Brian Jones,Rolling Stones founder,135 IQ but abused drugs & alcohol,drowned age 27 |
Brian, more than any of his contemporaries, seemed to have invented the rock-and-roll lifestyle. It was as if he had chosen to become the Crowned Prince of Stonedness. This role required that Jones remain constantly high. ETHAN RUSSELL In 1962, Brian Jones initiated a blues band he named the “Rollin’ Stones.” His IQ of 135 may have contributed to his ability to pick up a new instrument and play it well within half an hour. It was because of Brian’s musicianship that The Stones created a sound unique to the ‘60’s. He also excelled on guitar, his favorite being a teardrop-shaped prototype Vox Mark VI. As Mick and Keith emerged as songwriters, Brian watched his band stray from its blues roots. Depressed, he resorted to extreme drug and alcohol abuse. In June 1969, Mick and Keith “fired” Brian from The Stones. One month later, he drowned in his swimming pool. Some say accident, some say murder, but for some, 3 July 1969 truly was “the day the music died.” This is my tribute to Brian. THE WASTING OF A TREASURE Regarding the untimely death of Brian Jones 28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969 one man, young, but spent heir to a threadbare future blond and beautiful black and blue he purchased his dreams, lavish, eccentric, excessive trifled away his limited time, the passing of his days shrouded in matte black one man, young, distracted, disillusioned by life harmony corrupted to discord diamond diminished to dross he fashioned a chord he shone like the sun but light exposed truth he escaped to comfort in a self-induced shadow he sacrificed himself to extravagance, directed by vices he slighted the treasure, laden with the ashes of dreams, he sank deep in the depths I found him he cried all the time I saw him in a teardrop |