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iMpiiiig wwjw HU wayf 19 19p: Stones ary in February With Fire is a shows at the Olympia) ontreaJ for the first si The sho1 Richard Arena is tics Hall-full housfc (Satisfaction is reci May 13 long imePlay two 22 laiio in heir taird atjbfe Mamice by bad cous-t No) ngeles inJfane it 'Plrypromptly first mmSiW one rec8rd m-4hOtates and VmXJiiKb turn ni throA fit Jwo or three I 1967 1967: In January Let's Spend The Night Together is released and the Stones do the Sullivan show but Mick is ireed to' change the line to spend some time tugether" In May Brian Jones is arrested and charged with unlawful possession of drugs On June 27 Mick Jagger is found guilty of possessing two pep pills bought legally in Italy Evening Standard: "Det Sgt Cudmore agreed that during the police raid on the house at West Wittering Jagger had co-operated fully throughout and behaved in an entirely adult manner" On June 29 Mick and Keith are jailed for possession of marijuana at Keith's housepprty in February The £Xt daytheyare released on £7000 On Jones is in pltX suffering from strain On July 31 the ipjtoals Court lifts Jagger's and ichan 's sentences In August the Stones eleased We Love You which opens nthW sound of a prison Warden's footsteps the clanking of chains and the nangingf a prison cell door In October Brian Jqnes is sentenced to nine months atji cannabis aM let obi of Wormwobd ScrQbs on bail Irk December his senteree is 'set aside byV ppeals three days la ter lie collapses and isVushed to' Hospital' Their Satanic Majesties reque Stones answer to Sgt Pepper leased aiyl received poorly mji Twsi 1969 1969: In May Mick and Marianne busted for pot On June 9 Brian Jones leaves the group at least temporarily to pursue his own musical tastes Mick 1 Taylor 20 formerly with John Mayall replaces him July 3: Brian dies in the swimming pool oif his new country cottage Said The obituary: "In the group's six years of success Brian Jones was a constant source of musical invention and ability within the group but over the past two years he has suffered from feelings of persecution and unhappiness" July 5: Stones Free Concert in Hyde Park 250000 fans show up July 6: Mick and Marianne fly to Australia for first starring role in a movie Ned Kelly Later Marianne lies near the brink of death after some drug caper and she's flown back to England Finis for Mick and Marianne In No-vember the Stones embark upon their first American tour in three years end-' ing in Alta mont The tour is spectacular but Altamont results in a stabbing and the rock community is shocked Let It Bleed the Stones 13th album is released in December A brilliantly demonic album and the Stones are hailed 1970 1970: In Aug-Oct the Stones do' a European Tour Performance a bad-trip film starring Mick Jagger is released becomes a cult film for counter-culture Get Your Ya Ya's Out a live album of their American tour is released in September In December film of the tour Gimme Shelter fehtoring controversial scenes of the stanhjng of Meredith Hunter by the StonesVody guards the Angels A year after the fact Altamont becomes a ponderous event The moral legitimacy of the film and of the Stones themselves is being questioned Newsweek cover store: MICK JAGGER AND THE FUTURE OF ROCK Bad vibes 1964 1964: In January with the Ronettes time Not FadeAwp first really big "hit Daily Mirror repoi locc Scowcroft Pre: lionai Federation ol fered a free haircut one group or soloist in the popi adding: "The Rolling Stones worst One of them looks as got a feather duster on his hi May 29th their first LP Daily Mirror Everything seemsfobe a he has On leased NES ist them ailed the Tiey are not "most parents hey are even that asks big on the surface They iliest group in Brilaii looked on very kindly or by adults in gem used to the type ofarti le brother if he would lei his sister go out with pne of them But an awful lot of people love those five-shaggy-as-Shetland-ponies ads known as the Rolling Stones One jhundred and ten thousand people ini Britain forked out nearly £200000 forNheir first LP simply entitled THE ROLLING STONES lid 20-yeiy old Mick Jagger I nevCisljd like Maybe I'll like a suit when I In JuneL they do their first which is not very successful becai few American fans kmw about-thwi yet Still undergroundin although their star is rising fakCThey record at the famous Chete Studios in Chicago legend has it that the great bluesman Muddy Waters