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April 1, 2006
Mr. Jones
Before Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin or Jim Morrison or Mama Cass, or Kurt Cobain.
Before any of these talents died from rock star excess, there was Brian Jones.
Brian founded the Rolling Stones.
Yes. Before Mick, before Keith. Before Charlie or Bill. Long before Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood, Brian Jones was the real Rolling Stone. The band’s driving spirit.
Some spirits aren’t meant to last long. Their strength isn’t in survival but in creating a blinding flash of brilliance that others will envy and then emulate. Perhaps Mr. Brain Jones was such a spirit.
The entire staff of KIW recently viewed the new film, Stoned – all about the life and death of the mystical Mr. Jones.
It’s a film worth seeing – about a life worth examining.
Here is a review of the movie Stoned by a supercilious Seattle Post-Intelligencer film critic.
Posted by williamfrick at April 1, 2006 11:21 AM