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DISGRACELAND

The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Music, True Crime

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made, Exile on Main St. The Rolling Stones created this album as fugitives––tax fugitives––exiled from their homeland to the French Riviera and desperate to keep their career afloat after a near decade of scandal and near financial ruin amidst a cast of colorful characters including Gram Parsons, Anita Pallenberg, starlets, aristocrats, drug dealers, junkies and thieves. All of the chaos contributed to one of Keith Richards’ and Mick Jagger’s finest creative achievements, a wholly new and unique interpretation of America. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at ⁠www.disgracelandpod.com⁠. This episode was originally published on July 23, 2019. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

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11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we

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go deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and

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what I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course,

0:22.8

I'll be reading the phone book. You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of

0:26.3

previously exclusive episodes this month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the

0:31.0

Missfits, Selena, way more that you've probably never heard before. You can listen to all

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those episodes in a bunch more Discrets Land right now, wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:43.8

where everywhere thank you for listening. Let's get into it.

0:47.5

Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

0:56.3

The stories about the Rolling Stones time in exile on the French Riviera are insane. Gunfights,

1:11.2

heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, and much, much more all went down

1:16.5

in and around the walls of Philanelcott. The massive mansion and converted makeshift

1:21.3

recording studio rented by Stones guitarist Keith Richards during the spring and summer

1:26.2

of 1971.

1:29.0

Having been chased out of the UK by over-aggressive tax men, the Rolling Stones were in effect outlaws.

1:35.8

A title that suited them just fine. They were also broke and desperate to create new music

1:40.9

to help relieve their ruinous financial burden. At a time when Keith Richards decided to take

1:46.1

on a serious heroin addiction and singer Mick Jagger decided to get married and start a

1:51.3

family while the rest of the band hung on for dear life.

1:56.2

Through it all they made great music, possibly the greatest rock and roll music ever made.

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