Keith Richards

А представляете как должны переживать продюсеры Пиратов Карибского моря 2 что Кейт не снялся у них в эпизоде, ведь история с пальмой это такой колоритный рекламный ход, а тут можно сказать сам на голову бы упал, Настоящий пират…

А ведь "Пираты-2" уже выходят на экраны. Эх, Джонни Депп плохо уговаривал Кита. Ну да ладно, в 3-й части снимется может.

Еще было бы неплохо тогда и пару "пиратских" песенок Кита в саундтрек впихнуть.

Впервые за долгое время переслушал первый сольник Кейта - Talk Is Cheap и заглянул в буклетик чего видимо ранее не делал, у там и составчик..
В первой вещи - Big Enough, Bootsy Collins- Bass. Bernie Worrell- Organ, Clavinet, Maceo Parker- Sax (Alto), по ней и слышно. Далее также неслабо Bernie Worrell играет почти везде Ivan Neville также в большинстве вещей и.т.д. не считая до боли знакомых лиц.

Keith Richards has posted a video message thanking fans for their support following his recent fall from a coconut tree.
http://www.keithrichards.com/index_flash.html

Может об этом уже знают все, кроме меня?
В мае, без всякой шумихи, вышла книга и CD Марши Хансен "My Soul Is a Witness: The Message of the Spirituals in Word and Song".
Марша - писательница и певица. Будучи афроамериканкой, она выросла на спиричуэлсах. Замужем оня за лютеранским священником Родом Хансеном, братом Патти Хансен, на которой Кит Ричардс женат уже 22 года. Она с семьей проживает в Эль-Пасо, Техас. Кем, значица, Марша доводится Киту? Невесткой?
Так вот. Кит принял активное участие в записи диска. Почти половина музыки была записана в его доме в Коннектикуте в 2001 г. Ричардс играет на полдюжине трэков, включая "I Want Jesus to Walk With Me" и "Rock in Jerusalem". Также в записи приняли участие бывший "Бич Бой" Блонди Чаплин, барабанщик Боба Дилана Джордж Ресели, Бейби Флойд и др.

The CD may be hard to find. Augsburg Books, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, initially printed only 2,500 copies. A second printing is on the way.

Hansen, who is married to a Lutheran minister, says she didn't have to twist her in-law's arm to get his assistance.

"His understanding of music is very deep -- not just rock music," she said. "He's particularly intrigued by African-American music, roots music."

Richards isn't a Lutheran.

"He probably does not claim a particular affiliation," Hansen said, "but he loves the music."

She says her brother-in-law and his musical pals were easy to work with.

"They just kind of picked up and played whatever I was singing, and the songs just grew out of whatever mood we were in," she said. "Sometimes my daughter and I would just harmonize on something, and Keith would decide, 'That sounds really good. Let's try that.' And then we'd go from there."

Richards left his imprint on each of his songs.

"Sometimes it's acoustic. Sometimes it's electric. He probably plays about three different guitars."

The legendary performer appears courtesy of Virgin Records America.

On the recording, Richards sounds like he enjoyed making the music.

"Obviously, you hear Keith chattering in the background. ... You can hear some of our comments and our laughter. That's part of the mood of the CD. We had a wonderful time," Hansen said.

Richards' wife, Patti Hansen, is the sister of Rev. Rodney Hansen, Marsha Hansen's husband and the pastor of Mount Hope Lutheran Church in El Paso, Texas.

It wasn't hard to sell Augsburg on the project.

"We liked the idea that it was an informal recording. ... It was more of a jam session, friends gathered together for casual dinners in someone's home," said publicist Bob Todd. "It was not a planned, contrived thing at all."

Buyers responded.

"It jumped right out of the shelves for us," Todd said.

Christian critics have accused Richards and the rest of the Stones of selling out to the dark side. A few have even played their records backwards, listening for subliminal Satanic messages.

But the guitarist on Their Satanic Majesties Request is a "fantastic person," Hansen says.

"He's the most wonderful, genuine, honorable man that I can think of," she said. "I really do think of him as my family."

