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The Rolling Stones
Background information
Origin London, England
Genre(s) Rock and roll, Rhythm and blues, Blues, Country, Reggae
Years active 1962 – present
Label(s) Decca
Rolling Stones Records
Virgin Records
Website RollingStones.com
Members
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
Charlie Watts
Ron Wood
Former members
Bill Wyman
Brian Jones
Mick Taylor
Ian Stewart
The Rolling Stones are an English band whose blues, rhythm and blues and
rock and roll-infused music became popular during the "British Invasion" in
the early 1960s. [1] The band was formed in London in 1962 by Brian Jones,
and eventually was led by the songwriting partnership of singer Mick Jagger
and guitarist Keith Richards. The Stones' image of unkempt and surly youth
is one many musicians still emulate. [2] During their 1969 American tour,
the Stones were introduced and have often since been referred to as "The
Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World."[2] The band have released 55
albums of original work[3] and compilations, and have had 37 top-10
singles.[4] In 1989 the Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame, and in 2004 The Rolling Stones[5] were ranked #4 in Rolling
Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[6] They have sold over
200 million albums worldwide.[7]
Band history
Founding: 1960-1962
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were classmates at Dartford Maypole County
Primary School. In 1960, the two became reacquainted while Richards was
attending the Sidcup Art College and Jagger was a student at the London
School of Economics. [8] With mutual friend Dick Taylor (later of Pretty
Things), they formed the band Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. [8] Stones
founders Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were also active in the nascent
London R & B scene; Jones played with the Ramrods and Blues Inc., a band
that featured Jagger, Richards and future Stones drummer Charlie Watts. In
June 1962 the Stones lineup was Jagger, Richards, Stewart, Jones, Taylor,
and drummer Tony Chapman. Taylor left the group, which renamed itself The
Rolling Stones, after a Muddy Waters song.[2][9]
1962-1964
On 12 July 1962 the group played its first gig at the Marquee club in
London, billed as "The Rollin' Stones". Line-up was Jagger, Richards, Brian
Jones, Ian Stewart on piano, Taylor on bass and Tony Chapman on drums. Jones
intended the band to play primarily Chicago Blues, but Jagger and Richards
brought the Rock n' Roll of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. After shifting
formations Bassist Bill Wyman and Drummer Charlie Watts became the Stones'
long standing rhythm section. [8]
The Beatles recommended the Stones to future manager Andrew Loog Oldham, and
encouraged Decca Records to sign the band.[10]. The Stones' popularity
encouraged UK record companies to sign other Rhythm And Blues bands. Their
first EP and first album contained mostly cover songs pulled from their live
shows. After signing with Decca, the Stones began touring the UK and Europe.
On the first tour of England the Stones were packaged with American stars
including Ike and Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, The Ronettes, The Everly Brothers
and Little Richard - the latter of whom taught Mick Jagger basics of
showmanship.
The first tour also cemented the Stones' shift from a Rhythm and Blues band
to more of a pop band, resulting in a drastic reduction in the number of
blues songs the band played live. The Rolling Stones No. 2 (The Rolling
Stones, Now! in the United States) (UK #1; US #5) again contained mainly
cover tunes, but was augmented by the songs by Jagger/Richards. The band
also began a schedule of constant touring,
On their first American tour in June 1964, the Stones began recording almost
exclusively in American studios, first at Chess Studios in Chicago and RCA
Studios in Los Angeles. [2]The Stones also appeared on national variety
shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show [1] and the"The Hollywood Palace" where
host Dean Martin made fun of the Stones' longish hair, which was considered
provocative.[11].
1965-1969
Jagger and Richards wrote their 1st UK no.1 with "The Last Time" in early
1965. The US version of that year's Out of Our Heads LP contained seven
original songs including "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" which was the first
of many number one hits for the Stones. [1] With Aftermath (UK #1; US #2)
(1966), was the first Stones album to have Jagger/Richards songs
exclusively. Aftermath included the almost twelve-minute long "Going Home":
the first extended jam on a chart-topping rock and roll album. [12]
In 1967 Jagger and Richards were arrested after a police raid on a party in
Richards' home, and were subsequently convicted on 'trumped-up' drug-related
charges. [8] A famous editorial in The Times, formerly a staunch bastion of
the establishment, protested that the sentences were "...more severe
sentence than would have been thought proper for any purely anonymous young
sexy man" was shortly followed by the quashing of Richards' conviction on
appeal, and Jagger's prison sentence being reduced to a conditional
discharge. In May 1967, shortly prior to the Jagger/Richards trial, Brian
Jones was arrested for the possession of cannabis, cocaine and
methamphetamine. [8] He escaped with a fine and probation, but was told he
had to seek professional help.
