Richards will be on the show this Friday, September 18, which is the same that his first solo album in more than 20 years, “Crosseyed Heart”, hits stores.
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“Actually, I was in London last week, and the boys [Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood] and I got together”, Richards said at the live Q&A event, “and yeah, there are now definite plans to record”. There’s a lot of talk about how the Rolling Stones came to be, and what they mean in the larger picture.
Details on when the Rolling Stones might enter the studio are still unconfirmed, Richards added. His reputation as a musician has been obscured by his publicity as a druggie and outlaw. On the country ballad “Robbed Blind”, Mr. Richards sings above an acoustic guitar, piano and Larry Campbell’s pedal steel guitar; if the arrangement is overly busy, the composition works.
But where Richards is limited by his voice, his guitar invariably sets him free. Richards regular backup band, “the X-Pensive Winos” provide capable support in the background as the grizzled rocker gnarls and snarls his way through fifteen tracks of unexpected beauty.
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The movie, directed by Morgan Neville, shows Keith at his most charming. Prodded by Keys, Mr. Richards rips into a muddy “Blues in the Morning” that nods not only to Chuck Berry but to the Stones’ “Exile on Main St“. As he’s done before, he proves a worthy guide to gritty rock inspired by his extraordinary predecessors. “Crosseyed Heart” is kind of an essential throw back lesson. The music speaks for itself.
