Introduction

We're going to look at a group who, more than any other band of the 60s, sum up what rock music means. Chris Barber seems like the last person in the world who one would expect to be responsible, at least indirectly, for some of the most rebellious popular music ever made. The Rolling Stones story doesn't actually start with the Rolling Stones and they won't be appearing until quite near the end of this episode because to explain how they formed I have to explain the British Blues scene that they formed in. A history of rock music and 500 songs by a dream. Episode 108 I Wanna Be Your Man by The Rolling Stones is on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 9pm.