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The Rolling Stones: Humble Beginnings

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The Rolling Stones is actually a story that begins with humble beginnings back in England in the 1950s when Keith Richards and Mick Jagger became friends.

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Both boys were but seven years old at the time. Their friendship was cut a bit short when the Jagger family moved out of the immediate area in 1954.

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Mick Jagger was always destined to be a musician, and sometime in his teen years, he created a band with his friend Dick Taylor.

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But Jagger and Richards were destined to work together, as they ran into each other in 1961 in a train station, and a musical agreement quickly followed between the three young men.

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This trio was called the Blues Boys and they focused on playing rhythm and blues music.

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The trio would end up playing with members of Alexis Korner’s band for a short period, they eventually left once again to form their own group.

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This band was called Jones and Stewart, and it took them a few trials to find a drummer who was a good fit for their sound. They finally came upon Tony Chapman, who officially became part of the band in 1962.

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Around the middle of this year is also when the band officially became known as Rollin’ Stone, after Jones saw the Muddy Waters LP lying on the floor during a phone call with a journalist.

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