And the guitar player he looks damaged He’s been an outcast all his life.

“Jigsaw Puzzle”

A photograph of Keith Richard at his most wasted says more than anything just exactly what rock & roll is all about.

Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople

The lady behind the amps, staring hazily at Billy Preston and his band performing oh stage, looked elegantly damaged. Half of her face was covered by huge vintage op-art shades and a cigarette holder hung limply from her mouth.

She smiled a lot and danced sporadically, surrounded by earnest-looking roadies who went about their business as usual.

Watching her, I had a momentary flashback recalling an old 1965 presscutting of a beautiful, conservativelydressed ex-model posing above a news story that ran:

Rumours have been sweeping London for the past ten days that attractive 20-year-old German model Anita Pallenberg and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones . are about to marry.

At a Chelsea party, attended by many top show business and fashion names, several of Brian and Anita’s closest friends stated that the wedding was “definitely on” and that Bob Dylan was to be the best man.