His rhythmic accuracy as a guitarist is legendary.
The name of his primary band, The Rolling Stones, comes from a Muddy Waters song.
Served as musical director for 1987's Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll!, a biopic of Chuck Berry, who Richards considers his idol.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones in 1989.
Suffered a concussion on April 27, 2006, after falling out of a palm tree in Fiji. He was flown to New Zealand for emergency surgery to relieve a blood clot on his brain.
Published his memoir, Life, in 2010.
Played Jack Sparrow's father in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). Johnny Depp claims to have used Richards' mannerisms as inspiration when creating the Jack Sparrow character.
Keith Richards
December 18, 1943 (age 80)
Dartford, Kent, England, UK
PHOTO CREDIT:
Bio
His rhythmic accuracy as a guitarist is legendary.
The name of his primary band, The Rolling Stones, comes from a Muddy Waters song.
Served as musical director for 1987's Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll!, a biopic of Chuck Berry, who Richards considers his idol.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones in 1989.
Suffered a concussion on April 27, 2006, after falling out of a palm tree in Fiji. He was flown to New Zealand for emergency surgery to relieve a blood clot on his brain.
Published his memoir, Life, in 2010.
Played Jack Sparrow's father in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). Johnny Depp claims to have used Richards' mannerisms as inspiration when creating the Jack Sparrow character.