The band recorded a new single, "We Love You", as a thank you for the
loyalty shown by their fans during their trial. The record featured guest
appearances on backing vocals from John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and opens
with the sounds of footsteps and a cell door banging shut. [13] The
promotional film for the song compared the Stones' persecution and trial to
that of Oscar Wilde, portraying Jagger as Wilde receiving sentence from
Richards' Marquess of Queensberry.
Work then commenced on a new psychedelic album, which Jagger envisioned as
the group's equivalent of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band. [8] The record, which would eventually be released as Their Satanic
Majesties Request (UK #3; US #2), was recorded in difficult circumstances
with various members of the band living under the threat of imprisonment.
Bill Wyman had one of his on the album, "In Another Land", written by him,
sung by him, and even released as a B-side single under his own name. The
front cover of the album bears a remarkable similarity to the montage of the
Sgt. Pepper album, which gave ammunition to critics (including John
Lennon[14]) who accused the Stones of riding in The Beatles' slipstream. The
first 25,000 copies of the record had a 3D sleeve.
The release in May 1968 of the single "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and, later that
year, the album Beggars Banquet (UK #3; US #5), saw the band return to its
blues roots aided by producer Jimmy Miller. Richards started using open
tunings, most prominently a 5 string open-G tuning (with the lower 6th
string removed)heard on the 1969 single "Honky Tonk Women", "Brown Sugar"
(Sticky Fingers, 1971), "Tumbling Dice", "Happy", (Exile On Main Street,
1972), and "Start Me Up" (Tattoo You, 1981). Brian Jones became less
involved with the band, and his inability to tour the US again due to visa
troubles led to his removal from the band on June 8. His replacement was the
twenty year-old guitarist Mick Taylor formerly of John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers, who started sessions with the band immediately and even
replaced Jones' contribution to "Honky Tonk Women". Jones retreated to his
Cotchford Farm home in Sussex, where he died in his pool less than a month
after his exit from the band.
1969-1974
Despite Brian Jones' sudden death, the Hyde Park concert went ahead in front
of an audience of 200,000 fans. The band's performance was captured by a
Granada Television production team, later to be shown on British television
as Stones in the Park. The band had just released the first recording with
the new lineup, "Honky Tonk Women". It was released on 3 July 1969,
coinciding with the death of Jones, and remains the band's last number 1
single in the UK. Let It Bleed (UK #1; US #3) followed in December and was
rapidly hailed as another classic, featuring the "Gimme Shelter", "You Can't
Always Get What You Want", "Midnight Rambler", and Robert Johnson's "Love in
Vain".
In November, the band set off on their 1969 U.S. Tour. American audiences
were no longer drowning out the music with their screaming but had become
critical listeners. The tour culminated with the staging of the Altamont
Free Concert, at the then-disused Altamont Speedway located about forty
miles east of San Francisco. The concert was a chaotic disaster in part due
to the hiring of a local chapter of the Hells Angels to undertake general
security. Meredith Hunter, a young man, was stabbed and beaten to death by
the Angels. [15] The Altamont concert was documented in Albert and David
Maysles' film Gimme Shelter.
The live recording Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! (UK #1; US #6) (1970) documented this
tour. Considered by critic Lester Bangs the best live record ever[16], the
Stones paid their dues to Chuck Berry with renditions of "Little Queenie"
and "Carol", staples from their pub days in south London. 1969 saw the end
of the band's 1963 contract with Decca Records when they formed their own
record company.
Sticky Fingers (UK #1; US #1), released in March 1971 as the band's first
album on their own Rolling Stones Records label containing one of their best
known hits, "Brown Sugar", the country-influenced "Wild Horses", and a
version of "Sister Morphine" on which Marianne Faithfull would be credited a
co-writer. Mick Taylor collaborated on several songs with Jagger, partially
because of Richards' substance addictions and resulting unreliability.
However, all the songs were credited as usual to "Jagger/Richards".
