I'm a big fan of the Keefster, and after reading Victor Bockris' excellent biography, I'm pretty psyched for this to come out. Despite his reputation, Richards is actually a very eloquent, talented & down-to-earth guy. With a lot of really crazy stories to tell, I'm sure.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/08/01/books.keithrichards.ap/index.html
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And they only paid him, like, 9 million to do it!
I know the "unreliable narrator" is a popular fiction device, but will it work here? I mean, how much does Keef even remember?
Have you read The Dark Stuff, by Nick Kent? You need to; there's a great KR chapter. When's your birthday?
C'mon, he only got paid $4.7 million...it's not like he's doing it for the money! :)
Amazingly, Keith probably has the 2nd best memory of any of the Stones (Bill Wyman being the obvious #1). While the man certainly could "party like a rock star" (and he was probably the inspiration for this phrase) he's actually comes off as very lucid and shyly intelligent in most interviews, and he's supposedly a great family man and is really close with his kids.
Compare this to Jagger, who had to quit his attempt at an autobiography because he couldn't remember anything & has had more family issues than Bing Crosby.
BTW, the Kent book sounds amazing. And to answer your question, my birthday is in less than three weeks! (August 21st) :)
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