THE ROLLING STONES ON THE TAMI SHOW

A couple of days ago, I was digging listening to The Rolling Stones' early 1970s-era stuff via the Exile On Main Street reissue and the Stones In Exile documentary DVD. They were a very different band from a few years earlier, when they were still up-and-coming and featured Brian Jones as the guitarist (replaced in the Exile-era by Mick Taylor). You get a glimpse of the band on the recently released TAMI Show DVD, where they performed at a concert that also featured James Brown, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Chuck Berry and The Beach Boys, among others. The Stones' performance is pretty incredible (although they got blown away by James Brown, who performed before them - Keith Richards said going on after him was the biggest mistake the band ever made). But check it out, here's The Stones from the TAMI show doing "It's All Over Now."

BRIAN JONES' DEATH TO BE RE-EXAMINED

The BBC is reporting that police have recieved some new evidence in the case of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones' death - which occured 40 years ago - and they are going to examine it (but they say that they aren't going to re-0pen the case just yet). That's crazy. I wonder how many police from the force are still active. I wonder what they'll find.