It's a hard, fast, sometimes shocking saga of a flawed but wildly creative life.
When he first came before a judge in the 1960s, Keith Richards heard himself described as "a moron" and read newspaper headlines announcing UGLY LOOKS! UGLY SPEECH! UGLY MANNERS! Yet Richards's strangely flamboyant personality, filled with eccentricities and contradictions, suggested a more complex character than the "elegantly wasted" junkie who wrote and played the Rolling Stones' best-known songs. In an industry notorious for its high burnout rate, Keith Richards remains a legendary survivor. This candid look at the Rolling Stones legend is being published in conjunction with Richard's sixtieth birthday celebration. Keith Richards: Satisfaction looks at the career of a man who was as admired as he was feared. In this behind-the-scenes story, employing dozens of new sources, the author charts the life and music of the shy, half-educated boy from Dartford, the writer of pop classics like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Ruby Tuesday," and "Brown Sugar" the kohl-eyed drug addict slumped on his mattress throne at the Ritz Hotel, and the more recently contented family man who nonetheless continues to be rock's most indomitable living practitioner.
It's a hard, fast, sometimes shocking saga of a flawed but wildly creative life.
It's a hard, fast, sometimes shocking saga of a flawed but wildly creative life.
- ISBN:
- 9780786713684
- 9780786713684
- Category:
- Biography: general
- Publication Date:
- 17-02-2004
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 355
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x25mm
- Weight:
- 0.54kg
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