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Topic: The Brian Jones Museum and Exhibition. Return to archive Page: 1 2 3 4
30th August 2007 06:10 AM
stewed & Keefed Gloucestershire Echo

30th August 2007 06:34 AM
Zack Maybe Pat could put Mark on display.
30th August 2007 11:55 AM
BriansBabe Thanks so much, Steve, for posting such really good news!!!!
30th August 2007 12:16 PM
GhostofBrianJones Thanks for posting the article Steve. I too think it is a wonderful tribute to
a very talented musician who started the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band.

If we have to leave our cruel and mean comments out of the Superblow
thread then it should go for this thread as well. If you don't like Brian, okay
that is your right, but S&K put this up here for those who do and for BJ
fans who might be interested in this. When you make insulting remarks on
here you are also insulting the person who started this and the others
who leave their comments here also.

Thanks again S&K!!



30th August 2007 01:00 PM
Saint Sway Will the green headed statue of Brian be on display?
30th August 2007 01:04 PM
GhostofBrianJones Not if one of us gets to blow it up in smithereens first!!!
30th August 2007 05:45 PM
Back Street Girl
quote:
Saint Sway wrote:
Will the green headed statue of Brian be on display?



The hideous green bust was replaced with this one.

30th August 2007 06:06 PM
GhostofBrianJones I don't like that one either. I would blow it up too if I could. YUCK!!
30th August 2007 07:09 PM
BriansBabe I agree, this ugly thing, has nothing to do with the beauty of Brian !!!!!!!!!!
31st August 2007 11:51 AM
Brian Jones Girl cool
31st August 2007 03:03 PM
BriansBabe Hey Brian Jones Girl, good to hear from you!!!! Please come back to the Brian Part thread!!! Say Yeeeees, O.K.?
31st August 2007 06:45 PM
Philip I wish these people would stop putting their ugly mugs in papers and tv talking about Brian. They're endless tacky 'tributes' make me feel a bit sick. This latest venture just seems like another front to get more money from gullible people.

Brian deserves something much better than some crappy pub 'museum' and horrid statue.
31st August 2007 09:47 PM
glencar This will serve to keep people away from Cheltenham.
31st August 2007 10:34 PM
BriansBabe That f...ing statue yes, but not this pub museum, I think it´s better than nothing, or not??
And who knows, maybe one day we all have a good party and one or two (LOL) drinks in that Brian pub museum....
2nd September 2007 05:50 AM
stewed & Keefed http://www.brianjonesfanclub.com

The Brian Jones Museum and Exhibition.

It’s a fact that there is no significant, permanent memorial to Brian Jones.

Under a tree in a Cheltenham cemetery there is a wooden bench, paid for by fan club members but sadly neglected by locals with bird droppings making it more of a health hazard than the original intent, a quiet retreat for visitors to Brian’s grave.

There is a blue plaque at the entrance to ‘Rosemead’, Brian’s childhood home; again paid for by fan club members but, does a small plaque do justice to the young man from Cheltenham who moved on to London and, through his own tenacity and inspiration, formed the phenomenon that 45 years on, still tour the world as the Rolling Stones?

Then there is the statue; or that was what fan club members donated many thousands of pounds for but ended up, despite all their efforts, with a small bust tucked away in the rear of a Cheltenham shopping mall. And we all know what bad press resulted as a result of the appalling unveiling ceremony with guest of honour Tom Keylock leading the so called VIP’s banal praise for Brian!

Finally we were given ‘Stoned’, which, according to producer Stephen Woolley, was the definitive portrayal of the hedonistic lifestyle of Brian Jones and the fictional account of his demise. Again, the negative press of the time said it all……

Over the past couple of years dwindling support for the Brian Jones Fan Club might be largely attributable to true fans apathy for the above low points and who can blame members for falling away? Many people have made huge contributions in time and effort to keep things going but with membership dropping to just over 60 for 2006/7 it’s a sad fact that financially things are extremely difficult for the BJFC. All the negativity over recent years might just disillusion the strongest of supporters but be assured, the BJFC will never cease to exist, and we need to persuade people to come back, believing that we are the real deal for those who support Brian’s achievements and memory.

Over the last few months however there has been a significant development which, with your support, might change things for the better. It’s long been a pipedream that we might establish a permanent home for the BJFC in Brian’s hometown of Cheltenham, but financially impossible with the cost and/or rental of bricks and mortar being so prohibitive.


