The Loog From NEMS And A Conversation From 1964

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Andrew Loog Oldham

Andrew the Loog worked
for Brian at NEMS.

If you ignored the Road,
NEMS was the North End 
Road Music Store.

Brian was partial 
to classical music 
but the demand 
for rock music from 

Brain Epstein

four Liverpoodles
was overwhelming.

Brian Epstein, became 
their manager.

Andrew, said Brian,
I have got my hands full
with the Beatles.
This blues group
you found...
Why don't you
handle them?

This blues group was founded 
by another  Brian (Jones)
who got together a Richard**
named Keith and a Jagger
named Mick.  

Brian named the band after a song by 
the  Godfather  of Chicago Blues: 
Muddy Waters.

The song was entitled  Rollin' Stone.

Brian Epstein, at NEMS, may have subtracted the R
from  his store but Brian Jones added a G and an S.

The blues band was entitled the Rolling Stones.


Multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones
was extremely shy on stage
but Mick Jagger and Keith Richard
were the exact opposite.

Very soon, they dominated
the blues band. 

The Beatles–specifically, Paul McCartney
and John Lennon–wrote a song
for the Rolling Stones which became
the B-side of their first 45-RPM single
released in the United States.

The Stones recorded  their version
of I Wanna Be Your Man  
in the same month JFK
was assassinated
(November, 1963)



But I actually prefer the Beatles' 
version with Ringo Starr singing lead on
I Wanna Be Your Man.

Soon enough, however, 
Mick Jagger and Keith Richard
wrote their own songs, such as 
(I Can't Get No) SATISFACTION.



THE CONVERSATION
Mr. Epstein, said Andrew Loog Oldham,
I got a great idea.

What is that? asked Mr. Epstein.

The Beatles look so clean-cut,  
said  Andrew Loog Oldham,*
and the Rolling Stones
look so ugly and suspicious...
Why not go yin-yang?
We can market the Stones as
"All that is darkness"
and the Beatles as
"All that is light."

Great idea, Andrew, 
replied Mr. Epstein,
but not completely.
I will give the Beatles  Sgt. Peppers
and you can give the Rolling Stones
Sympathy For The Devil.


It's a deal, boss!
exclaimed the Loog. 

* This link is an X-rated song 

sung by Gene Pitney with 

the Rolling Stones 

**Keith Richard added an  s 
to his surname in 1977.

Another Andrew Loog Oldham page is  here.

The next Beatles' page is  there.

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