Brian Jones

At 27 years old, Brian Jones has this physical status:

Lewis Brian Hopkins (28 February 1942--July 3rd. 1969) was an English musician best known as the original and original leader of the Rolling Stones.

Jones, a slide guitarist, would continue to perform a variety of instruments on Rolling Stones' recordings and concerts, including rhythm and lead guitar, sitar, dulcimer, and many others; Richards and others would continue to play rhythm and lead parts together; eventually, the Rolling Stones' sound will become a Rolling Stones trademark.

Jones also did not get along with Andrew Loog Oldham, the band's manager, who led the band in a musical direction that was not in accordance with Jones' blues history.

Jones' involvement in the band he had founded at the same time as he suffered with alcohol and opioid addictions, as well as his inability in the studio became more unpredictable, leading to a diminished presence in the band he had created.

The Rolling Stones begged Jones to leave in June 1969; guitarist Mick Taylor took his place in the band.

Jones died in the swimming pool at his house less than a month later, according to long-time Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman.

He selected the participants.

He named the group.

He selected the music we loved.

He gave us gigs...he was highly influential, highly influential, and then it faded, very clever, and then just wasted it and blew it all away."

Early life

Lewis is a student at the University of On the 28th of February 1942, Brian Hopkin Jones was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Jones was plagued with asthma that lasted for the remainder of his life after a croup at the age of four. Lewis Blount Jones and Louisa Beatrice Jones, both of middle-class parents (née Simmonds), were of Welsh descent. Brian had two sisters, Pamela, who was born on October 3, 1943 and died on October 14th, 1945, and Barbara, who was born on August 22, 1946.

Jones attended local schools from September 1949 to July 1953, including Dean Close School and Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys, which he started in September 1953 after passing the eleven-plus exam. He loved badminton and diving at school and became the first clarinet in the school orchestra. Jones reportedly received seven O-level passes in 1957, subsequently moving to the sixth form and receiving two additional O-levels. He obtained his A-levels in physics and chemistry but not in biology.

Despite a lack of academic motivation, Jones was able to do well in exams. However, Jones expressed dissatisfaction with school uniforms and conformism in general, and "I was accepted by the older boys in the sixth form," Jones continued. On two occasions, his hostility to power figures resulted in his suspension from school. "He was a rebel without a cause," Dick Hattrell, a childhood friend, says, but when examinations came, he was brilliant."

Both Jones' parents were interested in music; his father served as a piano instructor in lieu of his engineering career; and his mother played piano and organ and led the choir at the local church. As a child, Jones listened to classical music, but he preferred blues, particularly Elmore James and Robert Johnson. He first heard Cannonball Adderley's music in 1957 and became interested in jazz. Jones begged his parents to buy him a saxophone, and two years later, his parents gave him his first acoustic guitar as a 17th-birthday gift. Jones began playing in local blues and jazz clubs, as well as busking and doing odd jobs. He allegedly stole small amounts of money from work to pay for cigarettes, which he was fired for.

Valerie Corbett, a Cheltenham schoolgirl, became pregnant in late summer 1959, when both were 17 years old. Although Jones is accused of encouraging her to have an abortion, she delivered the baby to term and placed baby Barry David Corbett (later Simon) for adoption. Jones left school disgrace and returned home after a summer spent in northern Europe. He lived a bohemian life, playing his guitar on the streets for money and living off others's charity. He was eventually out of money and returned to England, but not for long.

Jones went to the Wooden Bridge Hotel in Guildford in November 1959 to see a band perform. He met Angeline, a young married woman, and the two had a one-night stand that culminated in her birth. Belinda, Angeline and her husband's first child, was born on August 4, 1960. Jones had no idea about the pregnancy or her birth.

Jones applied for a scholarship to Cheltenham Art College in 1961. He was initially accepted into the program, but the offer was withdrawn two days later when an unidentified acquaintance wrote to the college, calling Jones an irresponsible drifter. Julian Mark Andrews, Jones' girlfriend, gave birth to his third child later this year, on October 22nd. Jones joined them and sold his off-song collection of flowers for Pat and clothes for the newborn. Pat said in a television interview in 1965 that she and Jones were still married, but he didn't have much money for buying food or paying the rent.

