Keith Richards

2022 - 8 - 14

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The reason why Keith Richards moved to Jamaica in the 1970s (Far Out Magazine)

After The Rolling Stones recorded 'Exile on Main St.' in France in the early 1970s, they flew to Jamaica to record the follow-up, but Keith Richards stayed ...

At this point, the interviewer asked why the Stones moved to Jamaica in the first place and asked if it was because nowhere else would take them. As Richards lingered in Jamaica following Goats Head Soup, he fell in love with the Caribbean island, and it eventually became a second home to him. And you felt that in the air in Jamaica. At least I did, because I stayed there. The guitarist continued: “Midnight till ten in the morning. After the sessions, I moved back, and I stayed there for months. The unrefined rhythm and blues compositions were given vigour and life thanks to the unorthodox recording setup in Keith Richards’ residence on the Côte d’Azur.

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10 Things We Learned from Episode 2 of the New Rolling Stones ... (American Songwriter)

The four-part Epix series focuses on one member of the band per episode – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and the late Charlie Watts – as well as the ...

10. Though this fact might be old hat to all you guitar-aficionados out there, for those of you that aren’t —Richards only plays with five strings in an “open g” tuning. His struggle turned him to the refuge of drugs which ultimately gave him his infamous, rebel persona. 7. Of all that goes into making a timeless Stones song, Richards said the recording process was his favorite part. After kindling a friendship with one another over a shared interest in Muddy Waters, the duo took American soul music and infused it into their new English sound. “I’d heartily recommend it to any red-blooded English schoolboy,” he said in the doc. In the doc, he picked the old guitar back up and reminisced about learning his instrument.

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