“The costume helps you be the performer,” said Jagger, who has worn a number of celebrated outfits down the years.
And I liked the idea that they dressed like people on the street,” Bailey said. “With The Rolling Stones I had a connection. For the follow-up, 1965’s The Rolling Stones No.2, they used a cover shot taken by the celebrated photographer David Bailey, with Jagger stuck at the back of the group. The band were never short of confidence, which shows in the defiant poses for Nicholas Wright’s photograph for their debut album the cover contained no mention of the band’s name. The Stones broke new ground with their album covers in other ways. The Beatlesworked with Peter Blake and Richard Hamilton The Rolling Stones with Andy Warhol and Robert Frank. In the 60s, it became fashionable for bands to commission album covers from artists and art school friends. “If you don’t know the blues, there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock’n’roll or any other form of popular music,” says Richards. Two years later, the band curated the album Confessin’ The Blues, which includes tracks by pioneers such as Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Elmore James, Big Bill Broonzy, and Robert Johnson. In 2016, they recorded a love letter to the blues, Blue & Lonesome, on which they covered 12 songs that had influenced them. The band have lost none of their enthusiasm for celebrating their heroes’ music. When asked what the band’s name was, his eyes went straight to the first song on a Waters album lying on the floor: “Rollin’ Stone.” The famous story of how the group got their name dates to 1962, when founding member Brian Jones rang Jazz News magazine to place an advert for their first “proper” gig. You must be a good guy, let’s form a band.’” “They noticed each other’s record collection and it was, ‘Hey, you’ve got Muddy Waters. “That’s how Mick and Keith first got close as well, on the train coming back from college,” recalled guitarist Ronnie Wood. Jagger said that the first album he ever bought was Muddy Waters At Newport. The Stones’ defining musical love is the blues, a form they helped bring to the masses in the 60s. ADVERTISEMENT They brought blues to the masses