Brian Jones formed the group which became the Rolling Stones way back in May 1962. It is said that he named the band somewhat hurriedly during a telephone conversation in which he was asked for the name of the band which, at that point, didn't really have one. Jones looked around him and spotted a Muddy water's album on which the track Rollin Stone caught his eye.
Whether true or not the band acquired a "g" at the end of "Rollin" and went on to become what is, arguably, the biggest rock band in music history. At he time of writing this, the Stones are still packing them into major venues worldwide and selling vast amounts of their music.
Jones then, as founder and guitarist, should have been sitting pretty but all did not go well for him. It is well reported that he gradually became involved in drugs and alcohol and was the subject of convictions for possessing drugs in 1967 and again in 1968 whilst still on probation for the earlier offence.
In itself this was not unusual, many musicians before and since Brian have faced similar convictions but the problem for him was that it prevented him from touring in the USA due to their strict anti-drug legislation.
Consequently Brian was dropped from the band in June 1969 and, within a month, was dead.
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