Keith Richards

Keith Richards born 18 December 1943 is an English musician songwriter singer and record producer who is an original member guitarist secondary vocalist and coprincipal songwriter of the Rolling Stones His songwriting partnership with the bands lead vocalist Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history His career spans over six decades and his guitar playing style has been a trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the bands career Richards gained press notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use and he was often portrayed as a countercultural figure First professionally known as Keith Richard in 1978 he fully asserted his family name Richards was born in and grew up in Dartford Kent He studied at the Dartford Technical School and Sidcup Art College After graduating Richards befriended Jagger Bill Wyman Charlie Watts Ian Stewart and Brian Jones and joined the Rolling Stones As a member of the group Richards also sings lead on some of their songs typically at least one song per concert including Happy Before They Make Me Run and Connection Outside of his career with the Rolling Stones Richards has also played with his own sideproject The XPensive Winos He also appeared in two Pirates of the Caribbean films as Captain Teague father of Jack Sparrow whose look and characterisation were inspired by Richards himself In 1989 Richards was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones Rolling Stone magazine ranked him fourth on its list of 100 best guitarists in 2011 In 2023 Rolling Stones ranking was 15th The magazine listed fourteen songs that Richards wrote with Jagger on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith Richards licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia