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Remember When The Rolling Stones Fired the Band’s Founder in 1969?

English musician Brian Jones (1942-1969) of The Rolling Stones plays a sitar during a performance by the band on the set of the Associated Rediffusion Television pop music television show Ready Steady Go! The group would perform three tracks on this edition of the show, 'I Am Waiting', 'Under My Thumb' and 'Paint It Black'.

Remember When The Rolling Stones Fired the Band’s Founder in 1969?

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English musician Brian Jones (1942-1969) of The Rolling Stones plays a sitar during a performance by the band on the set of the Associated Rediffusion Television pop music television show Ready Steady Go!

The group would perform three tracks on this edition of the show, 'I Am Waiting', 'Under My Thumb' and 'Paint It Black'.

at Wembley Television Studios in London on 27th May 1966.

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English musician Brian Jones (1942-1969) of The Rolling Stones plays a sitar during a performance by the band on the set of the Associated Rediffusion Television pop music television show Ready Steady Go! The group would perform three tracks on this edition of the show, 'I Am Waiting', 'Under My Thumb' and 'Paint It Black'. at Wembley Television Studios in London on 27th May 1966.

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at Wembley Television Studios in London on 27th May 1966. In June 1969, the band finally got fed up and fired him.

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