Fact #52520
When:
Short story:
The Rolling
Stones record I
Wanna Be Your Man, written by John
Lennon and Paul
McCartney of The
Beatles, at De Lane Lea
Recording Studios, London, UK.
On the same day, the band learns that guitarist Brian Jones is
earning more money than the other members, on the basis that he is
their leader. At some point in this month, Jones also writes and
records a tv advertising jingle for the breakfast cereal Rice
Krispies.
Full article:
Ian Stewart (pianist and road manager) : When we started playing outside London, Brian said, I'm the leader of the group and I think I'll stay at the best hotel. All the rest of you can stay in a cheaper hotel. Of course, the rest of the Stones just laughed at him, and that was it from then on. It was all over for him as the leader. He started to isolate himself because of this attitude.
Keith Richards (guitarist): He had an arrangement with Easton (co-manager, Eric Easton), that as leader of the band he was entitled to this extra payment. Everybody freaked out. That was the beginning of the decline of Brian. We said, Fuck you...
(Source : not known)
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Keith Richards (guitarist): He had an arrangement with Easton (co-manager, Eric Easton), that as leader of the band he was entitled to this extra payment. Everybody freaked out. That was the beginning of the decline of Brian. We said, Fuck you...
(Source : not known)