Brian Jones

Brian Jones, born Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, (28 February, 1942 – 3 July, 1969, Essex, England) was a founding member, lead guitarist and backing singer in the British rock group

Brian Jones, born Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, (28 February, 1942 – 3 July, 1969, Essex, England) was a founding member, lead guitarist and backing singer in the British rock group The Rolling Stones.

He was also known for his multi-instrumental skills, fashionable mod image, drug and sexual excesses, and his early death, at age 27. A film about Jones' mysterious death, entitled Stoned, premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August 2005.