Keith Richards

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Keith Richards

Richards in February 2006

Background information

Born

18 December 1943 (age 69) Dartford, Kent, England

Origin

London, England

Genres

Rock, blues, blues rock, rhythm and blues, rock and roll

Occupations

Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor

Instruments

Vocals, guitar, bass guitar,keyboards, drums, percussion

Years active

1960present

Labels

Decca, Rolling Stones,Virgin/EMI, Mindless

Associated acts

The Rolling Stones, the Dirty Strangers, the Dirty Mac, the New Barbarians, The X-Pensive Winos, K'naan

Website

www.keithrichards.com

Notable instruments

1953 Fender Telecaster "Micawber"

1959 Gibson Les Paul Gibson ES-355 Fender Stratocaster 1961 Epiphone Casino

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, singer and songwriter who is a founder member of the English rock bandthe Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created on guitar, "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and ranked him fourth on its 100 best guitarists list. Fourteen songs Richards wrote with the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger are listed among Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[1][2][3] Richards' notoriety for illicit drug use stems in part from several drug busts during the late 1960s and 1970s and his candour about using heroin and other substances.
Contents
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1 Early life 2 Musicianship

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2.1 Bandleader 2.2 Guitarist 2.3 Vocals and other instruments

3 Songwriting 4 Record production

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4.1 Solo recordings 4.2 Recordings with other artists 4.3 Rare and unreleased recordings

5 Public image and private life 6 21st century

6.1 Tributes for other artists

7 Musical equipment

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7.1 Guitars 7.2 Amplifiers 7.3 Effects

8 Discography

8.1 Studio albums

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8.2 Other releases 8.3 Singles

9 Guest appearances on other artists' releases 10 Lead vocals on Rolling Stones tracks 11 Filmography 12 References 13 External links

Early life[edit source | editbeta]

This section requires expansion with: more on how learned to play guitar and read and write music and who arranged it. (August 2013)

Keith Richards is the only child of Bertrand Richards and Doris Richards (ne Dupree). He was born at Livingston Hospital in Dartford, Kent. His father was a factory worker who was injured in World War II during the Normandy invasion.[4] Richards' paternal grandparents were Socialists and civic leaders whose family originated from Wales.[5][6][7] His maternal grandfather, Augustus Theodore Dupree, who toured Britain with a jazz big band, "Gus Dupree and his Boys", fostered Richards's interest in guitar.[8] Richards' mother bought him his first guitar and he played at home, listening to recordings by Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and others.[9] His father, on the other hand, disparaged his son's musical enthusiasm.[10] One of Richards's first guitar heroes was Scotty Moore.[11] Richards attended Wentworth Primary School with Mick Jagger and was his neighbour until 1954, when the family moved.[12] From 1955 to 1959 he attended Dartford Technical High School for Boys.[12][13] Recruited by Dartford Tech's choirmaster, R. W. "Jake" Clare, Richards sang in a trio of boy sopranos at, among other occasions, Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II.[14]