Brian Jones's main achievements

1962 in may, Brian Jones, a 20-year-old musical genius, published a statement in the newspaper called Jazz News, saying that he would form a blues band? Also known as the "blues") band, hoping to find like-minded music lovers. Bruce is Brian's favorite music, and his idol is Marty Waters, the master of black blues. Jones's statement received many responses from musicians, but his eyes were critical. In the process of searching for candidates, mick jagger was caught by him. At that time, this gentleman had made his mark with his unique voice and unique stage image. Jones also invited 18-year-old guitarist keith richards, who can perfectly imitate the performance of American rock legend Chuck Berry. Jones was not sure about rock musicians joining the blues band, but he soon found that Richards' rhythmic guitar greatly enriched his lead guitar performance. The melody of the band is fixed. After that, Jones invited drummer Charlie Watts and bassist bill wyman, who were in charge of the rhythm part of the band. It's time to name the band. Jones called it "Rolling Stones Blues"-a song from his idol Marty Waters.

revolt

The rebellious band "Rolling Stones" is admired by young listeners, but their parents are afraid of them. At that time, the Beatles were wearing all-in-one short leather jackets, while the members of the Rolling Stones went their own way: Jagger and Jones wore shirts and bell bottoms, and Richards looked like a tramp in tattered jeans. The Beatles played catchy tunes and quickly became popular songs, while the Rolling Stones stuck to their blues tradition. "The Beatles" always appeared unconsciously as the youth spokesmen and were regarded as mythological totem worship, but "Rolling Stone" never sang metaphorical and enlightening songs, and its works were rooted in the reality of life and reflected the loudest voices of western youth at that time. The Beatles's career is booming, and he has made frequent appearances and performances all over the world, while Jones, Richards and Jagger have also become frequent visitors to the court. But their performance is getting better and better.

Jones got into trouble because endless lawsuits forced him to give up his tour in America. Bill wyman, the bassist, said that Brian Jones was "probably the cutest, most popular and most measured person in the world, and also the most rebellious person". Jones struggled internally and became manic and depressed. He is eager for the company of the opposite sex, but he is arrogant towards his ex-girlfriend, even punching him. He has five illegitimate children in his short life, but he denies all of them.

Internal folding

As the most creative member of Rolling Stone, Jones mastered the playing methods of marimba and Sitar in a short time, which made other musicians envious. At the beginning of the band's establishment, Brian was the core figure of the band, but the three main forces, the Rolling Stones, were suspicious of each other and jealously jealous, which led to many contradictions within the band and was on the verge of collapse. Once, Jones almost fired Jagger for his poor singing skills. The hostility between the two men intensified to the point of moving the knife. The guitar combination of Jones and Richards didn't last long. When the latter and Jagger began to write songs together, there was a rift between the two guitarists and they appreciated each other. Richards and Jagger mastered the creative rights of Rolling Stone, and they also became rich because of extra dividends.

By the end of 1960s, the band didn't want to follow Jones' idea, covering American blues and rock blues. Jones became isolated, so he began to seek comfort from the anesthetic. His drug addiction gave the Rolling Stones a headache. Tabloid reporters made a big fuss about this issue. To make matters worse, Jones is about to collapse at this time. He became useless on the stage and often fell to the ground when recording. Finally, the band decided to take a short break, get ready to recharge and rally. They decided to spend their holidays in Morocco.

guard

Richards, Jones and his girlfriend Anita decided to go to Morocco by bus. Jones was in a good mood at the beginning of the trip. He tasted brandy in the kettle, chewed marijuana leaves and flirted with his girlfriend in the back seat of the car, but he didn't realize that Anita and Richards loved each other. The second day of the trip,1February 28, 962, was his birthday, but he was taken to the hospital in Toulouse because of a cold. The French doctor persuaded the young man to stay in the hospital for a few days, so he let his fellow travelers go first and made an appointment to meet him in Tangier, Morocco, after he recovered from his illness. Brian spent his 25th birthday alone.

A few days later, Anita received a telegram from Jones urging her to return to Toulouse to accompany him back to London. Less than a week later, Jones, Anita and others flew from London to Gibraltar. He became very depressed and finally realized that Anita was in love with Richards. He flew into a rage and burst into tears.

Jones finally fell ill in Marrakech. He attacked Anita and said she was unfaithful. In the evening, drunken Jones and two local prostitutes broke into her guest room and asked her to join their "carnival". Anita's refusal made Jones smash the room angrily.

The next day, Brian wandered around the square and watched the wonderful performance of the local drummer. All his traveling companions have flown back to London. Brian was drunk when he returned to the hotel, but he still knew that Jagger and Richards had taken his rolling stone, and Richards had also taken Anita.

collapse

Brian Jones's nerves have been damaged since he returned to London. He hates everyone. The other members of the band ignored him. If it weren't for Jagger, he would be expelled from the band. Jagger, who is far-sighted, understands that the Rolling Stones still need Jones, and he is worried that once the band has no "heartthrob" Jones, his reputation for painstaking efforts will go up in smoke.

The resentment between Jones and his former friends is deepening. Although his companion refused to talk to him, his lover stayed with Richards, and Jones agreed to take part in the trip. After the tour, Jones completely indulged himself: he didn't participate in band rehearsal or record, and even if he did, it was completely useless.

1969 At the end of winter, mick jagger decided to use Mike Taylor as the lead guitarist. At the beginning of June, Jones calmly accepted the decision to be expelled from the band. Jagger gave him a pension of 654.38 million pounds, and as long as the Rolling Stones exist, he will be given a pension of 20,000 pounds every year.

