Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm playing. In 2003 he was ranked 10th on Rolling Stone magazine's "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[1] With songwriting partner and Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger, Richards has written and recorded hundreds of songs, fourteen of which are listed by Rolling Stone magazine among the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards
How hell-raising Rolling Stone Keith Richards wanted to become a librarian
By Simon Cable
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1263492/How-hell-raising-Rolling-Stone-Keith-Richards-wanted-librarian.html#ixzz0kVmNhjNP
Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards wanted to be a librarian
By Sophie Eager Apr 7, 2010, 11:05 GMT
Rolling Stones
rocker Keith Richards used to dream about becoming a librarian.
Richards, 66, reportedly has thousands of books that include rare finds about rock music history and World War Two in his homes in the US and the UK.
He reportedly considered 'professional training' to look after the books but ended that idea as it was 'too much hassle'.
His new autobiography is to be released in October and he is expected to talk about how he found solace in books while growing up in post-war London.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1546366.php/Rolling-Stones-rocker-Keith-Richards-wanted-to-be-a-librarian
From The Sunday Times April 4, 2010
It’s only books ’n’ shelves but I like it
John Harlow
SHHH! Keith Richards, the grizzled veteran of rock’n’roll excess, has confessed to a secret longing: to be a librarian. After decades spent partying in a haze of alcohol and drugs, Richards will tell in his forthcoming autobiography that he has been quietly nurturing his inner bookworm.
He has even considered “professional training” to manage thousands of books at his homes in Sussex and Connecticut, according to publishing sources familiar with the outline of Richards’s autobiography, which is due out this autumn. He has received a reported advance of $7.3m (£4.8m) for it.
The guitarist started to arrange the volumes, including rare histories of early American rock music and the second world war, by the librarian’s standard Dewey Decimal classification system but gave up on that as “too much hassle.” He has opted instead for keeping favoured volumes close to hand and the rest languishing on dusty shelves.
Richards has also acted as a public library, lending out copies of the latest Bernard Cornwell or Len Deighton novels to friends without much hope of getting them back. And, like the Queen at Balmoral, he leaves favoured books by the bedside for guests staying at Redlands, his moated Elizabethan farmhouse near West Wittering in West Sussex and in Weston, Connecticut.
In his autobiography, Life, due to be published in October, Richards will reveal how, as a child growing up in the post-war-austerity of 1950s London, he found refuge in books before he discovered the blues.
He has declared: “When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equaliser.”
Richards has signed up to the Little, Brown Book Group and will share writing duties with James Fox, the author of White Mischief, which charted aristocratic excess in pre-war Kenya.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7086815.ece
Keith Richards wanted to be a Librarian
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 13:58 [IST]
London, (ANI): ‘Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards has confessed that he has a passion for collecting valuable books. Keith, renowned for his drug abuse, heavy drinking, chain smoking and partying, admitted that he actually wanted to be a Librarian.
“He has even considered professional training to manage the books at his homes in Sussex and the States,” the Daily Star quoted a publishing source as saying. “He has also acted like a public library, lending out copies of the latest novels to friends – although he often doesn’t have much hope of getting them back,” the source added. His lifelong interest in books was first made public in 1998 after he fell off a ladder in his extensive library at his home in Connecticut.
“And, like the Queen does at Balmoral, he leaves favoured books by the bedside for the many guests at his homes,” the source said. “He even started to arrange his volumes by the standard library classification system. “But he gave that up as too much hassle,” the source added.
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/international/2010/keith-richards-librarian-060410.html
6 April 2010
Keith Richards in his home library
“Keith Richards, the grizzled veteran of rock’n’roll excess, has confessed to a secret longing: to be a librarian,” says John Harlow in this profile for the Independent. “After decades spent partying in a haze of alcohol and drugs, Richards will tell in his forthcoming autobiography that he has been quietly nurturing his inner bookworm.”
Harlow says that in his book, Life, due out in October from Little Brown,”Richards will reveal how, as a child growing up in the post-war-austerity of 1950s London, he found refuge in books before he discovered the blues.”
As Richards explains, “When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equaliser.”
Harlow says Richards is so into his personal library that he “considered ‘professional training’ to manage thousands of books at his homes in Sussex and Connecticut,” even going so far at one point as to organize ” by the librarian’s standard Dewey Decimal classification system …”
Which makes one wonder how he’ll file his own book — under Keith Richards, or Keith Richard, the names he’s alternated between from one Stones record to the next.
http://mhpbooks.com/mobylives/?p=14037
Keith Richards’ secret wish to be a librarian
Posted by zackids under Books, Music | Tags: Books, Keith Richards, librarian, libraries, rolling stones, Zac |
In an earlier blog post Richard told us about the quirky new book What would Keith Richards do? which is a book of quotes plus ”collected thoughts on philosophy and the path to enlightenment, daily affirmations, recipes and fashion advice from the collected interviews of The Human Riff himself, Keith Richards.” In the paper yesterday I learned of another passion of this rock legend.
According to an article in The Press on Monday 5 April, Keith Richards has confessed to a secret wish to be a librarian. He has a huge collection of books, particularly on the history of rock and World War II, in his homes in England and America and has been known to lend out copies of the latest novels to friends. I think it’s awesome that a rock legend loves books and collects them (not just for looking at). He certainly doesn’t look like the stereotypical librarian and I’m not sure how I’d feel about him checking my books out.
You can read more about how books have affected Keith Richards when his autobiography, Life, comes out later this year, but I wanted to share this quote from the article,
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equaliser.
http://cclblog.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/keith-richards-secret-wish-to-be-a-librarian/
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