Brian Jones "dressing up and posing about" and that he would ask her to do his hair and make-up. Bo Diddley described Brian as "a little dude that was trying to pull the group ahead. I saw him as the leader. He didn't take no mess. He was a fantastic cat; he handled the group beautifully." Jones' death at 27 was the first of the 1960s rock movement; Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison found their own drug-related deaths at the same age within two years (Morrison died two years to the day after Jones). The coincidence of ages has been
Straight Shooter (Bad Company album) Kirke stated on "In the Studio" (which devoted an episode to "Straight Shooter") that the track "Shooting Star" (which they did not write) was lyrically inspired by the drug and alcohol-related deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison. In June 1974, Bad Company released their self-titled debut album. Three months later, the band and recording engineer Ron Nevison recorded at least eight songs at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, England. Sometime later Nevison mixed the songs for "Straight Shooter" at Air Studios in London. The sleeve for the album was designed by Hipgnosis, who also designed their debut album.