Inspiration- The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are a world famous 60s band that are still playing to this day. The Rolling Stones, similar to The Beatles were prominent artists in the rock scene in the 60's. The English

rock band formed in 1962 and consists of Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The Stones play a mixture of rock and blues and shaped the face of rock over the past 50 years.

The Rolling Stones

Similar to The Beatles, The Stones took influence from other styles during the 60's and incorporated them into the band to create brand new music. Some of their musical styles include: Rock, Folk, Reggae, country, R&B and psychedelic. Their experimentation of musical genres shaped the sound the band had and had a huge impact on rock as a genre.

Keith Richards

I love blues music which is one of my main reasons for being inspired by The Rolli
ng Stones. The Stones took inspiration from Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf who were huge blues artistes during the 50's/60's. Another reason why I am influenced by The Stones is due to their experimentation for their rhythm. Keith Richards, the lead guitarist, started experimented with open tunings for rhythm parts. He experimented with a tuning known as: "Open G" tuning. This is where he changes the string tunings which change the pitch of the chords. This specific tuning is still used today and has had an influence on how people use guitars.

Songs such as: "Honky Tonk Women", "Brown Sugar" and "Tumbling Dice" which all feature Keith Richards open tuning guitar techniques.

Brian Jones used to be the lead guitarist in the band however he past away. During his time in the band in the 1960's, he experimented with sitars and slide guitars. Similar to George Harrison, Brian Jones took influence from Indian classical music and had lessons from Harihar Rao who was another famous sitarist from the 60's. Brian Jones later wrote the song "Paint it black" which he wrote after his sitar lessons which turned out to be one of The Stones most popular hits.