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/religion/14926617.htm

For many years, singer/writer Marsha Hansen has helped concert audiences hear and see the rich legacy of the African-American sacred music known as spirituals. Collaborating with her brother-in-law, world renowned guitarist Keith Richards, and joined by veteran musicians, Babi Floyd, Blondie Chaplin, George Receli, and other stellar performers, Marsha and her daughter Jordan interpret hauntingly familiar songs in unexpected ways. Each artist on the CD lends a distinctive note, resulting in a chorus that truly reflects the history, the people, and the circumstances from which these powerful songs arose.

My Soul Is a Witness explores the deep messages of faith sung about in African-American sacred folk music. Each chapter of the book explores both song texts and related biblical texts, leading to opportunities for personal and devotional reflection. Presented in a beautiful gift book format, the book includes the 14-song live recording of vocalist Marsha Hansen, accompanied by Keith Richards, Babi Floyd, Blondie Chaplin, George Receli, and others.

http://www.augsburgfortress.org/augsburgbooks/store/item.asp?CLSID=181766&ISBN=0806652853

My Soul Is a Witness: The Message of the Spirituals in Word and Song with CD (Audio)

2Primal Scream:

>Джонни Депп плохо уговаривал Кита.

думаю,что не Депп плохо уговаривал,а предстоящие гастроли по Европе(в том числе и Петербург) предстояли

Русская версия Rolling Stone (июль-2006, с RHCP на обложке) утверждает, что Кеша в ближайшее время сойдёт с ума. Вроде как ушибы головы ему, старому торчку, категорически противопоказаны.
ИМХО, Кеша сошёл с ума уже давным-давно. Когда впервые услышал Берри.

Насколько я наслышан, все эти травмы головы - штука крайне опасная и иной раз бывают как мины замедленного действия - последствия могут сказаться через несколько лет. Остается надеяться на пресловутую Кешину живучесть.

Конечно, не хочется мусолить старую тему, но почему-то еще перед самым выходом Bigger Bang и задолго до исторического падения с пальмы многие делились своими ощущениями, что альбом похоже будет последним в их истории. Это ощущение осталось и поныне...

Keith Richards says he's ready to tour

MILAN, Italy (AP) — On the eve of relaunching the Rolling Stones European tour, guitarist Keith Richards said Monday that he has recovered completely from a head injury suffered in a fall and shrugged off a question about whether he had worried about dying.

"I feel great. I can't wait to get back on the stage again. Basically everything is cool," Richards, 62, said in his first comments since he fell from a tree April 27 while vacationing in Fiji, forcing the Rolling Stones to postpone their European tour.

He later had surgery in New Zealand to relieve pressure on his brain.

"Of course they put me out like a light. I was surprised myself. ... I had total comfort. When you got to do it, you got to do it," Richards said, adding: "I was pissed off when they woke me up because I was in such a good sleep."

With Richards returned to health, the Rolling Stones resume their "A Bigger Bang" tour on Tuesday at Milan's San Siro stadium. The 21-date tour wraps up Sept. 3 in Denmark.

Asked what he's been doing since the fall, Richards responded, "I recovered. ... Six weeks, I mean not bad for a brain job." Did he ever worry about dying? "Good one, girl," he said, good-naturedly.

The band was in a jovial mood and when the inevitable question came — What was Richards doing up in a coconut tree, as reported, and did he find what he wanted? — everyone was ready to set the record straight.

"That's a good one. If you saw the tree, you'd realize the joke. Fiji is not just made of coconut trees. It was a little tree," Richards said, without naming it.

Bandmates Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood were eager to illustrate the point, however, indicating a height less than half of Richards.

Richards also confirmed his role in the third installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, saying he'd be filming for a week or so in September. Richards is to have a cameo role as the father of the flamboyant Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp.

"Now I know why (Depp) paid for all those lunches," Richards deadpanned.

Asked what success meant to the Rolling Stones after 44 years, Richards responded: "The opportunity to continue." His bandmates nodded in agreement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060710/ap_en_mu/keith_richards;_ylt=An1I.ucxOU1D6_jBcPUdP9...

2Rollingbeatle:

>Русская версия Rolling Stone (июль-2006, с RHCP
>на обложке) утверждает, что Кеша в ближайшее время
>сойдёт с ума. Вроде как ушибы головы ему, старому
>торчку, категорически противопоказаны.
>ИМХО, Кеша сошёл с ума уже давным-давно. Когда
>впервые услышал Берри.