As Keith Richards' problems with drugs deepened, Mick Jagger married the
Nicaraguan political activist Bianca Perez Morena de Macias and began a
jet-set lifestyle. Pressured by the UK Inland Revenue service for several
years of unpaid income tax, the band moved abroad to the South of France.
Richards rented a chateau, Villa Nellcôte, former headquarters for the local
Nazi SS during the Second World War, and sublet rooms to the band members
and entourage. Using The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio they continued
recording the double album that was started in England and finished in Los
Angeles, Exile on Main St. (UK #1; US #1) (1972). Given an A+ grade by
critic Robert Christgau and disparaged by Lester Bangs - who reversed his
opinion within months, Exile is now commonly accepted as one of their best
albums. The film Cocksucker Blues, never officially released, documents the
subsequent, highly publicised 1972 North American ("STP") Tour, with its
retinue of jet set hangers-on. The band's early 1973 Pacific Tour saw them
banned from playing in Japan and almost banned from Australia.
In November 1972 the band began sessions in Kingston, Jamaica for their
followup to Exile, Goats Head Soup (UK #1; US #1) (1973). The album would
spawn the worldwide hit "Angie", but would prove to be the first in a string
of decent selling but tepidly received studio albums.[17] The sessions for
Goats Head Soup would also spawn a number of outtakes, most notably an early
version of the popular ballad "Waiting on a Friend" which would not be
released until Tattoo You, eight years later. The making of the record was
not helped by another legal battle over drugs, this one dating back to their
stay in France. At Musicland studios in Munich to record the next album,
1974's It's Only Rock 'n Roll (UK #2; US #1), Jimmy Miller, who had drug
abuse issues, was no longer producer as Jagger and Richards assumed
production credits as "the Glimmer Twins". Both album and the single of the
same name were hits, even without an immediate tour to promote them.
Nearing the end of 1974, Taylor had begun to get impatient because there had
been no tours since October 1973. [18] The band found itself in stalemate,
with band members opting to spend their time abroad between recording
sessions while Jagger was getting increasingly exasperated with Richards,
whose behaviour was becoming more and more unpredictable. The other members
of the band ended up paying for the fines and legal bills resulting from
Richards' convictions, which also led to the entire band being denied entry
to certain countries and meant missed out income for all. Taylor spent his
time helping Jagger composing and recording songs in the studio while
Richards was often absent. Jagger promised Taylor he would get recognition
for his contributions in the form of official credits on tracks from Goats
Head Soup and It's Only Rock'n Roll. When this did not happen and it
transpired that there was still no tour in sight by the end of 1974, with a
recording session already booked in Munich to record another new album,
Taylor quit The Rolling Stones. [19]
1974-1982
For Black and Blue (UK #2; US #1) (1976), The Stones used the recording
sessions in Munich to audition replacements for Taylor. Guitarists as
stylistically far-flung as Humble Pie lead Peter Frampton and ex-Yardbirds
virtuoso Jeff Beck were auditioned. American session players Wayne Perkins
and Harvey Mandel appeared on much of the album, but the band settled on Ron
Wood who had recorded and played live with Richards and already contributed
to the recording and writing of It's Only Rock 'n Roll. Woods eventually
left The Faces to commit to the Stones in 1974. The 1975 Tour of the
Americas featured stage props including a giant inflatable phallus and a
rope on which Jagger would swing out over the audience.
Although The Rolling Stones remained popular through the first half of the
1970s, music critics had grown increasingly dismissive of the band's output
and record sales had failed to meet expectations. However, Keith Richards
would have more serious concerns in 1977. Richards' addiction to heroin
delayed his arrival in Toronto for a planned live recording session at the
El Mocambo club. Jagger had chosen to record in Toronto to balance out a
long overdue live album, 1977's Love You Live (UK #3; US #5) would be the
Stones first live album since 1970's Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!. All the Stones
had assembled and were waiting for Richards when they sent him a telegram
asking him where he was.[20] Richards and his family flew in from London and
were caught by Canada customs with a burnt spoon and hash residue. A day
later, armed with legal arrest warrants for Anita Pallenberg, the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police discovered "22 grams of heroin"[21] in Richards'
room. The initial charge was importing narcotics into Canada, which carried
a minimum seven-year sentence upon conviction. Later the Crown prosecutor
conceded Richards had procured the drugs after arrival. Despite the arrest,
the band played two shows in Toronto, only to raise more controversy when
the estranged and eventually divorced wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre
Trudeau was seen partying with the band after the show. The case would drag
on for over a year. Richards eventually received a suspended sentence and
was ordered to play two free concerts for a local charity. This sparked one
of Richards' first musical projects outside of the Stones (with more to come
as Jagger's own solo interests dawned in the 1980s), as he and Wood formed a
band, The New Barbarians, to perform at the shows. This motivated a final,
concerted attempt to end his drug habit, which proved largely successful. It
also coincided with the end of his relationship with Anita Pallenberg, which
had become increasingly strained since the death of their third child (an
infant son named Tara) and her own inability to curb her heroin addiction
while Keith struggled to get clean.
