The Rolling Stones -"Acid In The Grass" (Bill Wyman) 1967

[@axiomist4488]

My god !!! I never knew this existed and I'll be 76 next week (August 2023). First time I hear that Brian, in addition to every other instrument he played, could play the harp ! Most of the photographs were unknown to me, too. Theyre beautiful. This is a gorgeous video and finding this performance after all the years since I first heard or saw the Stones, in 1963, is exhilarating. Thank you for posting this; you did a great job of producing this amazing video. What an unbelievable birthday present this turned out to be for me. Thanks again, from the bottom of my heart !

[@Brembelia]

From marimbas, to dulcimer, to xylophone, to standard harp, to sax, to cello, to sitar, to bath tub stoppers, Brian was something else again; just awesome. :D

[@mackb909]

Mellotron, oboe, harmonica (the "other" harp), recorder, flute, piano, organ, harpsichord, oh, and lest we forget, guitar and slide guitar. Brian's mellotron work on "2000 Light Years from Home" and other songs was highly praised. Many keyboard and electronics nerds of the era said that the mellotron, a cumbersome instrument that was basically a cabinet with analogue tapes arranged inside and attached to a keyboard, was an instrument that frequently broke down even when operated correctly, but that Brian worked it like a charm. He won praise from Michael Pinder, the keyboardist/mellotronist of The Moody Blues, who was considered the master of the instrument in '60s London (before the emergence of other prog rock bands).

[@pootdaggy2657]

He played everything well but "Dad".

[@peytonmiles6982]

@@pootdaggy2657 sadly true

[@dorothyfry3319]

Brian was a genius when it came to playing instruments. I only wish he had stayed with us.

[@dorothyfry3319]

@Ronaldo Laquidara no they weren't. I've been a fan of the Rolling Stones from the beginning. I feel Mick and Keith actually stole Brian's band. Sad that many people today don't realize Brian created, named and hired the band members.

[@rebeccahernandez3460]

Brian was so very talented. It's sad he left us so soon. Just imagine the music he could have composed if he were still with us. I hope he's on heaven's stage playing with his friends who are also there and having the time of his fife.

[@williardbillmore5713]

Jones never composed anything in his entire career...What makes you think he would have started after he fried his brain?

[@vampyros1]

​@@williardbillmore5713You are correct. Unfortunately, a premature demise sometimes ensures a legacy that has nothing to do with reality, as can be verified by all the upvotes for the OP ridiculous comment. Jagger/Richards were the songwriters for the Stones, with some wonderful embellishments from others, to be sure, but that's a completely different thing, usually.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

He's dead.

[@rebeccahernandez3460]

@@williardbillmore5713 You are wrong. Brian Jones in 1966 composed, produced and played on the soundtrack of the movie A Degree of Murder. There were also 4 songs that Brian wrote that were recorded between Oct 1963 and January 1964, but for whatever reason were not released. So he was able to compose music. Don't believe me? Look it up. I did.

[@williardbillmore5713]

@@rebeccahernandez3460 I have tried many times to listen to the aforementioned sound track, but I could never get to far into it before it bored me tto death. it was unimaginative without theme nor emotion. From what I have read from those many people who contributed to this aimless directionless ramble. Jones actually had little to do with any real composition and he really just played some harmonica that was not blues and was reminiscent of an American TV dog food commercial with a western flavor to it. As for the other supposed unreleased Brian songs that no one has ever heard there is most likely a very good reason why they are kept out of public. As Mick said, they were never developed and they were just not very good to start with... I stand by my comment that Brian never had an original musical idea in his entire career..

[@michaelward9880]

Brian Jones was definitely the coolest Stone!

[@NewarkBay357]

I think most might say, either Mick Jagger or Keith Richards was the coolest Rolling Stone. But everybody has an opinion, just like everybody has an asshole.

[@magnusauslandstoresletten3786]

No The rythm section was

[@magnusauslandstoresletten3786]

No The rythm section was!