Jones was initially proud of Julian Mark (called Mark), but when the Rolling Stones hired Brian, he was told not to be seen with either mother or child. Jones, a teen, agreed, but she told her she'd have to "put up with it for a few months" until the band had had some success. However, when the Stones did well, Jones "just seemed to drift away," becoming more involved in famous people, and that she "never received a single penny from Brian at all." Pat expressed regret for Brian's death as "he just uses people."

Jones formed an acquaintance with Linda Lawrence in early 1963. Julian Brian Lawrence, Lawrence's fourth child, was born on July 23, 1964. Donovan, a Scottish folk/pop singer, married Lawrence later in life. Julian Leitch was raised together by his parents, who changed his name to Julian Leitch. Jones, an Italian-German model and actress, came backstage and established a long association with her two years later while on tour and formed a strong friendship with her. Jones became obnoxious, even breaking his hand on Pallenberg's face at one point. Pallenberg left Jones for his bandmate Keith Richards in 1967, which caused tensions between Brian and Keith.

Brian continued to work with English model Suki Potier and Swedish model Anna Wohlin, as well as a brief friendship with Donyale Luna, who appeared with him in the concert film The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus in 1968. Wohlin died in 1969 when she was alive, and she has written two books about her time with him.

Dawn Molloy, an occasional girlfriend of Jones', told Jones and the Rolling Stones' management that she was pregnant by him in early October 1964. From company boss Andrew Loog Oldham, she received a cheque equal to £15,091 in 2021. In exchange, she signed an understanding that the case was no longer open and that she would make no announcement about Jones or the child to the public or the press. Molloy's statement was signed by him and witnessed by Mick Jagger.

Jones left Cheltenham and landed in London, where he became acquainted with fellow musicians Alexis Korner, future Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones, future Cream bassist Jack Bruce, and others who lived in London's tiny London rhythm and blues and jazz scene. For a short time, he called himself "Elmo Lewis" and played slide guitar, and became a blues musician. The Roosters, a Paul Jones-founded group, also founded the Roosters. Eric Clapton took over Brian's position as guitarist in January 1963, after both Jones and Paul left the company.

Jones placed an advertisement in the second edition of Jazz News, a Soho club information sheet, urging musicians to audition for a new R&B group at the Bricklayer's Arms pub, pianist Ian Stewart was the first to respond. Mick Jagger and his childhood friend Keith Richards had seen Jones while playing "Dust My Broom" with Korner's band at the Ealing Jazz Club, later in life; later, Jagger and his childhood friend Keith Richards met Jones; later, Jagger and his childhood friend Keith Richards performed with him at the Ealing Jazz Club. Richards was brought to rehearsals by Jagger, and Richards later joined the band. Jones' and Stewart's acceptance of Richards and the Chuck Berry songs he wanted to perform coincided with the demise of blues purist guitarist Geoff Bradford and singer Brian Knight, who had no affinity for Chuck Berry.

Panic!

Jones, Jagger, and Richards lived in Edith Grove, Chelsea, England, from 1963 to 1969, with James Phelge, a future photographer whose name was used in some of the company's early "Nanker/Phelge" writing credits. Jones and Richards spent the day playing guitar while listening to blues records (notably Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Howlin' Wolf). Jones also taught Jagger how to play harmonica during this period.

The four Stones went looking for a bassist and drummer, eventually settling on Bill Wyman on bass because he had a spare VOX AC30 guitar amplifier and already had cigarettes, as well as a a bass guitar built by him. Charlie Watts' parents, who were playing with Mick Avory, Tony Chapman, and Carlo Little in January 1963, have since been involved in a jazz-influenced youth movement. Watts was considered by fellow musicians to be one of London's finest drummers; he had performed with (among others) Alexis Korner's band Blues Incorporated.

"Brian was very instrumental in driving the band right from the start," Watts recalled. Keith and I would check him out and say he was barmy. It was a desperate attempt on his part to get us on the stage in a club and be charged half-a-crown and to be labeled as an R&B band.

Jones, the band's business manager, made more money than the other members (equivalent to £111 in 2021), which was not in accordance with the remainder of the group and sparked resentment. Richards said both he and Jagger were surprised to learn that Jones regarded themselves as the king and was getting the extra £5, particularly because other people, such as Giorgio Gomelsky, appeared to be doing the booking.

