The legends surrounding Keith Richards: "sniffed out" his father's ashes?
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Keith Richards is the brightest representative of rock'n'roll and swagger. Let's dive into the world of legends that shroud the musician...
1. Did Keith Richards sniff out his father's ashes?
It was and still is a matter of concern to many. In 2006, the musician claimed that he mixed ash with cocaine and then snorted the resulting mixture. Afterwards, Keith said it was a joke. In 2010, the story became relevant again and in an interview he confirmed that he really did it, thus confirming his reputation as a real rock 'n' roller. The party where he did it was probably the coolest party in the history of the musical breakaway.
2. One day, Keith fell off a coconut tree in Fiji.
In 2006, while holidaying in Fiji, Keith fell from a coconut tree and suffered a mild concussion. He was taken to a hospital in New Zealand. What's really funny about this story is that Keith Richards' injury is not related to drug use. Although it may have been caused by them, who knows ....
3. The song "Jumping Jack Flash" was named after his gardener.
"Jumping Jack Flash" is one of the Rolling Stones favourite songs, but what you may not know is that it was named after Keith's gardener, Jack Dyer. Apparently Mick Jagger saw him walking round the house and wondered who it was, to which Keith replied to him "oh that's Jack, that's Jumping Jack". The inspiration for the new composition most likely originates here.
4. Contrary to popular belief, Keith did not remove all of his blood from his system.
It was one of the biggest urban rock legends: that supposedly Keith Richards took out all the blood, which was all drug-soaked, and poured himself another man's blood to cleanse his system and start a new binge with renewed vigour. But that's not true. Keith later explained that it was a joke. However, people had already stopped understanding his jokes and really fell for it. Although the fact that Keith is a rock legend and he really could have done it makes us wonder about the validity of this rumour. All this is a testament to the prolonged parties of the Rolling Stones, mere mortals should only dream of such parties.
5. He gave Mick Jagger the nickname "Brenda".
Outspoken in his statements and reflections, Richards has often spoken about his altercations with Mick Jagger. He openly stated how the duo constantly fought while figuring out their relationship. One amusing sexist anecdote was that Keith gave Mick the nickname "Brenda" as a way of hurting and complaining about Mick. This usually happened when he was in the room. Keith would say, "we're going to complain about that bitch Brenda". Jagger would silently chuckle. This moment went into the book Lifeabout the life of the band.
6. Mick spoofed him on Saturday Night Live
Keith usually has no mercy on Mick, always making fun of him. But, one day, Mick gets his revenge on Keith by spoofing him in classic sketch format SNL. The format of the sketch is that the host plays an invited guest, and the guest plays either himself or a friend of the hero (character). It is not known how Keith reacted to the sketch, but in the sketch itself, Mick as Keith utters the phrase "Mick, you ignorant slut!" with a serious expression on his face and no laughter.
7. Keith and the group were arrested because of a traitor driver.
The Rollings were first arrested for drug possession in 1967. The strange part of the story is that Keith's Belgian chauffeur, Patrick, was a snitch, and he was the reason the band were arrested. He sent a pinch of the substance to the British newspaper News Of The World, which alerted the police, who soon arrested the band. Why Patrick did this, we can only guess? Also, we can only assume that when the band was released from prison, the first thing Keith did was sack that chauffeur.
8. When the policemen came to his door, he hallucinated - the policemen were dwarves.
This is how you know you are a giant: in the moment of your trip, the policemen who came for you and are standing right in front of your door appear to you, in fact, as magical gnomes. Apparently Keith was so deep in LSD that he thought the police who came to his house were identically dressed gnomes. Which is why he enthusiastically welcomed them into his home. Presumably this made the police officers' job easier.
9. The song "Happy" is the only top 40 hit in which Keith, not Mick, sings.
There are a few Rolling Stones songs that feature Keith on vocals ("You Got the Silver", "Too Rude") - usually about one or two per album, but these tracks are usually abbreviated compared to the singles. One track sung by Keith that reached the top of the charts was "Happy" from the album Exile On Main Street. She's reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. Keith never claimed the limelight, it was usually Mick's job and he always succeeded, but it's nice to see Richardson's song succeed.
10. In 2015, Keith released his solo album.
Keith released his previous solo album in 1992. Nowadays Rolling didn't have much new material, so Keith decided to go solo for a while. Alongside touring, he recorded his own solo album in 2015.