The autobiography is being seen as a big gamble by the guitarist because its revelations could permanently fracture the band. [...] An early draft has already been written, with band's management advising him to tone certain sections down in order to avoid a confrontation with his bandmate.
Well, this of cause does the trick, I think. A more balanced view could be found in "The Odd Couple", I guess. Nevertheless - this book seems to be a must have for most of us, right!?
=> Mick's supposed to have a bad luck charm or the Curse of Mick, but he not only gave his views about the world cup in an interview but also joined a charity program in South Africa - so if you are interested, please check the video below and see what the 1GOAL campaign is about, how Mick met up with children in a camp in South Africa and have more information on the campaign website join1goal.org!
stuff around:
==> 2nd Album of the Wingless Angels
Free download of one beautiful track: 'Oh what a joy'
Keith Richards’ tribute to his decades-long friendship with legendary ska and reggae singer Justin Hinds has a new chapter. Produced by Brian Jobson, Wingless Angels II (Mindless Records; reorders: August 1, release: September 23, 2010), is a collection of new recordings featuring Hinds’ last sessions before his passing, and a special re-release of the much-sought-after original album, long out of print. [...]
Runs 120 min. and there are 6 days left to listen to it at the BBC:
Mick hand-picks a selection of artists and music that influenced the band's ground-breaking sound, in particular their classic album Exile On Main St. In conversation with Paul Sexton, Mick talks through a wide-ranging playlist that reflects his own, and the band's, love of classic R&B, gospel, country and reggae.
The fascinating mix of material conjures up the musical environment of the late 60s and turn of the 70s, in which the Stones, and so many of their peers, were scaling new and ever more eclectic creative heights. In a show that includes both vintage hits and lesser-known gems, we'll find out which of the band's fellow rock acts from that era have Jagger's personal seal of approval. We'll also hear some brilliant soul records that have remained his all-time favourites; plus singer-songwriters; giants of country and Americana; and much more besides.
==> Drug free and sober for 60 days
Go go go, Ronnie, go!
While Exile roars, Ronnie has stayed clean and sober for about two months now. Ana Araujo is still with him and he has plans to go on the road with the reunited FACES - with Mick Hucknall, 49, from Simply Red, as the singer instead of Rod Stewart, while former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, 53, has replaced Ronnie Lane - who died in 1997 - on bass.
So the band consists of Wood and two other original members, drummer Kenney Jones, 61, and keyboardist Ian 'Mac' McLagan, 65.
'It will be the first time the Faces have ever been focused,' Ronnie said. 'Normally, we would all have gone on stage with a bottle.'
==> Once again: Charlie is not quitting and Exile is #1
In case you missed it - no big deal. For the second time a small australian website issued rumours that Charlie had quit the band and would be replaced by Steve Jordan. That's all rubbish. The official statement reads:
"Contrary to a fabricated and ill informed report that appeared yesterday on a small music website in Australia, we would like to make it clear that drummer Charlie Watts has not left The Rolling Stones"
==> Rolling Stones set to top British album charts for first time in 16 years
==>Download another interview Mick did May 18th, morning edition (!) on npr.org - (MP3, 3,5 MB, 7:19)
==>Download an interview Keith did there one day before, May 17th, morning edition (!) on npr.org - (MP3, 3,5 MB, 7:19)
==> As you can see & hear in the interview of Mick and Keith with Matt Lauer, he in the end tells us Mick's answer on wether the Stones would go on the road:
"No concrete plans, but he would love to..."
... well folks, that's about all it takes, innit? !!!
To mark the release of the new, expanded “Exile on Main Street,” the Rolling Stones briefly considered a tour during which they’d play the entire album. [...]
Though Jagger found the idea intriguing, he wasn’t sure a vast audience would. “Some people might think it’s great,” he said. “Others would be bored to death.” Almost immediately, Jagger saw problems. “How do you book it? We’re playing one album only? In order?” [...]
“You’d have to play some other material,” Jagger allowed. Which Morrison and Wilson both did in their shows. [...] Jagger wondered what Stones fans would expect next. “Are you going to play ‘Sticky Fingers’ and “Let it Bleed’?” he asked rhetorically.
In the end, Jagger and the band decided against an “Exile” tour. “The thing is,” he said, “we’ve done quite a lot of those numbers live.”
Which suggests, when the Stones next tour, “Exile on Main Street” once again will be well represented.
Near the end, we read some more hints Keith in person:
Stones fans have been spoiled with the expanded Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! and now Exile, but what's on the cards? "Nobody's going to make a decision about what we're going to do until we get further into 2010," says Richards. "No doubt the guys are going to want to talk about whether we're going to record and go on the road in one form or another. Maybe we're going to talk about doing it differently. There's going to be a lot of that. I would tell you if I knew."
Keith is waiting for Mick to start things up:
"I'm trying to find out myself," Keith Richards says. "I sent a note to (drummer) Charlie Watts saying, 'Should I put an ad in a music magazine: guitar player for hire?' I've got to do something."
So Keith will meet with Mick next week to discuss things ...
