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The Rolling Stones performing in the mid-1960s. From left, Brian Jones, bass player, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
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Brian Jones

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The Rolling Stones performing in the mid-1960s. From left, Brian Jones, bass player, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
The Rolling Stones performing in the mid-1960s. From left, Brian Jones, bass player, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Brian Jones was a British musician, best known as a founding member of the iconic rock band The Rolling Stones. Born in 1942, Jones was a multi-instrumentalist and played a significant role in the band's early sound, contributing to their blues-influenced style. He was instrumental in the band's formation in 1962, alongside Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts. Jones's musical versatility, incorporating instruments like the marimba, sitar, and dulcimer, was prominent on early albums such as Aftermath. However, his influence waned as Jagger and Richards took creative control, and Jones's struggles with drug use led to his departure from the band shortly before his death in 1969.12

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