Life: Keith Richards by Keith RichardsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Already loving this book...yup, I remember these times.
update: OK, finally finished this autobiography. It took me forever to read it as I had to listen to songs, watch YouTube videos and try to capture from audio what Richards wrote about in every chapter.
The book was amazing--I really recommend it if you like the Stones and want to know the truth--and yes, he was that fucked up on drugs that much of the time. His focus on his craft of music--his deep love of the guitar is inspirational. His excuse about his family life a bit hard to take and is inconsistent. I feel for his older kids and it sounds like they may have survived their upbringing.
I wish Richards had had more detail about how the Stones went from being a club band to THE Rolling Stones...he wasn't letting lose with details--it almost was one day they played clubs, the next they were the biggest band in the world. Reading about the musicians that influenced all of them was delicious and gossipy.
The book has changed the way I listen to music, and that is a good thing.
Love live rock and roll.
Suggested listening: Angie (it is not about Bowie's wife, btw)
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