The Rolling Stones: What Happened To Every Former Member?

[Music] the rolling stones have been an iconic rock band since they first got together in 1962. as the decades rolled on members have come and gone both in the studio and on tour so what happened to all of the former members of one of rock's biggest groups when the rolling stones first hit the scene they were revolutionary and it was brian jones who defended them to the naysayers to the press and to the jazz musicians who didn't want these upstarts playing in their clubs ryan very much pushed this band to be a band life as a rolling stone was chaotic and jones life in particular was filled with drug charges and pressure he announced amid major conflict that he was leaving the band on june 8 1969 according to rolling stone magazine he said i want to play my own kind of music he never got the chance on july 3 less than a month later his body was discovered in his pool the official cause of death was drowning by immersion in fresh water associated with severe liver dysfunction which the inquest shortened to misadventure exactly what happened is one of rock's long-standing mysteries a 2020 documentary life and death of brian jones looked into long whispered claims that a friend either killed jones or was guilty of at least manslaughter and death via negligence efforts to reopen the case have been unsuccessful and questions remain the scotsman calls ian stewart the forgotten bandmate and that's legit it wasn't until 30 years after his death that the newspaper was reporting on his recognition by the scottish music awards stewart was one of the founding members of the group and was brought in after answering a 1962 help wanted ad placed by brian jones stewart was only on the official lineup for about a year though and was booted out by then manager andrew luke oldham oldham claimed that there were too many people in the band and the burly stewart was the odd man out as he just didn't look like he fit in still he continued to perform with the rolling stones for another 20 years in addition to playing strings on studio albums he went on the road too he acted as a tour manager and a sessions manager until his untimely death in 1985. stewart was in the waiting room of his doctor's office when he had a heart attack and died almost instantly rolling stone magazine says he was there for a regular checkup and a follow-up on an old lung issue and he was just 47 years old stuart who drank moderately didn't partake in drugs and loved scuba diving and steam trains was credited as being the guy who got the whole thing started the scotsman reports keith richards as saying the rolling stones are only here because of ian stewart i still have so much affection for the man mick taylor joined the rolling stones after the departure of brian jones and he was a huge part of the reason the stones went from pop to critical acclaim with albums like exile on main street and sticky fingers charlie watts called that period in stones is history a creative peak but taylor's time with the group wrapped up in 1974. he officially walked away from the group on december 12th of that year and his reasons were complicated for starters he was the younger newcomer and as such always felt out of place he'd later say towards the end of my time with the stones it became very laborious and monotonous and a lot of people around the stone seemed to drag them down and hold them back and obviously certain people's addiction to drugs didn't help taylor later said that his own experiences with heroin were enough to put the finishing touches on his desire to leave he went on to found another group with jack bruce and to a career in his own right keyboardist ian mclagan is more heavily associated with the band's small faces and the faces but he had a massive impact on some of the rolling stones most popular songs too that's not entirely surprising his band became the faces in 1969 when he was performing alongside rod stewart and ronnie wood that group split up in 1975 and that's when he joined wood in the stones that's him on the electric piano on some girls and that's definitely not the only place he showed up after the faces dissolved he went on to become a massively in-demand session musician mack as everyone called him died on december 3rd 2014. his unexpected passing came after he suffered from a massive stroke and tributes poured him for not just his music and his group the bump band but for his unwavering kindness tony chapman was an early early member of the rolling stones how early when time magazine did a piece on musicians who left bands before they became big they didn't even have a photo for chapman with the stones and neither do we that's because he left in 1962 before they even recorded anything he was at one point however one of the six-member lineup that brian jones dubbed the rolling stones and he did have a long lasting impact he's the one who invited bill wyman along for the ride chapman wasn't keen on the musical direction the rolling stones were going in and found them a bit too experimental for his tastes when he left he stayed in the music world and ultimately founded the preachers which would later include peter frampton his longtime friendship with wyman led to the stones as bassist producing the preacher's debut and recording several of the songs he'd written but when that group broke up in 1966 chapman faded into obscurity charlie watts was one of the originals joining the rolling stones way back in january 1963. his last in-concert appearance was on august 30th 2019. he was 78 years old at the time and the band was performing in miami the covet 19 pandemic derailed other planned performances but he did also appear on a live stream with the rest of the band in april 2020. when the rolling stones went back on the road in august 2021 it was fully assumed watts was going to be where he always was behind the drum kit until he wasn't he pulled out of the tour with apologies to fans writing for once my timing has been a little off i am working hard to get fully fit but i have today accepted on the advice of experts that this will take a while i have therefore asked my great friend steve jordan to stand