Jimi Hendrix: The musician Brian Jones called “the most exciting guitarist I’ve ever heard”
Brian Jones was never a snob about different styles of music, so when someone brought range to rock and roll, he knew he was ...
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3 Great Rolling Stones Covers You Might Have Missed
The Rolling Stones learned their craft by covering other artists. Interpreting songs by Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley taught Mick Jagger and Keith Richards how to write their own material. Soon, original ...
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The ‘Beggar’s Banquet’ Deep Cut That Became One of the Final Recordings by Brian Jones and Johnny Cash’s Only Rolling Stones Cover
The second song in the set was another Beggar’s Banquet track “No Expectations,” written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Recorded in May of 1968, the song features Brian Jones ...
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On This Day: Mick Jagger Joins an Anti-Vietnam War Protest in London Prompting the Rolling Stones’ “Street Fighting Man”
"'Street Fighting Man' is one of my favorite Rolling Stones songs. The music came together through a series of accidents and experimentation" ...
Rock icon who died 50 years ago may be alive in Northeast, documentary claims
The 27-year-old frontman for The Doors was found dead in the bathtub of an apartment in Paris on July 3, 1971. There were ...
The Rolling Stones song that saved Bruce Springsteen’s career: “It was a very important record for me”
Bruce Springsteen has always confessed that he is a huge fan of Rolling Stones, but did you know one of their songs saved his career?
Three songs that The Rolling Stones ripped off The Beatles: “You can imitate everyone you know”
The Rolling Stones may have carved out their own niche these days, but their early days have songs that cribbed notes from The Beatles.
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The Real Meaning Behind “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones
There simply has to be. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote this song from a number of improvised melodies that Brian Jones played on the sitar. The whole of the band contributed, in one way or ...
The 20 greatest British rock bands of all time: from The Beatles to Arctic Monkeys
While rock and roll may seem to be fading in the UK, our list of the top 20 greatest bands of all time proves that the genre ...
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The REAL story behind the Rolling Stones' notorious Altamont concert
The Rolling Stones had just begun Under My Thumb and ... to London in 1968 to cover the trial of founder member Brian Jones who, amid increasing problems with addiction, had been charged with ...
Unbelievable: Documentary claims rock legend Jim Morrison may be alive and living in Syracuse
The series, called “Before the End,” suggests Morrison may have faked his death. And it offers this dramatic theory: Morrison ...