Editing Brian Jones (section)

===Forming the Rolling Stones===
[[File:Brian Jones, Statesboro, Georgia, May 4, 1965 (377872218).jpg|thumb|upright|Jones backstage in May 1965]]
Jones left Cheltenham and moved to London, where he became friends with fellow musicians [[Alexis Korner]], future [[Manfred Mann]] singer [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]],<ref>{{cite book  |last=Rej |first=Bent |date=2006 |title=The Rolling Stones: in the beginning |location=Great Britain |publisher=Firefly Books Ltd |page=66 |isbn=978-1-55407-230-9}}</ref> future [[Cream (band)|Cream]] bassist [[Jack Bruce]], and others who made up the small London [[rhythm and blues]] and jazz scene. He became a blues musician, for a brief time calling himself "Elmo Lewis" and playing [[slide guitar]]. He also started a group with Paul Jones called the Roosters. In January 1963, after both Joneses left the group, [[Eric Clapton]] took over Brian's position as guitarist.<ref>{{cite book |last=Clapton |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Clapton |title=Clapton: The Autobiography |url=https://archive.org/details/claptonautobiogr00clapt |url-access=registration |edition=First |year=2007 |publisher=[[Broadway Books]] |isbn=978-0-385-51851-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/claptonautobiogr00clapt/page/40 40]}}</ref>

Jones placed an advertisement in the 2 May 1962 edition of ''Jazz News'', a [[Soho (London)|Soho]] club information sheet, inviting musicians to audition for a new [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] group at the Bricklayer's Arms pub; pianist [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] was the first to respond. Later, singer Mick Jagger also joined this band; Jagger and his childhood friend Keith Richards had met Jones when he and Paul were playing Robert Johnson's "[[Dust My Broom]]" with Korner's band at the [[Ealing Jazz Club]].{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|p=32}} Jagger brought guitarist Richards to rehearsals; Richards then joined the band. Jones's and Stewart's acceptance of Richards and the [[Chuck Berry]] songs he wanted to play coincided with the departure of blues purists guitarist [[Geoff Bradford (musician)|Geoff Bradford]] and singer Brian Knight, who had no tolerance for Chuck Berry.{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|pp=35–36}}

As Richards tells it, Jones came up with the name the "Rollin' Stones" (later with the 'g') while on the phone with a venue owner. "The voice on the other end of the line obviously said, 'What are you called?' Panic! ''[[The Best of Muddy Waters]]'' album was lying on the floor—and track five, side one was 'Rollin' Stone Blues'".{{sfn|Jagger|Richards|Watts|Wood|2003|p=42}} The Rollin' Stones played their first gig on 12 July 1962 at the [[Marquee Club]] in London, with a line-up of Jagger, Richards, Jones, Stewart, bass player [[Dick Taylor]] (later of [[the Pretty Things]]) and drummer [[Tony Chapman]].<ref name="karnbach-p57-58">{{cite book |last=Karnbach |first=James |author2=Benson, Carol |title=It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Rolling Stones |publisher=Facts on File, Inc. |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-8160-3035-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/itsonlyrocknroll00karn/page/57 57–58] |url=https://archive.org/details/itsonlyrocknroll00karn/page/57 }}</ref><ref>Some sources including Keith Richards erroneously list [[Mick Avory]] as the drummer at that gig, but Avory himself denies it.</ref>

From September 1962 to September 1963, Jones, Jagger and Richards shared a flat (referred to by Richards as "a beautiful dump"){{sfn|Jagger|Richards|Watts|Wood|2003|p=37}} at 102 Edith Grove, [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], with James Phelge, a future photographer whose name was used in some of the group's early "[[Nanker Phelge|Nanker/Phelge]]" writing credits. Jones and Richards spent day after day playing guitar while listening to blues records (notably [[Jimmy Reed]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Willie Dixon]] and [[Howlin' Wolf]]). During this time, Jones also taught Jagger how to play harmonica.

The four Stones went searching for a bassist and drummer, finally settling on [[Bill Wyman]] on bass because he had a spare [[VOX AC30]] [[guitar amplifier]]{{sfn|Richards|Fox|2010|p=114}} and always had cigarettes, as well as a bass guitar that he had built himself.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wyman |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Wyman |url=http://www.billwyman.com/site/news/678/ |title= Bill answers fans' questions |access-date=17 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913114755/http://www.billwyman.com/site/news/678/ |archive-date=13 September 2011 }}</ref> After playing with [[Mick Avory]], Tony Chapman and [[Carlo Little]], in January 1963 they finally persuaded jazz-influenced [[Charlie Watts]] to join them. At the time, Watts was considered by fellow musicians to be one of the better drummers in London; he had played with (among others) Alexis Korner's group [[Blues Incorporated]].

Watts described Jones's role in these early days: "Brian was very instrumental in pushing the band at the beginning. Keith and I would look at him and say he was barmy. It was a crusade to him to get us on the stage in a club and be paid [[Half crown (British coin)|half-a-crown]] and to be billed as an R&B band."{{sfn|Jagger|Richards|Watts|Wood|2003|p=43}}

While acting as the band's business manager, Jones received £5 more than the other members ({{Inflation|UK|5|1963|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}), which did not sit well with the rest of the band and created resentment.{{sfn|Jackson|1992|pp=65, 114}} Richards has said that both he and Jagger were surprised to learn that Jones considered himself the leader and was receiving the extra £5, especially as other people, like [[Giorgio Gomelsky]], appeared to be doing the booking.{{sfn|Richards|Fox|2010|pp=125–126}}{{sfn|Wyman|Coleman|1997|p=261}}