Jones, a gifted multi-instrumentalist who was adept at a number of musical styles, was an international entertainer who worked on a variety of musical styles. Jones used to play all of the Stones' songs before his expulsion from the bandwagon in 1969, which deviated from the common rock set up of drums, guitars, piano, and bass. His ability to play a variety of instruments is particularly evident on the albums Aftermath (1967) and Their Satanic Majesties Demand (1967). In the beginnings, he favored a white teardrop-shaped electric guitar made by the Vox company, especially in live performances; he also performed a variety of electric and acoustic guitars from companies such as Rickenbacker, Gibson, and Fender. He liked the open E and open G tunings as a slide guitarist.

"I Want to Be Your Man" (1963), "I Can't Be Satisfied" (1964), "Doncha Bother Me" and "No Aspirations are two examples of Jones' contributions. Jones appears on "I Need You Baby," "Please Go Home," "Wentest Breakdown," and "Paint It Black,"; Mellotron on "Tonight" and "Cool," "Peet Burning" and "All Sold Out" and "Reality on Fire" and "Let's Budget"; and "Reality in a Vibular Man"; and "We Love You" and "Let's Money"; and "Pitar" and "Chil &Cit," "M" and "I" and "You" and "Respect" and "Ma" and "W" and "P" and "Ma"; Mello" and "Mex" and "We" and "The Last Minutes"; sitar"; "Britis; "M" and "We" and "We" and "Ja" and "Let" and "Beca) on "" and "Chil" and "Cit" and "You" and "At" and "We" and "We" and "You" and "Mate" and "Citadel"; sitar" and "You"; and "We" and "We" and "You"; and "We"; sitar" and "You"; Mello; and "You" and "You"; sitar" and "Chil" and "We"; Mello" and "You"; sitar"; and "We"; "We" and "P"; &Collaboration; Mello," "You"; Mello "You" and "You"; sitar"; "You" and "We Are"; and "You"; sitar" and "We"; Mello "You"; and "M"; and "We" and "You" and "You"; "You"; "You" and "Touch"; Mello"; sitar; and "We"; and "Mate; "We"; sitar"; M; and "Chil"; Mello" and "You"; sitar" and "You"; and "You"; "You"; and "Chil"; sitar; sitar; and "You"; sitar" and "You"; Mello "You" and "I"; and "You"; and "You"; and "You"; and "You"; and "Britisad"; and "You's A"; and "You"; and "Mo; sitar; and "Under" and "Mo; M" and "I"; and "Get the Black"; Mello" and "I"; and "Child"; sitar; M"; and "You"; Mello; and "You"; M"; and "M"; sitar; and "You"; and "We"; "We"; "Let; &; Mello "You"; sitar; and "Chil"; and "You"; M" and "You"; M; sitar; and "Child"; and "We"; and "P; and "Sa"; M'sa; and "Beset; Mello; and ""; and "You"; sitar; M; and "We"; Mello, "You"; and "G"; and "Child"; and "Cit; and "We"; and "We" and "Saxo; and "Beware"; and "You"; and "You"; sitar; sitar; Mello; "Bel, ""; and "We"; sitar; Mello; and "I"; and "We"; sitar; M"; and "Chr"; Mello"; Mello; and "Chil"; and "E; M; sitar; Mello; and "You"; and "You"; sitar; and ""; and "You"; and "You"; and "You"; and "You"; and "Mo; and "You"; and "You"; Mello; and "You"; M; and "You"; and "We"; and "Let; and "You"; M"; and "You"; sitar; "Sa) on "You"; "Cit; and "We"; Mello; and "You"; and "You"; and "Beca; and "Chil"; "Be"; sitar; M In "Dandelion," he appeared as both the oboe and soprano sax solo.

