The Rolling Stones 1

Highly Appreciated

THE ROLLING STONES – Formation of the Band
 
 

In 1962Dick Taylor was in a band called Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.  Brian Jones was recruiting members for his own band, and these three joined up along with Ian Stewart.  Jones came up with the name Rollin’ Stones for the band; they went through several drummers before Charlie Watts joined the line-up. 

 

The name of the Rolling Stones is taken from a truly great blues song that Muddy Waters recorded as early as 1948 called “Rollin’ Stone”; it is on almost everyone’s short list as one of the greatest popular songs ever.  The lyrics (not to mention the music) echo through dozens of rock songs over the decades since:  “Well, my mother told my father / Just before I was born / I got a boy child’s comin’ / He’s gonna be, he’s gonna be a rollin’ stone.”

 

Dick Taylor played bass guitar with the nascent Stones but quit after several months when he was accepted at the London Central School of Art; his replacement in the Rolling Stones was Bill Wyman.  While there, Taylor met Phil May; and together they founded the Pretty Things in 1963.  

 
(March 2014/1)
 
Last edited: March 22, 2021