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'''The Rolling Stones''' are a long running (since 1963) British rock 'n roll band, best known for their rebellious image and hits like ''"Satisfaction" (1965), "[[Paint It Black]]" (1966), "Sympathy For The Devil" (1968), "Gimme Shelter" (1969) and "Angie" (1973)''.  
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'''The Rolling Stones''' are a British band (1963 - present) with notable recordings such as ''"Satisfaction" (1965), "[[Paint It Black]]" (1966), "Sympathy For The Devil" (1968), "Gimme Shelter" (1969) and "Angie" (1973)''.  
  
 
==Connections and references==
 
==Connections and references==
  
Zappa preferred The Rolling Stones over [[The Beatles]] because The Stones were more inspired by blues songs.
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[[Mick Jagger]] once visited Zappa during in 1968/9 at [[The Log Cabin]] and helped him to pull a wooden splinter from his toe. This anecdote is described in ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' and [[Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa]].  
  
[[Mick Jagger]] once visited Zappa during the 1960s in his log cabin and helped him to pull a wooden splinter from his toe. This anecdote is described in ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''.
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Zappa liked their album ''Between The Buttons'' (1967) and mentioned it as one of his Top 10 Favorite Records in ''[[Faves, Raves And Composers In Their Graves]].'' Zappa claimed that when he told [[Brian Jones]] how much he liked the album Jones discretely belched and turned away.  
 
 
Zappa liked their album ''Between The Buttons'' (1967) and mentioned it as one of his Top 10 Favorite Records in ''[[Faves, Raves And Composers In Their Graves]].'' When he told [[Brian Jones]] how great this album was the man just belched and walked by.  
 
  
 
Zappa played ''[[Paint It Black]]'' on [[Star Special]] radio show in 1980.
 
Zappa played ''[[Paint It Black]]'' on [[Star Special]] radio show in 1980.

Revision as of 08:24, 12 October 2014

The Rolling Stones are a British band (1963 - present) with notable recordings such as "Satisfaction" (1965), "Paint It Black" (1966), "Sympathy For The Devil" (1968), "Gimme Shelter" (1969) and "Angie" (1973).

Connections and references

Mick Jagger once visited Zappa during in 1968/9 at The Log Cabin and helped him to pull a wooden splinter from his toe. This anecdote is described in The Real Frank Zappa Book and Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa.

Zappa liked their album Between The Buttons (1967) and mentioned it as one of his Top 10 Favorite Records in Faves, Raves And Composers In Their Graves. Zappa claimed that when he told Brian Jones how much he liked the album Jones discretely belched and turned away.

Zappa played Paint It Black on Star Special radio show in 1980.

Keith Richards is interviewed in Ein Leben Als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa.

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The success of the British groups forced a change in the way new American groups were put

together. They now had to be self-contained, because every bar that hired live music wanted its own

little U.S. version of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones.

The Real Frank Zappa Book