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person_profile-Brian Jones

Brian Jones Died at age: 27

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Brian Jones

Date of Birth:

Feb 28, 1942

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jul 03, 1969

Biography of

Brian Jones

    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.

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Brian Jones

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Filmography of

Brian Jones

Found 23 Movies in total

The Stones and Brian Jones

Self (voice) (archive material) ( Actor )

... 2024

Zappa

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

... 2020

... 2019

The Quiet One

Self ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2018

27: Gone Too Soon

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Året var 1965

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2013

Crossfire Hurricane

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

... 2011

... 2009

... 2008

... 2007

The Rolling Stones: Just for the Record

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

... 1996

Jimi Plays Monterey

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1987

5 + 1

Self ( Actor )

... 1970

Voices

Actor

... 1969

Monterey Pop

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

The T.A.M.I. Show

Self - The Rolling Stones ( Actor )

... 1964