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Brian Jones – Let it Bleed

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Brian Jones was born on February 28th, 1942, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, beautiful countryside and a spa-town in south-west England. Brian was a multi-talented instrumentalist, and the original founder and leader of the very popular and groundbreaking music band, The Rolling Stones . The band was known as a British blues outfit initially but was later pushed into a different direction by the band’s manager, Andrew Loog Oldham. This new development didn’t sit well with Brian, and he was said to have felt alienated from the group. Brian began to abuse drugs and alcohol, a fact that started taking a toll on his performance with the band. He was ousted from the band in 1969, while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards took over the band’s musical direction. On July 3rd, 1969, less than a month after his departure from The Rolling Stones , he was found motionless at the bottom of his swimming pool. His death was the first in a series of the other 1960’s rock stars that died in the following years and marked the end of an era.

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