Incredibly candid, open and honest."--Walter Isaacson
"It's not possible to overstate the impact Jann Wenner has had on
the world's pop culture...Wenner seems to have retained every
letter he ever received, and even somehow has copies of letters he
sent. It's a treat to hear John Lennon in his own words, as he
regrets having eviscerated Paul McCartney, or Mick Jagger. These
are priceless historical documents, and add reportorial credibility
to Wenner's recollection of long ago events."--Book & Film
Globe
"A panoramic cultural history viewed through the prism of an
icon."--Oprah Daily
"Wenner demonstrated great vision when he created... a publication
that treated rock and politics as subjects equally deserving of
serious examination...thrilling...fascinating."--Washington
Post
"Entertaining in spades."--Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times
"Rock may be dead, but Jann Wenner is still rolling...he still has
something of the whirlwind about him." --Maureen Dowd, New York
Times
"[Wenner's] readers--for nearly half the century--get the best of
him in these pages. I had a lot of fun getting lost in him and no
interest in being found."--Bono
"A high-octane story...a sweeping portrait of a
generation....Wenner is in a league of his own. This memoir is
utterly intoxicating."
--Douglas Brinkley, Author of Silent Spring Revolution
"A mind-blowing and insightful trip through the life of one of the
principal sculptors of Rock 'n' Roll culture....Thoughtful,
opinionated and open-hearted."--Tom Morello
"A rip-roaring and speedy ride through the excesses, excitements,
and tragedies of our generation. Alternately thrilling, bedeviling,
and deeply moving...unparalleled reading."
--Bette Midler
"A touchingly honest memoir from a man who recorded and shaped our
times and of a grand life well lived. It is wonderfully deep and
rewarding reading."--Bruce Springsteen
"A wildly entertaining romp that will stir feelings of envy."--USA
Today
"Jann S. Wenner takes us on a long, strange trip with his
accessible and entertaining rock 'n' roll memoir."--Associated
Press
"Over the top."--Jackson Browne
"Readers will surely feast on all the behind-the-scenes candy
featuring the likes of Bono, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bette
Midler, and countless other stars, plus media icons like Annie
Leibovitz and Hunter S. Thompson."--Vanity Fair
"Rollicking read."--Paul McCartney
"The founder, coeditor and publisher of Rolling Stone takes readers
through his heady years at the most influential music and pop
culture publication of its era."--AARP, "45 Best Books of Fall"
"A frank, sharp memoir by a zeitgeist-savvy entrepreneur who ranks
among the earliest of modern influencers."--Kirkus Reviews
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