Lip Service

🎬 Episode 10 is here!

This week on Lip Service: Stephen Kijak on directing fan-favourite film Stones In Exile: gaining the trust of Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, full access to their archives, & telling the real story behind the myth of the Stones’ classic album, Exile On Main St.

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📖 Episode 9 is here! 📖

This week on Lip Service: Robert Greenfield, author of cult classic STP: A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones, which chronicled the Stones’ infamous 1972 US tour from its hedonistic heart.

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Designing a tour for The Rolling Stones in the 1990s was to navigate a moment when live music was entering an entirely new era.

In episode 8, STUFISH Studio’s Ray Winkler reflects on how the Stones' touring operation expanded dramatically in the age of the mega tour.

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Episode 8 is here!

This week, we meet architect, designer and CEO of STUFISH, Ray Winkler, who has shaped The Rolling Stones’ stages for over 30 years, to discuss the full creative process of conceiving and delivering their ambitious productions.

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Episode 7 is here!

This week on Lip Service we meet Paul Sexton: author of Charlie’s Good Tonight, the only authorised biography of Charlie Watts.

We talk about Charlie as a musician, collector, style icon, jazz nut, husband, father, and friend.

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After The Rolling Stones’ 1965 US winter tour, photographer Gered Mankowitz and Keith Richards slipped away to Phoenix to live out their cowboy fantasies in the Arizona desert…

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📸 Episode 6 is here! 📸

Photographer Gered Mankowitz defined The Rolling Stones’ visual identity in the mid-‘60s and shot their iconic album covers. Capturing them on stage, in the studio, and at home, his are the most intimate portraits of a band on the rise.

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Tony King knew Charlie Watts better than almost anyone, yet only after Charlie’s passing did he realise the depth of his passions, including his astonishing private collection.

Tony shares the story with host @mrsimonharper.bsky.social in Episode 5 of Lip Service.

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❤️ Episode 5 is live! ❤️

Tony King - promotions legend, tastemaker, and Stones insider since the mid-‘60s - on his friendship with the band, the chaos of the ‘80s, and the wild ride of 6 world tours together.

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In 1967, Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones and his friend Prince Stash were arrested in a police sting led by the notorious Sgt Norman Pilcher. Its repercussions haunted Brian the rest of his tragically short life.

Hear Stash tel the full story in Ep4 of Lip Service.

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Prince Stash was one of Brian Jones’ closest friends and often saw his studio genius up close.

Before his decline, Brian was a perfectionist & multi-instrumentalist whose vivid ideas shaped the The Rolling Stones’ brilliant ’60s songs.

From ep4, Stash remembers Brian at his creative peak:

✌️ Episode 4 is live!

In it, we meet Prince Stash: musician, actor, poet, and close friend of The Rolling Stones.

He shares an insider’s view of the Stones’ wildest years: making music with Brian Jones, their 1967 drug bust, and its tragic fallout.

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For 35+ years, Chuck Leavell has helped The Rolling Stones shape their live shows, tracking performances and picking setlists.

In Ep3, he tells Lip Service which deep cuts he’s most loved reviving - and which one leaves Mick Jagger feeling left out!

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🎹 Episode 3 of Lip Service is GO!

In conversation is Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist and The Rolling Stones’ musical director for 40+ years. Chuck recalls his incredible journey from high school band to the Allman Brothers to global stages with the Stones.

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“When I go see a band, I understand it’s not going to be exactly as the recording, but there are some textures I want to feel, and so that’s what I try to do with The Rolling Stones: I try to add a familiar texture that feels good.”

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🔥 Episode 2 of Lip Service is now live!

In it, we speak to Bernard Fowler and discuss his amazing path from New York’s pioneering club scene to The Rolling Stones, for whom he’s sang on stage and record since 1989.

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Episode 1 of Lip Service is now live! In it, we meet the great Andrew Loog Oldham, the Stones' original manager/producer/provocateur. Listen to our full, exclusive interview now - link in bio!