Keith Richards on Mick Jagger and 'Lead Singer Syndrome'

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/29/Stones_Guitarist_Keith_Richards_Talks_About_Life

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards discusses his occasionally rocky history with frontman Mick Jagger, and his take on the "lead-singer syndrome."

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Outlaw, hellraiser, and one of rock music's most gifted and influential guitarists, Keith Richards has forged a life that most of us can only imagine--and often envy. Amazingly he's lived to tell about it, and now this rock Icon has given us the definitive rock autobiography.

In Life, the man himself tells about life lived fast and hard in the creative hurricane--from his days as a young boy growing up in a council estate, listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, to joining forces with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones to form The Rolling Stones.

In conversation with Anthony DeCurtis, a music journalist, and contributing editor for Rolling Stone, Keith Richards will discuss the storied journey of the Rolling Stones, as well as his passion for books and for history. He will chronicle how he created the revolutionary, high-octane riffs that defined "Jumping Jack Flash," "Gimme Shelter" and "Honky Tonk Woman," his affair with the equally infamous Anita Pallenberg (the mother of three of his children), and the tragic death of Brian Jones. He will also discuss the personal values that have made him a proud, successful father, and a happily married man for more than twenty-five years.

From falling in love with his wife Patti Hansen to his relationship with his "brother," Mick Jagger, we follow Keef on the ultimate road trip we have all longed to know more about-- the story of an unfettered, fearless, on-the-edge life lived to the absolute fullest. - NYPL

Keith Richards is a guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, best-selling author and actor, best known as a founding member of the Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is known for his innovative rhythm playing and ranked 10th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." With songwriting partner and Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger, Richards has written and recorded hundreds of songs, fourteen of which are listed by Rolling Stone magazine among the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

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[terrenalmx]

For me Keith is not just "a stone" he is "The Stone"

[emilzd]

His words are clearer than the words of most of world leaders who cannot put a simpe sentence together.

[CthulhuForCocoaPuffs]

• How many guitarists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

"˙ʇɐɥʇ op uɐɔ ı" ʎɐs puɐ punoɹɐ puɐʇs oʇ ɹnoɟ puɐ ʇı op oʇ ǝuo 'ǝʌıɟ

• How does a singer screw in a light bulb?

˙ɯıɥ punoɹɐ ǝʌןoʌǝɹ pןɹoʍ ǝןoɥʍ ǝɥʇ sʇǝן puɐ ʇɥbıן ǝɥʇ ɹǝpun spuɐʇs ʇsnظ ǝɥ

[Hannible100]

@terrenalmx I,m with you dude its his band he started the ledgend!

[Beatlesbubblegum]

@StayFrosty5150 Van Halen are fun but can't match the Stones legend. Too bad Keith ran his mouth. RIP Stones.

[68caddilac]

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[StayFrosty5150]

its february 2012 and the stones have not announced any shows for this 50th year...

i love keef but he went way over the line the way he slagged off mick in his book "life"...

i dont mind...i am pumped for the new Van Halen cd which sounds brilliant and the tour

[MrMelodynelson]

well. when you got the sun, the eath and The moon and the RST, what else do you need?

[platter1000]

@dannyd1572 anthony is a great reporter...bald and all. i was at this show 1 st row in nyc

[clfetter]

keith...um artista...e muito bom....mick...canta e puxa o publico...grande front-man....porem nao tem arte. keith tem. e isso. se voce nao for ignorante....entende.

[IdaSputum]

@sixstringfretter OR they were just cheaper - so people apart from bankers could afford it