Beanie Books

1. Keith's mother, Doris, had a long time fling with the man who would become his stepfather. 2. Richards did a lot of heroin but it didn't affect him because he knew when to stop and only used high quality smack. 3. The Rolling Stones band watched Mick Jagger's butt a lot. 4. Mick Jagger has a "tiny todger." 5. Keef might have had a homosexual encounter with Gram Parsons ("the only guy I ever slept with") but, then again, he may have been referring to actual sleep. 6. Mick Jagger is a saint for putting up with Richards for all those years. 7. Richards' ex-wife, Anita Pallenberg, hooked up with three of the Rolling Stones members (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Brian Jones). 8. Richards' got even with Jagger by hooking up with Marianne Faithful ("while you were missing it, I was kissing it") 9. Keef didn't like that Jagger was playing Stones' songs with another band but it was OK for him to do the same with ...

Keith (Keef) Richards is the riff master. His 547-page memoir (written with James Fox) reads like a series of guitar riffs with thoughts meandering from one to the next. The first third of the book is the best part. Keith Richards revisits his childhood and the formation of the Rolling Stones with lots of detail. I really couldn't put the book down. Here are the highlights: Childhood His mother, Doris, was very important to him. He spends a lot of time in the book on his childhood. He worships his mother, Doris, who bought him his first guitar. She ends up helping raise his first daughter. He didn't do well in school but managed to get into an art school where he could spend time focusing on the guitar. Mick Jagger, who lives a few blocks away and is prosperous enough to actually buy a few records, and Keith love the blues. The two form a bond: "We both knew we were in a process of learning, and it was something you wanted to learn and it was ten times better tha...