| Keith Richards  Born: 18-Dec-1943
Birthplace: Dartford, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Guitarist Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Rolling Stones Growing up in South London, Keith Richards idolized rock-and-rollers like Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, and bluesman Muddy Waters. With boyhood friend Mick Jagger, Richards started the Rolling Stones in 1962. The band's name came not from the proverb, but from a famous Waters song, "Rollin' Stone".
Richards was arrested on drug charges at least ten times in the 60s and 70s. "I never had a problem with drugs", he says, "only with cops." A 1977 heroin bust in Toronto finally motivated him to get clean. Richards says he wrote "Beast of Burden" as an after-rehab apology to Jagger, who had shouldered much of the Stones' responsibilities while Richards was perpetually stoned.
Richards has also called himself Keith Richard (singular instead of plural), during times when he and his father were feuding or not talking. After his father died in 2002, Richards admitted in a 2007 interview with NME, he once ground up some of his father's cremains with cocaine and snorted them. When it became clear that he would lose endorsements and money because of this, he withdrew his admission, calling it humor.
The Stones jammed with Waters, their bluesman inspiration, before he died in 1983. Says Richards: "To have Muddy Waters say to you, Hey, show me that lick you did... Everybody's a perennial teenager when it comes to shit like that." Father: Bert Richards (d. 2002)
Mother: Doris Richards (d. 21-Apr-2007)
Girlfriend: Anita Pallenberg (actress, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Marlon
Daughter: Angela
Wife: Patti Hansen (former model, m. 1983, two daughters)
Daughter: Theodora
Daughter: Alexandra
University: Sidcup Art School
The Rolling Stones
Songwriters Hall of Fame
unknown detox facility Switzerland
Drug Possession May-1967
Assault 1972, no charges filed
Drug Possession 1973
Unlawful Possession of a Knife Fordyce, AR 1975
Drug Possession: Cocaine 19-May-1976, convicted
Drug Possession: LSD 19-May-1976, acquitted
Drug Possession: Heroin Toronto, Ontario 27-Feb-1977, pled guilty
Drug Possession: Cocaine Toronto, Ontario 27-Feb-1977
Tax Evasion
Surgery to remove a blood clot on the brain (May-2006)
Risk Factors: Heroin, Smoking, Cocaine, LSD, Alcoholism
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Shine a Light (7-Feb-2008) Himself
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (19-May-2007)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (21-Sep-2001) Himself
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (18-Sep-1987) Himself
Live Aid (13-Jul-1985) Himself
Let's Spend the Night Together (11-Feb-1983) Himself
The Kids Are Alright (26-Oct-1979) Himself
Gimme Shelter (06-Dec-1970) Himself
Sympathy for the Devil (30-Nov-1968) Himself
Official Website:
http://www.keithrichards.com/
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