JUNE 8, 1969 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts visited Brian Jones at his Cotchford Farm home

JUNE 8, 1969 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts visited Brian Jones at his Cotchford Farm home to discuss his future in the group. The Stones later issued a press statement saying that Brian was leaving The Rolling Stones.Jones was the founding member of The Stones, but Mick Jagger and Keith Richards soon dominated the group, specifically after becoming a successful songwriting team. Jones developed serious substance abuse problems over the years, and his role in the band steadily diminished.
Jones had placed an ad in the Jazz News in May of 1962, asking musicians to audition for a new R&B group at the Bricklayers Arms pub. Singer Mick Jagger applied and brought along his childhood friend Keith Richards. It was Jones who came up with the name The Rollin’ Stones (later changing the name to add the “g”). The name came about when he was on the phone with a venue owner who asked for the name of his group. There was The Best of Muddy Waters record lying on the floor and track one was “Rollin’ Stone Blues”. The name popped out of Jones’ mouth, but little did he know at the time of the impact that that name would have in the world of music history.
By 1967, animosity had grown between Jones, Jagger, and Richards. Jones was alienating himself further from the group and continued abusing drugs. He was increasingly absent from Rolling Stones recording sessions. When Anita Pallenberg, Jones’ girlfriend of two years, left him for Richards, it proved too much for Jones to handle and caused further damage to the already-strained relations between Jones and Richards.
During this period of his decreasing involvement with the band, Jones was living at Cotchford Farm in East Sussex, the residence formerly owned by Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne, which Jones had purchased in November 1968. After leaving the band, Jones was replaced by guitarist Mick Taylor. It was on July 3rd, 1969 that Jones’ lifeless body was discovered floating in the pool at his estate. The coroner determined it “death by misadventure”, explaining that he’d drowned while under the influence of drugs and alcohol after taking a midnight swim in his pool at age 27.
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