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Degree of Murder, 1967
Question to all Rolling Stones fans interested in Brian Jones and his children.
In Paul Trynka's (great) book he mentions that Brian had a child before Simon (Barry David) with Valerie. The child was put up for adoption by the mother (called by the pseudonym "Hope" in the book) and Trynka doesn't mention if they were a boy or a girl.
Does anyone know anything about this child?
Brian never knew about his children Belinda and Barbara, but he knew of "Barry", Mark, Julian, and "Paul" (later John), and must surely have known of this first baby.
When Brian started with the Stones he mentioned to the other guys that he had "illegitimate sons" (I think), so maybe that's a clue towards them being a boy? Does anyone know of he ever mentioned how many sons he had when he met the band? They started in 1962 and by then Brian would only have known of the first baby, Valerie's son and his son Mark with Pat Andrews. So he'd know of three at that time.
By July 1964 Linda had her boy Julian with him. So if he mentioned sons then they would be four. Dawn Molloy's son "Paul"/John was born in either late 1964 or early 1965. So after 1965 he would know of five sons if the first baby was male.
If he ever mentioned a daughter before he passed then it's likely to be this baby or another completely unknown child since he never seems to have known of Belinda or Barbara.
Maybe one of the other Stones their partners mentioned something, I've been trying to look for interviews with Anita and Marianne for clues. Anita spoke A LOT about Brian over the years.
performance, 1970