Зато осуществил мечту, которая когда-то застряла в голове у Леннона:
сделать дырку ф черепе и ходить с ней, как "ёжык резиновый" из никитинской песенки

2Rollingbeatle:

Когда
>впервые услышал Берри.

эээ,он вроде Мадди больше лубил,

2Тёма Стоунз:

>эээ,он ващето Мадди больше лубил

А я наивно думал, шо Патти

2john lee hooker:
>А я наивно думал, шо Патти

А шо Патти писала блюзы в 40х-50х?

Да ишо какие? В проекте у её родителей.

Ааа вот почему его на Патти тянуло...В ней блюзкровь текла

Все же Кит напился в кашу, когда свалился с пальмы в апреле.
Как сказала подруга его жены Патти Хансен, "он был мертвецки пьян и выпендривался перед партнерами по группе. Теперь он чувствует себя идиотом, но при этом видит и веселую сторону: он стал первым человеком, которому с бодуна сделали операцию на мозге".

Губернатор штата Арканзас Майк Хакаби собирается простить Киту нарушение правил дорожного движения, которое он допустил 31 год назад. Ричардса тогда оштрафовали за беспечное вождение в г. Фордайсе в 1975 году. Хакабии недавно подал прошение о снятии с Ричардса обвинений, которое было одобрено советом по освобождению штата.


Governor prepares pardon for guitarist's reckless-driving ticket
Posted 7/19/2006

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — As the bass guitarist for an obscure rock band, Mike Huckabee is unlikely ever to have the pleasure of giving the downbeat to world-famous Keith Richards, lead guitarist for the legendary Rolling Stones.
But, as governor of Arkansas, Huckabee can at least give Richards the satisfaction of knowing that the state of Arkansas no longer considers him a reckless driver.

A pardon from Huckabee will apparently soon be on its way to Richards.

Richards was arrested at Fordyce on July 5, 1975, as he and fellow Stones member Ron Wood traveled from Memphis, to Dallas. The group, which included a security guard and a fan of the band, stopped in the south Arkansas town for lunch, and then got back on the road with Richards at the wheel.

A Fordyce officer saw the car swerve — Richards said later he bent to adjust the radio — and stopped the vehicle. Police said they smelled the odor of marijuana, and took the foursome to City Hall.

Richards was charged with reckless driving and possession of a concealed knife, while the fan was charged with possession of a controlled substance. The knife charge was dropped, and Richards pleaded guilty to the reckless driving charge — a misdemeanor — and paid a $162.50 fine.

On July 3, the state Parole Board approved an application for clemency submitted on Richards' behalf. The application form said the request was prepared by "Governor Mike Huckabee — Chief Counsel Milton Fine."

The board's recommendation will now go to the office of the man who had it prepared, and he will have 30 days in which he may act on it. For an offender who has already discharged his obligations to a court, clemency takes the form of a pardon.

A New York publicist for the Stones, Fran Curtis, said she knew nothing about the application, the board's action, or what Huckabee might plan to do. Messages left at a telephone number listed on the application for Richards' manager, Jane Rose of New York City, weren't returned.

Huckabee plays in a band called Capitol Offense, which he formed soon after taking office as governor in 1996. During the Republican National Convention at New York City in September 2004, the band put on a two-hour show for the party faithful at an outdoor venue near the Brooklyn Bridge.

The governor is clear about his respect for Richards' skills.

"Every musician in the world recognizes his talent," Huckabee said through a spokesman.

Huckabee, who has said he is considering a run for president in 2008, said he got the idea for a pardon when he realized that Richards' impression of Arkansas "was marred by a misdemeanor traffic stop."

During a March 9 concert at Little Rock by the Stones, Richards made reference to the matter, asking if anyone in the audience was from Fordyce. "I used to know the chief of police there," he told the crowd.

Huckabee said pardoning Richards might leave a more favorable impression than the arrest.

"I wanted to clear his 'record' in Arkansas as a goodwill gesture," the governor said.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-07-19-richards-pardon_x.htm

Кит упросил режиссера "Пиратов" Гора Вербински позволить ему спародировать его падение с кокосовой пальмы в следующей части фильма. Как сказал Вербински, "Кит считает, что было бы здорово появится на экране, свалившись с пальмы". Сейчас ведется работа над придумкой такой сцены.