Keith Richards
British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones · United Kingdom · Musicians · Born 1943 · age 82
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Something wrong?The riff architect behind half a century of rock's most indelible grooves, co-writer of fourteen songs on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest list, and a man whose survival itself became part of the mythology.
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Crosseyed HeartAlbum, 20152010“This morning on Dartford station a guy I knew at primary school came up to me. He's got every record Chuck Berry made. He is called Mick Jagger.”In their words15 October 2010From letter to Keith's aunt Keef comes clean, The Times p4, 15 Oct 2010.2007“There are certain guys that are band players and there's certain guys that ain't. If there's anybody lazier than me, it's Eric (Clapton).”In their words4 April 2007Mojo magazine; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).“I thought rock and roll was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expression of rebellion.”In their words4 April 2007Rolling Stone; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).“I was number one on the Who's Likely To Die list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list.”In their words4 April 2007NME; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).2006“I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!”In their wordsInterview 2006.1992
Main OffenderAlbum1988
Talk Is CheapAlbum1943Born18 December 1943Also in Deutsch
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Richards in 1965
Richards (far right) performing onstage with the Rolling Stones in Oslo, 1965
Richards playing guitar in concert, 1972
left to right: daughter Theodora Richards, wife Patti Hansen, Richards, daughter Alexandra Richards, in 2011
Jagger (left) and Richards (right) performing in the Rolling Stones' second appearance at Hyde Park on 6 July 2013. Their first appearance there was on 5 July 1969.
Richards paying tribute to fellow musicians Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen at the first annual PEN Awards in the JFK Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, 16 February 2012
Richards with the Rolling Stones during the 50 & Counting Tour in December 2012In their own words 9
, Rap - so many words, so little said. What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there.
This morning on Dartford station a guy I knew at primary school came up to me. He's got every record Chuck Berry made. He is called Mick Jagger.
There are certain guys that are band players and there's certain guys that ain't. If there's anybody lazier than me, it's Eric (Clapton).
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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.
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