Keith Richards on Keith Richards Interviews and Encounters |
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| Editor:
| Egan, Sean |
| Series title: | Musicians in Their Own Words Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61374-790-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $15.99 |
Book Description:
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The iconic life and career of the famed guitarist of the Rolling Stones is detailed in this compilation of interviews that spans the last 50 years. Featuring articles from GQ, Melody Maker, and Rolling Stone, as well as interviews that have never previously appeared in print, it charts Keith Richards’s journey from gauche, young pretender and swaggering epitome of the zeitgeist to beloved elder statesman of...
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The iconic life and career of the famed guitarist of the Rolling Stones is detailed in this compilation of interviews that spans the last 50 years. Featuring articles from GQ, Melody Maker, and Rolling Stone, as well as interviews that have never previously appeared in print, it charts Keith Richards’s journey from gauche, young pretender and swaggering epitome of the zeitgeist to beloved elder statesman of rock. Initially overshadowed by band mates Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, Richards gained popularity as half of the second-most important songwriting team of the 1960s, and in 1967 the drug bust at his house and his subsequent trial and imprisonment made him a household name. His interviews match his outlaw image: free of banality and euphemism, they revel in frank stories of drugs and debauchery. Yet they also reveal an unexpectedly warm, unpretentious, articulate, and honest man. This collection amply illustrates the magic and charm of Keith Richards.
This compilation of interviews encompasses the Rolling Stones’ fifty-year career. Featuring articles from such celebrated publications as Melody Maker, Rolling Stone, and GQ, as well as interviews that have never previously appeared in print, it charts Keith Richards’s journey from gauche young pretender to swaggering epitome of the zeitgeist to beloved elder statesman of rock.
In the Stones’ early years Keith stood in the shadows of Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. Soon, however, he became famous as half of the second-most important songwriting team in the world, and in 1967, his drug bust and subsequent imprisonment made him a household name. Richards was transformed into a symbol of rock rebellion, and played the part to the hilt, kicking an audience member in the face, punching a journalist in the jaw, and standing up to Hell’s Angels at Altamont. Now he was not just a Rolling Stone, but was on the cover of Rolling Stone.
His interviews, meanwhile, matched his outlaw image: free of banality and euphemism, they reveled in frank stories of drugs and debauchery. Yet they also revealed an unexpectedly warm, unpretentious, articulate, and honest man. The pages of this book amply illustrate that when Keith sits down in front of a microphone, a certain kind of magic occurs.