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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Stones and Brian Jones
Character:Self - Founder of the Rolling Stones (archive footage)
Release Date:25/04/2024
Zappa
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/11/2020
The Short Life of Brian Jones
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Release Date:27/05/2020
Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones
Character:Self
Release Date:16/12/2019
No Expectations: The Murder of Brian Jones
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/2019
The Quiet One
Character:Self
Release Date:21/06/2019
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/03/2018
27: Gone Too Soon
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/03/2018
Året var 1965
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/2015
Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Video - Black Edition
Character:Self
Release Date:23/04/2013
The Rolling Stones: Grrr!
Character:Self
Release Date:12/11/2012
Crossfire Hurricane
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/10/2012
The Rolling Stones at the BBC
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2012
The Rolling Stones - All Six Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Rolling Stones
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2011
The Rolling Stones – Early Years In London
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Release Date:13/09/2010
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/11/2009
The Rolling Stones: Fade Away - The US TV Appearances 1964-1969
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/2008
The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Interviews
Character:Self
Release Date:24/04/2007
The Rolling Stones - Truth and Lies
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/10/2006
Let It Bleed - 40 Jahre Rolling Stones
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/07/2002
The Rolling Stones: Just for the Record
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2002
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Character:Self - Guitar
Release Date:12/10/1996
Jimi Plays Monterey
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/10/1987
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
5 + 1
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/1970
Voices
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1969
Monterey Pop
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:26/12/1968
Sympathy for the Devil
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Release Date:01/12/1968
What's on the Flipside
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1967
Charlie Is My Darling
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/1966
The T.A.M.I. Show
Character:Self - The Rolling Stones
Release Date:14/11/1964
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