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  Rogan, Johnny, Starmakers and Svengalis (Macdonald, 1988)

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  Vyner, Harriet, Groovy Bob (Faber, 1999)

  Wells, Simon, The Great Rolling Stones Drug Bust (Omnibus, 2011)

  Witts, Richard, Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon (Virgin, 1993)

  Wyman, Bill, Stone Alone (Penguin, 1991)

  All magazines and periodicals quoted within the text are detailed in the notes. The principal magazines used for background reading include Billboard, Circus, Creem, Disc, DownBeat, East Village Other, Entertainment World, Evo, Fifth Estate, Fusion, Goldmine, GQ, The Guitar Magazine, Guitarist, International Musician, Jazz Chronicle, Jazz News, Jazz & Pop, Melody Maker, MOJO, Motorbooty, NME, The Patesian, Pavilion, Phonograph Record Magazine, Q, Record Mirror, Record World, Rolling Stone, Sounds, Stereo Review, Strange Things, Trouser Press, Variety, Village Voice, Wire, ZigZag. Copies of the Gloucestershire Echo and other local information courtesy of Cheltenham Public Library. Copies of the News of the World, Times, Sunday People, Sunday Times, Sun and Daily Mirror were all accessed courtesy of the British Library reading rooms. Thanks to Q, MOJO, Johnny Black, Fred Dellar and Richard Morton Jack for use of their archives.

  Picture Acknowledgements

  Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders, but any who have been overlooked are invited to get in touch with the publishers.

  Section 1

  Brian aged twelve in Cheltenham: David Mercer.

  Brian as a baby, 1943: Popperfoto/Getty; Barbara Jones and friends in Cheltenham: Trudy Baldwin; Brian and Valerie Corbett, 1961: Graham Ride; John Keen band, Cheltenham: John Keen; Alexis Korner: Keith Scott; Brian and Valerie, Symonds Yat: Graham Ride; Brian at Crich tramway museum: National Tramway Museum; Brian aged seventeen in Filby’s basement: John Keen.

  Rolling Stones, Marquee, 12 July 1962: © Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy; Brian with Pat Andrews: Pat Andrews; Brian with Linda Lawrence: courtesy Linda Leitch; Dawn Young: Dawn Molloy Young; Zouzou, Castel nightclub, 1967: Mary Evans Picture Library/Epic; Andrew Oldham and the band, c. 1963: Getty Images.

  Stones in the street before recording I Wanna Be Your Man and in the studio, 1963: both Gus Coral; Brian, Hollywood, 4 June 1964: Mirrorpix.

  Brian with Howlin’ Wolf on TV show Shindig, Hollywood, May 1965: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Brian, Clearwater, May 1965: Redferns via Getty Images.

  Brian and Anita Pallenberg photographed for Men in Vogue, November 1966: Michael Cooper.

  Brian playing the sitar, Ready, Steady, Go!, May 1966: Jan Olofsson; Brian and Mick Jagger, Escalier Waller, Tangier, March 1967; Brian, Keith Richards and Anita, Es Saadi hotel, Marrakech, March 1967; Brian, Café Phoenix, Morocco, March 1967: all Michael Cooper; Robert Fraser’s birthday party, Hotel Minzah, Tangier, 20 September 1965: White of Reading/Mirrorpix.

  Brian with Andrew Oldham, Monterey, June 1967: Fred Arellano vintagerockphotography.com; Brian leaving for the High Court, 12 December 1967: © Bettmann/Corbis; Brian in Sri Lanka, 1968: both Record Mecca; Brian and Suki Potier, Marbella, 3 August 1967: Getty Images; Brian and Anita arriving at the screening of Mord und Totschlag, Cannes, 5 May 1967: Getty Images; Brian with Stanislas Klossowski de Rowla, West London Magistrate’s Court, 5 May 1967: © UPPA/Photoshot.

  Brian and Keith, Redlands: Michael Cooper; Brian and Mick on the set of The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, December, 1968: Rex/Globe Photos Inc.; Brian’s funeral, Barbara Jones, Suki Potier, Louisa and Lewis Jones and Tom Keylock, 10 July 1969: Mirrorpix; Tom Keylock, Cotchford Farm, 10 July 1969: Mirrorpix; Cleo Sylvestre, 16 October 1969: Rex/Philip Jackson/Associated Newspapers; Joujouka: Archives of the Master Musicians of Joujouka; Brian leaving Marlborough Magistrates Court, 21 May 1968: AP/Press Association Images.

