The Rock & Roll Public Library: Mick Jones of The Clash's memorabilia
Former Clash guitarist Mick Jones is putting his peculiar and very personal collection of artefacts on show
Andrew Perry
Last Updated: 12:55PM BST 02 Apr 2009
....For 17 years, Jones has stored this cache of memorabilia in a warehouse space on an industrial estate in Acton, west London. Two years ago, I met Jones there, and he paused to show me a tattered old poster for one of the Clash's first gigs, supporting a long-forgotten Midlands pub-rock band called the Suburban Studs.
"There's probably only one of these still in existence," he pondered, lovingly smoothing out one of its dog-eared corners. "I must do something with all this stuff one day."
His exhibition, The Rock & Roll Public Library, is that idea come to fruition. In a moderately proportioned gallery, the Chelsea Space, situated just behind Tate Britain, he is displaying a small but enticing sample of his treasures..................
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