Way of the Rock Star: Keith Richars on his way to fame

Keith Richards in the early days of the Rolling Stones, young and full of promise.


A bit later but still pretty normal.



By now one of the most successful guitarists in rock history.

A Keith Richards profile.

A naked torso snapshot for the magazine.

On the 1872 Rolling Stones album Exile on Main Street the song "Happy" was written and sung by Keith Richards. In there he sings the following lines:

"Never wanted to be like papa,

working for the boss every night and day."

Well, his relationship to his papa just got a whole lot different when he snorted up the ashes of his recently deceased father. This is a not a joke, he really did this. Perhaps this is a sign of affection, or whatever. What's even more weird is that this story made it to the public. How? Why? If you do something like this you might want to keep it private, don't you?