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Personal relationships of Mick Jagger

With fellow Rolling Stones members

Keith Richards

Main article: Keith Richards

See also: Jagger–Richards

With other musicians

Eric Clapton

Artist John Dunbar has claimed that Jagger and Clapton had a sexual encounter in the 60s.

Romantic relationships

Marianne Faithfull (1966–1970)

Jagger first approached Marianne Faithful in 1964 at a party. He greeted her with a mock cockney accent - she was at first struck by his lack of a tie, then somewhat nauseate by his acne - and turned him down. She went on to marry John Dunbar and have a son with him in 1965. Despite this Jagger continued to persue her, and in 1966 they officialy became an item.

Janice Kenner (1970–1970)

In 1970 Jagger and the rest of the band members were asked by their recording engineer Glyn Johns if they any of them had a job for a Californian aquintance of his named Jan Kenner, to which Jagger replied "maybe". According to Tony Sanchez Jagger was not immediately taken with Kenner but did offer her a ride back to London in the evening. After the ride the other people in the group did not see the two again for two weeks. Kenner was eventually hired as his personal cook at Stargroves. Jagger began to rely on Kenner as a friend and emotional support during the period and soon entered into a stable but casual sexual relationship while still seeing other women (among them Suki Potier and Caroline Coon). While relationship was not exclusive Kenner began to develop deeper feelings for Jagger and became dissatisfied when he moved in with model Catherine James in London.

Catherine James (1970–1970)

In 1970 Jagger began a relationship with Eric Clapton's ex-girlfriend Catherine James, a model from California. They moved in together in Chelsea. Jagger broke off the relationship in August 1970 when he and the band left the United States for their tour of Europe.

Children

Both Jagger and Faithfull expressed their happiness over the baby - and that they were not planning to get married before the birth - publicly. In October Faithfull stated that she was very glad about their baby, but did not have any intentions to marry Jagger anytime soon, she believed that he would partake in raising their child without issue. On October 8 Jagger stated that he was happy about the prospects of becoming a father but had no "imediate plans" to marry Faithfull, adding that he believed that marriage was unnecessary, and that he was not anti-god but that the "consecration of ones union" was a personal matter and had nothing to do with the legalities of the state. Faithfull's mother Eva Hermine von Sacher-Masoch, Baroness Erisso also expressed that she was "very happy" about the situation and not upset at their lack of commitment to marriage. She added that Faithfull was "very well and delighted about everything". During October Faithfull was spending time at one of Jagger's estates in Ireland while he was filming the film Performance. On November 15 Jagger was asked again about the matter by a reporter during the production of the film and he expressed that he believed he would make a good father for the baby with or without marriage, stating that he would provide a "crazy but stable" home for them. In preparation for their child's birth Jagger purchased a 20 room country house in Oxford featuring a nursery suite.

Faithfull began to experience pregnancy loss on Wednesday night the 20th of November in a London nursing home, and the prenate was recorded as dead on the 21st. She was treated at a hospital in the city the following day where she was reportedly comfortable. Faithfull stated in 1994 that through her pregnancy (especially during the affair of her friend Anita Pallenberg and Jagger) and the stillbirth she attempted to carry on as she had before, "pretending to have no feelings whatsoever" during the ordeal.

While Bianca was pregnant Mick had planed to use the name "Jesse James Jagger" for his first son. In 1977 Bianca commented that Mick was "a wonderful father" and had he had a great relationship with their daughter. When asked if she and Mick had more children planned she responded that it was dificult due to their "gypsy life".

See also

• Personal relationships of Paul McCartney