arranged for the sessionBy July 8th Ati Over Now recordn at Chess was NoNl in Britain it nraly makes the top 2u America In September Die Stones named by Melody Maker MostSSmiular British Group Not Fade Away bestaong Time Is On My Side released inNAmferka goes to No 2 and stays on thexharts a long time Second and more successful US tour in Oct-Nov Little Rooster a blues song written by Willie' Dixon and recorded bvtjm Stones shoots to'the top of the charts in England The Stones are stars of the first and Electrovision rock film The Tanfi Show'playing North American cipemas at Christ I'W' "he JmnBoinguez BACK in North America again and in Montreal on Monday night It's their seventh tour of North America since 1964 and their fourth stop here Their current excursion is the rock 'n' roll lour to end all rock roll tours spanning 30 cities and two months all dates were sold-out within a day of tickets going on sale The Stones are the last flourishing group from the Beatlemania era and nearly 10 years after they got together are hailed as the biggest thing in the entertainment business Who are the Rolling Stones? Famous lead vocalist is Mick Jagger (born July 26 1943) Father was senior lecturer in physical education Attended Hartford Grammar School London School of Economics among others Worked as a sort of physical education counsellor games and sports instructor on a US service base at 18 First stage work with Alexis Komer known as the "Father of British Blues" Drummer man Charlie Watts was bom June 2 1941 Father was a track driver for the railways Attended Harrow Art School worked for Charles Hobson and Gray advertising Working in a club the Troubadour with a group Blues By Five he met Komer with whom he played before joining tie Stones Keith Richard lead guitarist bom Dec 18 1943 Father was electrical engineer 'Attended Dartford Technical School and Sidcup Art School among others Was a postman for four days during 1961 Christmas Hayed in a country and western band in art school Brian Jones bom Feb 28 1942 died July 3 1969 Mother was a piano teacher Cheltenham Grammar School Among other things he worked as ah assistant in the electrical department of dept store Played alto sax with a group called The Ramrods in Cheltenham Bill Wyman bass player bom Oct 24 1941 Father was a bricklayer At- 009 tended Beckenham Grammar School worked as a bookmaker's clerk in London before joining the Air Force then did engineering with a firm in Strea-tham Mick Taylor second lead guitarist was bom Jan 17 1948 Father was an aircraft worker Attended Onslow Secondary Modem Hatfield Herts Worked as a commercial artist-engraver for a few months Jones Richard Mick and Ian Stewart who has been their road manager since they' started got together to start a group Their first booking at the Piccadilly Club in December 1962 was disastrous Early in 1963 they deputized for Alexis Komer at the Marquee Club hip rhythm blues club In February the five Stones (Watts and Wyman having joined) started an eight-month residency at the Crawdaddy Club Station Road Richmond Soon Andrew Oldham discovered them and with businessman Eric Easton signed the Stones to' a management deal Oldham who Wore dark glasses like American record producer Phil Spector pro-duced their first session in May at Olympic Studios Tracks included Come On Warm aie'Eovetk Come On was a modest hiThe StonesVere still underground Tney were named after a i Muddy Waters sbng They werakr as a rhythm blues band Date I September they started their from English tour with the RverWJJrtuiera and Bo Diddley Beatler'Tennon Vjtc-Cartney wrote a sdn0for theftM I Wanna Be Your Manyreleasatfist Jftiv-ember they used But you're vulnerabieTvryoh ways vulnerabkLook at KifiB'Ctirtis he got killed When I asked Stones' lead'fetularist Keith Richard about his performing anxieties he too mentioned rhythm-and-blues saxophonist King Curus: "Man Curtis was stabbed by a neighbor a neighbor! just because he got into an argument with him And how many joints do you suppose King Curtis played in his lifetime? You just don't let it get to you" Jagger is the focus for a startling array of production paraphernalia Six smoking Super Trouper spotlights line the back of the stage their beams aimed at a 40-foot mirrored plastic panel hanging over the front section of the audience so that the light is reflected back down on the group and they are washed in a simultaneous glow of front and back lighting Standing