Let’s Take a Glimpse at “Paint It Black”

“It was a very pleasant period, because Brian, as much as he was going away from the guitar and the ramifications of what that meant in his life, would do incredible things. Like he’d say, ‘Oh, I want this,’ and he’d disappear for 18 or 24 hours, and he’d come back having mastered on the instrument for that song the perfect track.”

Former Rolling Stones producer and manager Andrew Loog Oldham on how Brian Jones wound up playing sitar on “Paint It Black.”

Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones would have celebrated his 78th birthday today on February 28th, 2020.