[@michaelward9880]

@@NewarkBay357 And some people are just Assholes. Right, asshole?

[@bankfree7745]

Sulffolk ice music instrumental 💙👍🎵🎹🎼

[@alexandervalle525]

Homenage to one of the musicians and one of the rock icon ever : Brian Jones !

[@johnricco5366]

i was 18 in 1967. the highs back then were stratospheric.

[@luiscalcano4359]

What kind of highs? LOL! I was 10 going into the 5th grade, and by 3/1968 had an uncle kia in SouthVietnam. Great psych tune.

[@antoniodevetag3687]

Grande Brian. I veri Stones etano quelli con lui.

[@robertcooney1938]

I got a little wooden harp. Immediately played this gem just today. Love ya, Brian, Jumping Jack of all instruments, master of none. So important for early Stones. Then the Mick Taylor era came and The Stones were The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World.

[@sirwinstonoboogieweallshin205]

when bill left the band that was it for me.this is the stones that captured my imagination when I was 15.

[@glennhfriedman4571]

you lose ..

[@atbglenn]

I stopped liking the Stones after Bill left, although I still listen to their old stuff.

[@ttesoro]

Your nick tells that u r a beatle fan.

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

When the band started taking Geritol that was it for me

[@adelembpr]

@@thedevilsadvocate5210 And still running around.

[@stellaercolani3810]

Rip Brian, such a loss...

[@elenikorkodelaki2695]

(0.49).. Brian Jones with his shining smile❤...Always Love ♥️ for you Brian❤

[@MrGiorgioud]

Had Brian lived, I am sure he would have become one of the prime movers of World Music-Rock contamination, and a great one at that. He had recorded the Pipes players of Joujouka in Morocco, and released a wonderful album of their music. He would have gone all the way, and created a new genre. The Mo-rock. Boom boom! No, I am serious. He had an abiding interest in North African, Arabic, Indian, Flamenco music and Jazz. He could play any instrument he looked at. With such a mindset, the sky would've been the limit....

[@williardbillmore5713]

You are seriously deluded. Brian was a poser and a loser.

[@stellaercolani3810]

Never heard this tune...how sweet, thanks for posting on u tube.

[@HTJB60]

Snap. It's really weird on 'mute' as I discovered ! {Thought "I was on acid" for a moment. Had the mute switch on. Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.}

[@tomjohns5146]

Stella Ercolani=early version of in another land !

[@mariajosemj2758]

Some pictures never ve seen! Thanks👍

[@susycruz1985]

damn awesome i love Brian

[@krc82355]

Steve Marriott on acoustic guitar,Bill on bass, Nicky on organ, Brian on harp

[@Youman71463]

@Grass Man according to wiki both Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane feature on acoustic guitars on the track

[@manny4552]

​@@Youman71463and backing vocals

[@alexandervalle525]

Without Brian rolling stones wouldn't never be recognized. So it is simple.

[@elenikorkodelaki2695]

It's very much true...And now Mick is the "sir" and Brian became a Legend 💯💯👏... Without BRIAN they worked perhaps in a factory or anything else

[@josephlemko3027]

Thank you for posting this piece of music that I never knew existed. Damn Brian could even play the harp.✌️😇

[@stanmenshic8993]

Easily the best musical component is Brian on the harp!

[@barthelemiferrerie647]

Brian Jones cool love beautiful ♥️♥️♥️♥️ Charlie ♥️♥️♥️♥️Bill ♥️♥️♥️♥️👏👏👏👏

[@michaelswincicki4042]

I read somewhere on KZbin that Brian Jones played at least 53 instruments it was probably true cuz he plays almost everything I don't think there's nobody out there today that does stuff like that this should have been on a LP I know I'm right

[@BigSky1]

Michael Swincicki I know you are wrong. Brian played many instruments but not 53! I once counted all the instruments he played on Stones records and it came to 23 I think. He played many Instruments but did not play any of them for long enough to be a master except slide guitar and harmonica. He was a dabbler who could get what he needed for the tune at hand.