However, on the 1st July, after meeting up at the cemetery BJFC members went on to the Wheatsheaf Inn, a mile or so from Cheltenham town centre in Leckhampton. The afternoon’s events and evening gig were a fantastic success. Up and coming band Circus, all teenagers, opened the gig supported by ‘Janis Joplin influenced’ Maria Daines who, with her own band and led by Pat Townshend performed ‘Long Live Brian Jones’ and ‘What Fame Can Do’, both songs written and recorded by Pat. Incredible harp player John O’Leary accompanied Pat also and showed his support for the fan club and visitors with some fine solo pieces. In amongst everybody and enjoying the evening, chatting, signing autographs and having his photograph taken was P J Proby, Brian’s good friend from the mid 60's.


Part way through the evening somebody put a call in and out of the blue the Ramrods turned up, guitars in hand and their impromptu performance just made the night!

But read on…….

‘CLUB 66 at the Venue’ – The Wheatsheaf, Leckhampton, Cheltenham.

Gloucestershire Echo press report.

Press release, July 2007.

It’s the late 1950’s, and nestling deep into the Cotswold hillsides genteel Cheltenham is experiencing a never-seen-before teenage revolution as American style coffee bars and basement jazz clubs start to cater for the increasing import of devil’s music from the United States. Local historian John Appleby recorded this exciting time for the town’s youngsters in his rare booklet ’38 Priory Street’, one of the more infamous meeting places for the avant garde of Cheltenham.


Another establishment soon to catch onto this phenomena was the Wheatsheaf Inn out on the Old Bath Road, Leckhampton. A family run pub on the main arterial route between London and the West Country, landlord Mr. Webley realised that giving an outlet for the local youngsters to ‘let their hair down’ might seriously increase his turnover. The pub’s skittle alley soon became ‘Club 66’ and started to attract many local jazz, swing, jive and rock and roll bands including The Ramrods, still gigging today and others going onto national fame like the wacky Temperance Seven.

In 1958 and amongst this burgeoning music scene, sixteen year old Brian Jones, himself to go on to fame and fortune with the Stones started to experience the birth of popular music in the UK. A regular visitor to Club 66, Brian soon started to tote his guitar around, taking every and any opportunity to get up on stage with his older contemporaries, and to save himself the entrance fee he often sat on the door collecting admission money as well as issuing and signing Membership Cards.

It was at Club 66 that Dick Hattrell, an early influence on Brian, first met the youngster with an insatiable appetite for the Blues. Dick recalls: “My earliest recollection of Brian was when I visited a jazz venue known locally as Club 66. Brian was on the door collecting entrance fees and checking membership cards, he had this heady responsibility which included issuing membership cards and I guess this was his first tentative step on the ladder to fame and fortune. I remember we chatted very briefly about the music on offer that evening but a few weeks later he sought me out at The Rotunda in Montpellier, another music venue quite near to the town centre. He’d heard through the grapevine that I had a collection of Muddy Waters records and wanted to borrow a couple to get to know the lyrics as well as the music. He was totally absorbed with Muddy’s unique version of Rhythm and Blues and after mentally absorbing everything from those few discs, he gradually went through the rest of my collection, which included the music of Elmore James, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Howlin Wolf. I was extremely impressed with Brian’s retention and his almost obsessive interest in these artists, and their kind of music. Our common interests, at this very early stage, really cemented our friendship. When Brian died in 1969 I felt such an enormous loss and to this day remember with fondness the friendship we had all those years ago”.

Trumpeter John Keen remembers Brian’s devotion to the Blues music he so loved: “Back then it was incredible to see the energy that Brian put into, not only his music but more importantly his organisational skills. I can’t think of many sixteen year olds these days who could run and organise a jazz club like he did. He ended up managing and promoting the whole show”. The John Keen Jazz Band often included Brian Jones in their ‘Club 66’ line-up and, as the band progressed into the early 1960’s Brian stared to get more of his own Blues gigs and the four piece band, John Keen, Brian Jones, Graham Ride and Dick (Duck) Pond would, for these particular venues, perform under their alternate pseudonym, the Brian Jones Blues Band.


Today, landlord Maurice Dominey has regular bookings for The Venue, once the pub’s skittle alley and for a brief period in the late 1950’s, ‘Club 66’. Recently, on July 1st the Brian Jones Fan Club held one of their bi-annual get-togethers with guests including The Ramrods, Pat Townshend (one time business partner of Mick Jagger and member of the Rolling Stones inner circle) and legendary 60’s trouser-splitting singer P J Proby.


