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Friday, June 28, 2019

Brian Jones (1942-1969)


Next Tuesday, 3 July it will be 50 years since Brian Jones, dandy, guitarist, sitar player, and much more, died in his swimming pool in Sussex.

In this video The Vinyl Geek dives into the subject of Brian Jones, the enigmatic founder and original leader of The Rolling Stones. His passing at 27 sent shock waves through the world of rock but who really was Brian Jones?

Brian was central to the sound of the early Rolling Stones, with Ruby Tuesday featuring him with recorder, piano and vocal harmony:


Brian only played, recorded and produced his own music once. A Degree of Murder (German: Mord und Totschlag, French: Vivre à tout prix) is a 1967 West German film, starring Anita Pallenberg and directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Brian Jones created the soundtrack to it:

 

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