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Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an English musician and one of the founders of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, he went on to play electric guitar, sing backing vocals and play a wide variety of instruments on Rolling Stones recordings and in concerts.
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entertainment · English musician (1942–1969) · guitarist · multi-instrumentalist · bandleader · record producer · singer · also Brian Jones, Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones, Brian Dawson Jones, Elmo Lewis, Jones
Born 28 February 1942 · Died 3 July 1969 · Q204943
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“Miss Lawson said. She understood these to be sleeping tablets. Jones told them he was going to swim and mounted the springboard. He had difficulty, but Frank Thorogood tried to assist him.”
“put up with it for a few months”
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“When I made the sixth form, I found myself accepted by the older boys; suddenly I was in.”
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Yahoo: “Brian Jones was the first steel slide player I heard”: Keith Richards pays tribute to Stones guitarists past and present
Yahoo: Brian Jones' Harmony Stratotone from the Rolling Stones' early years is heading to auction
The Guardian: The week in TV: Steeltown Murders; High Desert; Ten Pound Poms; The Stones and Brian Jones and more
The Guardian: The Stones and Brian Jones review – broken hearts, fatherless kids and Nazi regalia
The Guardian: ‘He epitomised the dazzling 60s and then was gone’: the inside story of Rolling Stone Brian Jones
The Guardian: From the Observer archive, 6 July 1969: Mick Jagger pays poetic tribute to Brian Jones
The Guardian: From the archive, 8 July 1969: Jones drowned while 'drunk and drugged'
The Guardian: July 1969: Rolling Stones Hyde Park gig marred by death of Brian Jones
Following the review, Sussex Police said it would not be reopening the case, stating that "this has been thoroughly reviewed by Sussex Police's Crime Policy and Review Branch, but there is no new evidence to suggest that
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Released album “Marx in Soho”.
"As the years go by, I become even more convinced that he's entitled to a free pardon
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Mick Jagger told Rolling Stone magazine that Jones had been jealous of the Jagger/Richards songwriting team, and added: "To be honest, Brian had no talent for writing songs
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It was reported that Jones was murdered by Frank Thorogood, a builder who was doing construction work on the property
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Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Rolling Stones
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As Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka
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Died 1969-07-03.
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To Elizabeth, a married American woman who raised the girl with her husband
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When he died and has written two books about her time with him
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For the first time in three years, but 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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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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Pallenberg left Jones for his bandmate Keith Richards, which added to tensions between the bandmates
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Jones played alto saxophone on the Beatles song "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" on the soundtrack to 'Magical Mystery Tour
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Jones composed, produced, and played on the soundtrack to Mord und Totschlag (English title: A Degree Of Murder), an avant-garde German film with Anita Pallenberg, adding the majority of the instrumentation to the soundt
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“Is This What I Get For Loving You?”
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Jones met German singer Nico and began a three-month relationship with her
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And performed by the Rolling Stones incognito, was credited to Jones; this did not sit well with the rest of the band, who felt it was a group effort and all should benefit equally
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And gave the band its name, Jones's 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
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Jones applied for a scholarship to Cheltenham Art College
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Thence continuing into the sixth form and obtaining a further two O-levels
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First heard Cannonball Adderley's music and took an interest in jazz
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Born 1942-02-28.
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