[@G8GT364CI]

I think it was 119.

[@lewislane9727]

Phil Collins

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

Keith Richards- Master Guitarist. Bill Wyman- Master Bassist Charlie Watts- Master Drummer Mick Jagger- Master Vocalist Brian Jones- Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None. Brian Jones Fans And Cultists- Masturbators.

[@alaincelos476]

@@secondcomingofbast9908 without Brian no jagger-richards hits!

[@THECLARENCES]

Awesome!!! Love this version & the version on the album!!! xoxo The Clarences

[@HTN3]

Fifty years ago tomorrow the power of addiction reared its ugly head and claimed another musician whose talents made rock-and-roll the most formative music of my life. Thank goodness Brian's legacy lives on all these decades later.

[@robertoferrandoalberola8434]

Amazing. R.I.P. Brian 😢♥️

[@francisbain8142]

Love this song, I dance the day and night way with this song.

[@chriswillis6941]

Without Brian the stones were an average band. Was there any instrument that man couldn't play. RIP Brian. Music is poorer without him. With all respect to Bill and Charlie.

[@steveconn]

Stones weren't average. They played with an intensity unmatched by any other Brit band save The Who. You want average listen to the Beatles without studio gimmickry on the Let It Be album.

[@enriquesalazar4392]

Por siempre el más talentoso de los stones

[@RonnieLeeDuck]

On Organ. It would surprise me if that was Nicky Hopkins. It sounds way too simplistic for his level of playing. It would also surprise me if it was Ian Stewart. Stewart was strictly a "boogie woogie" style pianist. Stewart refused to play piano on Wild Horses because it was outside his style. Never mind this song which is even more outside Stewart's musical realm. Bill Wyman is credited with playing Organ on "In another Land" I would guess it is him and Keith is actually playing bass. Then again, they are obviously just playing around in the studio on this recording so I suppose all bets are off.

[@G8GT364CI]

Stu would not play in a minor key.

[@myrlemueller3964]

Love the pic s cool JAM

[@forbiddenvalley]

Stevie Marriott on acoustic. He was right next door at Olympic and did the sessions...

[@klinsmeier]

If I had a time machine, I would also make a short stop there to see this meeting.

[@jimi6354]

He has a lot of influence on the majesties album, love Marriott, I bet him and Brian Jones were a pairing 😳😂

[@atbglenn]

RIP Steve. We all miss you.

[@TheGman858]

Wow I had no idea Steve Marriott played on this they should have let him sing too

[@graemehardaker1125]

Steve sang on the finished track

[@myrlemueller3964]

Love the jamm in sounds like that had fun time

[@lethrbear32]

I love acid.

[@carlosteranbarriobero8341]

Love this stuff...I do love Stoones rare things...

[@bkmyland6976]

Trippy Maaaaaan.

[@adelembpr]

Brian the genius.

[@nomorebushz]

LSD-25 Right on Bill... he Strode outside the box.

[@splitwun]

so much love for this

[@alexandervalle525]

Without Brian Jones Rolling Stones would not have gotten so far. Even with Mick Jagger.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Nevertheless they went much farther without him.

[@klubkid46]

love it.

[@jamesemery628]

Trippy days :o)

[@jens4689]

They should've replaced "See What Happens" with this stuff, love it!

[@stevegordon8474]

I didn't know Brian could also play the harp and i have never heard this before. Very good. I'm a big fan of both Brian and Bill...they were the coolest.

[@robertcooney1938]

I think it's an auto harp.

[@teresapuppo1388]

Che nn é mai troppo tardi per conoscere e riconoscere la genialità e capire quanto gli pesava

[@paisleybabee]

love it!

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

This is as good as the finished product. Has Wyman put this on an album?

[@Gambitofsky]

Predecessor of the 'In Another Land'. Listen how much work was done to transform this idea to the masterpiece.

