Biography
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
all 33
self 32
Movies 30
TV Shows 3
The Stones and Brian Jones (2024)
Zappa (2020)
The Short Life of Brian Jones (2020)
The UnXplained (2019)
The Quiet One (2019)
27: Gone Too Soon (2018)
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2009)
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years (1982)
Monterey Pop (1968)
Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
A Degree of Murder (1967)
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)
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GenderMale
Birthday1942-02-28
Deathday1969-07-03 (27 years old)
Birth NameLewis Brian Hopkin Jones
Birth PlaceCheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
RelationshipsLinda Lawrence (1963-01-01 - 1964-01-01), Anna Wohlin (1969-01-01 - 1969-01-01), Pat Andrews (1960-01-01 - 1963-01-01), Suki Potier (1967-01-01 - 1969-01-01), Anita Pallenberg (1965-01-01 - 1967-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, England
Also Known AsLewis Brian Hopkin-Jones , The Rolling Stones
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