The long-awaited autobiography
of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the
Rolling Stones. Ladies and gentlemen: Keith Richards.
With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life.
Now, at last, the man himself
tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane. Listening
obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar
and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling
Stones's first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his
enduring image as an outlaw folk hero. Creating immortal riffs like the
ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women." His relationship
with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in
France, wildfire tours of the U.S., isolation and addiction. Falling
in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Jagger and subsequent
reconciliation. Marriage, family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos, and
the road that goes on forever.
With his trademark disarming
honesty, Keith Richard brings us the story of a life we have all longed
to know more of, unfettered, fearless, and true.
