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Topic: Get Carter: Backstage in History From JFK's Assassination to the Rolling Stones Return to archive
February 13th, 2006 02:01 PM
Ten Thousand Motels Bill Carter Weaves A Fascinating Tale in Get Carter: Backstage in History From JFK's Assassination to the Rolling Stones

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2006--

"Bill Carter has lived a life like no other. From serving in John F. Kennedy's Secret Service to shepherding the Rolling Stones through their tumultuous first U.S. stadium tour and their myriad legal problems, he witnessed first-hand and participated in massive shifts in American history."

Chet Flippo, former editor of Rolling Stone,

Editorial director of CMT.com

Occasionally a book comes along that defies conventional classification. It's non-fiction, yet reads like a novel; its main character is larger than life, and yet his clients were as diverse as the Rolling Stones, the best known rock band in the world, country superstar Reba McEntire, FedEx founder Fred Smith, Teamster head Jimmy Hoffa and gospel music pioneer Bill Gaither. Before he did all that, he was a member of President John F. Kennedy's Secret Service staff and an investigator for the Warren Commission seeking answers into Kennedy's assassination. Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, whenever a difficult situation required a tenacious champion, the word went out to "Get Carter!"

Bill Carter has lived an extraordinary life and has detailed his adventures in a new book, "Get Carter: Backstage in History From JFK's Assassination to the Rolling Stones." A masterful storyteller, Carter relates the story of a country boy from small-town Rector, Arkansas, a graduate of Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas, who learned to be comfortable walking the halls of power, surrounded by some of the most powerful and influential people of the mid-to-late twentieth century. He weaves his tale with down-home charm and wit and a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor as well as an insiders intimate glimpse behind the scenes at some of history's great moments.

No Secret Service agent involved with the Warren Commission has ever written about those terrible days in Dallas following the assassination of their beloved president...until now. Carter not only provides a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation process, but he presents a compelling case for his firm conviction that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman and he acted alone.

Carter's knowledge of Washington politics landed him squarely in the quest of the Rolling Stones to be allowed to tour in the U.S. The State Department granted his petition, but only if he would draw up a security plan for the world's most dangerous rock 'n' roll band and implement it personally by going on the road with them. Readers are provided a backstage pass to all the fun and excitement of the Stones' infamous '75 tour. Carter was later instrumental in getting Keith Richards' arrest for heroin conviction in Toronto reduced from possible life imprisonment to playing a free charitable concert.

As a fearless defense attorney, with a practice in Little Rock, Carter challenged the Mexican authorities to release Steve McQueen's body when they would have held it for ransom; he met with President Richard Nixon to argue Jimmy Hoffa's pardon; he took on the U.S. Air Force when a nuclear accident happened in his native Arkansas and he represented the colorful Dixie Mafia. For the past 25 years, Carter has been a successful executive in the Nashville music industry, managing the careers of numerous superstar country artists as well as producing television specials.

"Get Carter: Backstage In History From JFK's Assassination to the Rolling Stones" is available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com as well as through his web site, www.billcarteronline.com February 17th. For interview requests or review copies of the book, please contact Darlene Fort, 615-327-1270 or [email protected].

February 13th, 2006 03:27 PM
gimmekeef Sounds like a great read...Some fiction too no doubt.As he was not licensed in Canada I doubt he represented Keith during the heroin bust.It was according to legend the Blind Angel that spoke to the judge...Anyone ever meet her or is she fiction too?
February 13th, 2006 04:34 PM
Ten Thousand Motels pix link
http://www.billcarteronline.com/index3.html
February 13th, 2006 06:25 PM
CHIEFMOON
quote:
gimmekeef wrote:
Sounds like a great read...Some fiction too no doubt.As he was not licensed in Canada I doubt he represented Keith during the heroin bust.It was according to legend the Blind Angel that spoke to the judge...Anyone ever meet her or is she fiction too?



Yes, she is real.
Met her at Oshawa, spent some time with Rita and her sister after the Blind Date.
February 13th, 2006 10:26 PM
stonedinaustralia
quote:
gimmekeef wrote:
Sounds like a great read...Some fiction too no doubt.As he was not licensed in Canada I doubt he represented Keith during the heroin bust.



he may not have done the Court appearances but he probably still "represented" keith when dealing with his Canadian lawyers
February 13th, 2006 11:00 PM
Ten Thousand Motels Introduction
www.billcarteronline.com

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have begun our final approach into the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. É"

The announcement from the flight attendant startled me from a light, fitful sleep, and I eased my seat into an upright position, rubbing my knuckles over my eyes to remove the last traces of the weariness that never fails to overtake me on the four-hour LA to Dallas flight.

I stretched my cramped legs into the aisle in an attempt to remove the kinks and felt for the ends of my seat belt.

"Mr. Carter," a man's voice accompanied the brief touch of a hand on my shoulder. My Secret Service training leaves me a little suspicious when I unexpectedly encounter the captain of an aircraft singling me out as this one just had. "You are Mr. Carter, aren't you?" the captain repeated.

"I am," I affirmed, somewhat warily.

"We've been contacted by the ground crew in Dallas," he began. "As soon as we're on the ground, you have been asked to call your home in Little Rock. This is an emergency, but they asked me to assure you that it's not a family emergency."

Even with the captain's reassurance, there is still something alarming about receiving an emergency message from home when you're 30,000 feet in the air with no recourse but to endure the interminable wait until the plane lands, taxis to the gate, and all preparations for landing are completed. And on my best day, I am not a patient man.

Ignoring the polite requests from the flight attendant to wait until the plane had taxied safely to the gate before rising, I shot out of my seat as soon as we stopped moving and was first in line when the gate agent swung open the door to the cabin. I practically sprinted up the gateway, and spying a pay phone to the left of the gate desk, I raced to it. My wife, Jan, answered on the second ring. "What's wrong?" I barked.

"There's some kind of emergency at the office, and Kathy wanted you to call the minute you landed in Dallas," Jan replied.

I slammed the phone down on Jan and checked my watch to see how much time I had to get to the gate for my connecting flight home to Little Rock before placing a collect call to my legal assistant, Kathy Woods. Since it was after business hours, I reached Kathy at home, and she immediately answered.

"Bill, Keith and Anita have been arrested in Canada in connection with drugs," she said. Although it wasn't pleasant news, it didn't exactly constitute an emergency. My celebrated clients, the Rolling Stones, the most famous rock and roll band in the world in that year of 1977, had been plagued with run-ins with the law before, especially Keith Richards. Any time rock and roll was mentioned, it was always rounded out with "drugs, sex, and rock and roll." This was nothing we hadn't dealt with for the past five years, and I reminded her of that. Cops around the world laid in wait for the Stones to see who could bust them first.

Her next words, however, chilled me to the bone. "It's really bad this time," she stressed. "They had enough heroin that the Mounties got them for intent to distribute. They're talking prison, Bill, and you know what that means."

"Peter Rudge called," she was almost whispering. "They're scared, Bill. If Keith goes to prison, there is no more Rolling Stones. Rudge said Mick Jagger had two words to say: 'Get Carter!'"

Damned if that wasn't the story of my life.



[Edited by Ten Thousand Motels]
February 14th, 2006 08:26 AM
gimmekeef
quote:
CHIEFMOON wrote:


Yes, she is real.
Met her at Oshawa, spent some time with Rita and her sister after the Blind Date.



Chiefmoon...thanks...just wished I had met her and you as I was there that day myself...Thanks again
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