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Brian Jones
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English musician and composer, best known as the founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones. Initially a sl…
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Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English musician and composer, best known as the founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, Jones went on to play a wide variety of instruments on Rolling Stones recordings and in concerts, including rhythm guitar, lead guitar, sitar, dulcimer, various keyboard instruments such as piano and mellotron, marimba, wind instruments such as harmonica, recorder, saxophone, as well as drums, vocals and numerous others. After he founded the Rolling Stones as a British blues outfit in 1962, and gave the band its name, Jones' fellow band members Keith Richards and Mick Jagger began to take over the band's musical direction, especially after they became a successful songwriting team. Jones and fellow guitarist Richards also developed a unique style of guitar play that Richards refers to as the "ancient art of weaving" where both players would play rhythm and lead parts together. Richards continued the style with later guitarists, and the sound became a Rolling Stones trademark. Jones, however, did not get along with the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, who pushed the band into a musical direction at odds with Jones' blues background. When Jones developed alcohol and drug problems, his performance in the studio became increasingly unreliable, leading to a diminished role within the band he had founded. In June 1969, the Rolling Stones dismissed Jones; guitarist Mick Taylor took his place in the group. Jones died less than a month later, drowning in the swimming pool at his home at the age of 27. Jones’ death was referenced in songs by many other pop-bands, and was the subject of poems by Pete Townshend and Jim Morrison. Referring to Jones, the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman lamented the waste of a great innovator. In 1989, the Rolling Stones, including Jones, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2024
The Stones and Brian Jones
Movie Self - Founder of the Rolling Stones (archive footage)
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2020
Zappa
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2020
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2019
Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones
Movie Self
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2019
The UnXplained
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2019
No Expectations: The Murder of Brian Jones
Movie Self
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2019
The Quiet One
Movie Self
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2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
27: Gone Too Soon
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Året var 1965
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2013
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2012
The Rolling Stones: Grrr!
Movie Self
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2012
Crossfire Hurricane
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
The Rolling Stones at the BBC
Movie Self
- 2011
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2010
The Rolling Stones – Early Years In London
Movie self
More credits
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2009
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2008
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2007
The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Interviews
Movie Self
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2006
The Rolling Stones - Truth and Lies
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2003
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2002
Let It Bleed - 40 Jahre Rolling Stones
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
The Rolling Stones: Just for the Record
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Classic Albums
TV show Self
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1996
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Movie Self - Guitar
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1995
The Beatles Anthology
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1987
Jimi Plays Monterey
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1982
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1970
5 + 1
Movie Self
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1969
Voices
Movie Self
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1968
Monterey Pop
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1968
Sympathy for the Devil
Movie Self
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1967
Degree of Murder
Movie Music
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1967
What's on the Flipside
Movie Self
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1966
Charlie Is My Darling
Movie Self
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1964
The T.A.M.I. Show
Movie Self - The Rolling Stones