At this time, Jones had a new girlfriend-Anna Walling, a beautiful Swedish girl, a professional dancer. For fear of health deterioration, Jones forced himself to reduce the dosage of drugs and only drink white wine. He resumed writing and discussed with John Lennon the plan to perform on the same stage.

sabotage

Bad luck comes at once.

Jones is going to decorate the house, so he invites Frank Tarogood, the carpenter's foreman, to live in a room above the garage. Workers' wages are paid by Rolling Stone. The foreman can't stand Jones's temper. When he was a young upstart who made much ado about nothing, carpenters made no secret of their contempt for his master. Jones, who is eager for friendship, is generous and doesn't care about the blatant contempt of others. But something happened in July 1, which made him extremely angry. That night, the covered floor collapsed and the beam almost hit Anna Waring.

The next morning, Jones told Tarokod that if he didn't fix the beam, he wouldn't pay, and he would check all the accounts, including meals. The foreman put him down. Jones threatened to fire them so that they would never find a job again.

Jones seldom regrets what he has done, but he is ready to make up with Taroko. In the evening, Jones invited the foreman to drink and swim by the swimming pool. Yunu's foreman ordered some vodka and Jones drank brandy. The young musician also wanted to talk to the workers calmly, so he called everyone to the swimming pool except Taroko's girlfriend Janet who stayed in the living room.

Anna Waring was in a bad mood when she saw Taroko swimming, but Jones didn't seem to notice. He jumped into the water, grabbed his opponent's ankle and jokingly dragged the foreman into the water. Taroko obviously didn't like it, but Jones kept challenging him and calling him an "old man", which aggravated his sense of humiliation. Finally, Taroko grabbed Jones by the shoulder and pushed him into the water. Jones surfaced in despair, panting: he thought it was just a game. At this moment, Janet suddenly put Anna on the phone. A few minutes later, there was a phone call in the yard. When Anna ran down the stairs, she saw Taroko in the kitchen, soaked to the skin. His hands trembled and lit a cigarette, trying to avoid Anna's eyes. Anna ran to the swimming pool and saw Jones lying at the bottom of the pool with open arms.

Anna jumped into the water and tried to pull her sweetheart up, but she just couldn't catch it. She ran to Taroko for help. According to her, the foreman came, but he lingered for a long time. They dragged Jones up together. At this moment, Janet also rushed over. They cleared the water from Jones's lungs and let him lie on his back. Nurse Janet gave Jones a heart massage. Suddenly, Janet felt Brian hold her hand feebly. However, when the ambulance arrived, his breathing had stopped.

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, the news of Jones's death reached the "Olympic" recording studio in London, and the members of "Rolling Stone" who were recording songs here were greatly shocked. They put down their work and fell into silent sadness. Charlie Watts, the drummer, cried.

Sing a song

Anna Waring thinks Frank Tarokod killed Brian Jones. She said that within five days after the accident, Taroko threatened her twice not to involve him.

Alfred hotchner, the author of Rolling Stone, found two people who claimed to have witnessed the murder. Nicholas Fitzgerald was very close to Jones. On the evening of July 2, at about 1 1, he and a friend came to Jones' residence. The light by the swimming pool was on, and Fitzgerald saw three men in overalls by the swimming pool. One of them knelt down and put a man's head in the water. At the other end of the pool stood a man and a woman who seemed to give orders; Then a worker jumped into the water and sat on the drowning man. Fitzgerald and his friends were about to stop when a strong man rushed at them and scared them away.

A carpenter who works in Jones' house accepted an anonymous interview with hotchner. According to him, at least two companions hate Jones, envy his wealth and popularity among women, and hate his arrogant temper. It was these two carpenters who were by the swimming pool that day. In order to get back at his employer, they refused to let him into the water.

Anna Waring confirmed that many years later, Tom Kellock, the driver of Rolling Stone, approached Frank Tarokood before he died and asked him to sign a statement admitting to killing Jones. But this document was not published. On the night of Jones' death, Rolling Stone spokesperson Les Palin rushed to the scene. A few days later, he gave Anna Waring a large sum of money to refuse any interview, but she didn't agree. But Palin finally persuaded her to sign an agreement, promising not to tell reporters anything that would damage the reputation of Jones or the Rolling Stones.

Rolling Stone was scheduled to give a concert at Hyde Park in London on July 5th. 1969. After learning of Jones' death, the musicians planned to cancel the performance, but Charlie Watts suggested holding a concert in memory of his late ex-partner.

It was an unusually sultry day in London, and 250,000 spectators gathered in Hyde Park. The band played the first song, and Tom Kellock released 2000 white butterflies. However, the half-heated butterfly managed to fly for a while and landed on the audience. This performance became the biggest failure of Rolling Stone's music career.

Five days later, Brian Jones was buried in his hometown of Cheltenham, 0/20km away from London/Kloc. Jagger did not come to the funeral. He went to Australia to make a film. Richards and Anita didn't show up at the funeral either, and the reason is self-evident.

Rolling Stones Memorabilia

"Once you let me start, I won't stop!" This is a lyric from the Rolling Stones song "Start me up", and it is also a portrayal of the style of this old British band. In the 40 years from 1960s to now, no band has dominated the stage as long as they have (Up to now, Rolling Stone has performed more than 65,438+0,800 performances in nearly 100 countries around the world, including hundreds of charity performances), and no band has been as stormy and scandalous as Rolling Stone (Brian Jones drowned, mick jagger and keith richards were convicted of "obscenity". Rolling "Rolling Stone" has toured all over the world for many years, which proves that the vitality of rock music lies in the stage and there is no age limit for rock music.