  Brian, Sri Lanka, 1968: Record Mecca.

  Index

  The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of this book. The link provided will take you to the beginning of that print page. You may need to scroll forward from that location to find the corresponding reference on your e-reader.

  Abrams, Steve, 216, 262

  Acid Test, 176

  Adderley, Julian Edwin ‘Cannonball,’ 20

  Adelphi Theatre (Dublin), 167

  Aftermath (album), 176–78, 185, 186–87

  Aldred, Michael, 114

  ‘All Along The Watchtower,’ 270–71

  Allendale, Eric, 44

  Almond, Robert, 10

  Altham, Keith, 101–2, 103, 145, 200, 245–46, 257, 260, 272, 314, 333, 334

  Ames, Ken, 56

  Andrews, Pat, 10, 40–41, 48–49, 59, 60, 67, 73, 90–92, 144, 319, 320

  Anger, Kenneth, 160

  Animals, 156, 245

  Apollo, 322

  Appleby, John, 13

  Asheton, Ron, 246

  ‘As Tears Go By,’ 124

  Aston Upthorpe, 268–69

  Avory, Mick, 71–72

  Baker, Ginger, 2, 66–67, 78, 80, 83, 321

  Baldwin, Trudy, 12–13

  Ball, Kenny, 47

  Barbecue (Cheltenham), 44, 46

  Barber, Chris, 21, 47, 50, 52–54, 315

  Barn Owls, 25–26, 47

  Basie, William James ‘Count,’ 20

  Basil, Toni, 133, 174

  Beatles, 78, 94–95, 100, 103, 108–9, 112, 115, 138, 180–82, 244

  Beaton, Cecil, 225

  Beckwith, Bob, 17, 65

  Beggars Banquet (album), 275–76

  Belinda (Jones’ daughter), 320

  Bell, Dr Arthur, 15

  Bell, Jan, 330

  Bennett, Ron, 31

  Bergman, Jo, 243

  Berman, Tosh, 134–35, 184

  Berman, Wallace, 134–35, 174, 184

  Biggar, June, 24, 27

  Bingenheimer, Rodney, 184

  Blackbourne, Stan, 201, 236, 243–44, 253–54, 257–59, 269

  Block, Judge Leslie, 248, 249, 265

  Blown Away: The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties (Hotchner), 327–28

