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KEITH
RICHARDS Kris Needs ‘The World’s Blackest White Man.’ ‘The
World’s Most Elegantly Wasted Human Being.’ ‘The Human Riff.’
All these descriptions have been applied to Keith Richards, legendary
songwriter and rhythm guitarist of the Rolling Stones.
In Before They Make Me Run, veteran rock journalist Kris Needs
cuts through the layers of image to find the man at the centre of the
myth. With the help of
archive reports and interviews, an encyclopaedic knowledge of the
Stones’ recorded catalogue and – not least – exclusive interviews
with ‘Keef’ himself, Needs charts a chaotically eventful life that
found its salvation in the blues. 352 pages / 70 b+w photos / 235 x 156mm ISBN 0 85965 344 7 ISBN13 978 0 85965 344 2 Paperback / UK £12.99 / US $19.95 |