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Life

  • James Fox,
  • Keith Richards

3.71

7 ratings

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.

Genres

  • Autobiography
  • Rolling Stones
  • nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2011-08-20
  • Rock musicians
  • New York Times bestseller
  • Biography
  • Rock musicians, great britain
  • Rock musicians, biography
  • Richards, keith, 1943-
  • Music
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  • James Fox

    born 1945

    3.71

    7 ratings · 13 works

  • Keith Richards

    born 18 December 1943

    3.71

    7 ratings · 12 works

Editions

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    1st ed.

    Little, Brown and Co.

    2010

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    Deutsche Erstausgabe

    Heyne Verlag

    2010

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    Robert Laffont

    2010

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    Weidenfeld & Nicolson

    2010

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Little Brown & Co

2010