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Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English musician and founder of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, he went on to sing backing vocals and played a wide variety of instruments on Rolling Stones recordings and in concerts.
Jul 9, 2020 · As Variety tells us, that particular crown of laurel leaves would go to Brian Jones, the founding guitarist of the Rolling Stones, found at the bottom of his pool on July 3, 1969 — at the age of 27. Jones played rhythm guitar in the original band lineup.
Jun 19, 2020 · Even for obsessive Rolling Stones fans, the story of founding guitarist Brian Jones ’ death nearly 51 years ago has been so clouded with misinformation, controversy and battling agendas that...
B rian Jones, rhythm guitarist with the Rolling Stones from their inception in 1962 until his departure early last month, is dead. He was 25. Jones died shortly after being pulled,...
Feb 28, 2024 · Brian Jones died tragically young, aged just 27, on July 3, 1969. He was in The Rolling Stones for seven years and his importance to the band in those early days cannot be...
Nov 4, 2023 · In an exclusive interview about Nick Broomfield’s doc ‘The Stones and Brian Jones,’ the ex-Stone recalls the band’s founder and most tragic figure.
Nov 16, 2014 · Brian Jones is to the Rolling Stones what Leon Trotsky was to the Russian Revolution: organizer, ideologist and victim of a power struggle. Jones founded the group, gave it its name and...
Nov 16, 2023 · In the annals of tragic pop mythology, Brian Jones’s ejection from the Rolling Stones has continued to reverberate long past his exit; Jones died at home in England just one month later, at age...
Dec 16, 2023 · It’s not just that Brian Jones founded and named the Rolling Stones in 1962 – giving birth to one of the most important groups in all of rock history. That alone secures his place of high honor in the rock pantheon. But Jones also was an archetype and icon in so many other ways.
Brian Jones didn’t live past thirty — he died at twenty-six, at the bottom of his swimming pool, probably swallowing some water, too stoned to catch his breath and come up for air.