CNN said Wednesday that King will interview the Rolling Stones singer about his career, the re-release of the Stones' album "Exile on Main Street" and the new documentary, "Stones in Exile."
The "Larry King Live" interview with Jagger will air 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 18.
==> Of cause, Rolling Stone joins. In issue Issue 1104, May 13, 2010 we have the Glimmer Twins each on their own cover:
“I got the sucker who did it. The guy who pulled the job, he got his,” he said with a note of triumph. “I mean, he’s alive, but…”
Oh boy ...
==>Shine a Light: Rockers on the Genius of 'Exile on Main Street' -
Phish, Pearl Jam, Elvis Costello and more open up about the Rolling Stones' epic 1972 album - (rollingstone.com)
==> Track-by-Track-Review of the Exile reissue, inclusive the 10 new songs by Joe Bosso at musicradar.com
==> If you're more up for the gossip part of the thing, go and check out the daylimail.co.uk
==> From fans to the fans: Hear all of the Exile outtakes coming friday at a 3 hrs. show hosted by swedish fanclub stonesvikings: on Friday, May 14th, the show will be on Rocknight.se from 19:00 - 22: 00 CET - many thanks to Vilhelm and Ove!!!
==> Recommended: The Stones' Secret documentary
...this is about Cocksucker Blues and it's from the Times Online herself, woah:
There are secrets, and then there are secrets. With all the carefully recalibrated stories about drug excesses and sexual high jinks during the recording of the Rolling Stones’ 1972 album Exile on Main St, it’s hard to believe there could be anything that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the rest of their band of groovy, deeply grooved superstars could possibly have to hide or be ashamed of. So it’s astonishing to discover that, for nearly four decades, the Stones have vigorously enforced a strict legal injunction banning the screening of a documentary about them, a film some of the few people who have seen it think is a masterpiece.
Keith is fed up with Mick Jagger stalling the next Rolling Stones album - he wants the band to record new songs as soon as possible.
[...] The guitarist is itching to get back into the studio and is desperately trying to find out when Jagger is likely to want to reunite.
He says, "I'm trying to find out when it will happen myself. I sent a note to (drummer) Charlie Watts saying, 'Should I put an ad in a music magazine - guitar player for hire?' I've got to do something.
"It doesn't matter which band, you have got to have the frontman wanting to do it. You can't shove the lead singer into it. I learned that many years ago. I usually wait for Mick to call me. When he does, it's because he's got an itch and wants to go to work."
==> Jagger confirms next tour!!!
Mick feeds our hopes for another Stones tour, most probably that will happen in 2011. He said:
“I’m sure we will. It would be stupid to say there won’t be another Stones tour because I love doing them and I always imagine there would be another Stones tour. When that’s going to be I don’t really know at this point.”
As you listen, you hear that all are positive about touring again. Although, as Keith reasoned, they should downscale compared to the last tours, some things are going to happen, folks!
=> If you know how to mp3 this, please send me a note - we share this.
Mick & Keith being interviewed by Matt Lauer:
Following the River - see the video at the Stones-site!
Hear Dancing in the Light, So Devine (Aladdin Story), Loving Cup [alt. version]! (Go to npr.org, klick "hear bonus tracks" and klick "add to playlist" at the respective song)
So devine (Alladdin story):
Dancing in the light:
The Stones in NY at a PC, May 11th:
rollingstones.com re-launched!
People, people, people: go there NOW and check out loads of new stuff! I'm not sure what you are into when it comes to the Stones, but there's plenty of stuff which really made my jaws drop - like pics from the archives - tons of tapes, tins and tubes from ampec amplyfiers, man, just awesome! Maybe I'm crazy, but I love stuff like this!!
1969 - It was Cutler who, show after show that fall, introduced Mick, Keith & Co. as “the greatest rock-’n’-roll band in the world” – a handle Cutler had coined earlier at a concert in London’s Hyde Park. It was Cutler, too, who was the nominal MC of the group’s free final show, a hastily organized outdoor gig at the desolate Altamont Speedway east of San Francisco.
As one of the rings on his right hand's fingers show, he's also a members in the fabled Dead “family.”
So, people, this man has a story to tell, I'm sure. It's called "You Can't Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates" and it's of cause up on amazon, if you like ...
2) Out Of Exile - a three page review from billboard.com about the album, the times and the scope of this re-issue. Particularly interesting are details such as those told by Mike Davis, GM/executive VP of UMG's catalog division Universal Music Enterprises:
Universal is treating the album like a new release rather than a catalog reissue, with what Davis calls a "front-line release strategy that crosses radio, TV, online, mobile, retail and merch."
Key to the initiative will be a weeklong Stones celebration on NBC's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" beginning May 10 that will feature a number of high-profile acts performing songs from "Exile," including Keith Urban (May 11), Sheryl Crow (May 12) and Phish (May 13). The week culminates with NBC's May 14 U.S. premiere of Stephen Kijak's documentary film "Stones in Exile," mixing "Exile"-era footage with current band member interviews. In the United Kingdom, "Stones in Exile" will premiere on BBC 2, although an exact airdate is to be announced.
