# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/keith-richards
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:33:30.422Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 18 December 1943 in Dartford, Kent, Richards studied at Dartford Technical School and Sidcup Art College before befriending Mick Jagger and forming the Rolling Stones as its original guitarist and co-principal songwriter. His guitar style became the band's signature across six decades, while his songwriting partnership with Jagger turned into one of music's most successful collaborations. He sang lead on select songs including "Happy" and "Before They Make Me Run," played with his side-project The X-Pensive Winos, and appeared in two Pirates of the Caribbean films as Captain Teague—Jack Sparrow's father, a character modeled on Richards himself. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and ranked among the greatest guitarists by Rolling Stone (fourth in 2011, fifteenth in 2023), he spent decades as both architect and avatar of rock's outlaw myth.