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Subject: It was fifty years ago that the Rolling Stones played their first gig
Written By: ChuckyG on 07/12/12 at 9:16 am
The Rolling Stones played first gig 50 years ago
On that summer night in 1962, the Rollin' Stones were Jagger on vocals, guitarists Brian Jones and Keith Richards, pianist Ian Stewart and bassist Dick Taylor. The drummer is up for debate; some fans contend it was their frequent early drummer, Tony Chapman, but Richards insisted in his 2012 memoir "Life" that it was friend Mick Avory. The Stones got the gig when Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – the club's Thursday night regulars fronted by Jagger – were invited to play a BBC live broadcast. Jagger didn't take part in the broadcast, and Jones persuaded Marquee club owner Harold Pendleton to let their new group fill in. When Jones called local listings paper Jazz News to advertise the gig, the famous story goes, he was asked what the band was called. His eyes went straight to the first song on the nearby LP "The Best of Muddy Waters": "Rollin' Stone."
very cool article..
Subject: Re: It was fifty years ago that the Rolling Stones played their first gig
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/12/12 at 1:22 pm
The BBC report on the same subject
Subject: Re: It was fifty years ago that the Rolling Stones played their first gig
Written By: 9symphony9 on 08/11/12 at 9:47 am
Very cool. One of my favorite bands of all time.