Correction: Nicky Hopkins, though unrecognized as a full-fledged member of the band, did indeed tour with the Rolling Stones multiple times. Also, Ian Stewart played the keys, not strings. We apologize for these discrepancies.

Surprised Billy Preston wasn't mentioned - he played on five Stones albums and was their main touring keyboard player from 1973 to 1977. Preston can also lay claim to being an unofficial Beatle on the "Let it Be" sessions.

R.I.P. Charlie, Condolences to the Rolling stone members, friends, and family. Charlie was a large part of the band, and very influential to up coming drummers for sure. Charlie had very well-mannered personality. I'm a big fan of the Rolling Stones, and millions of fans will miss him too.

A helluva nice musician and a true English gentleman left us. He and his pals gave joy to the world, too. R.I.P Charlie.

Mick Taylor brought the Stones into the stratosphere ……. When he left the Stones never reached that stellar level again! R.I.P. Charlie Watts

This leaves out Dick Taylor, who was a member until mid 1962. Dick later went on to fame as the Lead Guitarist of the Pretty Things.

It was Brian's band. The others followed him into the band.

I was their washboard player for a couple of years. Mostly in the back so I wouldn't steal the spotlight but I moved on. Now I'm a big star playing for the salvation army

As a hugeee stones fan rip Brian and Charlie you guys truly formed the stones and you will never be forgotten..

RIP Charlie Watts. God Bless Charlie and the Stones. You are never be forgotten.

Rip Brian and Charlie

The Rolling Stones did peak in the Mick Taylor years...R.I.P Charlie

Merry Clayton did and still totally blows me away.

Hopkins played on so many different bands records. I agree best R n R piano of his era.

Thank you, Mister Watts for a real good time, you are the best drummer I ever heard, T.C.

You missed ChuckLeavell. Keyboardist and musical director for the Stones. He's played with the Allman's and many others.

RIP Charlie. What a great video. Love the stones. Some stuff I never knew. Much love from Wheeling West Virginia.

R.I.P Brian, Ian & Charlie

Ian Stewart was a virtuouso at the keys and beefed up Stones sound from embryo to Undercover. He was kept away from public image of the band due to not having that look the other lads did.

The fact that Keith Richards is still alive is just crazy

No mention of Billy Preston who deserves credit for co-writing Miss You and Hot Stuff and Melody for sure.

According to Keith Richards ("Life") one of the Stones' first drummers (1 or 2 gigs) was Mick Avory (The Kinks).

I had the pleasure of seeing Bobby Keyes and Nicky Hopkins playing in Joe Cocker's backing band during a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1977. It was Hopkins superb piano playing that inspired me to learn the instrument.

You should have included Grammy Award winning harmonica player Sugar Blue. He played on four Stones albums and 8 songs.

What about Dick Taylor who played in the early lineup with Mick & Keith, then went on found The Pretty Things???

There is a beautiful memorial bench to Nicky Hopkins in Perivale Park Greenford Middlesex, near the entrance from Cowgate Road….it’s seat is a replica of a set of piano keys with a plaque recalling some of the musicians he played with and the records he played on …… an unsung musicians musician ………

Dick Taylor, first (?) bassist, later Pretty Things lead guitarist and Mick Taylor's brother missing here. Right?

Really interesting stories. Thanks!!

I remember the live stream from last year during quarentine. My dad said they looked like they came out of their graves. I saw them as legends. Im 16 btw

Taylor was a great fit during the period the stones had him. Wood is is no monster on the guitar but he fit nicely with those late 70's records which were my favorite period of the band.

Bill Wyman wrote 2 books-" Rolling With the Stones"( which weighs about 4 lbs) and another one about the Blues.

The Rolling Stones lineup when they debuted in 1962 was : Mick Jagger vocals, Brian Jones guitar and harmonica, Keith Richards guitar, Dick Taylor bass, and Mick Avory drums. Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts would join late 62, early 63. Dick Taylor would later join the Pretty Things, Mick Avory would become one of the Kinks...

RIP Charlie.

What about Wayne Perkins, who made the guitar solo on The Hand Of Hate (Black and Blue) and came close to replacing Mick Taylor?

