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- The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Albums, Songs, Players, and the Core Repertory of the Rolling Stones
- Part II Sound, Roots, and Brian Jones
- 6 The Rolling Stones’ Sound: At the Crossroads of Roots and Technology
- 7 Driving Stones Country in Five Songs
- 8 A “Gust of Fresh Air”: Brian Jones, Assemblage, and World Music
- Part III Stones on Film, Revival, and Fans
- Bibliography
- Index of Songs, Albums, and Visual Media Cited in the Text
- General Index
8 - A “Gust of Fresh Air”: Brian Jones, Assemblage, and World Music
from Part II - Sound, Roots, and Brian Jones
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2019
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Albums, Songs, Players, and the Core Repertory of the Rolling Stones
- Part II Sound, Roots, and Brian Jones
- 6 The Rolling Stones’ Sound: At the Crossroads of Roots and Technology
- 7 Driving Stones Country in Five Songs
- 8 A “Gust of Fresh Air”: Brian Jones, Assemblage, and World Music
- Part III Stones on Film, Revival, and Fans
- Bibliography
- Index of Songs, Albums, and Visual Media Cited in the Text
- General Index
Summary
The French philosophies of Gilles Deleuze (1925–95), in particular his theory of assemblage (introduced in his 1980 book with Félix Guattari, Mille plateaux), provide a useful approach towards understanding the musical and overall aesthetic contributions of Brian Jones. In this chapter, I will apply Deleuzean philosophical concepts to the life and world music interests of Jones as a means of highlighting his creative work as a “breath of fresh air” (un courant d’air) within the prevailing blues and rock standards and influences that have more consistently represented the Rolling Stones. In particular, I will explore the assemblage of life and musical events that make up the broad stylistic mixture we now associate with Jones, concentrating on his founding role and decade-long connection with the Rolling Stones.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones , pp. 142 - 162Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019