While Richards was settling his legal and personal problems, Jagger
continued his jet-set lifestyle. He was a regular at New York's Studio 54
disco club, often in the company of model Jerry Hall. His marriage to Bianca
would end in 1977. By this time punk rock had become highly influential, and
the Stones were increasingly criticised as being decadent, aging
millionaires and their music considered by many to be either stagnant or
irrelevant. The Clash vocalist Joe Strummer even went so far as to declare
"no Elvis, Beatles or Rolling Stones" in their song "1977".
In 1978, the band recorded Some Girls (UK #2; US #1) including the
disco-influenced "Miss You" (a hit single and a live staple) and the country
ballad "Far Away Eyes". In part a response to punk, many songs were fast,
basic guitar-driven rock 'n' roll. The group's subsequent US Tour 1978,
though dogged by frequently sloppy drunken performances, was nevertheless a
massive success. However the group did not tour Europe the following year,
breaking the every-three-year touring routine of Europe in place since 1967.
Entering the 1980s on a renewed commercial high due to the success of Some
Girls, the next album Emotional Rescue (UK #1; US #1), released in mid-1980.
The recording of the album was reportedly plagued in turmoil, with Jagger
and Richards' relationship reaching a new low. Richards, more sober than at
any time during the previous ten years, had begun to assert more control in
the studio again - more than Jagger had become used to, and a power struggle
had ensued and clashes were rife. Though Emotional Rescue hit the top of the
charts on both sides of the Atlantic, it was panned by critics as a
lackluster and inconsistent effort. Following a bogged (due to an extremely
drunken Richards) press conference to announce its release, the group
decided not to tour in support of the album and went on hiatus.
In early 1981 the group reconvened and decided they would tour the US that
year, which would not however leave much time to write and record a new
album to promote the tour as well as rehearse for it. That year's resulting
album, Tattoo You (UK #2; US #1) featured "Start Me Up". Several songs on
the album ("Waiting on a Friend" and "Tops") featured Mick Taylor's guitar
playing, while jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins played on "Slave" and did an
overdub on "Waiting on a Friend".
In mid-1981, the band rehearsed for its upcoming US tour at Studio
Instrument Rentals (SIR) at West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan's
Hell's Kitchen, the site of the former Cheetah Club. During this time at
SIR, the Stones recorded the music video "Start Me Up" in rehearsal studio
#1. They also recorded the "Waiting On a Friend" video in the streets of
Manhattan's East Village around the same time. The Stones' American Tour
1981 was their biggest, longest and most colourful stage production to date,
playing indoor arenas and outdoor stadiums for over 3 months, and became the
highest grossing tour of that year. Some shows were recorded and filmed,
resulting in the 1982 live-album Still Life (American Concert 1981) (UK #4 /
US #5), and in the 1982 Hal Ashby concert film The Rolling Stones: Let's
Spend The Night Together.
In mid-1982, to commemorate their 20th anniversary as a band, the Stones'
took their successful American stage show to Europe. European Tour 1982 was
their first European tour in six years, and was joined by former Allman
Brothers Band piano player Chuck Leavell who continues to play and record
with the Stones to this day. By the end of the year they signed a new
multi-million dollar recording deal with a new label, CBS Records.
1983-1993
Throughout the early and mid 1980s the Jagger/Richards partnership continued
to falter, and their records suffered. 1983's Undercover (UK #3; US #4) was
Jagger's attempt to make The Rolling Stones' sound more compatible with
current musical trends. Despite initial critical enthusiasm (Rolling Stone
gave the album four and a half stars), its slick production, violent
political and sexual content (including the controversial violent images in
the video for "Undercover of the Night" and the slasher film-inspired lyrics
of "Too Much Blood) were coolly received by fans. Because of this and the
lack of a supporting tour Undercover sold below expectations. As well, Ron
Wood had begun using increasing amounts of drugs.
