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The Roots of Keith Richards

Posted by Lance Davis - May 26, 2014 - Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Keith Richards, Lester Young, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones, Slickers, Slim Harpo, Smokey Robinson, Warren Zevon

I recently finished Keith Richards‘ autobiography, Life (2010), and I don’t know why, but I was surprised at the pathos, honesty, insight, and sense of history. The Rolling Stones have turned into a corporate-sponsored pirate ship, so I think I internalized my disappointment in what their legacy had become. I put off reading Life […]