Born at Livingston Hospital in Dartford, Kent this day in 1943 Keith Richards is the only child of Bertrand Richards and Doris Richards. Richards mother bought him his first guitar and he played at home, listening to recordings by Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and others. His father, on the other hand, disparaged his sons musical enthusiasm. One of Richards first guitar heroes was Scotty Moore. Richards attended Wentworth Primary School with Mick Jagger and was his neighbour until 1954, when the family moved In 1959 Richards was expelled from Dartford Tech for truancy, and transferred to Sidcup Art College. At Sidcup he was diverted from his studies proper and devoted more time to playing guitar with other students in the boys room. At this point Richards had learned most of Chuck Berrys solos. Richards met Jagger on a train as Jagger was heading for classes at the London School of Economics. The mail-order rhythm & blues albums from Chess Records by Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters that Jagger was carrying revealed a mutual interest and led to a renewal of their friendship. Along with mutual friend Dick Taylor, Jagger was singing in an amateur band: Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, which Richards soon joined. The Blues Boys folded when Brian Jones, after sharing thoughts on their joint interest in the blues music, invited Mick and Keith to the Bricklayers Arms pub, where they then met Ian Stewart. In mid-1962 Richards had left Sidcup Art College to devote himself to music and moved into a London flat with Jagger and Jones.The following year The Rolling Stones were signed to Decca Records and the rest is history. Happy Birthday Keith, thirty one years ago today for his 40th birthday Keith married Patricia Elvina Patti Hansen, because she was a.......
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