When the Stones had signed their recording contract with CBS Records in
1982, Jagger had also signed a major solo record deal with them. This
angered Richards who saw it as a lack of commitment to the band. Jagger
recorded his first solo album (She's the Boss) in 1984. Bill Wyman put
together a video compilation called Rewind with Jagger's help. CBS released
a companion hits compilation from 1971-1984 called Rewind (UK #23 / US #86).
In 1985 pianist, road manager and long-time friend Ian Stewart died of a
heart attack. According to Richards, Stewart's death left the band without a
moderating force that had helped hold the band together.
Jagger spent more time on his solo recordings than on the Stones', and much
of the material on 1986's Dirty Work (UK #4; US #4) was authored by Keith
Richards, with more contributions by Ron Wood than on previous Stones'
albums. Jagger refused to tour in support of the record because of the poor
health of Richards, Wood, and Watts. When the Stones were awarded a Grammy
Award for Lifetime Achievement, Richards was critical of Jagger. By 1988,
neither the quality nor the sales of Jagger's solo records, She's the Boss
(UK #6; US #13) (1985) and Primitive Cool (UK #26; US #41) (1987)), lived up
to expectations. Keith Richards' first solo record, Talk is Cheap (UK #37;
US #24) (1988) garnered a much better reception from fans and critics.
In early 1989, The Rolling Stones, including Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood
along with Ian Stewart (posthumously), were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame. Jagger and Richards appeared to have developed a new
understanding and appreciation for each other, and they recorded a new album
as The Rolling Stones, which would eventually become Steel Wheels (UK #2; US
#3). Widely heralded at the time as a return to form, the slick
conventional-rock album included the hit singles "Mixed Emotions", "Rock And
A Hard Place" and "Almost Hear You Sigh". As well, the album included the
song "Continental Drift", which included playing by musicians from the
Moroccan mountain village of Jajouka. This song was recorded by Brian Jones
during the ill-fated 1967 trip to North Africa with Keith Richards and Anita
Pallenberg.
The subsequent US Steel Wheels Tour saw the Stones touring for the first
time in seven years (since Europe 1982), and it was their biggest stage
production to date. By the time the massive tour reached Europe in 1990, it
had changed its name to the Urban Jungle Tour. Recordings made from the tour
produced the 1991 live-album Flashpoint (UK #6; US #16). The live album also
included two new songs recorded in 1991, the hit single "Highwire", and "Sex
Drive". This tour was the last for Bill Wyman who, after years of
deliberation and unwillingness to tour any longer, finally left the band in
1993. He then published Stone Alone, a frank autobiography.
1993-1999
After Bill Wyman's departure their new distributor/record label Virgin
Records. Virgin remastered and repackaged The Rolling Stones Records back
catalog (Sticky Fingers through Steel Wheels sans the three live albums) and
issued another hits compilation in 1993 Jump Back (UK #16; US #30). Along
with long time Stones piano player Chuck Leavell they set upon recording
their next studio album in 1993. Charlie Watts chose former sideman of Miles
Davis and Sting, Darryl Jones, to be Wyman's replacement who appeared Voodoo
Lounge (UK #1; US #2) (1994) and has toured wtih the band since.
Various recorded shows and rehearsals (all acoustic) made up Stripped (UK #9
/ US #9) which featured a cover of Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" as
well as infrequently played songs like "Shine a Light", "Sweet Virginia" and
"The Spider and the Fly".
The Rolling Stones ended the 1990s with their album Bridges to Babylon (UK
#6; US #3) released in 1997 to mixed reviews. Despite no hit single from the
album, sales were reasonably the same as previous records and the subsequent
international tour Bridges to Babylon Tour which crossed Europe, North
America and various other destinations proved the band to be a strong live
attraction. Once again a live album was culled from the tour, No Security
(UK #67 / US #34), only this time all but two songs ("Live With Me" and "The
Last Time") were never released on any previous live albums. In 1999 they
staged the No Security Tour in the U.S. as well as continued and finished
the Babylon tour in Europe.
