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| FotiniD |
... got me thinking of how Brian would have evolved both as a musician and personality-wise had the "accident" never happened. Cause he just looks so different here than in any other picture I've ever seen of him, kind of calmer and more together - of course it's just a picture and it's naive to make judgements based on that, but still... (By the way, this is one great picture and thanks a lot!).
I started having visions of him doing wonderful solo records and maybe even re-joining the Stones in the future... Now, how totally different would all things have been? |
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| nankerphelge |
Can you imagine the number of Jones vs. Taylor threads that would have spawned.
"No one can play guitar with the fluidity and grace of Mick Taylor -- he personifies the Stones golden age"
"Bullshit, Brain is a multi-instrumentalist that understands the Stones roots -- the lifeblood -- he should get his old job back -- he would have played You Got To Move better than Taylor"
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| Steel Wheels |
Sadly, both are gone. |
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| luxury1 |
I think the pairing of the horizontal striped shirt with the vertically striped pants killed him.
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| Helmut |
As far as I remember that's the last day with known pictures of Brian, there were at least a couple of photgraphers (fans or friends, not professionals) that day at Brain's Cotchford Farm and this is one of them |
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| dkmonroe |
Sadly, I have the opposite impression when I see this photo. Maybe it's not this one particularly, but I've seen others from the same batch, and he looks flabby and out of it. I think he was truly in very poor health when he died. Nothing he couldn't have recovered from, but I think the tales of Brian rebounding dramatically from the Stones are greatly exaggerated.
That's not to say that there weren't shady circumstances surrounding his death - there certainly were - but I think he was months, maybe a couple years, certainly a few hospital trips, away from a true recovery. |
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| FotiniD |
I believe he would have recovered, quit or reduce drug taking and moved on, as the rest of them. It always strikes to me like Brian just didn't have the time the rest of the Stones and friends, etc. were given.
And although predicting the future is not amongst my talents, I'd have to say I have a feeling he would have made some pretty good musical gems had he lived, judging from his previous work. |
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| quackenbush |
Brian looks like he has tits in this picture. |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
A picture of high value! One of the last known photos, when he was not a rolling stone anymore, some days before passing, May 69
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