Format:
Large Print, Book
Author:
Richards, Keith, 1943- author
Title:
Life / Keith Richards with James Fox.
Edition:
Large print ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2010]
©2010
Description:
856 pages (large print), [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
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.
Subjects:
Richards, Keith, 1943-
Rolling Stones.
Large type books.
Rock musicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Other Author:
Fox, James, 1945-
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
9780316120364
0316120367
Other Number:
548642120
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
1743863
Call Number:
782.42166 R516.R
Course Reserves:
0
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