  Blue Boys, 34

  Blues Breakers (album), 153

  Blues Fell This Morning (Oli
ver), 51

  Blues Incorporated, 58, 69, 72

  Boss, Ken, 176

  Bou Jeloud, 287–89

  Bowie, David, 201

  Bowles, Paul, 196, 224, 284

  Boy Called Donovan, A (documentary), 204

  Bradford, Geoff, 69

  Brampton, Harry, 40

  Bramwell, Tony, 95, 103, 109, 110, 114–15, 180, 215, 247

  Brian Jones: The Inside Story of the Original Rolling Stone (Fitzgerald), 325–7

  Brian Jones Blues Band, 45, 69

  Bricklayer’s Arms, 71

  Brighton Evening Argus, 328

  Brown, James, 132–33

  Brown, Rick. See Fenson, Ricky

  Browne, Tara, 192–93, 202, 250

  Bruce, Denny, 175, 176, 177, 178, 183

  Burdon, Eric, 111, 137, 155, 156, 188, 189, 245

  Burnett, Chester. See Howlin’ Wolf

  Burroughs, William, 196–97, 290

  Butterfield, Paul, 147–48

  Byrds, 181, 185

  Calder, Tony, 123, 138, 232, 243, 247, 293

  Cammell, Donald, 135, 141–42, 163, 282, 291–92

  Cash, Johnny, 20, 27

  Cavern, 111

  Chandler, Chas, 195–96, 246

  Chapman, Tony, 70, 71, 82

  Charlie Is My Darling (film), 166–67

  Cheltenham, 5, 6–8, 20–21, 52

  Cheltenham Grammar School, 14–16, 17–19, 21, 22–23, 25, 30–32

  Chess Studio, 126

  Chkiantz, George, 100–101, 232–33, 285–91, 301

  Christian, Charlie, 46

  Clapton, Eric, 57, 109, 246

  Clark, Gene, 185

  Clarke, Arthur C., 304

  Clouston, George, 94, 99

  Coleman, Ray, 116

  Collins, Pat, 175

  ‘Come On,’ 101, 103, 105, 108

  Comyn, James, 262–63

  Constable, Detective Sergeant Robin, 276

  Cooder, Ry, 62, 188, 296, 301, 302, 305

  Cooke, Alistair, 16

  Coon, Caroline, 241, 259, 262, 263–64

  Cooper, Michael, 181, 215, 217, 243, 260

  Corbett, Ken, 37

  Corbett, Valerie, 30, 35–37, 320

  Cordell, Denny, 296

  Cornick, Glen, 298

  Couzens, Janet, 78–79, 87, 110

  Crowley, Aleister, 159, 160

  Crowther, Phil, 20, 24, 39, 40

  Cudmore, Detective Stan, 216

  Cutler, Sam, 219, 228, 281, 302–3, 311, 328, 332–33

  Daily Mail, 328

  Daily Mirror, 229

  Davies, Cyril, 33, 55, 77

  Davis, Billie, 75, 113, 114

  Dean Close, 13, 14

  Decca, 99–100

  Dellar, Colin, 16, 22–23, 107

  Delta Jazzmen, 25, 44

  Dempsey, Fred, 31

  de Sade, Marquis, 52, 135

  Dexter, Jeff, 99, 103, 157, 176, 191, 241, 262, 264, 280

  Diddley, Bo, 110, 126

  Dijon, Rocky, 297

  Dixon, Deborah, 142, 163

  Dodge, Jim, 18

  Donegan, Lonnie, 20, 21

  Donovan aka Donovan Leitch, 204–7, 212, 278

  Dorsey, Mike, 144

  Dylan, Bob, 171–72, 193, 194

  Easton, Eric, 97, 98, 100, 105, 109, 112, 152–53, 157–58

  Edith Grove, 76–77

  Ed Sullivan Show, The (tv show), 132, 144, 182

  Edwards, Honeyboy, 51

  ‘Eight Miles High,’ 185

  Ellington, Duke, 20

  Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (Pope), 254

  Epstein, Brian, 138

  Etherington, Alan, 65

  Evans, Albert V., 315

  Exile on Main Street (album), 317–18

  Faithfull, Marianne, 62, 91, 123, 155, 161, 169, 170, 199–201, 202, 260, 265–67, 314

  inspiration for Jagger/Richards song, 123–24

  and Jagger, 199–200, 203

  on Jones, 200–201, 223, 293

  and ‘Mars bar’ incident, 255

  and Redlands drug raid and trial, 215–16, 248–49, 255, 265–66

  Fariña, Richard and Mimi, 184–85

  Farmer, Penny, 27, 29

  Fenson, Ricky (Rick Brown), 77, 82–83

  Filby, Ann, 20–21

  Filby, Jane, 20–21, 36

  Filby’s basement (Cheltenham), 20–21, 44, 46

  Fitzgerald, Nicholas, 238, 307, 312, 316

  Brian Jones, 325–27

  Flamingo club, 77

  Fleetwood Mac, 153

  Flowers (album), 257

  Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 20, 26–27

  Fraser, Robert, 141, 155, 163, 164–65, 181, 196, 197, 214–15, 217, 235, 247–48, 249, 250

