8/10
"Rock n Roll" Great Richards Re-Hatches His American Blues & Other Musical Influences
3 December 2022
It's a Casual Affair, Hanging Out with Keith as He Talks About Discovering "The Blues", and How He and Mick Jagger Formed What Became "The Greatest Rock n Roll Band In the World',

Only Because "The Blues" had so Moved Them, that They just Wanted to "Turn-On" Other People to the "Pleasure"

Man, Their Motivation Succeeded Beyond All Measure.

Their Dedication was so Great, that "The Stones" Told the Popular Teen Show "Shindig", "You Want "^The Rolling Stones", well, "Only if you also Book "Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters".

The Show Reluctantly Said Yes (American Media and Culture were Still "Segregated" in Mind and Soul).

It Became a "Spearhead" of America's Musical Culture Changes in Attitude and Gratitude for Forgotten Folks who were Forced to "Paint Ceilings" and Do Other-Things with Little Regard for Their Artistic Contributions.

The 80+ min Show is Short but Sweet.

With its Main Focus, the Lifetime Love, Advocacy of and Affection For the Musical Contributions, and to Touch on Other Forms of Music that He Embraced and Included in His Prolific Out-Put that was the Engine that Drove His Career as a Performer from a "Labor-of-Love" Grounding.

This Doc. Is an "Elementary School" Primer.

Most of the Historical Happenings, and His Personal Story are Now Well Known. His "Book" is Simply Called "Life",

and has Keith Articulating His Personal Definition in the Common-Man-Vernacular..."Life is a Funny Thing".

While Admittedly "Wasted" a Lot of the Time, and His Image of "Him Walking Down the Street with Jack Daniels and Cigarettes by HIs Side. Is One He Can't Shake..."Image never leaves you, it's not like a shadow, it's there 24-7".

But it Certainly Can Be Said...Keith Richards did Not is Not "Wasting His Life".

The Infamous "Drug-Use" and Partying is Only Mentioned Sparingly and Waved-Off by a Few Sentences Like...

"My Father is a "Straight" Guy and He can't "Process" that His Son was "Busted for Drugs".

But He and Keith have Traveled Around the World Together for the last 20 Years. Keith Proudly Comments..."I enjoyed showing Him the World and He enjoyed seeing it".

It's a Casual Affair, This Documentary, and Keith Invited a Few of His Musician Friends to "Hang Out". And You're Invited too. But Keep in Mind that it isn't Going to Get any Deeper than...

"I Know it's Only Rock n Roll but I like it, Love it, Yes I Do!"
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