2 The Band’s Big Break

CHAPTER 2 The Band's Big Break The Rollin' Stones spent most of their time together. In August 1962, Mick and Keith decided to move out of their childhood homes in Dartford. They joined Brian in a London apartment. They couldn't afford much. The apartment had only two rooms and was lit with bare lightbulbs. The boys owned no furniture except for a few mattresses to sleep on. They left their trash on the floor and dishes piled in the sink. It was especially freezing in winter.

第2章乐队的重大突破滚石乐队大部分时间都在一起。 1962年8月，米克和基思决定搬出他们童年时在达特福德的家。 他们和布莱恩一起住在伦敦的一间公寓里。 他们负担不起太多。 这套公寓只有两个房间，用光秃秃的灯泡照明。 除了睡觉用的几张床垫外，男孩们没有其他家具。 他们把垃圾扔在地板上，盘子堆在水槽里。 冬天特别冷。

Mick was still in college at the London School of Economics. He and Keith were only nineteen years old, and Brian was twenty. Brian and Keith now devoted all of their time to the band. Brian worked hard to find them places to play. But jobs were hard to get. Not enough people wanted to hear a bunch of British teenagers singing their own versions of American songs. Dick Taylor decided to leave the band. So the Rollin' Stones began looking for a new bass player. Bill Wyman was about seven years older than the other boys and already had a steady job and a family of his own. When Bill showed up at the audition, the Stones could tell right away that he was talented. Bill had experience playing with rock-and-roll bands. He also had his own amplifier— a great addition to the band!

米克当时还在伦敦经济学院读大学。 他和基思只有19岁，布莱恩20岁。 布莱恩和基思现在把他们所有的时间都奉献给了乐队。 布莱恩努力为他们找地方玩。 但是工作很难找。 没有足够多的人愿意听到一群英国青少年唱他们自己版本的美国歌曲。 迪克·泰勒决定离开乐队。 所以滚石乐队开始寻找新的贝斯手。 比尔·怀曼比其他男孩大七岁左右，已经有了一份稳定的工作和自己的家庭。 当比尔出现在试镜现场时，滚石乐队马上就能看出他很有天赋。 比尔有在摇滚乐队演奏的经验。 他也有他自己的放大器-一个伟大的除了乐队！

The Stones also had their eye on Charlie Watts. They had seen him perform many times at the Ealing Club and hoped he would become their full-time drummer. Charlie had grown up playing his drum set along with jazz records. He was a jazz expert. At first, he wasn't sure about joining the Rollin' Stones. He kept his day job at an advertising agency, just in case drumming for the band didn't work out. But by January 1963, Charlie was in.

滚石乐队也盯上了查理·沃茨。 他们曾多次看过他在伊灵俱乐部的演出，并希望他能成为他们的全职鼓手。 查理是跟着爵士乐唱片玩架子鼓长大的。 他是爵士乐专家。起初，他不确定是否要加入滚石乐队。 他白天在一家广告公司上班，以防在乐队打鼓不成功。 但到了1963年1月，查理加入了。

Once in a while, the Rollin' Stones would be invited to play at the Marquee Club in London. Larger crowds and eager fans started to fill the dance floor. But the band still hoped for their "big break"—a lucky chance that would make them popular enough to launch their music career. A man named Giorgio Gomelsky had just opened a new club. But the "club" was only the dark back room of a hotel in Richmond, a town outside of London. One Sunday night, the club's regular band couldn't make it. Giorgio knew that Brian Jones had started a band and needed work. So he asked the Stones to fill in.

偶尔，滚石乐队会被邀请到伦敦的Marquee俱乐部演出。 更大的人群和热切的粉丝开始填满舞池。 但乐队仍然希望他们的“大突破”——一个幸运的机会，使他们足够受欢迎，开始他们的音乐生涯。 一个名叫乔治·戈麦尔斯基的人刚刚开了一家新俱乐部。 但这个“俱乐部”只是伦敦外里士满镇一家酒店黑暗的后屋。 一个周日晚上，俱乐部的常规乐队来不了。 乔治知道布赖恩·琼斯组建了一支乐队，需要人手。 所以他请石头帮他填补空缺。

The Rollin' Stones first played at the club called the Crawdaddy—on February 24, 1963. It was a snowy day. Only a few people came out for the show. By the next week, the crowd doubled. Even more people showed up the week after that. Pretty soon, people had to line up outside in the early afternoon for a show that didn't start until seven o'clock. Giorgio was happy with the packed house. He booked the Stones to play there every week for eight months. The Rollin' Stones finally had a regular

1963年2月24日，滚石乐队首次在一家名为“克劳达”的俱乐部演出。 那是一个下雪天。只有几个人来看演出。 到下个星期，人群增加了一倍。 在那之后的一周，更多的人来了。 很快，人们不得不在下午早些时候在外面排队观看一场直到7点才开始的演出。 乔治很高兴屋子里挤满了人。 他预约了滚石乐队在那里每周演出，持续了八个月。 滚石乐队终于有了固定成员

job! They played a lot of their favorite tunes by popular American musicians like Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, and Bo Diddley. The band was especially good at connecting with their audience. As they sang and played, their fans went wild. The crowd waved their hands, jumped around, and danced on tables. This was sometimes a problem in the tiny club it was so crowded, the dancing was more like sweating, shaking, and wiggling in place. Mick liked to dance when he sang. But there wasn't much room on the stage at the Crawdaddy. So instead of dancing, he shook his head to the music. Even those small moves got

的工作!他们演奏了许多他们最喜欢的美国流行音乐家的曲子，如吉米·里德、Muddy Waters和波·迪德利。 这支乐队特别善于与听众产生共鸣。 当他们唱歌和演奏时，他们的粉丝们疯狂了。 人群挥手，跳来跳去，在桌子上跳舞。 在这个小俱乐部里，这有时是个问题，因为那里太拥挤了，跳舞更像是出汗，颤抖，在原地扭动。 米克唱歌时喜欢跳舞。 但是Crawdaddy的舞台空间并不大。 所以他没有跳舞，而是随着音乐摇了摇头。 即使是那些小动作