This day in music history.
July 12, 1962, The Rolling Stones gave their first performance ever. It was at the Marquee Club in London. According to a handbill publicizing the concert the band members were Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elmo Lewis, Dick Taylor, Stu and Mick Avory.
Dick Taylor would leave the Stones to form the Pretty Things, he was replaced by Bill Wyman. Mick Avory left the band and would end up joining the Kinks, he would eventually be replaced with Charlie Watts.
Stu was Ian Stewart, a gifted blues piano player. After the band met Andrew Loog Oldham (in 1963) who became the Stones' manager, Ian was not allowed to perform with the band live or be in any publicity photos because Oldham thought he was to old and not attractive enough. Ian would play on almost every Stones record until his death in 1985 but was never given credit for being an original Rolling Stone.
According to the handbill from that first show one of the guitarists was Elmo Lewis, this was actually Brian Jones.
Dick Taylor would leave the Stones to form the Pretty Things, he was replaced by Bill Wyman. Mick Avory left the band and would end up joining the Kinks, he would eventually be replaced with Charlie Watts.
Stu was Ian Stewart, a gifted blues piano player. After the band met Andrew Loog Oldham (in 1963) who became the Stones' manager, Ian was not allowed to perform with the band live or be in any publicity photos because Oldham thought he was to old and not attractive enough. Ian would play on almost every Stones record until his death in 1985 but was never given credit for being an original Rolling Stone.
According to the handbill from that first show one of the guitarists was Elmo Lewis, this was actually Brian Jones.
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