
This anecdote is described in The Real Frank Zappa Book. Mick Jagger visited Zappa in 1968 at The Log Cabin and helped him to pull a wooden splinter from his toe.


Bobby Martin contributed to a Rolling Stones tour before he joined Zappa. John Smothers was once a bodyguard for The Stones, while Gary Kellgren worked as an engineer for them. Zappa often said that he preferred The Rolling Stones over The Beatles, because they were more blues-inspired. Oh, man, I've never got so hot as long, I've ever got so hot until I started to, to use the chicken head to measure it with it." Uncle Meat Film Excerpt: "Look, I've seen everybody around, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Arthur Brown, and his fire and his head.You want to see an ugly guy in a dress? Look at this son of a bitch." And so, we had probably the ugliest band on the planet at that time. Only they tried to make it look glamorous. It was the front page of Melody Maker, and the reason that I did it was we had a bunch of pictures taken with all the guys in the Mothers Of Invention wearing dresses because I think the Rolling Stones had just done a drag photo. In Interview by Bob Marshall, 22 October 1988, Zappa explained why he and the Mothers wore dresses in Melody Maker in 1967: "The original headline for that was "Meet a Mother".References to The Rolling Stones in Zappa's music During some of their concerts riots broke out. The Rolling Stones became a rival to The Beatles in popularity and fame, though with a more subversive, dangerous public image. King, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed and Tampa Red, as well as early rock 'n' roll classics by Chuck Berry. The group started out as a blues rock band and throughout their career they've covered many blues standards by artists like Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lightnin' Slim, Robert Wilkins, Howlin' Wolf, Magic Sam, B.B. Bandmembers Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and others wrote many hit songs, such as: "Satisfaction" (1965), " Paint It Black" (1966), "Sympathy For The Devil" (1968), "Gimme Shelter" (1969) and "Angie" (1973). The Rolling Stones are a British long-running rock band (1963 - present). The band plays "Paint It Black" at many of their concerts.Back row, L-R: Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards. It has been on many of the band's compilation albums. Many people who make music have made cover versions of "Paint It Black". Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song 213 on a list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was put in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018. "Paint It Black" was platinum certified by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It was the band's sixth number one single in the UK. It was the band's third number one single in the US. When the song was released again in 2007, it was on the UK Singles Chart for eleven weeks. It was also number one on music charts in the UK. It was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart for eleven weeks. Some people thought the band was copying the Beatles by making music with the sitar. The song had good and bad reviews from music critics. They are the sitar, organ, and castanets. It has musical instruments that people do not use a lot in rock music. "Paint It Black" is different from many other songs made by the band. However, only Jagger and Richards were listed as songwriters for the song.

All five members of the Rolling Stones helped make the song.

The song is based on music that Brian Jones made on the sitar. "Paint It Black" (lyric video) at YouTube Quick facts: "Paint It Black", Single by the Rolling Stone.
