Editing Brian Jones (section)

===Early life===
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian Jones |url=http://www.rollingstones.com/artist/brian-jones/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413223509/http://www.rollingstones.com/artist/brian-jones/ |archive-date=13 April 2015 |access-date=30 January 2015 |website=The Rolling Stones.com |publisher=The Rolling Stones}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Barnard |first=Stephen |title=The Rolling Stones: Street Fighting Years |date=1993 |publisher=BDD Illustrated Books |isbn=978-0-7924-5801-2 |page=22}}</ref> was born in the Park Nursing Home in [[Cheltenham]], Gloucestershire, on Saturday, 28 February 1942.{{sfn|Jackson|1992|p=3}} An attack of [[croup]] at the age of four left Jones with [[asthma]] that lasted for the rest of his life. His middle-class parents, Lewis Blount Jones and Louisa Beatrice Jones (''[[given name|née]]'' Simmonds), were of Welsh descent. Brian had two sisters: Pamela, who was born on 3 October 1943<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=187542411:2795&d=bmd_1689976433 | title=FreeBMD Entry Info }}</ref> and died on 14 October 1945 of [[leukaemia]]; and Barbara, who was born on 22 August 1946.{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|pp=10, 16}}

Jones attended local schools, including [[Dean Close School]] from September 1949 to July 1953; and [[Pate's Grammar School|Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys]], (now [[Pate's Grammar School]]) which he entered in September 1953 after passing the [[eleven-plus]] exam. He enjoyed badminton and [[diving (sport)|diving]] at school and became first clarinet in the school orchestra. Jones reportedly obtained seven [[O-levels|O-level]] passes in 1957, thence continuing into the [[sixth form]] and obtaining a further two O-levels. He passed [[A-levels]] in [[physics]] and [[chemistry]], but he failed in [[biology]].{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|p=19}}

Jones was able to perform well in exams despite a lack of academic effort. However, he found school regimented and disliked school uniforms and [[conformism]] in general; Jones himself said: "When I made the sixth form, I found myself accepted by the older boys; suddenly I was in." His hostility to authority figures resulted in his suspension from school on two occasions. According to Dick Hattrell, a childhood friend, "He was a rebel without a cause, but when examinations came he was brilliant."{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|p=19}}

Both Jones's parents were interested in music; his father was a piano teacher in addition to his job as an [[aeronautical engineer]], and his mother played the piano and organ and led the [[choir]] at the local church.{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|pp=10, 16}} Jones listened to classical music as a child but preferred [[blues]], particularly [[Elmore James]] and [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]]. In 1957, he first heard [[Cannonball Adderley]]'s music and took an interest in [[jazz]]. Jones persuaded his parents to buy him a saxophone, and two years later, his parents gave him his first acoustic guitar as a 17th birthday present.{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|p=23}} Jones began performing at local blues and jazz clubs while [[busking]] and working odd jobs. He reportedly stole small amounts of money from work to pay for cigarettes, for which he was sacked.{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|pp=35–36}}