Life. Mit Register (Index).

Keith, Richards and Fox James:

ISBN 10: 0297854399 / ISBN 13: 9780297854395

Published by London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010

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564 (4) Seiten mit vielen Abbildungen im Text und 16 Blatt mit Abbildungen. With many illustrations, mainly coloured. 24 cm. Guter Zustand. Buchecken minimal gestaucht. Keith Richards Memoiren erzählen die Geschichte einer der einflussreichsten und bekanntesten Bands unserer Zeit direkt aus ihrem songschreibenden Herzen. In Südengland geboren und aufgewachsen, traf er auf seine musikalischen Seelenverwandten Jagger, Watts, Wvman und Jones um in einer unvergleichlichen Karriere von Gigs in winzigen Clubs bis zur Füllung riesiger Stadien mit den "Rolling Stones" Rockgeschichte zu schreiben - inklusive sex, drugs, guns and more drugs. . - Keith Richards' once-in-a-generation memoir recounts one of the most eventful, influential and closely watched lives of modern times. No other major rock band has been creating music and magic together so continuously. They recorded some of the most enduring songs of our times including 'Satisfaction', 'Jumping Jack Flash', 'Honky Tonk Woman' and 'Start Me Up', written by Keith and his writing partner and Stones vocalist Mick Jagger. Born in Dartford in Kent in December 1943 in the same cottage hospital as Jagger had been delivered five months earlier, Keith's personal roots were in the south of England. But his musical roots were in R&B and it was this that brought him together with Mick, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Brian Jones. From the first tiny club gigs where there was barely room to shake and rattle, never mind roll, the band soon gravitated to huge international stadiums with its groundbreakingly dramatic act. This is the story of The Greatest Rock n' Roll Band in the world as only Keith can tell it.He describes not only how the music evolved but supplies the truth and context to the tales of sex, drugs, guns, more drugs and of course rock n'roll and the timeless music that have helped define the band's international reputation. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 999 Schwarzes Leinen mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln, mit illustrierten Vorsätzen und Schutzumschlag.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life. Mit Register (Index).
• Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297854399
• ISBN 13: 9780297854395
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Imprint. Erstausgabe.
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 999 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiographien

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Synopsis

With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speaking his mind, and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever done. Now, at last, the man himself tells us the story of life in the crossfire hurricane. And what a life. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records as a child in post-war Kent. Learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones' first fame and success as a bad-boy band. The notorious Redlands drug bust and subsequent series of confrontations with a nervous establishment that led to his enduring image as outlaw and folk hero. Creating immortal riffs such as the ones in 'Jumping Jack Flash' and 'Street Fighting Man' and 'Honky Tonk Women'. Falling in love with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the US, 'Exile on Main Street' and 'Some Girls'. Ever increasing fame, isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Mick Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Solo albums and performances with his band the Xpensive Winos. Marriage, family and the road that goes on for ever. In a voice that is uniquely and intimately his own, with the disarming honesty that has always been his trademark, Keith Richards brings us the essential life story of our times.

Review

Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2010: It's hard to imagine a celebrity memoir--or any memoir for that matter--that is as easy to drink in (so to speak) as Keith Richards's Life. Die-hard Stones fans will love tales of the band's ascension from the "interval" band at the Marquee to the headliners at Super Bowl XL; guitar gearheads will scramble to sample the one lick that has eluded Richards for 49 years; and historians and romantics alike will swoon over the raspy, rambling, raucous detail of this portrait of the artist in situ. Yes, some tales are told, but Life is refreshingly not gossipy, mean-spirited, or sordid--or at least not more than the truth demands. Richards is as comfortable in his bones as a worn pair of boots, and Life captures the rhythm of his voice so effortlessly that reading his tale is like sharing a pint with an old friend--one who happens to be one of the most iconic guitarists of all time. --Daphne Durham