In Career Hell, Depressed Over His Girl
In 1969, the Rolling Stones were still trying to get back on their feet after their 1967 album, Their Satanic Majesties Request, left them in career hell. It wasn’t easy, though, considering that Brian Jones, the other founder-member guitarist, kept falling further down into oblivion (he died in July 1969).
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The band’s final hit with Jones, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, was their only chart single for the last 18 months. Then there was the whole love square with Anita Pallenberg, who started out as Jones’ lover, only to be “stolen” by Richards a year later and, who by 1969, was filming sex scenes with Jagger for his movie debut, Performance.