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During an Alexis Korner gig at Ealing Jazz Club, Ealing, London, England, UK, Europe, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards first hear blues guitarist Elmo Lewis, but later discover that his name is really Lewis Brian Jones. The trio will become the core of The Rolling Stones.Full article:
Keith Richards (guitarist, Rolling Stones) : Very soon after Mick (Jagger) and I met, there was an ad in the music papers: England's first rhythm-and-blues club was opening up. But it was in Ealing, in West London. If I ever got away from Dartford, it was just to ride my bike to go to Sidcup, or to go to my grandad's in London for a few days. Mick came from a better part of town than I did, a fairly swanky area, a house all by itself with a garage. Mick's dad, Joe, was very well respected, used to go to America to referee basketball games, quite a big wheel in physical education. Mick had a far broader earlier education. I was workin' class and meeting Mick's friends and the chicks he knew was like, "Wow, I'm really movin' up in society."
When The Ealing Jazz Club opened, Mick actually managed to borrow his dad's car. It was my first trip into the big town just to have some fun. It was a revelation because it was a small joint and the band was cooking - it was Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, with Jack Bruce on bass, Charles Watts on drums, Alexis on guitar, Cyril Davies on harmonica. Long John Baldry was there, also Ian Stewart, and Brian Jones played some Elmore James shit that was sheerly electrifying, absolutely amazing. I was hooked from that minute on.
Charlie Watts (drummer, Rolling Stones) : Alexis had introduced me to Brian and we went off back to his flat. Bloody 'orrible thing, with one of the girls he was living with and was pregnant by him. He used to have short hair like Tweet this Fact
When The Ealing Jazz Club opened, Mick actually managed to borrow his dad's car. It was my first trip into the big town just to have some fun. It was a revelation because it was a small joint and the band was cooking - it was Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, with Jack Bruce on bass, Charles Watts on drums, Alexis on guitar, Cyril Davies on harmonica. Long John Baldry was there, also Ian Stewart, and Brian Jones played some Elmore James shit that was sheerly electrifying, absolutely amazing. I was hooked from that minute on.
Charlie Watts (drummer, Rolling Stones) : Alexis had introduced me to Brian and we went off back to his flat. Bloody 'orrible thing, with one of the girls he was living with and was pregnant by him. He used to have short hair like Tweet this Fact