Jones has also performed harmonica on several of the Rolling Stones' early songs. "Come On" ("Stoned"), "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (1964), "Now I've Got a Witness" (1964), "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (1964), "Now I've Got a Witness" (1964), "Who's Driving Your Plane?" "Now I've Got a Witness" (1964), "Good Times, Bad Times," "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (1964), "Wa" ("Under "From The Under Assistant" ("I Want to You," "I" ("Under, "I" ("" ("I" ("Now I's, "I" (1964), "I" (1964) "I" ("From the Under The Under Arms Away" (1964), "I" ("From the Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (1964), "I" (Under" (1964), "I" ("From The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (1964), "I" (From The Plane "I" (From "I" (1964), "I" (1964), "I" (1964), "I" (Away (From "To-To-Stoned" ("From the Under "I" (1964), "I" (1966), "I" (From The Under Construction (From The Undergraduate "I Just Wanted" (1964), "I" (1964) "I" ("From "From the Automobile "From You" ("" ("From "I" ("From the Highway" ("From "From" (1964) "From The Undercover ("From the Plane) "I" (from Jones) "I" ("From The Under Account "You" ("From The Under Account (From The Planed" ("From The Undertaking "Now I" ("From The Under Home) "To-To-Doed" ("From The Under "From" (1964), "I" (1964), "I" ("From the "From The Under Account (From The Under Account" (From The Visit, "From Theed" (From the "Being" (From The Street" ("From the "To-Britis, "I" ("From the Village); "To-From The Under The Under Assistant, "You" ("From The Under "From The Under Account) "I" (1964), "From The I Want to You" (1964), "From The Under The Plane" ("From Thee" (1964); "From the -From the ed" ("From The Under Counter" ("From the Under" ("From The Under Assistant" ("From the Cle The Planed" ("From The Under Account) "From The Under" (1964); "I" ("From the" ("From the Road) "From The Under" ("From the Vehicle") "You") "To-Britis" ("From the Private" ("From The Under" ("From Theed" ("From The Under Assistant) "To-To-I" (1966) "Who I" (From The Automobiled" ("From the Government) "You" (From The Planed" ("From the Automobile) and "From the Country) "From The Civil War) "You" ("From the Road" ("From The Under Control "You" (From The Under The Under Arms" (From The Under Account) "I" ("From Theed) "From the Automobile" ("From The Under "I" ("From The Planed) "You" ("From the Car" ("From the Planed" (1964) "To-Da "You" ("From the Garage), "To-To-To-To-To-Stoned" ("From the Home) "To-You") "I" ("From The Auto" (from the "From the I" (1964), "From The Under "I" ("From the "From The Under Construction" ("From The Plane "I Want to You") "I" ("You") "You" ("From the I Want to "You" ("From the In The Car" ("From The I" ("From The Auto") "You" ("From The "I Want to You" (From The Drive "From The People" ("From the "From the Garage") "From The Vehicle" ("From The Under "I" ("From The Company" ("From The Plane" ("To-To-From the Plane" ("From The I" ("From The Garage" ("From the Real" (From the Vehicle") "I" (1964) "I" ("From The Output) "I" ("From The Drivened" ("From the To You" (From the To Your Plane" "Cool, Calm, Collected" (1967), "Who's Been Sleeping Here" (1967), "Dear Doctor" and "Prodigal Son" (1968).

Jones performed as a backing vocalist in the early years. Examples include "Come On," "I Want You To Know Him," "Walking the Dog," "Bye Bye Johnny," "I'm Alright," "You Can't Get No" Satisfaction," "I Can't Get No" Satisfaction, and "It's All Over Now." On "Sympathy for the Devil," he performed backing vocals as late as 1968. He is also responsible for the whistling on "Walking the Dog."

Richards maintains that "guitar weaving" came from this period, from listening to Jimmy Reed's "We listened to the teamwork, trying to figure out what was going on in those albums; how you could play together with two guitars and make it sound like four or five." Jones' and Richards' guitars became a signature of the Rolling Stones' sound, with both guitarists displaying rhythm and lead without establishing any boundaries between the two performers.

Jones' slowing arrival as boss marked the start of his estrangement. Oldham's recognition of the financial benefits of band members writing their own songs, as Lennon-McCartney explained, is the reason that performing covers would not keep a band in the spotlight for long. He also wanted to make Jagger's fame and flamboyance a focus of live performances. Jones saw his influence over the Stones' direction diminish as their repertoire contained fewer of the blues covers than he liked; more Jagger/Richards originals were created; and Oldham took over executive responsibility, displacing Jones from yet another role.

Jones' overindulgence in alcohol and other drugs resulted from days on the road, the money and fame, and the feeling of being alienated from the company. These excesses had a debilitative effect on his physical and mental stability, and Jones, according to Oldham, Jones became unfriendly and antisocial at times.

When Jones was hospitalized on a trip to Morocco in March 1967, he left him for Richards, further damaging the already tense links between Jones and Richards. Jones' musical contributions became sporadic as tensions and heroin use grew. He became dissatisfied with the guitar and began to play exotic instruments, and he was increasingly absent from recording sessions. We Love You, Peter Whitehead's promotional film made in July 1967, he's very groggy and disorientated.