You forgot Dick Taylor, who was in the stones, left to go to art college and founded the pretty things.

I heard Merry Clayton wasn't going to do it, but her boyfriend knew who the Stones were and convinced her to do it

Hey Charlie... thank's for the music. Keep jamming where ever you are.

1972 Stones with mick is the pinnacle

The Stones are like The Beatles when Lennon was killed. Can't have the Stones without Charlie Watts. I hope they disband.

Whoever narrates this has incredibly precise diction. Curious who he is or at least where he is from geographically.

Ian Stewart was friendly with the guys from Led Zeppelin,he played piano on the song Rocknroll, and the song named after him Bogie with Stew.

I've always felt cringy watching jagger grimacing and dancing around and now he's old it's brutal

when they were inducted, the band *_insisted_* Ian Stewart's name be included on the plaque.

Brian laid the foundations of the Stones style, and Mick Taylor left the band in '74 as he wanted to kick his heroin habit and also he had wanted to contribute more songs while Mick and Keith were reluctant to let him.

Very good, mate.

Charlie Watts 🎶 Let us drink to the Salt of the Earth 🎶

Ian Stewart looked like the Jay Leno of the Stones.. RIP Stew..

No Jones, no Stones. Yes, Stu was a founding member but the initial idea was Brian's. Keith can deny it all he wants.

Stew played piano w/ the Stones, but he never played minor chords. He would just stop playing till the next major came back around. He didn't like minor chords.

I think that it was BB King who said The Stones were never the same after Bill left.

Charlie's the glue to be honest. Rip Sweet man.

How come "You can't kill Keefe with conventional weapons" was said nearly 30 years ago and he is still going!!!!

Enjoyed this but according to Wikipedia and film evidence - Hopkins did tour with the Stones a couple of times.

Ian was a very talented piano player. They used him on a few of their tracks over the years

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings - absolutely brilliant night out. Saw them with Mary Wilson - wonderful

What about Blondie Chaplin? He's playing now with Brian Wilson and Al Jardine. Blondie was with them for about 10 years.

Never know the Merry Clayton Story….very moving.

Keith can have affection for Ian Stuart but should really stop ignoring the fact that Brian Jones out the whole thing together. Ian Stuart was around because of Brian Jones to begin with. Just more of Keith not acknowledging Brian’s contributions

You forgot billy preston who toured a lot with them in the 70's

Wow. How I almost forgot all those details after all these years.

Lisa fischer did the 40 Licks tour in 2003 with the Stones.

The only official members were Stewart, Jones, Wyman, Watts, Jagger, Richards. Jones replaced by Taylor and Taylor replaced by Wood. That’s it. The other musicians including Chuck Leavell who has been with them since 82 are not members.

Mmmmmm , MJ is my faaaayve of The Rolling Stones..bless 'em on their 2021 tour ♡♡♡

Miss Brian Jones

Very surprised at no mention at all of Billy Preston.

No mention of founding member Brian Knight. Perhaps it was too early to mention but he happened to be the greatest Blues slide player in Great Britain. 👍

R,I.P. Charlie R.I.P.

Nicky Hopkins played keyboards on: We Love You Dandelion Pretty much all if not most of "Their Majesties Request" Child of the Moon All of the album "Beggars Banquet" except the songs that had no keyboards in them with "Factory Girl" possibly being the only exception that has a Mellotron not played by him but by another session player called Dave Mason who worked just on that album and does the shehnai on "Street Fighting Man" and acoustic guitar on "Dear Doctor" All of "Let It Bleed" except the title track "Let It Bleed" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Only played piano on "Sway" and "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" from "Sticky Fingers" which had the most number of different pianists and/or keyboard players for some reason All of "Exile On Main Street" except "Shake Your Hips", "Sweet Virginia", "Stop Breaking Down", "I Just Want To See His Face" and "Shine a Light" that have keyboard players perform who aren't him Most of "Goats Head Soup" except "Silver Train", "Hide Your Love" and "Star Star" ''Till the Next Goodbye", "Time Waits For No One", "Luxury", "If You Really Want To Be My Friend" and "Fingerprint File" from "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" "Cherry Oh Baby" and "Fool to Cry" from "Black and Blue" Some selected tracks off "Emotional Rescue" All the outtake songs recorded in the 70s from "Tattoo You" like "Waiting on a Friend", "Tops", etc.

