Rolling Stones: Brian Jones would call Bob Dylan EVERY day – Here’s why
THE ROLLING STONES' Brian Jones would call Bob Dylan every day for a period, according to a new documentary on the 27 Club member.
By GEORGE SIMPSON
PUBLISHED: 14:06, Tue, Feb 4, 2020 | UPDATED: 14:14, Tue, Feb 4, 2020
He only lived for 27 years, but The Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones made some incredible friends in his short life. From Andy Warhol to Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon, Brian Jones brushed shoulders with his celebrity contemporaries. In fact, he was particularly close to Bob Dylan, who he would call every day for a time.
The fact came up in a new documentary called Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones.
Speaking exclusively with Express.co.uk, producer Nick Reynolds spoke of the late star’s daily phone calls to Dylan
He said: “Yeah for a period of time he did because they were really good mates.
The filmmaker then claimed: “They used to drop a lot of acid together.”
Reynolds continued: “They had a mutual respect because Brian obviously thought he’d found a head that understood him.
“He was very complicated and very sensitive and I guess Bob Dylan was as well.
“They had a mutual understanding.”
It’s alleged that Dylan paid for the silver and bronze metal casket Jones was buried in on July 10, 1969 – eight days after his death.
Reynolds added: “The story goes that the big coffin he was buried in was bought for him by Bob Dylan.
“He was buried in an impenetrable casket with concrete put on top so nobody could mess around with him.”
Jones is buried in Cheltenham cemetery in a 12 feet deep grave to prevent exhumation by trophy hunters.
When The Beatles’ Lennon heard how his friend Jones had died, he was disgusted.
Reynolds said: “[John] was disgusted and really, really p****d off that Brian had died the way that he did, thinking it was a terrible waste.”
On Jones’ friendship with Lennon, he said: “They had a mutual respect for each other.
“Brian played saxophone on one of The Beatles tracks.”
Once during an informal recording session after completing Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Paul McCartney invited Jones over.
But to The Beatles’ surprise, The Rolling Stones member brought his alto sax with him.
The result was Jones playing on their track You Know My Name, which went out as the B side on Let It Be.
Reynolds added: “The Beatles respected him as the engine, the Mr Interesting. He was like the Brian Wilson of The Rolling Stones.”
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