in for me just 20 days after his august 4th announcement news broke that he had passed away the cause was unspecified and tributes poured in from across the music industry how much how much longer are you going to be with the rolling stones how much longer they're going to be around are you tired of it yet about 20 minutes sometimes 20 more minutes and that's it bill wyman was a member of the rolling stones for an impressive 31 years until he announced that he was leaving in 1992. his exit and his replacement basis daryl jones were made public in 1993 by which time wyman had already seen it all with the band that included things like the 1969 altamonte concert stabbing an event he called quote an awful awful thing what's he been up to since firstly he says there's no hard feelings telling the telegraph they didn't want me to leave but we get on great now i had 30 years with them then a really nice divorce and corny as it may sound we are still family wyman rejoined the rolling stones in 2012 for the band's 50th anniversary tour and off stage he splits his time between homes in london and france he opened a restaurant called sticky fingers in london and filled it with memorabilia regularly performs with a group called the rhythm kings and has an interest in painting photography and archaeology texas native and saxophonist bobby keys was never an official member of the rolling stones but given that he toured with and performed alongside the group for more than 45 years it's safe to say he paid his dues after starting alongside fellow texan and friend buddy holly keys was one of the major backup saxophonists throughout the 1960s he hooked up with the stones late in the decade and that's him on exile on main street sticky fingers and let it bleed keys was super regular until one night in 1973 rolling stone magazine says there was a bit of a falling out when he missed a show and keith richards later found him in a bathtub of champagne with a random woman his off-stage hell-raising was too much for even them and keys became an occasional player rather than a regular he was always close to richards though they shared a birthday and in 1989 richard's campaign to get him on board in a more permanent way mick jagger absolutely wasn't happy but the sound made up for it keys remained a fixture but when he missed a tour in australia rumors started circulating that he had been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver when keys passed away in 2014 richards issued a statement i have lost the largest pal in the world and i can't express the sense of sadness i feel although bobby would tell me to cheer up while mary clayton might not be considered a band member in the traditional sense her contributions to one of the rolling stones most iconic songs and the sacrifice she made to sing it is one that needs to be remembered clayton didn't even know who she was going to the studio to meet when friend and producer jack nietzsche called her in the middle of the night and asked her to go to the studio for a duet with some guys in town from england there were some initial protests as it was late and clayton was extremely pregnant at the time still she got out of bed went to the studio and absolutely nailed the haunting vocals that opened gimme shelter for a long time she wasn't even able to listen to the song much less perform it after she left the studio that night she suffered a miscarriage she later said we lost a little girl it took me years and years and years to get over that you had all this success with gimme shelter and you had the heartbreak with the song it left a dark taste in my mouth it was a rough rough time clayton has had a long and incredibly successful career from working with bobby darin at 14 coming back from a 2014 car accident that resulted in the amputation of her legs and then finally releasing the album beautiful scars her sister explained to the guardian quote if she's singing she's fine how long does a backup singer have to tour and perform with a band before they're a part of the group just ask lisa fisher what she thinks she toured with the rolling stones for a whopping 26 years before playing her last show with them on july 15 2015. that's when she left to concentrate on her own group grand baton she was touring with her band when she talked to the times colonist in 2018 saying of the stones they have been so supportive and loving and kind to me i miss them i love them to the ends of the earth but i got to the point where i was running myself ragged and i felt like i wasn't giving my best because i was so exhausted it was a scary time for me so i finally had to make a decision i cried when i made that phone call fisher has also performed with acts including aretha franklin luther vandross and dolly parton and her career spanned 40 years she told the guardian that it was vandross who encouraged her to break out of being a backup singer and kick off her own solo career which he did in 1991 winning a grammy a year later it was bill wyman who called nikki hopkins the greatest rock and roll piano player in the world according to the independent hopkins sadly never toured with the rolling stones as chronic ill health made it impossible for him and he was never officially a member of the band he was however one of the band's most valuable session musicians and was crucial to the sound and success of albums like exile on main street and let it bleed but in spite of all his success in the studio he never managed to break out and make it as a solo artist and he did try that said session work was absolutely his thing and he turned down offers to join the stones and led zeppelin on a more permanent basis to keep playing with other groups hopkins died in 1994 he was 50 years old and the official cause of death was reported as complications from previous intestinal surgeries check out one of our newest videos right here plus even more grunge videos about your favorite bands are coming soon subscribe to our youtube channel and hit the bell so you don't miss a single one [Music]

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Length: 12min 45sec (765 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 27 2021