Dylan, Obama and a Crown of Thorns: 50 Years of Rolling Stone<br />Wanna see my picture on the cover<br />Wanna buy five copies for my mother<br />Wanna see my smilin’ face<br />On the cover of the Rolling Stone.<br />“It was a magazine about music and the attitudes and things<br />that music embraced,” said Jann S. Wenner, the Rolling Stone founder who has put it up for sale.<br />“Rolling Stone has been one of the great magazines of our time.”<br />Rolling Stone not only covered music, it was enshrined in it: A song written by a poet<br />and illustrator best known for his children’s books, Shel Silverstein, irreverently captured the essence of rock ‘n roll stardom.<br />“For every cover of Mick Jagger, you get a cover of Taylor Swift,” Mr. Wenner said.<br />“It’s all great music, and they all belong in one place.”<br />But Rolling Stone’s covers have also provoked outrage.<br />Celebrity access — to rock stars and political giants alike — was one of Rolling Stone’s greatest assets.
