"Brian's full musical talents are gradually emerging to show that he has a considerable future as an arranger."--Rave magazine, July 1964

Did not know, until now, that Jones possessed such an intellectually mature, deep-thinking, and rather visionary - if not provocative - mindset for a [then] 23-year-old 'Rolling Stone' back in the day ... Comparing his fundamental persona to today's twenty-something kids, he was certainly way beyond his years and far ahead of his time back then - and for the most part, the better part of the Stones. Eerily reminding me very much of a close friend (years ago, in looks only), he simply passed-on way too soon.

"No one’s ever spotted the fact that Brian Jones took two, sometimes three songs and layered them. People writing about the album have missed it because they have no clue what Joujouka music is. Listen to the women singing with flute and drum underneath them, that’s two songs playing at the same time. That’s why Brian deserves to have his name on the cover. He was making a cut-up of the music to recreate what he felt there.”--Frank Rynne, manager of the Master Musicians of Joujouka

Brian Jones did NOT found the Rolling Stones. He JOINED Keith's band The Blue Boys that became the Rolling Stones. Here in his own words is proof. Inteiewer: ---What were you doing before you joined? ( the band) Brian--- "Well just sort of bumming around, waiting for something to happen , really I had quite a few jobs and I was trying to get a band going, but it was unsuccessful until I met up with Mick and Keith and then ...well THAT was a successful band." After admitting that his attempts to start his own band were "unsuccessful"Brian seems to indicate here that he felt that Mick and Keith had a successful band when he "met up" with them. That would explain why he wanted to join them. The line up on stage at the Marquee Club where they debuted, indicates that he did join them because he and Ian were there and Keith and Mick's band, he "met up with, remained complete and intact.

They stole his girlfriend they stole his band and then they took his life !!! O yes they did .

"Brian's input can be heard in every song on those RCA recordings. What he didn't touch, he went out and learned. You hear his color in songs like Lady Jane or Paint It, Black. In some cases it was more than a decorative effect. Sometimes Brian would pull the whole record."--Andrew Loog Oldham

It’s sad how Brian was pretty much betrayed by Mick and especially Keith

J'aime beaucoup la douceur vocale de BRIAN Jones ✨ merci pour votre interview .

It doesn't matter who said what or for what reason. None of it will change the fact that after Alexis Korner asked Mick and Keith if they could fill in for his band at the Marquee Club the band that PLAYED that evening was Keith's band, the complete Blue Boys band with a new name and two new members.. Jones JOINED Keith's band.no matter how you slice it or dice it

How can anyone in their right mind say that Brian Jones "founded the Rolling Stones when their debut performance at the Marquee Club On July 12th 1962 consisted of the band called the Blue Boys, Keith's band that had been founded the year before. They had changed their name and they added two new players Brian and Ian Stewart but the rest of the band was Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Dick Taylor on Bass and the drummer Tony Chapman. The performers on stage that night were the entire Blue Boys band, Keith's band. The only group Brian Jones ever founded was the 27 club. It is all a myth and a lie to say that Brian Jones founded the Rolling Stones. Brian JOINED the Blue Boys,Keith's band and THAT band then changed their name to the Rollin StoneS

Historical Fact of note; On March 24th, 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards performed their first paid gig when they appeared as Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys at The Ealing Club in Ealing, England....The band the Blue Boys had their second paying gig at the Marquee Club in Soho on July 12th that same year where they filled in for Blues Incorporated who were making an appearance on the BBC. Blue Boys vocalist, Mick Jagger sang lead, Blue Boys guitarist and back up vocalist, Keith Richards played the main guitar, Blue Boys bassist and back up vocalist, Dick Taylor played bass guitar and Blue Boys drummer, Tony Chapman played the drums. For this second paying gig the Blue Boys were performing under a new name,The Rollin Stones and they introduced two new members of the band that Keith, Mick and Dick had founded the year before, pianist Ian Stewart and occasional guitarist, Brian Jones.

George was a very kind and pleasant soul. As a malignant narcissist and psychopath Brian could, at first, seem to be polite and pleasant especially with people who could be of some benefit to him. If they had gotten to know each other better after the poison in Brian's rancorous personality came out with familiarity, even George would have turned against him. No one who knew Brian well ever had a nice thing to say about Brian. He was a truly awful person who seemed to enjoy aggressively putting people he knew down and making them feel bad. There was nothing nice about Brian. at all. BTW Brian couldn't sing.