2000-present
In 2002, The Rolling Stones released Forty Licks (UK #2; US #2) - a greatest
hits album that spanned their career - that contained four new songs
recorded with the latter day core band of Jagger, Richards, Watts, Wood,
Leavell and Jones. The same year, Q magazine named The Rolling Stones as one
of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die"[22], and the 2002-2003 Licks Tour
gave people that chance. On 30 July 2003, the band headlined the Molson
Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to help the
city - which they had frequently used for pre-tour rehearsals - recover
financially and psychologically from the effects of the 2003 SARS epidemic.
It was attended by an estimated 490,000 people.
On 9 November 2003, the band played its first concert in Hong Kong as part
of the Harbour Fest celebration, also in support of SARS. In November of
2003 the band exclusively licensed the right to sell their new 4-DVD boxed
set, Four Flicks, recorded on their most recent world tour, to the U.S. Best
Buy chain of stores. In response, other music retail chains (including Tower
Records, Virgin Megastore and HMV) pulled all Rolling Stones CDs and related
merchandise from their shelves and replaced them with signs explaining the
situation. [23]
On July 26, 2005, Jagger's birthday, the band announced the name of their
new album, A Bigger Bang (UK #2; US #3), which was released September 6 to
typically strong reviews, including a glowing write up in Rolling Stone
(often noted for its consistent support of the group).[24] The album
included perhaps the most controversial song from the Stones in years,
"Sweet Neo Con", a criticism of American Neoconservatism from Jagger. The
song was reportedly almost dropped from the album due to objections from
Richards, who prefers to avoid overtly political or topical songs, because
he believes that such songs rarely stand the test of time.
The subsequent A Bigger Bang Tour began in August 2005, and visited North
America, South America, East Asia in a mixture of venues. In February 2006
the group played the high-profile slot of half-time of Super Bowl XL. By the
end of 2005, the tour had set a record of $162 million gross receipts,
breaking the previous North American mark also set by the Stones in 1994.
Later that month the band played to a massive crowd of 1.5 million
(estimate) on the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro in a free concert.
After performances Down Under, Keith Richards went to the hospital on May
2006 for brain surgery after an apparent fall from a coconut tree on the
island of Fiji, causing a six week postponement in the European leg of the
tour.
The following month, it was reported that Ron Wood was entering rehab for a
couple of weeks following increased recent alcohol abuse. The Stones
returned to North America for another round of concerts in September 2006,
and are expected to return to Europe in mid-2007. By November 2006, A Bigger
Bang Tour had been declared the highest-grossing tour of all time, earning
the band $437 million. The North American leg brought in the third-highest
receipts ever ($138.5 million), trailing their own 2005 tour ($162 million)
and U2 that same year ($138.9 million). [25]. The Stones played Horsens,
Denmark for 85,000 people, which was the highest amount of people on the
scheduled part of the tour. They will play Copenhagen later this year.
In November 2006, the band released a tour diary entitled T.O.T.A '75 which
chronicles earlier tours from up to thirty years ago. In December of the
same year a commercial for a major credit card appeared using the Stones
song I'm Free as the background music. In late October 2006, filmmaker
Martin Scorsese filmed the Stones during several live performances at New
York City's Beacon Theater, featuring an audience that included several
world leaders for release as a documentary in 2007 (tentatively titled Shine
a Light). [26] On March 24th 2007, the band announced a tour of Europe
called the "Bigger Bang 2007" tour. June 12th 2007 will see the release of
the Stones' second four-disc DVD set entitled The Biggest Bang, a seven hour
document featuring the band's shows in Austin, Rio de Janeiro, Saitama,
Japan, Shanghai, and Buenos Aires, as well as extras. Again, as with their
first DVD set, the collection will be sold exclusively through Best Buy.
[27]
Keith Richards had a role in Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End as
Captain Teague, Jack Sparrow's father and Keeper of the Pirate's Code. On
June 10, 2007, Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie performed their first gig at
a festival in 30 years, at the Isle of Wight Festival, to a crowd of 50,000.
The Stones are currently continuing their European tour which is scheduled
to conclude at the end of August in London at The O2.
