Are we surprised that a book about the greats of rock music excluded all women and Black people? The real question is how white male stars will respond.
Although John Lennon was the first cover boy, Turner was placed on the cover for the magazine’s second issue ever in 1967 and continued to find the cover over the course of four decades. Mick Jagger, whose band’s name influenced the one selected for the magazine,You know who did forget her?In promoting his upcoming book about great rock artists, Wenner included Lennon and Jagger. He did not include Turner or any other woman.
He also didn’t include any Black people, though he later said “maybe I should have gone and found one,” adding “maybe I’m old-fashioned and I don’t give a or whatever.”
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