The Rolling Stones Song That Became a Prayer for Brian Jones

The Rolling Stones began working on what became “Shine a Light” while Brian Jones was still alive and drifting away from the band. Mick Jagger later recorded an early version called “Get a Line on You” with Leon Russell before the Stones transformed it into one of the warmest songs on Exile on Main St.

Here’s how a song about watching someone fall apart gradually became something closer to a prayer for the Stones’ original founder.

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