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The Folk Blues and Gospel Caravan, 1964

Johnny Black, Blues, April 2014

LEGEND HOLDS that on October 22, 1962, a van set out from London, headed north. In that van were Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones of fledgling blues combo the Rolling Stones, plus aspiring guitar-slinger Jimmy Page, later of the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.

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