EARLY LIFE.
KEITH RICHARDS WAS BORN IN DART FORD ENGLAND. 10 MILES SOUTH OF LONDON. HE WAS BORN DURING THE BOMBINGS OF LONDON DURING WORLD WAR 2. HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 18TH 1943. AS A CHILD HE LOVED TO PAINT AND SING. IN 1956 HE SANG IN A QUIRE IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND. BY THE TIME RICHARDS WAS 15 YEARS OLD HE HAD PRETTY MUCH GIVEN UP THE PAINTING AND STARTED SPENDING MUCH OF HIS TIME TRYING TO PLAY THE GUITAR. HE ADMIRED CHUCK BERRY AND HIS GOAL WAS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY EVERYONE OF HIS SOLOS.
DRUG HABITS.
RICHARDS IS FAMOUS FOR HIS OUTLAW IMAGE A DRUG HABITS. HIS FAVORITE DRUG OF CHOICE FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS WAS HEROIN. ALTHOUGH WAS ALSO KNOW TO TAKE, LSD, COCAINE, POT, AND SPEED. IN RICHARDS LIFE TIME HE HAS BEEN BUSTED FOR DRUG POSSESSION AND DRUG TRAFFICKING OVER 1O TIMES. YET NO BUST WAS MORE SERIOUS THAN THE 1977 BUST IN TORONTO CANADA. WHERE HE ALMOST WENT TO PRISON FOR 7 YEARS.
KEITHS GUITAR WORK CONTRIBUTION FOR THE STONES FROM 1962 TO 2008.
KEITH'S GUITAR WORK DURING THE STONES WAS MAINLY IN THE KEY OF G. EXCEPT FOR HIS GUITAR WORK FROM 1962 TO 1967. HE FIRST STARTED USING OPEN G TUNING DURING THE 1968 BEGGARS BANQUET ALBUM, LEARNING THE TUNING FROM RY COODER. RY COODER AT THE TIME WAS USING IT FOR SLIDE WORK. BUT KEITH FIND A WAY TO GET THE SOUND OF MINOR CHORDS OUT OF IT. THIS TYPE OF TUNING CAN BE FOUND ON SONGS SUCH AS, START ME UP, BEAST OF BURDEN, HOT STUFF, JUMPING JACK FLASH, LET IT BLEED,GIMMIE SHELTER, HAPPY, ALL DOWN THE LINE, TUMBLING DICE, AND ALOT MORE.
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