alongside Jagger guitarist Richard directs the ebb and flow of the music Mick is the centrepiece of the Rolling Stones the group's gaudiest gem but it is Richard who holds the' setting together Simultaneously music director and star guitarist he sings a bit here and there and writes the melodies (to Jagger's lyrics) for most of the Stones songs Tough-looking snaggle-toothed arid only slightly less exotic than Jagger' Richard wears stacked-heel boots and jeans so tight that every move of his wiry legs causes a ripple of tensile muscle as he plays he bends slightly at the waist and stamps his feet hard heel first bang bang bang a rock 'n' roll flamenco dancer In contrast bassist Bill Wyman Is' coolness personified He stares out at the audience with an unblinking gaze his fingers moving independently up and down the strings he shuffles siowly from one foot to the other timing the rhythm with a supple rocking motion Seated omni-presently behind the others his pearly snare drum and shimmering cymbals spread meticulously around him Charlie Watts slash-mouthed and unsmiling plays his intense rhythms with the methodical finesse of a watchmaker he is one of rear Though lyricj bioufl vrics-oiwfedio purcliaseja 16th centu' manpWnin Sussex Com rig News) Charlie's dJur a track driver at King's Cross Rail "We are proud of Chari cillqt understand why hi i an olablace like this tosome-Vhich is what I would have liked myself" In August the Stones appoint American accountant Alien Klein their co-manager with Oldham and signed a five-year recording contract with Decca Sir Edward Lewis chairman sent off personal letters to'the Stones On Oct 29 the Stones start their fourth US tour at the Montreal Forum nearly 10000 -Best- Stones show I naim f5n- 1966: 19th Nervous Breakdown released late January They do' the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time Sullivan had earlier banned them In May Paint It Black is released features middle-eastern rhythmic riff In June another tour of the US including another riot-tom show at the Forum In September the Stones do' a European "When the Rolling Stones set foot lerman soil they unleashed a typnbqn of destruction" reported The Have You Seen Your Mother Bgby (Standing In The Shadows) is released in September with the Stones in drag on the record jacket knottier Britisnour with Ike jmer and the Yardbirds New Musi-spress votes Stones top UJC gtoup with Satisfaction the top song to-hqitcl They're not having fuiKwiti pie not making it into a Jving game They're making it into a 'we'll -tear -your -hair -out-if -yoi -put your hands on the deck of game And thgt won't do" It's an interesting thought spraying kids with whipped cream to keej them off the stage but I have my doubts about the effectiveness of thj technique On stage the Stones start tjpiay Midnight Rambler most theatrical number and a piece thdt reveals more than almost any othdr the prim7 itive drama that is bapfc to his sage When the song id over Jagger is dripping hot steaming and sweating He grabs a half gallon jug oLwater and runs along the front of the platform sprinkling its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners An ebb and flow fi fighting erupts as they surge to follow tnm eager to be toughed by la few baptismal drops While tllie group gets ready to play' its next time Italk with Cynthia Sagittarius onef the special breed of followers jnatohe Stones are so adept at attracts "Wcllf Cynthia Sagittarius is not actual! my name! but it's better than a rearname don't you think because it sayFjso much more about who' I really am lie has been following the tou from the beginning A shyly soft-spoken 29-year-old Cynthia planned her odyssey months in advance determined to see all the Stones' concerts timt the beneficence of good karma coulrn or would provide Cynthia had no tickets and no transportation She hitch-hiked her only sions in a backpack from the East Oust to the Stones' first concert in Vancouver Her technique simple enough was to wait outside the auditorium asking everyone who came by if liehad a spare ticket It worked all but a few ofhe West Coast concerts and as soon as the Stones' staff heard about her they provided a guest pass She expects toynake every stop on the tour even so Vie expresses no interest in meeting Stones personally 8 1968: In May British concert in Musical Express Wembley Jumpj rocker wins bf(ck ey the years tlj 11 Winhers Jack Flash many Stones in went to'Numbbr 1 Godard