Life

Keith Richards wrote the riffs, the lyrics, and the songs that awoke the world with the Rolling Stones. He lived the original rock and roll for over forty years, taking risks, voicing his opinions, and making it all work in a manner that no one had ever done before. Finally, the guy himself shares with us his account of living through the crossfire storm. How amazing a life. Growing up in post-war Kent, I listened to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters albums nonstop. Acquiring guitar skills and joining Mick Jagger and Brian Jones in a band. The early popularity and notoriety of The Rolling Stones as a bad-boy band. His long reputation as an outlaw and folk hero was shaped by the infamous Redlands drug raid and the series of encounters he had with an uneasy establishment that followed. composing timeless melodies, like those found in "Jumping Jack Flash," "Street Fighting Man," and "Honky Tonk Women." The passing of Brian Jones and falling in love with Anita Pallenberg. "Exile on Main Street," "Some Girls," wildfire tours around the US, and tax exile in France. Fame, loneliness, and addiction are all growing. Developing feelings for Patti Hansen. split up with Mick Jagger and then getting back together. Both his solo recordings and his live appearances with the Xpensive Winos. Matrimony, family, and the never-ending journey. Keith Richards gives us the important life narrative of our times in a voice that is wholly and exclusively his own, replete with the disarming honesty that has always been his hallmark.