Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316034418)

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.

Author: Keith Richards, James Fox
ISBN-10: 031603441X
ISBN-13: 9780316034418
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2011
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 06/03/2011 pg. 77
New York Times Book Review 06/05/2011 pg. 52
People Weekly 02/10/2014 pg. 59