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The Rolling Stones play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe, supporting the Cyril Davies All-Star R'n'B Group. Full article:
Mick Jagger (vocalist, Rolling Stones ): We only played down The Marquee about half-a-dozen times. As to who was the leader ... well, Brian (Jones) used to want to be, but nobody really wanted to be the leader of the band - It seemed a rather outmoded idea.
Even though we were all working together, Brian desperately wanted to be the leader, but nobody ever accepted him as such. I don't mean within the band, I mean with the kids. Up until then it'd been accepted by the public that the singer with the band was the leader and, as I just happened to be the singer, most people automatically singled me out as the leader. Brian used to really get upset... I didn't give a shit who was the leader of the band.
Bill Wyman (bassist, Rolling Stones) : When we were doing The Marquee interval for a blues night, a little night in the week, it suddenly became the big night – there were 800 people for us and only 300 to see (jazz performer) Monty Sunshine the next day. So they kind of knocked us out of The Marquee…
Keith Richards (guitarist, Rolling Stones) : Suddenly, we weren't getting interval slots because, when the main band went on, everybody had left, and the interval band had become the high spot. The jazz guys closed ranks. They must have felt threatened. It got quite vicious.
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Even though we were all working together, Brian desperately wanted to be the leader, but nobody ever accepted him as such. I don't mean within the band, I mean with the kids. Up until then it'd been accepted by the public that the singer with the band was the leader and, as I just happened to be the singer, most people automatically singled me out as the leader. Brian used to really get upset... I didn't give a shit who was the leader of the band.
Bill Wyman (bassist, Rolling Stones) : When we were doing The Marquee interval for a blues night, a little night in the week, it suddenly became the big night – there were 800 people for us and only 300 to see (jazz performer) Monty Sunshine the next day. So they kind of knocked us out of The Marquee…
Keith Richards (guitarist, Rolling Stones) : Suddenly, we weren't getting interval slots because, when the main band went on, everybody had left, and the interval band had become the high spot. The jazz guys closed ranks. They must have felt threatened. It got quite vicious.
(Source : not known)