Life
By: Keith Richards with James Fox
Contributors: Fox, James, 1945-
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 856
ISBN-13: 9780316120364
Subjects: Rolling Stones; Rock musicians; Biography
Description: Autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards lived the original rock and roll life. He tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane; his listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones' first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his enduring image as outlaw folk hero, creating immortal riffs like the ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women." He discusses falling in love with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones, his tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the U.S., isolation and addiction, as well as falling in love with Patti Hansen, and his bitter estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation.  He talks about his marriage, family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos; the road that goes on forever.