Keith Richards

by Alan Clayson

Book Overview

The sixties historian and rock writer tackles the life and legacy of Keith Richards--the hard-living blues guitarist who helped turn the Rolling Stones into a legendary rock band--chronicling his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860745903
• ISBN13: 9781860745904
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Keith Richards for President!

This was an interesting read. It was not quite as "juicy" as the book by "Spanish Tony" [and it felt just a LITTLE BIT more objective...:) ]but it was interesting. The one thing that I would have appreciated was if the author had not interjected so much about The Pretty Things, and other bands not directly related to the Stones and Richards While I am sure that some people appreciated the fleshing out of the historical context, it felt like distraction to me. I did find some of the discussion about Keith as regards the punk movement interesting. I had heard it said (and heartily agree!)that Keith was the ORIGINAL "punk"--but I had not realized that it was Jaggger who said so. All in all it was a good read that I would recommend to any Richards/Stones fans--or anybody who is curious to understand more about one of the world's most talented rock-n-roll, rock, blues, and country musicians. Reading about genius--regardless of the expression that genius takes--ought to interest any curious person, I should think! ...And Keith Richards has certainly proved his genius as a guitarist, musician, songwriter, vocalist, outlaw, pirate, entertainer, sex-symbol (IMHO!) and the world's (former) "most elegantly wasted man" for almost fifty years now!