Keith Richards Memoirs

Rolling Stones guitarist and rock-and-roll bad boy Keith Richards is to become the new public face of Louis Vuitton, the French luxury fashion house said on Tuesday. For his first ever ad campaign, the 64-year-old Richards — who has a rocky history of drug use — is seen cradling his guitar on a hotel-room bed, the lights obscured by skull-print black drapes.“Some journeys cannot be put into words. New York. 3 am. Blues in C,” runs the slogan of the ad, shot by US photographer Annie Leibovitz... Read Full Story

Keith Richards "...smokes weed all the time." The Rolling Stones guitarist - who was treated for heroin addiction in the late 1970's - admits he still loves getting high on cannabis, but no longer dabbles in hard drugs. Richards said, "I smoke my head off. I smoke weed all the time. There, you've got it. "But that's all I take, all I do. I do smoke and I've got some really good hash." Referring to his heavy drug use in the 1960s and 1970s, he added, "People thought I was going to die. I... Read Full Story

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This annoyingly trite cliche' is never more true than with drug use and pop-stardom. Lindsay Lohan, Brittany Spears, Kirsten Dunst, Eva Mendes, Brad Renfro; the list of those described in the media as party animals is as long as the wait for a reservation at one of the fashionable detox centers which are popping up like magic mushrooms throughout Southern California. "We've had to add an extra wing." Said Gilderoy Fortesque, the owner of... Read Full Story

Downloads: "A Deuce and A Quarter" mp3 Keith Richards and Levon Helm, 1997. available on All the King's Men "Say It's Not You" mp3 George Jones and Keith Richards, 1994. available on Bradley Barn Sessions "Tanqueray" mp3 Johnnie Johnson with Keith Richards, 1991. available on Johnnie B. Bad "That Kind of Fool" mp3 Jerry Lee Lewis with Keith Richards, 2006. available on Last Man Standing - The Duets "Little Queenie" mp3 Keith Richards and Jerry Lee Lewis, 1983. available on Rolling His Own... Read Full Story

What do you think? I’m surprised they let Keith put the cup of coffee on the $$$ LV suitcase! “Keith Richards is timeless and ageless. He’s lean and mean and he’s still current.” says LV. Read Full Story