Personnel
Line-ups
(1962)
* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
* Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals
* Brian Jones - guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, percussion
* Ian Stewart - piano, keyboards, percussion
with
* Trevor Whittaker - rhythm guitar, percussion
* Dick Taylor - bass
* Tony Chapman - drums
* Carlo Little - drums
* Mick Avory - drums
(1962-1963)
* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
* Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals
* Brian Jones - guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, percussion
* Ian Stewart - piano, keyboards, percussion
* Bill Wyman - bass
(1963-1969)
* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
* Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals, bass, keyboards
* Brian Jones - guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, keyboards, bass, sitar,
reeds, marimbas, percussion, dulcimer, woodwind, accordion, tamboura, slide
guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, xylophone, recorder, clarinet
* Bill Wyman - bass, backing vocals, percussion, keyboards
* Charlie Watts - drums, percussion
(1969-1974)
* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, percussion
* Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals, bass, keyboards
* Mick Taylor - guitar, bass, synthesiser, percussion, backing vocals
* Bill Wyman - bass, synthesiser
* Charlie Watts - drums, percussion
(1974-1993)
* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
* Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals, bass
* Ron Wood - guitar, bass, pedal steel, backing vocals, percussion
* Bill Wyman - bass, synthesiser
* Charlie Watts - drums, percussion
(1993-present)
* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, bass, keyboards
* Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals, bass, keyboards
* Ron Wood - guitar, backing vocals, pedal steel, lap steel, bass
* Charlie Watts - drums, percussion
Tours
* 2005/2006/2007 - A Bigger Bang Tour
* 2002/2003 - Licks Tour
* 1999 - No Security Tour/Bridges To Babylon Tour
* 1997/1998 - Bridges To Babylon Tour
* 1994/1995 - Voodoo Lounge Tour
* 1989/1990 - Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour
* 1982 - European Tour 1982
* 1981 - American Tour 1981
* 1978 - US Tour 1978
* 1976 - Tour of Europe '76
* 1975 - Tour of the Americas '75
* 1973 - European Tour 1973
* 1973 - Pacific Tour 1973
* 1972 - American Tour 1972 (also known as S.T.P. Tour)
* 1971 - UK Tour 1971
* 1970 - European Tour 1970
* 1969 - American Tour 1969 (famous but didn't seem to have a name)
* 1967 - European Tour
* 1966 - Australia and New Zealand Tour, European Tour, North American Tour,
British Tour
* 1965 - 1 Far East tour, 4 European tours, 3 British tours, 2 North
American tours
* 1964 - 4 British tours, 2 US tours
* 1963 - British Tour (as an opening act)
Vidéography
* 1968 : one more one, film by Jean-Luc Godard(DVD)
* 1969 : The Stones in the Park (VHS)
* 1972 : Cocksucker Blues
* 1982 : Let's Spend the Night Together (VHS)
* 1984 : Video Rewind (VHS)
* 1989 : 25x5 - The continuing adventures of the Rolling Stones (VHS)
* 1994 : Live At The Max (VHS)
* 1996 : The Rock and Roll Circus (DVD - concert de 1968)
* 1998 : Live Bridges To Babylon (VHS)
* 2001 : Gimme Shelter (VHS)
* 2002 : Four Flicks (DVD)
* 2006 : Brian Jones & les Rolling Stones (DVD)
* 2007 : The Biggest Band (DVD)
* 2007 : Shine a Light (Film) / by Martin Scorcese
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Further reading
* Gered Mankowitz: The Rolling Stones - Out of Their Heads. Photographs
1965-67 and 1982. [ISBN 3-89602-664-X]
* Stanley Booth, The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones, Chicago Review
Press (2000), ISBN 1-55652-400-5
* Stanley Booth, Dance With the Devil: The Rolling Stones and Their Times,
Random House (1984), ISBN 0-394-53488-3
* Roy Carr, The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record, Harmony Books (1976),
ISBN 0-517-52641-7
* Robert Greenfield, S.T.P.: A Journey Through America With The Rolling
Stones (1974), Reissued De Capo Press, 2002. ISBN 0-306-81199-5
* Greil Marcus, "Myth and Misquotation", The Dustbin Of History, Harvard
University Press (1997), ISBN 0-674-21858-2
* James Phelge, "Nankering with the Rolling Stones", 2000. ISBN 1556523734
* The Rolling Stones, According to The Rolling Stones, Chronicle Books
(2003), ISBN 0-8118-4060-3
* The Gram Parsons Homepage FAQ
* CBC Digital Archives - The Rolling Stones: Canada gets Satisfaction
* T.O.T.A '75 The official illustrated account of The Rolling Stones Tour of
The Americas '75
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