Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Rolling Stones Celebrate 50 Years

After 50 years of blues-oriented rock and roll, the Rolling Stones are still filling stadiums and influencing young rock and rollers all over the world.  eveybody who has ever picked up a guiter, or ever wanted to, know the ensemble of Mick Jagger, Kieth Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood.  Before the modern incarnation of the band, there were members Bill Wyman who left the band in ???? and the late Brian Jones, who died accidentally at the age of 27 in 1969.  Ian Stewart played piano for a short time and Dick Taylor, Mick Taylor and Tony Chapman also served in other capacities for a time.  Since 1993, Darryl Jones (bassist) and Chuck Leavell (keyboardist) have applied their trade in studio and live performances.

Everybody know the iconic tounge and lips logo even without any wordmarks indicating the signature logo belongs to the world's most famous rock band.  That is if you don't count The Beatles, or perhaps even if you do.