First to take the stage were progressive rock band Circus, five 16 – 18 year olds from Norwich who recently have so impressed Pat Townshend with their precocious talent and Blues/rock pedigree, that he has sponsored their backline with an ice-white Staccato drum kit saying: “These boys have an amazing talent, and I think Brian (Jones) would definitely approve their playing the Club 66 stage".

So taken with The Venue, Pat Andrews, Brian’s Cheltenham girlfriend and mother to their son Mark who together with Brian were at the birth of the Stones commented, “What a great place this would be for the fans from all over the world who visit Cheltenham to see the places where Brian lived and hung out; to have a permanent living museum for Brian would be absolutely wonderful”. And over the past few weeks a long held idea has now become a reality.



An agreement between landlord Maurice Dominey and the BJFC has now established Club 66 at The Venue. The ex-skittle alley has been completely refurbished; exhibits and memorabilia have started to appear and are now being wall mounted for permanent display. Artist Ben Riley has donated a number of his favourite paintings to add to the exhibition and approaches are being made to people who might want to loan and exhibit their own personal Brian Jones memorabilia.

Songwriter and guitarist Pat Townshend, whose 1960’s formative years in music were so influenced by Brian Jones later went on to design and manufacture the revolutionary Staccato drums that rock pundits might recall being played by sticks legends John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and Keith Moon (The Who). The Staccato drums also featured in Paul McCartney’s ‘Rockestra’ filmed at Abbey Road Studios in 1978 as well as making appearances in Bow Wow Wow’s ‘I Want Candy’ (1982) and Robbie Williams’ ‘Let Me Entertain You’ (1997) videos.

Centrepiece of the museum will be a replica white VOX Teardrop guitar, designed to the exact specification as Brian’s own Teardrop by Pat Townshend. Hutchins Guitars, a company specialising in replica guitars have agreed to produce a limited edition Brian Jones Teardrop and # 001 will be donated to the museum. Teardrops # 010 thro 250 will be available exclusively through the BJFC and the Brian Jones museum. Contact either for more details.

12 months ago Pat Townshend joined the team from the BJFC researching the death of Brian Jones and contributed valuable information. Representing the research team Trevor Hobley comments: “It’s been almost five years now that we’ve been investigating the suspicious death of Brian Jones. Along the way people have come forward who’ve never been interviewed before, new evidence and discoveries have been made proving that Brian’s death was not accidental nor a death by misadventure. Our work is now finished and everything is in the hands of our legal representatives ……….”

Getting back to Club 66, future plans for this living museum include gigs to fund the Brian Jones exhibition. It’s planned to have a grand opening night in late October with Brian’s good friend P J Proby doing the honours and sharing his own memories of ‘hanging out’ with Brian, John Lennon and many others in the swinging London of the 1960’s.

If you’d like to contribute ideas or have something to loan to the exhibition please contact Trevor Hobley either through the BJFC website www.brianjonesfanclub.com or his e-mail address [email protected].

Anybody from Cheltenham and the surrounding area who knew Brian personally back in the 50’s and 60’s, and who might want to come along as our guest is invited to contact the BJFC’s Trevor Hobley.

Alternatively take a look at the fan club’s website for news of progress, photographs and upcoming events and then, if you’d like to help in any way, please make contact and support the fan clubs efforts in keeping Cheltenham’s most infamous rock star’s light shining. If you just happen to be in Cheltenham, come along and take a look - you're all invited.


[Edited by stewed & Keefed]
2nd September 2007 10:49 AM
stewed & Keefed http://www.brianjonesfanclub.com



Pat Townsend strums the prototype Teardrop, now in production, as Pat Andrews looks on.
2nd September 2007 04:35 PM
BriansBabe Great Posts as always, Steve, very interesting!!!!!
Thanks
4th September 2007 01:55 PM
stewed & Keefed The opening night is planned for the Friday 26th October, I am hoping to go.
4th September 2007 03:44 PM
glencar
quote:
BriansBabe wrote:
That f...ing statue yes, but not this pub museum, I think it´s better than nothing, or not??
And who knows, maybe one day we all have a good party and one or two (LOL) drinks in that Brian pub museum....

