Yet he hardly get any recognition.... aint that a bitch.... 
I suppose it's all about keeping the old image going... but with over 25 years service to the group being the lead bass player you would at least thing they would include him in official photos or even make press appearances with them.
@woodchuck
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38135674
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38135674
Darryl Jones has been with The Rolling Stones for more than two decades now but never appears in official band photographs. He has played on just about everything they have recorded since 1994, including the band's new album, Blue and Lonesome, and is an integral part of their live show.
But when the time comes to take a bow, Jones often melts into the background with the other members of the Stones' touring band.
The four core members - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood - always take centre stage.
Does the bass player, an American roughly two decades younger than his British band mates, still feel like the new boy?
"I don't think that really ever goes away," he says, laughing.
"In terms of the membership of this very small and exclusive club I guess I'll always be like the new guy. In terms of playing with the band, though, I feel like a bit of an old hand now."
Does the bass player, an American roughly two decades younger than his British band mates, still feel like the new boy?
"I don't think that really ever goes away," he says, laughing.
"In terms of the membership of this very small and exclusive club I guess I'll always be like the new guy. In terms of playing with the band, though, I feel like a bit of an old hand now."
Jones was not the obvious choice to replace original member Bill Wyman, who quit the band acrimoniously after 31 years, saying he was fed-up with touring.
A highly-rated jazz player, who cut his teeth with Miles Davis, he confessed in early interviews that he had not listened to much of the Stones' music prior to joining them.
But at the auditions he bonded with Charlie Watts, a fellow jazz man, and his easygoing personality enabled him to take his place within the Stones operation without upsetting the delicate balance of egos at its core.
I suppose it's all about keeping the old image going... but with over 25 years service to the group being the lead bass player you would at least thing they would include him in official photos or even make press appearances with them.
@woodchuck
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38135674
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38135674
Darryl Jones has been with The Rolling Stones for more than two decades now but never appears in official band photographs. He has played on just about everything they have recorded since 1994, including the band's new album, Blue and Lonesome, and is an integral part of their live show.
But when the time comes to take a bow, Jones often melts into the background with the other members of the Stones' touring band.
The four core members - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood - always take centre stage.
Does the bass player, an American roughly two decades younger than his British band mates, still feel like the new boy?
"I don't think that really ever goes away," he says, laughing.
"In terms of the membership of this very small and exclusive club I guess I'll always be like the new guy. In terms of playing with the band, though, I feel like a bit of an old hand now."
Does the bass player, an American roughly two decades younger than his British band mates, still feel like the new boy?
"I don't think that really ever goes away," he says, laughing.
"In terms of the membership of this very small and exclusive club I guess I'll always be like the new guy. In terms of playing with the band, though, I feel like a bit of an old hand now."
Jones was not the obvious choice to replace original member Bill Wyman, who quit the band acrimoniously after 31 years, saying he was fed-up with touring.
A highly-rated jazz player, who cut his teeth with Miles Davis, he confessed in early interviews that he had not listened to much of the Stones' music prior to joining them.
But at the auditions he bonded with Charlie Watts, a fellow jazz man, and his easygoing personality enabled him to take his place within the Stones operation without upsetting the delicate balance of egos at its core.
