Life, Keith Richards
Life, Keith Richards
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Life

Author: Keith Richards, James Fox

Narrator: Keith Richards, Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley

Unabridged: 23 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/26/2010

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones.

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.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Joanne on 2011-01-31 18:11:40

THIS MAY BE A GOOD BOOK BUT THE AUDIO VERSION WAS NOT.THIS WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE MONOTONE VOICE OF THE READER,JOHNNIE DEPP. IT WAS GOOD TO PUT ME TO SLEEP HOWEVER.I NEVER FINISHED IT AND WOULD RECOMMEND TRYING THE BOOK VERSION IF YOU ARE A STONES FAN WHICH I AM NOT.I DO LIKE A GOOD BIOGRAPHY AND THIS MAY BE ONE BUT I WON'T PURSUE IT.

Goodreads review by Matthew on February 28, 2020

I have liked the Rolling Stones for a long time. I remember going to see them back when I was in high school on the Voodoo Lounge tour (2004 – and I thought they seemed old back then!). But, I will say while I enjoyed them, I was more of a casual fan. However, in the past couple of years I have beco......more

Goodreads review by Steve on December 25, 2014

I started listening to the Rolling Stones back in the early 1970s. “Hot Rocks” (an early “greatest hits collection – and still one of the best by any band), “Sticky Fingers,” “Exile on Main Street,” “It’s Only Rock and Roll,” etc. In terms of the group and its history, I caught them in their second......more

Goodreads review by Judith on October 26, 2020

And what a life Keith Richards has had! It’s really a shame that internet memes have turned Keith Richards into a caricature instead of portraying him for what he is - a hard-working, genius of a man fully dedicated to the highest standard of music he can achieve. Written with the assistance of James......more

Goodreads review by F.R. on October 04, 2015

Keith Richards’ autobiography starts really well and holds that momentum for a long time; although when it reaches the period covering the Eighties it does fall somewhat into score settling, and after that becomes somewhat bland and without spark. As such you have to hand it to this book, it really......more

Goodreads review by Tosh on November 14, 2010

Bob Dylan's memoir is a classic. Patti Smith's memoir "Just Kids" a classic. "Life" by Keith Richards not a classic but a really really OK book. But me writing that I really wanted it to be a great rock n' roll classic book and "Life" maybe grand, but great it isn't. It's obvious that Richards is wri......more