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rolling stone

Posted by John Paul Brophy on April 21, 2010 at 16:49

re: "A rolling stone gathers no moss"
The name of the band (Rolling Stones) is NOT from the late Brian Jones thinking of this phrase. Rather, it is a tribute to bluesmen Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon from a line in their song "I'm a Man": "I'm a rolling stone . . . "

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