Don't expect to see the Rolling Stones in concert or Keith Richards doing a five minute guitar solo. This is an informative look at the aged rock and blues musician who cut his teeth on early American musical influences who along with Mick Jagger, introduced audiences on this side of the Atlantic to some of the classic names of Chicago Blues. It was informative to hear Richards tell of his first meeting with Muddy Waters in the hallway of Chess Records - Muddy was there painting a ceiling! He regales the viewer with stories from early in his career, like getting bawled out by Chuck Berry for handling the strings of Berry's guitar. An interesting clip featuring Howlin' Wolf singing to a white audience confirmed the admiration of performers like Wolf, Muddy, and Buddy Guy toward the Stones for introducing their style of music to a larger audience who may never have known they existed without the Stones' bluesy sound. Joining Keith in this documentary are fellow musicians Steve Jordan and Tom Waits, who offer their perspectives on Keith's musical style and the way he wrote songs. Missing from the doc are any mention of the Stones engaging in their legendary excesses of sex, drugs, and even rock n' roll for that matter, as this is all about Keith and his love of music. Undeterred from performing, even at the age of seventy two when this film was put together in 2015, it's probably Richards who expressed it best when he said - "I'll play as long as I can get away with it."