I meant the statue. It's a bust, literally. I drove into Cheltenham once & wondered why there was nothing about BJ.
4th September 2007 04:46 PM
BriansBabe
quote:
glencar wrote:
I meant the statue. It's a bust, literally. I drove into Cheltenham once & wondered why there was nothing about BJ.



LOL, yes indeed, it´s actually a bust and not a statue...
Wow, you was in Cheltenham, you´re a lucky one. I´ve never been there, but one day I will go...
It´s a shame, that there was nothing about Brian...
Seems you must come on October 26th again,

Btw, hey Steve, you´re a lucky one, too !!!
[Edited by BriansBabe]
5th September 2007 01:41 PM
Wide As The Clyde For Brian to be commemorated AT ALL by the 'unco guid' of Cheltenham is a breakthrough. The blue plaque is very prestigious. Cheltenham is a very, very Tory (Conservative) little town. I love it to bits, though! My wife and I first went in 1992 to visit Brian's grave, and we've returned many times. Best was 1994, the 25th anni. of Brian's death. There was a big memorial concert at Cheltenham racecourse (Is the T shirt I got at this concert the rarest of the rare? Sho'nuff!) with all sorts of interesting people. We got to meet Pat on a couple of our visits. She's a nice lady. Met shady Tom, too. Still got those dozy lookin' thick specs! Twat. We'll most probably next go down next spring, see all the newest things.
I'd recommend anyone to visit on July 3rd. Pat (and Tom) are always there at the graveside, as are dozens of fans. Little Japanese girls weeping, the whole 9 yards. It really is sweet, makes you proud that you love The Rolling Stones, and grateful to Brian for bringing them to you.

Cheltenham has about 3 or 4 cemeteries. Brian (and his little sister) are buried in Prestbury churchyard, about 2 1/2 miles south of the town.
5th September 2007 01:42 PM
stewed & Keefed
quote:
Philip wrote:
Brian deserves something much better than some crappy pub 'museum' and horrid statue.



Trevor Hobley from the BJFC website e-mailed me about the museum and I am posting some of what he said.

quote
I would like to confirm to you that we have no association at all to the now non-existent Brian Jones Fan Club (Cheltenham), and Mr and Mrs Reynolds who were totally responsible for the awful bust of Brian.

This latest venture, a ‘living’ museum with regular gigs unassociated with anything to do with the Rolling Stones will only bring Brian and the Stones to the attention of people of all ages who know little or nothing about the band. We’ve already had enquiries, not only about the guitars but also the band and it’s not our intention to make it exclusively Brian. Also, contrary to the poster who intimates that this is all in a 'crappy' pub, it's not, the venue is a separate, refurbished building alongside the pub.
unquote



I would like to add that this building was used By Brian when it was called the 66 Club as a meeting place and a place to hone his music skills playing with various jazz and blues bands(one of those The Ramrods who are still going and played there only this july)So it far from being crappy pub 'museum' infact it is perfect.

Cheltenham's original Ramrods, the band Brian left to form the Stones make a surprise appearance for the BJFC.




It was at Club 66 that Dick Hattrell, an early influence on Brian, first met the youngster with an insatiable appetite for the Blues. Dick recalls: “My earliest recollection of Brian was when I visited a jazz venue known locally as Club 66. Brian was on the door collecting entrance fees and checking membership cards, he had this heady responsibility which included issuing membership cards and I guess this was his first tentative step on the ladder to fame and fortune. I remember we chatted very briefly about the music on offer that evening but a few weeks later he sought me out at The Rotunda in Montpellier, another music venue quite near to the town centre. He’d heard through the grapevine that I had a collection of Muddy Waters records and wanted to borrow a couple to get to know the lyrics as well as the music. He was totally absorbed with Muddy’s unique version of Rhythm and Blues and after mentally absorbing everything from those few discs, he gradually went through the rest of my collection, which included the music of Elmore James, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Howlin Wolf. I was extremely impressed with Brian’s retention and his almost obsessive interest in these artists, and their kind of music. Our common interests, at this very early stage, really cemented our friendship. When Brian died in 1969 I felt such an enormous loss and to this day remember with fondness the friendship we had all those years ago”.

