Life

De: Keith Richards, James Fox

Narrado por: Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley, Keith Richards

The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones.

With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life.

Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones's first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his enduring image as an outlaw folk hero. Creating immortal riffs like the ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women." His relationship with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the U.S., isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Marriage, family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos, and the road that goes on forever.

With his trademark disarming honesty, Keith Richard brings us the story of a life we have all longed to know more of, unfettered, fearless, and true.

Cockney Narration Slow-Paced.

When the narration goes cockney or whatever that is, you might want to go to 1.25x speed. It almost makes it sound like a normal speaking tempo.

Keith Richards

Loved this book! Put off for long time due to length but it was totally worth it. What a life he has had because of his amazing talent and hard work. Some of the stories he tells are hilarious while some are quite sad. The stories of his youth and meeting Mick Jagger (and starting the group) and all the events of the 1960's are fascinating. Glad he was able to kick the heroin habit and still with us in 2022! Very sorry they lost Charlie Watts as you can tell in the book, he (and Mick) loved the guy. Recommend this one!

Thank you for this

So worth getting, there are so few books I’ll listen to more then once... this is one. Keith is so articulate in his writing that I was ... really?
This is Keith Richards articulate, engaging,entertaining and enlightening. Thanks for putting this all down Keith now the true story will always be there for reference.

Life Indeed!

I knew I would encounter some incredible stories before beginning this book. But I had no idea what I was in for! Keef has lived a life like few ever. “Life” is a most appropriate title. And as a Stones and music lover, he really makes the book a must-read.

Well done. Raw and honest.

I thought the book was good and well read, especially by the English or Australian guy. I believe the book was just a tad long, but I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

AWESOME

Alot of stuff I never knew. Man, his life story was unbelievable and so dramatic. I never knew he went through this much.....some, yes, but not this.....wow. Awesome story 👏

Drugs Sex and Rock and Roll

Totally authentic account by one of the icons of music. Both inspiring and horrifying, I’m revisiting all of the old Stones songs and listening to the newer works with a new appreciation for their genius. I was never much a Keith fan, always thinking him to be too weird. Now I feel like I know the man, his many lives and struggles. As a fellow rock n roller, we have much in common, yet he is on a level of craftsmanship and commitment that I can only aspire to. Rock on, Keith!

Great listen!

I knew very little about Keith Richards, great insight. Sometimes it’s a little hard to follow when the narrator switches person, but overall an interesting book!

Who knew?

I listened to this book because a friend is a huge Stones fan and has even met Keith. Introduced me to a different side of the Stones and Keith and my friend. Thank you Keith.

Three different people to narrate Keith’s stories?!

This is a bizarre one: there are three people narrating the story—with no explanation as to “Why???”.

There is precious little here about how the band began. Very little about the recoding of any particular songs (there are a few, but not many). Very little about his X-pensive Winos side project. And sadly, very little about how he developed his style of guitar playing. (There’s almost nothing about how he developed some of his sounds, riffs, “weaving” guitar parts with Mick Taylor or Ron Wood, or his opinion how most of the sounds turned out.)

What the book *does* cover is Keith’s drug use, his girlfriends (especially the ones who used to be dating Mick Jagger or Brian Jones), his drug use, how he got the drugs he needed, his drug use, his run-ins with the law and the issues that his arrest record created for the band, and finally, his drug use.

Keith’s very funny in real life. Sadly, that didn’t translate well to the printed page. If he had been the one recounting his funniest stories, they might have sounded even funnier. But to hear people who obviously are not Keith tell his *personal* stories, there’s a bit of a “disconnect” between what you’re hearing and what you had expected to hear.

There is *so* much more they could have gotten from Keith (in theory, anyway; it might not have been easy getting *anything* useful from Keith).

You might find this autobiography works better if you read a couple of smaller ones about the band in general, first. Learn some important dates in their career, and maybe why they don’t always get along as well as a fan might hope they would. Then you’ll have a good, solid foundation that may help you make some sense out of Keith’s stories.