If George had got to know him better he would have changed his mind about Jones. Psychopaths are always charming at first meeting. The poison of their personality only comes out with familiarity. No one who knew Brian well liked him at all.

Jones dabbled on a handful of instruments but he never "Mastered " any of them. His best instrument was the rhythm guitar and he was mediocre at that, at best. He quit the guitar when he figured out that he could never be the star of a guitar band with Keith Richards in it. That is when he insisted on playing these odd instruments so that when he played along with Keith and Mick's songs he would be the "featured instrumentalist". He really wasn't very talented and he could not improvise to save his life.

How can anyone in their right mind say that Brian Jones "founded the Rolling Stones when their debut performance at the Marquee Club On July 12th 1962 consisted of the band called the Blue Boys, Keith's band that had been founded the year before. They had changed their name and they added two new players Brian and Ian Stewart but the rest of the band was Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Dick Taylor on Bass and the drummer Tony Chapman. The songs they played that night were from the Blue Boys set list that they had been practicing for nearly a year, and consisted of mainly blues songs and some rhythm and blues The performers on stage that night were the entire Blue Boys band, Keith's band. The only group Brian Jones ever founded was the 27 club. It is all a myth and a lie to say that Brian Jones founded the Rolling Stones. Brian JOINED the Blue Boys,Keith's band and THAT band then changed their name to the Rollin Stones.

Bill wasn't a member and didn't even know them for the first seven months the band was together yet he loves to talk about those early days as though he was there and recorded every detail. Most of what he says is pure fiction. Dick Taylor was the Rolling Stones bass player until almost 1963. Keep that in mind when Bill Wyman starts talking about Brian founding the band, auditioning and choosing the members, leading and naming the band. None of it is true. In fact Brian asked Keith if he and Ian could join Keith's band, the Blue Boys and Keith agreed. The Blue boys had been founded by Mick Keith and Dick Taylor seven months before Brian asked to join ...That band changed their name to the Rolling Stones . The name Rollin Stones had been discussed by them all, but they could not come to a consensus agreement. When pressed on the phone by a reporter for a name when they were about to debut at the Marquee Club in Soho. Jones blurted out the name without consulting the rest of the boys. Thereafter they were stuck with it once it went to press, like it or not. Bill would not join the band for another five months after the renaming. Bill was playing bass for the Cliftones at the other end of London. Jones did run an advert in the Jazz News to try to start a rhythm and Blues band . But the only person he "auditioned and chose" was pianist Ian Stewart. Upon failure to start a band Brian went to Keith and asked if they could join his band, because he liked the way they sang and played the blues.. That is another myth created by Wyman. He claims that Brian directed the band to play the Blues. They were already a blues band, hence the name; Little Boy Blue and The Blue Boys. Jones was not even a founding member of the band that BECAME the Rolling Stones... “The band is really an amalgamation of two bands. The one being an R&B band I formed about a year ago, and the other being a group run by Mick and Keith in S.E. London. I was introduced to Keith and we decided to pool our resources, so with Stu from my band, and Mick from Keith’s we became the nucleus of the ‘Stones.’” ---Brian Jones 1963 in a certified and authenticated hand written letter to the leader of their fan club who asked Brian how the band got together. That letter was auctioned off after being authenticated by Bonhams Auction House where it was sold to the highest bidder for thousands of pounds. Brian was lying. He did not have a band when he went to Keith ...It was only he and Ian.

Brian had such a posh accent.

Wish the audio wasn't so poor. I was 10 when he died, but as the youngest in a large family, I was exposed to 60s era music at a very young age. IMO, the last good album the Stones put out was Exile on Main Streer.

55 years without Brian Jones💔😭 BJ 2/28/1942 - 7/3/1969

Justin Bieber stole his look

this guy was a completely normal, bright student according to those who taught him. Then, something happened to unhinge him. He became obsessed with Amercican, Jazz music, and bohemian carefree lifestyle, starting a band he never imagined would be a success. He brought together two extremely ambitious harding working young men who jelled and grew more confident of their talents. TELEVISION And RADIO were the catalysts which brought them fame and fortune. Simple as that. The rest is history.

