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The Difference That Drove a Wedge Between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards: “I Can’t Live Like That”
Things haven't always been smooth sailing for the Stones. One key difference between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards nearly broke them.
The Rolling Stones song Keith Richards said he had nothing to do with: “I wasn’t there”
Keith Richards could have taken credit for countless Rolling Stones hits, but he was happy acknowledge when his bandmates knocked it out of the park.
The guitarist Keith Richards always wanted to be: “The epitome of a hero”
He's one of rock and roll's greatest ever guitarists, but keith Richards' real hero was far removed from the likes of Chuck ...
George Thorogood on his “mutt” amp, ES-125s, and talking shop with Hound Dog Taylor
The 75-year-old – who’s not sure how he gets his sound – almost gave up playing when Gibson discontinued the ES-125. Now he ...
Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood? Keith Richards says one guitarist was the wrong fit
It was much harder to get a Rolling Stones sound with him.” Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood? Keith Richards says one ...
Pete Townshend explains the correct way to do the windmill guitar strum
As the guitarist explains, the windmill is fraught with danger, including fingernail tears and hand lacerations ...
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Producer of The Rolling Stones’ New Clifton Chenier Cover Says It’s the “Coolest Thing I’ve Ever … Been Involved With” (Exclusive)
In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, C.C. Adcock, the producer of The Rolling Stones’ new Clifton Chenier tribute cover, says the track was the “coolest thing I’ve ever … been involved ...
Every Marianne Faithfull Album, Ranked
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull was born in Hampstead in 1946, and by the mid-’60s, the singer and actress had become the ...