Trumpeter John Keen remembers Brian’s devotion to the Blues music he so loved: “Back then it was incredible to see the energy that Brian put into, not only his music but more importantly his organisational skills. I can’t think of many sixteen year olds these days who could run and organise a jazz club like he did. He ended up managing and promoting the whole show”. The John Keen Jazz Band often included Brian Jones in their ‘Club 66’ line-up and, as the band progressed into the early 1960’s Brian stared to get more of his own Blues gigs and the four piece band, John Keen, Brian Jones, Graham Ride and Dick (Duck) Pond would, for these particular venues, perform under their alternate pseudonym, the Brian Jones Blues Band.

Club 66 Membership signed by L.B.Jones


Articles and pictures from
http://www.brianjonesfanclub.com/

Steve








[Edited by stewed & Keefed]
5th September 2007 02:27 PM
stewed & Keefed
quote:
Wide As The Clyde wrote:
For Brian to be commemorated AT ALL by the 'unco guid' of Cheltenham is a breakthrough. The blue plaque is very prestigious. Cheltenham is a very, very Tory (Conservative) little town. I love it to bits, though! My wife and I first went in 1992 to visit Brian's grave, and we've returned many times. Best was 1994, the 25th anni. of Brian's death. There was a big memorial concert at Cheltenham racecourse (Is the T shirt I got at this concert the rarest of the rare? Sho'nuff!) with all sorts of interesting people. We got to meet Pat on a couple of our visits. She's a nice lady. Met shady Tom, too. Still got those dozy lookin' thick specs! Twat. We'll most probably next go down next spring, see all the newest things.
I'd recommend anyone to visit on July 3rd. Pat (and Tom) are always there at the graveside, as are dozens of fans. Little Japanese girls weeping, the whole 9 yards. It really is sweet, makes you proud that you love The Rolling Stones, and grateful to Brian for bringing them to you.

Cheltenham has about 3 or 4 cemeteries. Brian (and his little sister) are buried in Prestbury churchyard, about 2 1/2 miles south of the town.



Nice postThank you
5th September 2007 02:30 PM
Philip Ok, that's me told good and proper!

I apologize for my overly nasty and cynical post.
5th September 2007 03:42 PM
glencar Brian's parents lost 2 children? How sad.
5th September 2007 06:40 PM
BriansBabe Yes, very sad!! Brian was a little child, when his 2 years younger sister Pamela died. The parents heart must been brocken...and all this despair and fear of loss followed Brian throughout his entire life...
6th September 2007 01:33 PM
stewed & Keefed
quote:
Philip wrote:
Ok, that's me told good and proper!

I apologize for my overly nasty and cynical post.



lol...ok we forgive you
6th September 2007 07:53 PM
GhostofBrianJones Hey Philip! How about some of your beautiful pictures here? I know that would
make many of us feel even better!
8th September 2007 12:22 PM
Philip
quote:
GhostofBrianJones wrote:
Hey Philip! How about some of your beautiful pictures here? I know that would
make many of us feel even better!



Hmmm I think I've posted all my Brian pics in the tribute threads. I have some new(old) mags that I'll scan soon though.
9th September 2007 10:52 AM
BriansBabe
quote:
Wide As The Clyde wrote:
For Brian to be commemorated AT ALL by the 'unco guid' of Cheltenham is a breakthrough. The blue plaque is very prestigious. Cheltenham is a very, very Tory (Conservative) little town. I love it to bits, though! My wife and I first went in 1992 to visit Brian's grave, and we've returned many times. Best was 1994, the 25th anni. of Brian's death. There was a big memorial concert at Cheltenham racecourse (Is the T shirt I got at this concert the rarest of the rare? Sho'nuff!) with all sorts of interesting people. We got to meet Pat on a couple of our visits. She's a nice lady. Met shady Tom, too. Still got those dozy lookin' thick specs! Twat. We'll most probably next go down next spring, see all the newest things.
I'd recommend anyone to visit on July 3rd. Pat (and Tom) are always there at the graveside, as are dozens of fans. Little Japanese girls weeping, the whole 9 yards. It really is sweet, makes you proud that you love The Rolling Stones, and grateful to Brian for bringing them to you.

Cheltenham has about 3 or 4 cemeteries. Brian (and his little sister) are buried in Prestbury churchyard, about 2 1/2 miles south of the town.



Thanks for sharing your impressions with us!!! Seams like you admire Brian also very much...
You´ve maybe some pic´s from your many visits in Cheltenham,
have you??????
I think I can speak for all of us:
We would be very pleased, if you post some of them ( maybe outtakes, you know = LOL ) in here or in the Brian part 10 thread. That would be very kind from you
[Edited by BriansBabe]
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