Universal is also ensuring that the new tracks get as wide an audience as possible. "So Divine (Aladdin Story)" will make its global debut as a synch in the May 2 broadcast of CBS' "Cold Case" seventh-season finale, while hot on the heels of "Plundered," "Following the River" will be serviced to U.S. and international radio up to two weeks ahead of the album's bow. Its accompanying video-newly edited from archive footage-will premiere on the band's relaunched website (rollingstones.com) around the same time.
Orla Lee, London-based GM of Polydor U.K., says the campaign will feature a "two-tiered approach" aimed at attracting a "young, new audience" outside the existing fan base. This includes an increased online presence, with the Stones' recently launched Facebook page already attracting more than 813,000 fans.
SO DIVINE- Aladdin story
NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD TRACK BY THE ROLLING STONES TO DEBUT DURING THE SEVENTH SEASON FINALE OF "COLD CASE," ON SUNDAY, MAY 2
The Episode Will Exclusively Feature Music Recorded by the Rolling Stones, Including Several Classic Tunes
The Never-Before-Heard Song, "So Divine (Aladdin Story)" Is One of 10 New Tracks on the Legendary Band's Exile on Main Street Album, to be Re-Released on May 18
Music by the iconic Rolling Stones, including a never-before-heard track, will rock exclusively throughout the seventh season finale of COLD CASE, Sunday, May 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The song, "So Divine (Aladdin Story)", will be one of 10 never-before-heard bonus Stones tracks to be included when their classic album, Exile on Main Street, is re-released on May 18.
The episode's additional songs are "Tumbling Dice" (also from Exile on Main Street), "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)," "Beast of Burden," "Slave," "Undercover of the Night" and "Winter."
Ronnie will present the weekly show offering "a unique insight into both Ronnie Wood's music collection and his life". Ha may even be playing his guitar in the studio in between tracks.
The show will air on digital station Absolute Classic Rock on Fridays from 9 April at 1800 BST. It will be repeated on Absolute on Saturdays at 2200 BST.
"Ronnie will deliver a playlist that comes straight from his heart, playing music that he loves and is passionate about, all accompanied by his uniquely fascinating stories, experiences and memories," Absolute said. "Ronnie will invite the listener into his life as every record he plays will comes with another story - a memory, a tale of debauchery or inspiration."
Depp documents keith
Yup! There's something going on with Johnny and Keith. As to The Playlist, Johnny revealed his plans during an interview with Serbian magazine Politika.
Johnny said: "Now that I'm wiser, and that enough time has passed, I can experience directing again; ... Already next week I'll start working on a Keith Richards documentary. ... I'm very touched that Keith agreed to show up in front of my cameras."
Here' some nice pics which have surfaced lately with Johnny, Keith, Patt Smith any Waddy Wachtel:
And while you're at it, ... have you ever seen Keith eating bullits? Of cause he doesn't take those from anyone, BUT ... (among others like) CHUCK!?
More pics from Johnny and his Keith documentary. Johnny and Patty, Johnny and Waddy, Keith, Keith and Johnny:
You can enjoy this below from YouTube or download the AVI rightaway from here; have FUN!
Keith WAS honoured
The Sun thinks, Keith has developed a certain interest in playing ping-pong ...
One more article on Keith'S award from the LA Times
Johnny Depp hands over congrats and award to Keith Richards:
Keith and Patty get grilled before the event:
Spike TV has honoured our Keith with the "Scream 2009 Rock Immortal Award" - well chosen, I say!
The announcement was made Thursday by Casey Patterson, Spike TV's senior vice president of talent development and event production.
The two-hour Scream 2009 awards show is to tape Saturday at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., and will premiere on Spike TV Oct. 27.
"Keith Richards is part rock god, part superhero and nobody had rocked as hard and lived to tell about it," Patterson said in a statement about the longtime member of the Rolling Stones. "As his friend Johnny Depp once pointed out, Keith Richards was a beloved and feared pirate long before he ever played the part in any movie."
Keith has been fishing and there's a good story to be told (thanks to ExiledinMedina for the hint), including fish, grapefruits and a vintage B-17...
(Taken from Martha's Vineyard Magazine, July 2009 and more pics at tomahawkcharters.com)
Lost Photos of Young Beatles and Rolling Stones (1964-66) to Open New NYC Gallery
The Not Fade Away Gallery (NYC) presents "THE BRITISH ARE COMING!," a world premiere exhibition of previously unpublished, extraordinary photographs of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones at work and at play…as photographed by Bob Bonis, their first U.S. tour manager.
Forty-five years after the The Beatles and The Rolling Stones first came to America, an extraordinary collection of "lost" photos of the young bands has just been discovered. The 3,500 photographs -- extraordinary, intimate and unpublished -- were taken by Bob Bonis, their U.S. Tour manager, during their first U.S. tours (1964, 1965 and 1966) and document perhaps the most critical point in their careers: coming to America.
==> OK, Mick just came to Cannes tp promote "Stones in Exile". 
Remember SAM CUTLER!? You should, because 
Keith has been fishing and there's a good story to be told (thanks to ExiledinMedina for the hint), including fish, grapefruits and a vintage B-17...