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March 2, 2011 8:30PM ET

Rare and Intimate Pictures of the Rolling Stones

Portraits of the band included in ‘The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs 1964-1966’ from the Bob Bonis Archive

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Few were closer to the Rolling Stones during their transformation into the world’s greatest rock n’ roll band than Bob Bonis, the tour manager for their U.S. tours between 1964 and 1966. While on the road with the Stones, Bonis snapped some 2,700 photographs of the band, which have been collected in a new book by author Larry Marion, The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Keith Richards is mobbed by overzealous fans during a performance at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California, May 22, 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Mick Jagger on the diving board at the Manger Town and Country Motor Lodge in Savannah during the Rolling Stones' American tour, May, 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Mick goofs off while Keith pulls his best 'nanker', (a term used by the band to describe a face made by turning up the nostrils and pulling down the eyelids) on a photo shoot in a prop lot in Los Angeles, 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Brian Jones and Keith Richards relax by the pool at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida, May 7, 1965. At this stop during their 1965 tour Keith laid down the five-note riff and lyric "I can't get no satisfaction" for the song 'Satisfaction'.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

The Rolling Stones during a photoshoot at a prop lot in Los Angeles, 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Keith Richards and Bill Wyman go bowling while on tour in 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Mick Jagger on the road, 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Brian Jones goofs around inside the RCA studios in Hollywood while recording in May of 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Mick taks a break during recording sessions at the RCA studios in Hollywood, September, 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Keith at the RCA recording studios in Hollywood, December, 1965.

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Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Keith and Mick at their hotel while on tour in the States, November, 1964.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

James Brown and Mick Jagger talk backstage at the T.AM.I. Show filming in 1964.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Keith Richards gives Charlie Watts a haircut backstage before their appearance on the Hullabaloo TV Show, November 11, 1965.

Photograph by Bob Bonis courtesy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs, © 2269 Productions, Inc. / Courtesy of NFAgallery.com

Mick Jagger with a fan bactage in Santa Monica, California, October 29, 1964.

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