Jones was arrested for heroin use on May 10, 1967, just after the Redlands bust at Richards' Sussex home. In his apartment, authorities discovered marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine. He confessed to using marijuana but said he did not use hard drugs. He appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967. Dennis Hopper appeared in the United States for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, which was not well known in the United States.

Jones, Jagger, and Richards all erupted, alienating Jones further from the group. Although many people suggested that Jones be friendly and outgoing, Wyman Richards and Watts also said he could be cruel and difficult. Jones' mood shifted regularly; one minute caring and generous, the next trying to enrage everyone. "There were at least two aspects to Brian's personality," a Wyman said in Stone Alone. One Brian was introverted, shy, alert, and deep-thinking. The other was a gregarious, artistic peacock, who was desperately needing protection from his peers." "He put every friendship to its limits and way beyond."

Jones' last significant sessions with the Stones occurred in 1968, when the Stones released "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Beggars Banquet" and the Beggars Banquet album. Although Jones is uninhibited in the music-making, he appears in Jean-Luc Godard's film One Plus One playing acoustic guitar and trading cigarettes with Richards. The film chronicles "Sympathy for the Devil"'s development.

Jones played multiple instruments on various fronts, but he now appears in only minor roles on a handful of projects. Jones' last public appearance was in the December 1968 Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, a part-concert, part circus-act film produced by the band. It went unreleased for more than 25 years because Jagger was dissatisfied with the band's appearance in comparison to others in the film such as Jethro Tull, John Lennon, the Who, and Taj Mahal. As bonus information, several people at the concert knew that Jones' time with the Rolling Stones was coming, according to Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of the Who thought it would be Jones' last live musical performance.

On May 21, 1968, Jones was arrested for smoking marijuana, which he said had been left by previous tenants of the apartment. If found guilty, he would have received a lengthy prison term. The jury found him guilty, but the judge had compassion for Jones; rather than jailing him, he fined him £50 (equivalent to £1937 in 2021) and told him: "For goodness sake, don't get into trouble again, or it will be serious."

Jones' court problems, alienation from his bandmates, heroin use, and mood swings all became a barrier to his active membership in the band. For the first time in three years, the Rolling Stones wanted to visit the United States in 1969, but Jones was not in a good shape to tour, and his second arrest exacerbated the difficulties in getting a US work visa. In addition, Jones' attendance at rehearsals and recording sessions had become erratic. When he did appear, he either rarely contributed to anything musically or, if he did, his bandmates would swap off his amplifier, leaving Richards to play nearly all of the guitars. Jones was "fully incapable of making music," according to author Gary Herman; "when he tried to play harmonica, his mouth began bleeding."

During the band's Banquet session, they were disruptive, and it had escalated by the time the band began recording Let It Bleed. Jones borrowed the Jaguar of the company in March 1969 and went shopping in Pimlico Road. Jones hired a chauffeur-driven vehicle to get home after the parked vehicle was towed away by police. Jones crashed his motorcycle into a store window in May 1969 and was secretly led to a hospital under an assumed name. From this point, he was still attending recording sessions, but not as a major contributor to the band's music. He had made two contributions to the field by May: autoharp on "You Got the Silver" and percussion on "Midnight Rambler." If Jagger did not turn up to a photo shoot, he told Jones that if he did not turn up to a photo shoot, he would be fired from the band. Despite being frail, he nonetheless arrived and his last photo shoot as a Rolling Stone took place on May 21, 1969, first at St. Katherine Docks, Tower Bridge, London, and then later at Ethan Russell's photographic studio in South Kensington. The photos will appear on the album Through the Years, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 3). 2) in September 1969, which was the first time I knew it.

The Stones decided to begin a tour of North America in November 1969 after the introduction of the Let it Bleed album (scheduled for July 1969 in the United States). Nevertheless, Jones' employment was told that owing to his drug convictions, he would not be able to obtain a work permit. The Stones decided to bring in a new guitarist at Stewart's suggestion. Jones, who had been visiting Jagger, Richards, and Watts on June 8, 1969, was informed that the company he had created would continue without him.

To the public, it seemed as if Jones had left voluntarily; the other band members told him that although he had been suspended, it was his right to break it to the public. Jones announced his resignation on September 9, 1969, in a tweeting. "I no longer see eye to eye with the others over the discs we are cutting," the king said in this post. Mick Taylor, a 20-year-old guitarist who was formerly of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, was recalled.

