Keith Richards

Keith Richards

Keith Richards was born on December 18th, 1943 and is currently 82 years old. Keith Richards was born in Dartford, Kent, England. Richards attended Sidcup Art College.

Keith Richards is a British songwriter and guitarist best known for his work as a member of the Rolling Stones, the British rock band. The band owed much of its success to the partnership of Mick Jagger as a songwriter and Richard’s innovativeness as a guitarist.

Richards met Jagger in primary school but they lost touch before they met by chance in a train station in Kent in 1961. It was then that they started talking about setting up a band that would eventually become the famous Rolling Stones.

Keith Richards was known for his playing style which drew inspiration from American blues players such as Chuck Berry, the rock and roll pioneer, and Robert Johnson, who was a pioneer in the blues. He also loved to weave his lines with a second guitarist, which is something he innovated while listening to blues musicians from Chicago.

Richard and his friends formed the Rolling Stones in 1962 and started by doing covers of old blues songs. They had their first hit in Time is On My Side in 1964 and would go on to have many hits during the 1960s and 1970s.

Outside of his playing career, Keith Richards is also known for his struggle with drug abuse as he struggled with heroin and other illegal drugs. Despite all that, he is a father of five children, two with Patti Hansen the American model, and three with Anita Pallenberg, the Italian actress.

In 2010, Keith Richards published Life, in which he tells the story of his life. He was inspired to pursue a career in music since he grew up obsessed with Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry records. Richards then chronicles how he learned how to play guitar, and then formed a band with Brian Jones and Mick Jagger. He then goes deep to tell the story of his personal life including his two marriages, his struggles with drugs, and his family life.

The Rolling Stone 50 is a work that the members of the Rolling Stones including Keith Richards published in 2012. It is a work that looks back on their blockbuster careers over the past fifty years It comes with access to rare unseen material including outtakes, contact sheets, and photography over half a century of the band’s history.

Keith Richards: Awards & Accolades

Richards' book, Life won the Audie Award, Audiobook of the Year, in 2011.

Keith Richards: Lists & Other Mentions

• Life was an Ex Libris: 100 Books to Read and Reread Selection in 2020 and a New York Times: The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years Selection in 2019.

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Keith Richards: F.A.Q