[@kirkwatson1442]

I like the harp and organ...

[@leahmonday1182]

GOD BLESS YOU! lm

[@HTJB60]

Thought "I was on acid" for a moment. Had the mute switch on. Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[@vampiromitchell6510]

Bryan jones was the best ..in this band ..the 5 stone.. Very good music..! Fantastic bryan jones! DEP.

[@eric7922]

I actually like it better than the album track. There’s something James Bondish in the riff, Goldfinger like. It’s really cool.

[@Bwahzehdezooner]

Stu would never have played on something like this. He would have called it "fruity". He only liked blues.

[@_Singularity_]

I heard he wouldn't play on wild horses because it opened with a minor chord (or a chinese chord as he called it)

[@lamper2]

@@_Singularity_ TRUE STORY!

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

❤👍❤👍❤👍❤

[@Renhjarta]

Charlie plays almost Ringo-like here!

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

True, especially in the catch-up rolls.

[@en3usiastfortesque368]

Charlie and Ringo drove some of the best music ever.......

[@christinerendina]

Groovy

[@francisbain8142]

I feel that without Brian Jones the Stones were not the same band, they sounded better with him.

[@cedricdalido8194]

ACID, billllllllll!!!!!!!

[@Lucas-ek8kc]

Nicky Hopkins on organ !!!

[@cree8vision]

You mean harpsichord?

[@Methilde]

Hopkins could never played in such a primitive level.

[@Kelly14UK]

02:28 It's Jones, but Marriott actually looked exactly like that at times around Ogden's and Tin Soldier.

[@ceejay1794]

Kelly14UK c Brian and Steve would have been the start of a tremendous band.

[@adelembpr]

@@ceejay1794 Both men would die tragically.

[@Kelly14UK]

@@ceejay1794 That's just it. They could have teamed and Jones would have been part of a supergroup. A few bands had packed in around '68 and '69 so it could have worked. But sadly, we can't get by the swimming pool incident.

[@imasumac1859]

LO ADORO

[@GeoffEustice]

Most likely Brian or Bill on organ and Keith or Brian on acoustic

[@shelflife3867]

No, thats Steve Marriott . well documented

[@rolfhoffmann4294]

acid in the grass i pulled down my pants

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Ah said the fly returly, where art the other half of the moony most, all scintillate and dangly in the heavenly bode : Stan

[@peterklutinoty244]

Don't think Keef was involved on THIS take.

[@RedArrow73]

Probly in jail.

[@GabrielHuentemil]

Probably trying to tune his guitar

[@flyingburritobro68]

Peter Klutinoty because it’s horrid. If he was on it then it would rock but it is pathetic like that album. Embarassing. Thankfully Keith got them back on track with Beggars Banquet and the best came from 68-72

[@lucasoheyze4597]

@@flyingburritobro68Don't talk shit, lad.

[@Methilde]

​ Agree 100% :)

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Isn't Steve Marriott on this song ?

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Ah yes.... I see the answer below 👍

[@alanalvarado1160]

Only Brian Jones

[@Stephanjnj]

This resembles some of the movie soundtrack work Brian had been composing around this time.

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

[@beefheart67]

sounds nothing like in another land but like it tho!

[@vincenzosallusto5549]

vera forza creativa,,,,,, un gruppo di geni musicali,,,,,,,,,

[@tammiealmany6239]

Acid in the grass mushrooms in my coffee pot

[@Kiekhaefer6]

God bless Charlie but it sounds like he's been awake for 9 days AND drunk

[@Wildberryjamband]

really good track, better than what was used on the album

[@terrapin121]

The Stones much better at translating a cid trip than the Beatles ever were

[@daleeloph7759]

Daniel Curtiss no revolution #9 was pretty right on

[@Steven_Ray99]

Daniel Curtiss Have you listened to Tomorrow Never Knows? That's the staple acid rock song, idgaf what anyone says.

[@christopherthomas7253]

Neat!

