My Take
Brian Jones is one of those figures who gets historically overshadowed by the band he literally built, and that still bugs me. He was the one who named the Rolling Stones, recruited the original lineup, and pushed them toward the Chicago blues that became their entire identity — yet history largely remembers him as a cautionary tale rather than a visionary. What I find genuinely remarkable is his multi-instrumental curiosity: slide guitar, sitar, dulcimer, harmonica, even recorder — he treated every session like an experiment. His contributions to tracks like Paint It Black and Ruby Tuesday show a musician who was years ahead of most of his peers in terms of sonic imagination. He was gone at just 27 in the summer of 1969, and the band he left behind went on to become one of the biggest in history — built on a foundation he laid.
Overview
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English musician and one of the founders of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, he went on to play electric guitar, sing backing vocals and play a wide variety of instruments on Rolling Stones recordings and in concerts.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brian Jones
- Name (Japanese)
- ブライアン・ジョーンズ
- Reading
- ぶらいあん・じょーんず
- Born
- February 28, 1942 – July 3, 1969
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Horse
- Origin
- Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- guitarist / multi-instrumentalist / bandleader / record producer / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.