Life

WiththeRollingStones,KeithRichardscreatedthesongsthatrousedtheworld,andhelivedtheoriginalrockandrolllife.Now,atlast,themanhimselftellshisstoryoflifeinthecrossfirehurricane.ListeningobsessivelytoChuckBerryandMuddyWatersrecords,learningguitarandformingabandwithMickJaggerandBrianJones.TheRollingStones'firstfameandthenotoriousdrugbuststhatledtohisenduringimageanoutlawfolkhero.Creatingimmortalriffsliketheonesin"JumpingJackFlash"and"HonkyTonkWomen."FallinginlovewithAnitaPallenbergandthedeathofBrianJones.TaxexileinFrance,wildfiretoursoftheUS,isolationandaddiction.FallinginlovewithPattiHansen.BitterestrangementfromJaggerandsubsequentreconciliation.Marriage,family,soloalbumsandXpensiveWinos,andtheroadthatgoesonforever.Withhistrademarkdisarminghonesty.KeithRichardbringsusthestoryofalifewehavealllongedtoknowmoreof,unfettered,fearless,andtrue.