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| 1942 | Birth |  |
| 28th Feb Cheltenham Birth of Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones |
| 1962 | Rolling Stones, The | |
| London Jones comes up with the name "The Rollin' Stones" (later with the 'g') |
| London Jones recruits Ian "Stu" Stewart and singer Mick Jagger into his band - who, with Jagger's childhood friend Keith Richards , met Jones when he and Paul Jones were playing Elmore James ' "Dust My Broom" with Korner's band at The Ealing Club |
| London The Rolling Stones' lineup settles down to Jagger, Richards , Stewart, Jones , Taylor, and drummer Tony Chapman |
| 12th July London The Stones have their first in the Marquee Club with Jagger, Richards , Jones , Stewart, bass player Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) and drummer Tony Chapman |
| 1963 | Rolling Stones, The | |
| London Oldham's arrival marks the beginning of Jones ' slow estrangement from the band, one which saw his prominent role diminished as Oldham sought to shift the Stones's centre from Jones to Jagger and Richards |
| 1966 | Rolling Stones, The | |
| Jones produces, plays on and writes the soundtrack for the film "Mord und Totschlag" (aka "A Degree Of Murder"), an avant-garde German film with Anita Pallenberg |
| 1967 | Arrest | |
| 10th May Jones is arrested for drug use for the first time |
| 1967 | Monterey Pop Festival. | |
| June Monterey Jones meets Frank Zappa and Dennis Hopper, and goes on stage to introduce the Jimi Hendrix Experience, then unknown in the US One review referred to Jones as "the unofficial 'king' of the festival." |
| 1967 | Rolling Stones, The | |
| Clips in the promotional film for "We Love You" show Jones slumped and barely able to keep his eyes open, most likely due to the effects of Mandrax (quaalude) |
| The 1967 albums Between the Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request showcase Jones ' multi-instrumental talents throughout |
| Mar Jones' girlfriend Anita Pallenberg runs off with Richards while Jones is hospitalised, damaging Jones and Richards ' friendship |
| 1968 | Arrest | |
| 21st May Jones is arrested a second time, for marijuana possession |
| 21st May The Stones wanted to tour the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States in 1969 for the first time in three years, but Jones ' second arrest exacerbates problems with US immigration, Jones is unable to acquire a work visa |
| 1968 | Cotchford Farm | |
| Nov Cotchford Farm Jones purchases Cotchford Farm in East Sussex, formerly owned by Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne |
| 1968 | Rolling Stones, The | |
| The 1968 album Beggars Banquet and the 1969 Let it Bleed album has Jones mostly missing, instead featuring guitar weaving by either Richards alone or with session musicians such as Ry Cooder and Dave Mason |
| May With personal relations between Jones and Richards increasingly frayed, the release of the single "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and, later the year, the album Beggars Banquet (UK #3; US #5), see a return to the band's blues roots |
| Dec Jones' last formal appearance with the Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, part concert, part circus-act film organized by the band, but not released for 25 years |
| 1969 | Death | |
| July Upon Brian Jones ' death, Pete Townshend writes a poem titled "A Normal Day For Brian, A Man Who Died Every Day" (printed in The Times) |
| 3rd July Found at the bottom of his swimming pool surrounded by statues of Chris topher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, although his death is found to have been by misadventure, to this day some regard the cause of the drowning a mystery |
| 5th July The Rolling Stones perform a free concert in Hyde Park, two days after his Brian Jones ' death, before the concert began, Jagger read excepts from "Adonais", a poem by Percy Shelley about the death of his friend John Keats |
| 1969 | Dismissal | |
| 8th June Jones releases a statement announcing his departure |
| 8th June Retreats to his Cotchford Farm home in Sussex, formerly owned by Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne, drinking heavily in the local pub and planning his comeback with a blues band, within a month he is found dead in his swimming pool |
| July Jones is forced out of the band after a late-night visit to his rural home from Jagger, Richards and Charlie Watts to be replaced by twenty year-old jazz-influenced guitarist Mick Taylor, from John Mayall's Blues breakers |
| 1969 | Rolling Stones, The | |
| 8th June At the suggestion of pianist and road manager Ian Stewart, the Stones decide to add a new guitarist and Jones is visited by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts and told the group he formed would continue without him |
| 9th June Jones releases a statement announcing his departure |