announces Stones recording Street Fighting Satisfaction as banned by mat US for beipg su fuses to reKlase Stones ndwest a)6um because of what it tended aioffensive coves (a photo of a lpvatpiwall studded with up-to-the-itinute graffiti) Brian again arrested 'onrilrug charges The Stdnes lose their Hattie with Decca and quet released in a plain December five mont bum is hailed as an inst sic includes Sympathy Fo The Stones film their Ban-y vhite cover i late Tjie pt took clas-Devil 'released TV special Rock 'n' Roll Circus co- starring Keith Moon EricVlapton John Yoko' Mick Keith and actresses Marianne Faithful (Micks girlfriend of longstanding) and Anita Pal-lenburgi (first girl now Keih's on holiday in South America andiri no way views herself as a groiu "I just lijie their she says "and theCeling in the crowd so I de-cidpd'tfiexperience as much of the feel-rtg as I possibly could I mean isn't rthat what the Stones are all about?" Listening to the group in the background closing their show with an emotion-drenched Jack Flash kit was hard to disagree with Cynthia feelings are surely what the Stones are all about But watching Jagger for consecutive shows in Chicago I begn to wonder about the interchange of tHose feelings Jagger simply was not the abandoned wild man he sometimes seemed to be during the group's last American toiir The peacock mannerisms are the sfirn the instant choreography is as ampily theatrical as ever and one is Always vividly aware of the superb ense of timing that informs his move-jments and singing But there is a caution that is new I Jagger clearly knows for example precisely how close he can come to the edge of the stage with safety At times he uses that carefully measured separation to provoke the audiences pointing his toes at the closest listeners twisting and turning just beyond their reach yet never crossing the line that would allow them to grab him Things were different in the past The first time they played in Chicago in 1964 the Stones were nearly arrested when they decided to hold an impromptu press conference in the middle of Michigan Avenue Later that year after a series of conceits that were always noisy and boisterous and sometimes on the verge of riot Mick was knocked into the orchestra pit by an over-eager female lis-l toner The Stones were hardly ever directly involved in the violent activities hat surrohnded their concerts and mid-sixties newspaper accounts of the iisturbancesi often gleefully emphasized the most sensational aspects dLondon'i paifV Mirror favored head-ities like AngryyFans Riot at Stones Sftow and Stones Ran Falls From Circled But it was obvious that they were benefiting from the publicity ffltnidl you The Stones do' a "farewell of Britain in March On April 13 they leave England to live in the South of France On April 15 the Stones' new label Rolling Stones Records is an-nouncediTabei manager is Marshall Vs Chess brothers Its oPSlHiui Side blues On ftllti Brown SugsnBitch a single is teased zooms to'Rhe top -of the chans On April 23 Micky Fingers featuring a controvert'd zippered cover by Andy Warhol iseleased On May- 1A Mick marries beautiful South American lady BiancaVerez de Macias inV small fishing village oh the coast of Fra And now it's 1972 in the midst of the currant album success! Exile On Main Street issued to coincide with the latest tour The album them first two-disc selj is Number One oithe charts The Stones hal to cont rfcst will Beatles the dominant lish pop in the miasixtie way to do so was tak' that would oppose Uxjjpkits' grew adult acceptability Thus tljqir I ig-ness to make outrageous public to produce songp'ilike Spend the Night Together) that fould offend English ties and to been ing adolertliTfantasies ience It all came tolrtead aft AHamont" Calif in December 1969The Stones exhilarated (and exhausted after an electrifyingly successful American tour decided to give a free concert Poorly planned and dominated by the presence of Angels it turned into an orgy of violence in which a young man was slabbed to death by one of the Angels within sound and sight of the stage The memory of that incident (preserved in chilling detail in the film Gimme Shelter) is the shadowy spectre behind the current Stones tour and elaborate precautions have been taken to avoid a recurrence of serious violence to audience or performers The entire tour in fact has the earmarks of an extremely well-planned political campaign Tour producer Peter Rudge