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24FPS
Largely forgotten, a mythic, cult like figure overestimated and underestimated. Added a unique edge to the Stones that he soon took away and only rarely displayed again. Extremely self destructive, wrecking other people's lives and then his own. A vexing mystery.
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Powerage
Nothing about this sad anniversary on the official Stones website.
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Powerage
Nothing about this sad anniversary on the official Stones website.
Things took a turn for the worse towards the end of the 2nd July, but he wasn't officially pronounced dead until the early hours of the 3rd.
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stonehearted
The Vox Phantom Mark III ["Teardrop"] played by Brian Jones, where it now resides on display in the Hard Rock London Vault, located on the bottom floor of the merchandise shop in London, which is across the street from the cafe. Hard Rock International purchased the guitar from Sothebys in 1984, and was on display in New York's Hard Rock Cafe before being moved to London.
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stonehearted
The Vox Phantom Mark III ["Teardrop"] played by Brian Jones, where it now resides on display in the Hard Rock London Vault, located on the bottom floor of the merchandise shop in London, which is across the street from the cafe. Hard Rock International purchased the guitar from Sothebys in 1984, and was on display in New York's Hard Rock Cafe before being moved to London.
OK, this is interesting. I saw the Vox at the NYC Hard Rock in '98 (it was above the door - on my way out, I jumped up on a table to I could reach up and touch it. Mission accomplished, I might add...) and it definitely looked pretty beat up, with lots of chips and dings, the mirrored pick guard was scratched, and the white paint was more of a whitish-beige. It basically looked as you'd expect it to look after a couple of years on the road in the height of the hysterical '60s.
Two weeks ago I went to the HOF in Cleveland to see the big 50th exhibit. And what was there behind glass? The Vox - in much better shape than I remembered seeing 15 years ago. It practically looked new. So they either seriously cleaned up and refurbished Brian's original, or he had a couple of them, or the one in Cleveland was being passed off as the original when it really isn't.
Anybody have any insight?
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His Majesty
It is amazing to me that in the run up to what is the 44th anniversary of Brian's death that the music he helped create continues to engage, enchant and inspire those that come across it and no doubt will continue to do so forever more... I think it is for certain that this is something that would have really made him happy.
Trying to understand Brian the person is near impossible, the boy was a mess! Trying to understand Brian the musician involves pulling together the scattered parts of a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces. However, thanks to various fairly recent bootlegs, live CD's and DVD's we have come a long way towards putting those pieces together and understanding what they are showing us, but as of yet, the puzzle remains incomplete.
Brian Jones the musician is revealing himself to be quite the creative soul, with a simplistic, but imaginative use of melody, rhythm and space, a musician that was thirsty for new sounds and new approaches, ever onwards even in the more regressive musical settings.
Thank you for the inspiration Mr Jones, I look forward to finding more pieces of your musical jigsaw puzzle.
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His Majesty
It is amazing to me that in the run up to what is the 44th anniversary of Brian's death that the music he helped create continues to engage, enchant and inspire those that come across it and no doubt will continue to do so forever more... I think it is for certain that this is something that would have really made him happy.
Trying to understand Brian the person is near impossible, the boy was a mess! Trying to understand Brian the musician involves pulling together the scattered parts of a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces. However, thanks to various fairly recent bootlegs, live CD's and DVD's we have come a long way towards putting those pieces together and understanding what they are showing us, but as of yet, the puzzle remains incomplete.
Brian Jones the musician is revealing himself to be quite the creative soul, with a simplistic, but imaginative use of melody, rhythm and space, a musician that was thirsty for new sounds and new approaches, ever onwards even in the more regressive musical settings.
Thank you for the inspiration Mr Jones, I look forward to finding more pieces of your musical jigsaw puzzle.
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Gazza
Thanks, Brian. It'd be nice if you got a mention from the stage on Saturday.