Keith Richards, Scotty Moore, D. J. Fontana & The Band: Deuce & A Quarter

Keith talks about how great this session was in his new book! Recorded at Levon Helm's home in Woodstock, NY July 5-7, 1996 with Scotty Moore and D. J. Fontana joined by Garth Hudson, Levon, Rick Danko of The Band and many friends and family, (too many). Keith brought along his dad, Bert, so he could meet the man who made his son want to play the guitar - Scotty Moore. Stan Lynch, drummer of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, was on hand to keep the peace, except with Garth, and for producing the music. Someday the film will be completed of the making of the great, Grammy-nominated CD All the King's Men but for now I have the music and can show these stills which were shot for promotional use - so I am using them for promotional use only!

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Music

Tags:

• Keith Richards
• Rolling Stones
• The Band
• Levon Helm
• Rick Danko
• Elvis Presley
• Scotty Moore
• D. J. Fontana
• Marshall Crenshaw
• Paul Burlison
• Rock and Roll Trio
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• Garth Hudson

[tom4415]

Really like the sound of the guitar's they sound fantastic.

[dan4456]

Thanks Tom

[dan4456]

Hi, I appreciate the comments. Keith's dad is the short elderly guy with the Scottish hat and moustache. He stayed up all night with us and enjoyed every minute. Burt also kept in touch with some of the people he met at the session. I was lucky enough to be his after-show babysitter on the Bridges To Babylon. I swear this is true - when Burt was at the shows he and Keith played scrabble every night until it was time for bed at around 3:00 AM. I consider myself blessed to know both of them.

[duanedaugherty]

Kevin Gordon, who wrote this song, is a friend of mine. I am trying to imagine the rush that comes with having your song covered by such an august assembly. If you are unfamiliar with Kevin, you owe it to yourself to search his other stuff here on YouTube, including his duet with Lucinda Williams. He's an amazing, yet sadly little known, talent.

[dan4456]

Hey Duane, sure I know Kevin. When I was putting the record together I couldn't get Keith or Levon to come up with any ideas for an unrecorded song, so I called Kevin and Gwil Owen. they had written a couple of great songs for Sonny Burgess' Rounder Record so I asked them if they had a song that kinda mixed Exile On Main Street with Music From Big Pink. They said they didn't but they would write one! This is the great song they came up with and Keith, Levon and Scotty made it their own.

[niggaT42000]

ALTHOUGH EVERYBODY KNOWS KEITHS INFLUENCE'S ARE THE BLUES

PERSONALLY, I THINK KEITH SOUNDS MORE LIKE SCOTTY

''EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE ELVIS, I WANTED TO BE SCOTTY''

(KEITH ONCE SAID)

[MrGeezerbeezer]

Buick 225 ain't no Cadillac

[mepoetic]

Holy Hannah! Levon Helm and Keith Richards together and sharing vocals?!? Didn't know this was physically possible but I'm glad I ran across this. Two musicians who honor the genre of rock and roll and deliver virtually every time. Nice tune here...hope they collaborate again.

[pbuotte]

DAN!! I just found your video here . Hey from Africa - Pete!

[dan4456]

Thanks! I have a full documentary with much of the session on film but have not gotten the money to finish it. Check out the clip I posted with Scotty, D. J. Ron Wood and Jeff Beck. I have hundreds of stills from all the sessions we did but have hesitated to post any of the video material as I want to put it out someday.

Take care,

Dan

[artistrev1]

Hi Dan, great footage, great song, i always think guys like this don't HAVE to do anything they don't want too. they do the gig because they love to and it's show's.

They all look on great form.

Cheers Trev, Manchester, England.

[warmlandlass1]

pure joy...can someone tell me which fellow is Keiths father