Jones was residing at Cotchford Farm in East Sussex, the residence that was once owned by Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne, which Jones had acquired in November 1968. Jones looked "better than he had ever been," Alexis Korner, who visited in late June. Jones is said to have contacted Korner, Stewart, John Lennon, Mitch Mitchell, Alan Price, and Jimmy Miller about the possibility of forming another band. Jones had reportedly demoed a few of his own songs in the weeks leading up to his death, including "Has Anybody Seen My Baby?" "Chow Time" and "Chow Time."

Jones was discovered motionless in the bottom of his swimming pond at Cotchford Farm around midnight on the night of 2–3 July 1969. Anna Wohlin, his Swedish wife, was convinced he was alive when he was pulled out of the water, but said he still had a pulse. However, by the time the doctors arrived, it was still late, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital at the age of 27. According to the coroner's report, it was a drowning, later described as "death by misadventure" and noted that his liver and heart were greatly expanded by past heroin use and alcohol use.

Pete Townshend wrote a poem entitled "A Normal Day for Brian, A Man Who Died Every Day" (printed in The Times), Jimi Hendrix dedicated a song to him on US television, and Jim Morrison of the Doors wrote "Ode to Los Angeles" following Jones' death. Brian Jones, "Deceased" is what I was thinking about while thinking of him. Coincidentally, Hendrix and Morrison died within two years, with Morrison's death falling on the same date as Jones'. Both three children died at the age of 27.

On Friday, the Rolling Stones appeared at a free concert in Hyde Park, two days after Jones' death. Mick Taylor, the band's new guitarist, had been invited weeks before to dedicate the concert to Jones. Jagger read excerpts from "Adonais," Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem about his friend John Keats' death, and stagehands released hundreds of white butterflies as part of the tribute. "I'm Yours and I'm Hers" was the band's first song on Jones' "I'm Yours and I'm Hers."

Jones was discovered 10 feet (3 meters) deep in Cheltenham Cemetery to prevent trophy hunters from exhuming. His body was embalmed, with hair tanish, and was placed in an air-tight silver and bronze casket. Watts and Wyman were the only Rolling Stones to attend the funeral. Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were heading to Australia to begin filming Ned Kelly's Ned Kelly; they said that their contracts did not encourage them to postpone the trip to attend the funeral.

Mick Jagger told Rolling Stone in 1995: "I don't really believe I do not really feel sorry for Jones' death." I do remember being a good sport, but we were young and in some ways we picked on him. Sadly, he made himself a victim for it; he was extremely, terribly ardent, and manipulative, and if you do that in a community of people you can't get back as well as you give. I wasn't sure enough about his heroin use, so I wasn't able to. No one seemed to worry about opioid use. LSD was the first thing to be used. No one was aware of the danger. People used to believe that cocaine was good for you."

Bill Wyman, a long-serving Rolling Stones bassist, said of Jones, "I'm getting even more convinced that he's deserving of a free pardon." Brian Jones is a legend, and his legacy is there for all to hear. Although the Rolling Stones did harm to us in some way, Brian was the only one to die.

Jones' death was a result of rumors soon after, with associates of the Stones claiming to have information that he was murdered. "The murder theory will bubble back to the surface every five years or so," rock biographer Philip Norman says. Jones was murdered by Frank Thorogood, a builder who was doing building work on the property in 1993. He was the last one to see Jones alive. Thorogood reportedly confessed to the murder of Rolling Stones' driver Tom Keylock, who later denied it. In the 2005 film Stoned, the Thorogood theory was dramatized. Thorogood is accused of killing Jones in a money war; he had been paid £18,000 for his services on Cotchford Farm but he wanted more £6,000 from the musician. When they learned how badly the probe into Jones' death had been botched by the local police, the murder is thought to have been covered up by senior police officers.

Sussex Police decided to do a case review of Jones' death for the first time since 1969 after new information was provided to them by Scott Jones, an investigative journalist who had followed several of the people who were at Brian Jones' house the night he died. The journalist had also uncovered unedited police files at the National Archives, which had also exposed illicit police data. Sussex Police said that the case will not be reopened in 2010 following the investigation. "This has been thoroughly investigated by Sussex Police's Crime Policy and Review Branch," the coroner's original decision of 'death by misadventure' was incorrect, according to the department, but there is no new evidence to show that the coroner's original decision of 'death by misadventure' was inaccurate."

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