  Fry, Martin, 26

  Fuller, Detective Evelyn, 216

  Getty Jr, Paul, 272, 273–74

  Gibbs, Christopher, 164, 196, 197, 199, 218, 281–82

  Gibson, Dave, 328

  Gillespie, Dana, 193–94

  ‘Gimme Shelter,’ 292

  Giuliano, Geoffrey

  Paint It Black, 330–31

  Gloster Aircraft Company, 7

  Gloucestershire Echo, 8, 24

  Gnawa music, 272–74

  Godard, Jean-Luc, 278–79, 280

  Gomelsky, Giorgio, 87, 94, 98

  Goodsell, Carole, 35–36

  Goulding, Colin, 82

  Granny Takes a Trip (Chelsea clothes shop), 179, 180

  Grateful Dead, 176

  Green, Freddie, 46

  Green, Peter, 153

  Guy, Buddy, 126, 148, 149, 150

  Gysin, Brion, 163, 196–98, 223–24, 225–26, 227, 283–85

  Haley, Bill, 19, 23, 24

  Hallett, Mary, 307

  Hamilton, Richard, 248

  Hamri, Mohamed, 197–98, 283–84

  Hardy, David A., 304–5, 333

  Harper, Gordon, 55–56

  Harris, Jet, 113–14

  Harrison, George, 100, 137, 188, 215, 230, 317

  Hattrell, Dick, 43–44, 48–49, 50, 53, 74, 75, 76, 80–2, 327

  Havers, Michael, 247–48, 250, 280, 294

  Hendrix, Jimi, 195–96, 234, 245, 246, 269–70, 312

  Henry, Dr Leonard, 262

  ‘Honky Tonk Women,’ 301, 306

  Hoogenboom, Andy, 66, 83

  Hooker, John Lee, 25–26

  Hopkins, Hugh Evan, 316

  Hopkins, John ‘Hoppy,’ 115

  Hopkins, Nicky, 233

  Hotchner, A.E.

  Blown Away, 327–28

  Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Burnett), 146–47, 148, 149–50, 318

  Hung On You (Chelsea clothes shop), 179, 180

  Hunter, Peter, 328

  Hutchins, Chris, 110, 127, 162

  IBC recording studio, 87–88, 99

  Immediate label, 158, 159, 182, 190, 232

  Iommi, Tony, 298

  Irving, Charles, 7–8

  ‘It’s All Over Now,’ 124, 126, 131

  ‘I Wanna Be Your Man,’ 108, 109

  ‘I Want You To Know,’ 138

  Jagger, Chris (brother), 262

  Jagger, Joe (father), 75–76

  Jagger, Mick, 17, 20, 33–34, 51, 61, 86, 115–16

  abandonment of Jones in Morocco, 227–28

  airbrushing Jones out of Stones’ history, 321

  appearance and character, 89, 115, 225, 282–83

  ascendancy as band’s spokesman, 145–46

  and Chrissie Shrimpton, 192, 203

  and dancing, 65

  and death of Jones, 314


  drug-taking story in News of the World and sues for libel, 212–14

  fling with Pallenberg, 282–83, 292

  joins the Rolling Stones, 69–70

  and Marianne Faithfull, 203

  The Performance, 135, 141, 282, 291

  Redlands drug raid and trial, 214–16, 218, 235, 242–43, 247–48, 249–50, 254–55

  relationship and rivalry with Jones, 86, 89–91, 131, 146, 174, 175–76, 177–78, 218, 302, 303, 306

  relationship with Oldham, 138, 152, 190, 232

  relationship with Richards, 122, 215, 292, 302

  and sacking of Stewart, 102

  as second vocalist with Alexis Korner, 66

  sexually competitive, 89–91, 165

  and social climbing, 165–66

  songwriting partnership with Richards, 122–23, 136–37, 138, 185

  studies, 75, 76, 99, 105

  and ‘Sympathy for the Devil,’ 280–81

  view of drugs, 180, 213

  Jajaj, Mohammed, 236–37

  James, Elmore, 48, 49, 62

  James, Jimmy. See Hendrix, Jimi

  Jazz Journal, 53

  Jazz News, 58

  Jessop, Frederick, 16, 22–23

  Jessop, Muriel, 11

  Jessop, Roger, 9, 12, 13–14, 16, 18–19, 31, 107, 297

  Jethro Tull, 298

  John (Jones’ son), 320

  John Keen’s Jazz Band, 45

  Johns, Glyn, 68, 88, 99, 100, 101, 210, 273–74, 293

  Johnson, James, 25

  Johnson, Johnnie, 69

  Johnson, Lonnie, 25

  Johnson, Robert, 50–51, 62, 208, 275, 318–19

  King of the Delta Blues Singers, 50

  Jones, Barbara (sister), 8, 48, 335

  Jones, Brian, 2–3

  musical and Rolling Stones career

  absence during Redlands drug raid, 214

  and Aftermath album, 186–87

  behaviour during fourth American tour, 172–73

  championing of blues music, 49–50, 55–56, 58, 272, 318

  collaboration with Keen, 44–46

  collaboration with Paul Jones, 56–58

  contemplates leaving the group and decision to stay, 143–44, 151, 154

  contribution to Beatles’ backing track, 244

  decline in dominance of band, 118, 124, 145–46, 168, 230

  discovery of jazz and rock’n’roll, 16–17, 19–20

  early gigs with the Stones, 87, 105

  early sound, 87, 88–89

  estrangement from the band, 128, 130, 134–35, 143–44, 268, 269, 271, 280

  exploration of Eastern themes, 188–89