The Stones peaked with Mick Taylor. The two axe combo of Keef and Taylor worked great together. They were never the same after he left. I've never felt that Ronnie Wood brought much to the table, other than being easygoing.

Missed a very important player in Wayne Perkins. His guitar work on Black and Blue is very highly regarded and he was for a short time a full member of the Stones.

RIP CHARLIE WATTS!! 🙏

And what about Jimmy Miller who plays the drums and percussions on some of their best tracks ?

Nicky was on the stage at the Pacific Coliseum when they played Vancouver in 1972.

at the Charlie Watts section, on top of the text it says Mick Taylor?

All were awesome but love Nicky Hopkins! A great loss when he passed..

You can't mention Lisa Fischer without mentioning Bernard Fowler. He also sang backup with the Stones for many, many years. He also sang in Charlie's jazz group.

Everyone should read Keith Richard's autobiography. I saw some film of him just talking about his take on everything, and he is truly hilarious, imo, with a very dark, dry sense of human nature. He doesn't try to sanitize or apologize, which is such a relief after all the back pedaling everyone always does nowadays. Ian Stewert was a very plain spoken and unaffected, wearing his favorite hush puppy shoes, and big sweaters, always looking like someone's dad...but everyone liked him and he was a huge part of the music made.

Will join in....Chuck Leavell played keyboards and sang backup on every tour since at least 1989.

Charlie Watts is not an original member unfortunately. As you stated he joined in 1963 and took the place of Mick Avory (The Kinks Drummer) who left to form the Kinks. I think a lot of people assume Charlie was there from day 1 (as I once did).

My boss was tony chapman he went into the art industry and dealt with high society he recently retired happy he did not fade only from music

Mick danced like someone either about to trip over his own feet or about to have a seizure. He's incredibly entertaining, but Early Mick wasn't much to speak of regarding his dancing.

Meri Clayton's vocals on Let it Bleed are legendary. It is very unfortunate and heartbreaking that she made such a huge sacrifice. Her brother is Sam Clayton, of Little Feat.

Ian was a major factor in every thing

Rock On Charlie 😭🤘

Dick Taylor - later Pretty Things - was also an early member of The Rolling Stones.

Time is ticking and sadly, this band will fade into history

Hands Down the KING of kings! The Greatest Band of All Time, The ROLLING STONES💯

You left out Mick Avory who was (briefly) their drummer before he was in The Kinks.

RIP Charlie. They should stop touring. Never be the same.

Jamming with Edward,the absolute best Rolling Stones Album that doesn't include Keith Richards,featuring Nicky Hopkins and Ry Cooder. You missed Ry Cooder!! I guess the story goes,Ry was brought in to beef up the sound either before Taylor or after his departure and Ole Keef wasn't having it and quit for a couple weeks. So Bill,Charlie and Mick made a record with Ry Cooder and THE GREATEST ROCK N ROLL PIANO MAN NICKY HOPKINS. check out Jamming with Edward

I remember when I saw WATTS at ALTAMONT on a doc. inCHICAGO in 1972 on WTTW ch 11. Hair was long. then... I saw him 3yrs later on the BLACK & BLUE album with the shortcut hair & later on SOME GIRLS with the round glasses & I was like: WHO IS THIS GUY? ah. but that distinctive Watts drum sound always remained the same. Course I was a kid of 9 in`72 so I didnt know.

And no mention of Chuck leavall.

Could do this on The Fall,but you'd have a 3 hour movie

Nicky Hopkins was on the '72 tour.

Brian Jones was the founder and the most important member of the Stones.

11:39 Is that Merrell Fankhauser talking with Nicky Hopkins?

I met Stuart in the seventies he was a great piano player not strings , And a really nice guy ,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICK!!’

If we're including women, what about the fantastic Nannette Newman? She really spiced up Mick Jagger on several songs.

The way the Stones treated Ian Stewart was fucking despicable.