10 Underrated Musicians In Legendary Bands

There's virtually no conversation about the Rolling Stones that doesn't come back to Mick Jager and Keith Richards at the end of the day. Since the dawn of the band's tenure, the Glimmer Twins have blazed a trail for the rest of the harder side of rock and roll that would follow, both in their nefarious habits and some of the most menacing music the rock world had ever seen. If time had gone differently though, Brian Jones would have been the one to round out the Glimmer Trio.

Given the amount of lip service paid to Jagger and Richards, Jones was the one really at the epicenter of the Rolling Stones' world, going so far as to giving the group its name and playing most of the instruments on the earlier recordings. Along with playing the bluesy material he was used to, Jones was always the backbone behind the group, booking gigs and acting as the spokesman before the camera decided to focus on Jagger and Richards.

Jones also never forgot how to be a student of his instrument, going so far as to play every single instrument he could get his hands on for Stones recordings, from the sitar on Paint it Black to slide guitar to dulcimer to even classical instruments on songs on Between the Buttons. Even though he may have died young in the late '60s, the entire aura of Brian Jones is still present in every one of the Stones' early recordings.