Life - Softcover

Richards, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0297863088 ISBN 13: 9780297863083

Publisher: W&N, 2010

Synopsis

Keith Richards' once-in-a-generation memoir recounts one of the most eventful, influential and closely watched lives of modern times. No other major rock band has been creating music and magic together so continuously. They recorded some of the most enduring songs of our times including 'Satisfaction', 'Jumping Jack Flash', 'Honky Tonk Woman' and 'Start Me Up', written by Keith and his writing partner and Stones vocalist Mick Jagger.

Born in Dartford in Kent in December 1943 in the same cottage hospital as Jagger had been delivered five months earlier, Keith's personal roots were in the south of England. But his musical roots were in R&B and it was this that brought him together with Mick, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Brian Jones. From the first tiny club gigs where there was barely room to shake and rattle, never mind roll, the band soon gravitated to huge international stadiums with its groundbreakingly dramatic act.

This is the story of The Greatest Rock n' Roll Band in the world as only Keith can tell it. He describes not only how the music evolved but supplies the truth and context to the tales of sex, drugs, guns, more drugs and of course rock n'roll and the timeless music that have helped define the band's international reputation.

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Review:

"The ultimate Keith Richards album."--Hillel Italie, "Associated Press"
"Rollicking and raw."--Andrew Abrahams, "People"

"The ultimate Keith Richards album." "Hillel Italie, "Associated Press"
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"Rollicking and raw." "Andrew Abrahams, "People"""

"What kind of celebrity autobiography is his "Life"? A remarkable one." "Jim Fusilli, "The Wall Street Journal"""

"[A] high-def, high-velocity portrait of the era when rock 'n' roll came of age, a raw report from deep inside the counterculture maelstrom of how that music swept like a tsunami over Britain and the United States....Mr. Richards has found a way to channel to the reader his own avidity, his own deep soul hunger for music and to make us feel the connections that bind one generation of musicians to another. Along the way he even manages to communicate something of that magic, electromagnetic experience of playing on stage with his mates, be it in a little club or a huge stadium."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"[A] slurry romp through the life of a man who knew every pleasure, denied himself nothing, and never paid the price."--David Remnick, The New Yorker

"The ultimate Keith Richards album."--Hillel Italie, Associated Press


"Rollicking and raw."--Andrew Abrahams, People

"What kind of celebrity autobiography is his Life? A remarkable one."--Jim Fusilli, The Wall Street Journal

"[Richards] not only has the best tunes, he also knows how to tell the best tales."--Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly


"Compelling, endearing, insightful, action-packed, graceful, generous-spirited, unflinching, and funny."--Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

"A vivid self-portrait and, of the Stones and their musical era, a grand group portrait....spellbinding storytelling."--Richard Corliss, Time

Book Description:

Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend: the Rolling Stone Keith Richards.

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0297863088
• ISBN 13: 9780297863083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576