and Jo Bergman the woman who handles the complex liaison between production management and talent have put together an organization rivaling that of a major politician with advance men security guards special drivers a resident doctor and make-up man chartered jets and methodical research on performing and living conditions in each of the concert stops The elaborate advance planning has with a few exceptions resulted in an isolation of performers from audiences and a tightness in the controlled environment that sometimes hns made it difficult for the music to seep through 1 It's hard to avoid the feplitig that the cinitiniirrl on next page Illuilratiafii Stphn laik 000 I)i Heckman THE OBJECT flashes in on a high trajectory catching the gleam of the spotlights as it soars with unerring accuracy toward Mick head He never sees it coming and as it hits him a trace of fear crosses his face For the splitting of a second time stands still then the object a small harmless lightweight ball bounces off Mick's forehead into the dark reaches of the Chicago Amphitheater For any other performers it would be a disturbing omen For the Rolling Stones well into their first North American tour in 2tt years it is nothing more than another anxious moment And anxious moments have dominated a 10-year career marked by riots violence and death The tour began on June 3 in Vancouver BC at a concert that sent both police and spectators to the hospital Succeeding West Coast programs in Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego were kept more firmly in hand in part because of the production participation of old rock pro Bill Graham But the Rolling reputation precedes them and it is not one that is calculated to keep the audience sedately in its seats As the tour's production director Chip Monck put it: "The more exciting the show is the more crazies that someone like Jagger may have within himself the more susceptible he is to weirdnesses of people outside and believe me he draws them to him like flies And of course the wider the range of emotions a performer expresses the wider the potential for attracting weirdness and Jagger is aware of that potential every time he takes the stage "I suppose it would be a lie to say I wasn't a bit apprehensive when the tour started" he told me "but you kind of fofget it when you go on when the spirit's ready you got to move Actually the worst time was in the teeny-bep era when they used to throw flash bulbs 'cause they can really hurt you And' the few drummers in rock who' never ikes solos and lythm guitaristipirTaiS- a itly boyish oval force franuMwh gbwen locks is I the group's ne membeX Except far nis Henry Aldrip revisiutrown apdvhite saddle sh6es he is tnbOmrit anonymous of the Slones managing almost to 'retain his privacy even while on stage After three years his presence stiff seems a bit strange his modesty a striking contrast to the Beau Brummet color of the man he replaced Briaiyuones Mick digs into the gAs of You Can't Always Get What Yoil Want strutting back and forth across the stage in a manner weirdly reminiscent of a feisty English schoolman One guy in dungarees can't stand it He grimly attempts to pull himself onto the platform Before he can make it the security ouards are on him like hawks after airottontail They jerk him up by the arms and hustle him quickly and efficients to the back of the stage where he is grabbed by two more cops and guided but the back door His evening wittrtne Stones is over OUjerixids spaced out on the heat themusic the event of their own private devices are just as eager One after another they scramble over the platform As the guards grab them they raise their hands in supplication offering little resistance A moment in the same orbit with the Stones no mat-ter how fleeting has clearly been a moment worth beipg thrown out of the hall for A few react more violentlyVHje lanky long-hair responds to a guard? rough handling wiih a round-house right and is almost instantly decked by four security cops andvoughly dragged to the outer reaches of the Amphitheater Chip Monck is not pleased with the violence of'tlie securitymeasures It smacks too much of what went on in Vancouver are attitudes on the purt of a couple of the people working the front of the stage that! have-lo be changed" he says have to bring: out the' whipped-cream canisters to juse on the kids if they can't deal with tnem hand- THUS MONTREAL STAR EMTERTAINMENTKil'LV It 171 C-3 it.