The Rolling Stones
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).
Connections and references
Zappa preferred The Rolling Stones over The Beatles because The Stones were more inspired by blues songs.
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.
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.
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.
