«Un Rolling Stone dans le Rif», a book recalling Brian Jones' fascination for Jajouka

In the 1960s, Brian Jones, the founding father of the Rolling Stones, was inspired by a small village in the Moroccan Rif. Gaston Carré has just published a book edited by Erick Bonnier and entitled «Un Rolling Stone dans le Rif, sur les pas de Brian Jones au Maroc», following the journey of this artist in the kingdom.

On TV5 Monde and in a video uploaded today to YouTube, the writer tells the story of this musician who had a unique personality that made him quickly have «problems with the band's members». Brian Jones has «been stripped of his prestige and ejected» of musical trainings, says Gaston Carré.

Between 1966 and 1967, the founder of the Rolling Stones came to Morocco with his band. He went to meet the intellectuals who used to live in Tangier such as Paul Bowls.

Having to rebuild himself and make a life outside of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones discovered the Jajouka, the village of musicians. He «was literally fascinated». He came home with a sound engineer and records «Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar».

Gaston Carré came across this album at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. That's what led him to do his investigation and write this book, based on the famous founding father of the Rolling Stones.