This is an interview with Barbara Anna Marion, that was done over the phone in april 2020, for a local radio in Argentina.
Translated by me:
We're gonna have a blast, we're gonna talk to Barbara Anna Marion, Brian Jones's daughter...founder or co-founder, whatever you wanna call him. She lives in Chicago. We have the pleasure of having her in Vinyl's Classics (name of the radio show)
-How are you Barbara? it's a pleasure to have you, we're speaking from Comodoro Rivadavia in the argentine Patagonia
Barbara Marion: Good morning to all argentine people and a big hello to all Rolling Stones fans!, it's a great pleasure to talk to you all and its good to be interviewed by the charming and talented Cesar Perseis(?)
-Oh well, *chuckles* you're being too generous with me but i'm not gonna deny your claims!. We know Spanish is not your mother language but you told us you learned it while living in Costa Rica. I'm gonna speak slowly so you can understand better... anyway your Spanish is perfect, i dare to say it's even better than some argentines
Q:What does it mean for you to be Brian Jones daughter? maybe it's a tough question...or it's hard to explain.
A: It is hard to explain... I've never met Brian, he passed away when i was 4 months old. I live in America with my mom and It surprised me when she told me, but at the same time it made sense. Sometimes i was angry about certain things and sometimes i felt sad because i didn't get to know him...but now it's just who i am, nothing more.
-We're talking with Barbara Marion, Brian's daughter so i hope you're all paying attention to her.
Q: Tell me Barbara, do you have any objects, be it clothes or something that once belonged to Brian?
A: Sadly no!, two or three years ago i tried buying something from a person that claimed to have Brian's stuff but it turned out he didn't have anything...it were only lies from some liar, i payed him but i didn't receive jack shit (lol) but that's how life is and it's also how the internet is, right?
Q: I would like to ask you, what do you think Brian meant for the Rolling Stones back then and what do you think it means now, and what do you think was Brian's contribution to 60's music?
A: Brian was the leader of the Stones, he named them, he got them gigs, he chose what songs to play. No Jones no Stones, man. And people forget that, they think about the Stokes as Mick and Keith, and that's absolutely wrong, Brian was one of the first slide players in England and he took it from American players. Brian's contribution helped to shape rock and roll as we know it today.
-We're listening to Barbara Marion, she was born in 1969.... we're giving away your age.... sorry Barbara...*he starts rambling*
Q: Do you feel that his band mates, Mick, Keith, Wyman, Charlie....do you think they gave him proper recognition?
A: No. I don't think his band mates gave him enough credit. I think they wanna forget about him, they don't speak highly of him.... i understand it wasn't easy to live with him, but it seems to me they only want to portray him as an unstable person, when in fact he was the one who created the band.
-Well Barbara, to me its a real pleasure to be talking to you, it's not common to talk with a Rolling Stone daughter and its even more uncommon to do in Spanish! I thank you for accepting this interview. There's many people listening over the radio and on the website too. We talked about this earlier but you can tell the audience...
Q:When did you find out you were her daughter and what are you current thoughts of him?
A: My mom told me in April of 2002, so it was eighteen years ago. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer and she wanted to tell me about my origins. When my mom told me I didn't know who he was at first, I knew the Rolling Stones but i didn't know Brian Jones... I had to google him.
Well, I think Brian's music was really good and colorful, he played many unusual instruments, the ones you wouldn't normally use in rock and roll songs. I love Ruby Tuesday for his use of the recorder, i don't know how to say it in Spanish, but in English the word is
recorder. I love Lady Jane, the one where he played the dulcimer, and I love Under My Thumb, he played marimbas and Paint It Black where he played citar... my favorite Stones song is No Expectations... his guitar track is ethereal, it's sad and pretty at the same time.... its very nice.
*the guy rambles about Brian's death* and then asks:
Q:Do you think Brian had an accident or that he was killed?
A: I don't think he died in the pool because of drugs and alcohol. I believe it was one of his employees that killed him, i think Frank Thorogood did it.
Q: I would like you to tell me about yourself.
A: Okay, my mom came back to America in December of 1968. So I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, then i grew up in Chicago. My life has been very interesting, very rich, I have five sons and two grandsons. I play multiple instruments and I enjoy it a lot. I am an hypnotherapist and i help people with eating disorders.
Then the video is cut off but they say goodbye and the interview is done.
There's also another interview (this time in english) in which she talks about how she found out she was Brian's daughter:
http://www.classicbands.com/BarbaraAnneMarionInterview.html
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