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Wizz Jones obituary: guitarist who ‘should have been superstar'

A seminal figure in British folk and rock music, Wizz Jones gave guitar lessons to the teenage Keith Richards and the young Eric Clapton admitted to having copied his every lick. Others who fell under his influence included Rod Stewart, Paul Simon, Bert Jansch and Bruce Springsteen. He was also widely regarded as one of Britain's first 'beatniks'; his shoulder-length hair, straggly beard and hedonistic approach to life causing teatime consternation across the nation when he was interviewed by Alan Whicker on BBC television's flagship current affairs programme at a time when National Service was still the order of the day and the publishers of Lady Chatterley's Lover were on trial at the Old Bailey for obscenity. In such an austere and conformist post-war world,