Keith Richards is one of my favorite songwriters/musicians but as for his solo stuff, blaahhh

Not a huge Stones fan.

he defies death. what is the key to his immortality?

He is a good musicain but not quite right in the head. Today, he just admitted to snorting his father's ashes.

"He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he said. "... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/03/entertainment/e115910D72.DTL&type=entertainment

He's KEITH. He can say/do wotever the fock 'e wants...and he does. The rest of you amateurs can take a number.

why is he listed by himself??

A true rock and roll legend! He's not politically correct. He just says what he wants. Musically of course he's incredible. He's very responsible for the Stones staying together all these years.

Great guitrist and driving force behind all good Rolling Stones licks.

The pirate with the junkie blues riffs...

guy looks like a corpse

The original bad boy of rock/roll.Looks the part, walks the walk and will still sell out arenas when he's 70.

This guy has a major attitude problem. After Princess Diana died, He got up and shot his big mouth about how we shouldn't be sad because she was just a "blonde"! How stupid and idiotic of him! Apparently to Mr. Richards, Being blonde makes you sub-human. He's been smoking too much marijuana. I think his brain cells died long ago.

Too look at him physically, all I can think of is the word BURNOUT ! And as for his musical talent, none that I can see or hear.....this guy, along with all the other STONES needs shelved...their day is thankfully over...

oH YEAH, KEITH IS THE HUMAN RIFF HE INVETENTED THINGS SOME GUITARIST WIL NEVER E ABLE TO DO AND AS FARA AS DRUGS GO OTHER THAN THAT UNFORTUNATE PERIOD THAT MANY MUSICANS ACTUALLY NEVER CAME BACK FORM LIKE MORRRISON, HENDRIX, JANIS TO NAME NOT EVEN ENOUGH AS THERE WERE NATURAL CAUSED DEATHS AND ACCIDENTS AS WELL HE DID MAKE ALOT OF EFFORT TO CLEAN UP , NOW YEAH THE GUITAR PLAYING AS WELL AS BASS, AND OTHER GUITARS JUSTT ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM PIANO TO UKALAEE BUT ONE THING IS THAT THEY HAVE DEFINATELY STOOD THEE TESTOF TIME I HEARD MICK SING WORRIED ABOUT YOU A FEWMONTHS AGO HE COULD STILL HIT THOSE NOTES WOW,UNFORTUNATELY PAGE AND PLANT COULD NOT DARE TO SING THE SONGS THEY MADE SO FAMOUS ASWELL AS LEADING WITH THE RYTHM GUITAR RATHER THAN THE DRUMS ALL THE TIME, YES THEY HAVE GOTTEN SOME WHAT OLDER LIKE A FINE WINE THEY HAVE AGEDAND GRACEFULLY AT THAT YEAH THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN HAIR TOO WELL CHARLIE HAS A LITTLE SPOT NOT TOO BADBUT THEY SOUND SO AMAZING AND THEY DONT NEED A SETLIEST AS WELLAS THE TRUE FRIENDSHIPS THAT HAVE EVOLVED FROM THIS HOLE THING ASWELL AS KEITH IS A FAMILY GUY AND GOOD PARENTAND HAS MAD MORE FRIENDS THAN ENEMIES ALONG THE WAY YEAH YOU USED TO GO SEE EM AND HE MIGHT BE SLEEPINB BUT BACK THEN ALOT OF BANDS WERE NOT TOO MUCH BETTER OFF EITHER HE GOT IT TOGETHER T=ATNLEAST ANDTHAT IS NOT AN EASY THING AS WELLA S MANY ACOMPLISHMENTS DONE THAT CANNOT BE COMPROMISED ANY CITY THAT NEEDS MONEY JUST GET THE WORD OUT THE STONES WILL COME HELP YOU TOO AS THEY GREW UP , SHARED THERE POWER AND HELPED ALOT OF OTHERS OUT KEITHIS VERY DOWN TO EARTH ND SEEMINGLY A COOL GUY WHO HAS THIS GIFT OF MAKING OTEHRS SMILE AND APPLAUDE SO HIS VOICE WAS NOT ALWAYS THE VOICE OF A SINGER HE WAS THE RIFFAHRD THEHUMAN RIFF AND SOME O THE SONGS HE DOES SING HE DOES NOT DO BAD AT ALL ILL SEE EM AS MANY TIMES AS I CAN

He is a really good guitarist, but his drug/tobacco use really affects his appearance and makes him less of an admirable person to me. His songwriting teamwork with Mick is legendary. The Stones are one of the best bands ever.

As long as I'm invited along with Denis Leary to smoke this guy's ashes, I really could care less about him. I think he's an oaf.

I agree with Rebecca. Keith is a bit too stoned to be a top-notch guitarist. But The Stones' image wouldn't be complete without drugged-out Keith strumming his guitar in the background. He is a superb melody-writer, working perfectly with Jagger's controversal lyrics, and I do enjoy Keith's blown-out sounding voice.

Although Mick Jagger is generally associated with being the leader of the Stones, for most true fans Keith Richards is considered to be the driving force of the band. Most people appreciate that he is a genine master of the creation of rock 'n' roll guitar riffs. However, he is very much underrated as a singer and a songwriter. In fact, in his schooldays, Keef was a choirboy, and he actually sang for the Queen at Westminster Abbey! To get a good idea of Keef's abilities, his solo albums: "Talk is Cheap" and "Main Offender" are well worth listening to.