[@Viajealduende]

Just more proof that it's a good thing Bill and Brian weren't the writing team for the Rolling Stones. The only good part of the song In Another Land is Jagger's backing vocal. If you don't agree try listening to Bill's other compostition Downtown Suzie, a bit better than this but not by much.

[@lucasayala7010]

100 % acido lisérgico

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

stones in 67 rippin the beatles...coo coo ca choo

[@andrewwabik7919]

Brian was fucking murdered.

[@briankattari9956]

Не хило курнули ...

[@mrmojorising-]

LSD

[@HEADLINEZOO]

Jones spread himself too thin and lost touch with the guitar. To a lesser extent the same is true of George Harrison-luckily Hendrix, Clapton and Ravi Shankar talked Harrison into refocusing on the guitar. Unlike Harrison, Jones didn’t have the writing chops or he could’ve remained in the Stones.

[@steveconn]

Harrison just added sitar to Beatles albums; Jones added sitar, marimba, dulcimer, mellotron, a whole symphony of new color to Stones songs, all by himself. Brian was a thousand times more creative a musician than George. But his drug arrests (many planted) made it impossible for him to tour with the Stones, which they financially needed, so he was fired.

[@HEADLINEZOO]

steve conn Harrison brought the sitar to western music and Jones copied him. The Stones fired Jones because he lost touch with the guitar-he didn’t grow with the band and was a subpar lead guitarist. He obviously didn’t have the songwriting chops of Harrison to compensate for his poor guitar work so they sacked him. Harrison had a great run in the early seventies post Beatles.

[@alvarosantiago4285]

VOU FAZER COCÔ!

[@rightsector8073]

In my opinion, Brian Jones was really the founder of the Rolling Stones, but he was also the fifth wheel in the cart, he was on his own, he was on his own and had no influence on the music of the group. He interfered with everyone - both with his antics and with his low professional skill. He was tolerated out of greed until he bored everyone with his unsubstantiated ambitions. This is just my opinion.

[@alaincelos476]

Id read it : when J/R , purpose a song Brian was around and add an" exotic or normal" instrument to color thé songs..eg M/K thought satisfaction was crap and the 3 others said NA ! For exemple Bill add his fuzz bass...same for "jjf" ....

[@williardbillmore5713]

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 instuments so that when he played along woth Keith and ick's songs he would be the "featured instrumentalist". He really wasn't very talented and he could not improvise to save his life.

[@PAULLONDEN]

YAWN.......Just because it's The Stones doesn't mean every bloody halfassed demo is interesting. There's more listenable stuff to be found on the "Satanic Sessions"....

[@mackb909]

+PAULLONDEN Sorry if you don't like it, mate; absolutely your prerogative. But I find it interesting because: 1) a take with neither Mick nor Keith present; 2) early version of the only Wyman song included on a regular Stones LP release; 3) Brian playing an actual harp rather than "harp" (i.e., harmonica). Also interesting to speculate if Steve Marriott and/or Hopkins and/or Stewie were present. In any case also interesting because only Wyman and Watts are still around at this point.

[@Kelly14UK]

Some of us just want to imagine our band at work

[@PAULLONDEN]

Kelly14UK Ofcourse..... lots of these outtakes and sessions are highly interesting. I've got most of them....

[@Kelly14UK]

What were Gold Painted Nails and English Summer? I think one was a Carnaby Street jam with the keyboards. Btw, when was the released version of Dandelion actually recorded? Autumn '66 w/ summer '67 overdubs? Or a totally new recording from We Love You sessions? *****

[@PAULLONDEN]

Kelly14UK Those were outtakes from the '67 "Their Satanic Majesties Request" recording... There's a lot of those to be found on the "Satanic Sessions" ; a 4 hour bootleg which you can find on the share site "Soulseek".

[@lewislane9727]

I'm a huge Stones fan but I got to be honest this sucks

[@Methilde]

Missing Keith and Mick here, so.....