Keith Richards facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Keith Richards
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Keith Richard |
| Born | 18 December 1943 Dartford, Kent, England |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1962 - present |
| Associated acts | The Rolling Stones |
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist best known as a founder member of the Rolling Stones. He is mostly famous for his rhythm guitar playing, but he can also play lead guitar quite well. He often likes to use a guitar with only 5 strings — the lowest-tuned string is removed. On a small number of Rolling Stones recordings, he plays bass guitar, as well as other instruments. He sings background vocals on most Rolling Stones songs. Occasionally, he also sings lead vocals.
In 2003 he was ranked 10th on Rolling Stone Magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Richards has co-written and recorded hundreds of songs with his song writing partner Mick Jagger. Fourteen of their songs are listed by Rolling Stone Magazine in their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" issue.
Images for kids
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Richards in 1965
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Richards playing the guitar in concert, 1973
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Richards's side project the X-Pensive Winos in 1988, recording Talk is Cheap. Left to right, Sergei Voronov, Keith Richards, Steven Jordan, Stas Namin.
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Richards paying tribute to fellow musicians Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen at the first annual PEN Awards in the JFK Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, 16 February 2012
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Richards with the Rolling Stones during the 50 & Counting Tour in December 2012
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Jagger and Richards performing in the Rolling Stones' second appearance at Hyde Park on 6 July 2013. Their first appearance was on 5 July 1969.
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Richards playing "Micawber," a 1953 Fender Telecaster, in 2006