i noticed lots of the people in this comment section are most likely grown adults, or elders who grew up with the rolling stones. i'm only a teenager, and Brian was dead long before i was even thought of. i got into the rolling stones (and the rest of my music taste like 60s, 80s, etc) through Bill Wyman on a top of the pops episode, and through him, i found the rolling stones. i had heard of them before through my parents, but never had gotten into them. however, it was just in august last year, i started listening to them and i really enjoyed under my thumb. then, i got into more of their music in various albums like let it bleed. i discovered gimme shelter and i absolutely love that song, i listen to it on full volume every day. i believe the 60s was the stones best era, and wanna know why? because Brian was still there. if i could bring someone back from the dead, it would be Brian Jones. no jones, no stones. he was absolutely beautiful, and his role in the band is so overlooked by many, he was the life and soul of the band, its just such a shame he had to die. if he was still here today, he'd be able to see the amount of people that love him. after all, he created the band. without him, the stones would've never existed, so the only reason that Mick and Keith are up there today is because of Brian. he was the one that started the band, and he will never be forgotten.

They were all young and immature. By the time of this interview Brian was much in need of psychological counselling.

Nice hair 😊

Stones ca. 65 had such a different vibe than the lips/tongue circus act we’ve been stuck with since the 70s. Brian was special. He was sensitive, fragile, and had a real darkness about him. His contributions in the studio were almost always amazing, even near the end when he seemed to be barely conscious. It’s unfortunate he never got his act together. I think he could have found artistic fulfillment outside of the Stones. He was a big star, a legend in his own time. People would have taken a chance on him. There was an audience waiting for him to do something great. Just wasn’t meant to be.

Is that "Salty Dog" at 0:50 ?

"In 1966, I witnessed, on numerous occasions, the remarkable spell Brian would cast while working in the recording studio. Mick and Keith would bring songs in, Brian would listen and effectively take charge, and everyone was in awe of him. He was a real perfectionist. While recording the recorder part in Ruby Tuesday he explained to me that he had to do it over again as he had been a quarter tone off tune."--Prince Stash Klossowski de Rola (artist and friend of the Stones) in Brian Jones: Butterfly in the Park.

Btw, Gene Clark made it clear that Brian co-wrote Eigh Miles High. So much for certain people saying Brian couldn't write. ;)

i always felt sorry for him in this interview...when he uses the word surreal and gets called out on it, his face changes, like hes lots all his confidence. He looks like a kid in class who gets called on and doesn't know the answer and just sinks in his seat.

If Brian didn't do so much drugs ' even with Mick n Keith partnership he would have also helped them get more and better hits well in to the 70s

Wonderful voice...hypnotic

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He founded The Rolling Stones, only to get sacked by his own band. I know it was because of drugs, but... seriously, which Stone was not into it? Especially the Glimmer twins.

The mask drops right at the end.....What is surrealism? he didn't like that...perhaps he couldn't define it.

He always sounded like a highly educated young man, very articulated, very clever. I think he just got bored of being a Stone. Sadly, drugs killed many clever young people in the Sixties.

Even in 65 you could see that thousand yard stare in Brian's eyes, indicating that the lights are on but nobody's home. Jones was already a waste of space.

He would live just four years more and become the founding member of the 27 Club. What really happened that July evening by the swimming pool?

Btw, Brian did answer that question at the very end, you can hear it in the Producer's Cut: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4vLZ5aAramBh6M

At 1:00 they're playing Salty Dog.

He seemed to be intelligent and together. Shame the drugs & lifestyle ruined him before his passing.

Brian Jones, multi instrumentalis te

A Pisces man indeed

I could have listened to him for hours. What a magnetic, intelligent, fascinating man! He must have been greatly envied.

He talks and acts like some sadistic serial killer, not that I personally know any sadistic serial killers. However, the dude is freaky, and those bags under his eyes carry a lot of luggage. If he had lived, he would have haunted the 1970s behind studio curtains. As it is, he probably haunts Keith and Mick's minds as he waits patiently for their demise. "What took you so long, boys?"

Many analytical comments here, about his talent and fragility. He actually had a strong, domineering personality. I've met many of his generation, from Cheltenham, his hometown. That's why I've written this. His mother despaired of him; and his father disowned him. In today's society, he may even have been jailed; for his youthful transgressions. However; He was a superb musician; and incredibly articulate, with a top-notch IQ.

He was curt cobain

CHESUPTAMRE JEGGGER , ALIVR BRIAN !!! 👍👍👍

Brian Jones - STOP YOUR DRUGS

RIP

The Beatles loved Brian. Called him brilliant, talented. No Jones, no Stones. He was a sacrifice. And the man who murdered him is dead now too. Music industry is DARK. A Faustian bargain weighs heavy on those with a conscience.