Brian Jones did not get along with the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, who pushed the band into a musical direction at odds with Brian Jones' blues background, and with whom he got into many fights.
68 Facts About Brian Jones
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When Brian 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.
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Less than a month later, Brian Jones died by drowning in the swimming pool at his home at Cotchford Farm, East Sussex.
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Brian Jones's death was referenced in songs by many other pop bands, and Pete Townshend and Jim Morrison wrote poems about it.
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Brian Lewis Hopkin Jones was born in the Park Nursing Home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on Saturday, 28 February 1942.
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Brian Jones had two sisters: Pamela, who was born on 3 October 1944 and died on 14 October 1945 of leukaemia; and Barbara, born on 22 August 1946.
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Brian Jones attended local schools, including Dean Close School from September 1949 to July 1953; and Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys, which he entered in September 1953 after passing the eleven-plus exam.
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Brian Jones enjoyed badminton and diving at school, and became first clarinet in the school orchestra.
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Brian Jones reportedly obtained seven O-level passes in 1957, thence continuing into the sixth form and obtaining a further two O-levels.
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Brian Jones passed A-levels in physics and chemistry, but failed biology.
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Brian Jones was able to perform well in exams despite a lack of academic effort.
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Brian Jones listened to classical music as a child but preferred blues, particularly Elmore James and Robert Johnson.
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Brian Jones persuaded his parents to buy him a saxophone and two years later his parents gave him his first acoustic guitar as a 17th birthday present.
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Brian Jones began performing at local blues and jazz clubs, while busking and working odd jobs.
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Brian Jones reportedly stole small amounts of money from work to pay for cigarettes, for which he was fired.
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Brian Jones quit school in disgrace and left home, travelling for a summer through northern Europe.
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In November 1959, Brian Jones went to the Wooden Bridge Hotel in Guildford to see a band perform.
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Brian Jones met a young married woman named Angeline, and the two had a one-night stand that resulted in her pregnancy.
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In 1962, Brian Jones applied for a scholarship to Cheltenham Art College.
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Brian Jones was initially accepted into the programme, but two days later the offer was withdrawn after an unidentified acquaintance wrote to the college, calling Jones an irresponsible drifter.
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Brian Jones moved in with them and sold his record collection to buy flowers for Andrews and clothes for the newborn.
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Brian Jones, she said, agreed, telling her she'd have to "put up with it for a few months" until the band had had some success.
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In early 1963, Brian Jones began a relationship with Linda Lawrence.
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Two years later, while on tour, Brian Jones met Italian-German model and actress Anita Pallenberg backstage and began a significant relationship with her.
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Brian Jones became extremely abusive, at one point breaking his hand on Pallenberg's face.
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Brian Jones had subsequent relationships with English model Suki Potier and Swedish model Anna Wohlin, as well as a short relationship in 1968 with American model Donyale Luna, who appeared with him in the concert film The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus several months before his death.
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Brian Jones left Cheltenham and moved to London, where he became friends with fellow musicians Alexis Korner, future Manfred Mann singer Paul Brian Jones, future Cream bassist Jack Bruce, and others who made up the small London rhythm and blues and jazz scene.
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Brian Jones became a blues musician, for a brief time calling himself "Elmo Lewis" and playing slide guitar.
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Brian Jones started a group with Paul Jones called the Roosters.
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Brian Jones was a gifted multi-instrumentalist, proficient on a wide variety of musical instruments.
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Brian Jones played harmonica on many of the Rolling Stones' early songs.
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Brian Jones contributed backing vocals as late as 1968 on "Sympathy for the Devil".
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Brian Jones is responsible for the whistling on "Walking the Dog".
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Brian Jones became bored with the guitar and sought exotic instruments to play, and he was increasingly absent from recording sessions.
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Brian Jones was arrested for drug possession on 10 May 1967, shortly after the Redlands bust at Richards' Sussex home.
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Brian Jones confessed to marijuana use, but said he did not use hard drugs.
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Brian Jones can be seen in the Jean-Luc Godard film One Plus One playing acoustic guitar and chatting and sharing cigarettes with Richards, although Jones is neglected in the music-making.
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Where once Brian Jones played multiple instruments on many tracks, he now played only minor roles on a few pieces.
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Brian Jones was arrested a second time on 21 May 1968, for possession of cannabis, which he said had been left by previous tenants of the flat.
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The Rolling Stones wanted to tour the United States in 1969, for the first time in three years, but Brian Jones was not in a fit condition to tour, and his second arrest exacerbated problems with acquiring a US work visa.
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In March 1969, Brian Jones borrowed the group's Jaguar and went shopping in Pimlico Road.
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In May 1969, Brian Jones crashed his motorcycle into a shop window and was secretly taken to hospital under an assumed name.
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On 8 June 1969, Brian Jones was visited by Jagger, Richards and Watts, and was told that the group he had formed would continue without him.
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Brian Jones released a statement on 9 June 1969, announcing his departure.
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Brian Jones is known to have contacted Korner, Stewart, John Lennon, Mitch Mitchell, Alan Price, and Jimmy Miller about intentions to put together another band.
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Brian Jones was reportedly buried 10 feet deep in Cheltenham Cemetery, to prevent exhumation by trophy hunters.
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Brian Jones's body was embalmed, with hair bleached white, and was placed in an air-tight silver and bronze casket.
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Brian Jones is a legend and his legacy is there for all to hear.
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Theories surrounding Brian Jones's death developed soon afterwards, with associates of the Stones claiming to have information that he was murdered.
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In 1993, it was reported that Brian Jones was murdered by Frank Thorogood, a builder who was doing construction work on the property.
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Brian Jones was the last person to see Jones alive.
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The killing is alleged to have been covered up by senior police officers when they discovered how badly the investigation into Brian Jones' death had been botched by the local police.
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Unsure and insecure as a composer, Brian Jones was not a prolific songwriter.
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Faithfull reported that Brian Jones wrote an early version of the melody for "Ruby Tuesday" and presented it to the group.
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Victor Bockris reported that Richards and Brian Jones worked out the final melody in the studio.
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Additionally, Brian Jones is credited for the instrumental piece "Hear It".
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However, in 1966, Brian Jones composed, produced, and played on the soundtrack to Mord und Totschlag, an avant-garde German film with Anita Pallenberg, adding the majority of the instrumentation to the soundtrack.
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The only known released Brian Jones song is " For Being There", which is a poem by Brian Jones put to music by Carla Olson.
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In 1967 Brian Jones played alto saxophone on the Beatles song "You Know My Name ", which was released in March 1970, eight months after his death.
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Brian Jones's main guitar in the early years was a Harmony Stratotone, which he replaced with a Gretsch Double Anniversary in two-tone green.
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From late 1965 until his death, Brian Jones used Gibson models as well as two Rickenbacker 12-string models.
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Brian Jones can be seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with P-90 pickups in the 1968 "Jumpin' Jack Flash" promo video.
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Brian Jones used various different Vox and Fender amplifiers for use in recording sessions in the studio and live performances throughout the 1960s.
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Pallenberg has stated in an interview that Brian Jones wanted to look like Francoise Hardy, loved "dressing up and posing about" and that he would ask her to do his hair and make-up.
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Brian Jones was a fantastic cat; he handled the group beautifully.
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Alvin Youngblood Hart's song "Watchin' Brian Jones" appeared on his 2014 single release Helluva Way.
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Many of Brian Jones's contemporaries admit to idolising him as young musicians, including Noel Redding, who, according to Pamela Des Barres' book I'm With the Band, contemplated suicide after hearing about his death.
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The part of Brian Jones was played by English actor Leo Gregory.