Died at his home in Nashville this morning from cirrhosis. He was 70.
:( :(
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
fuuuuuuuuuuuck.
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
:(
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
RIP
― Brad C., Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
RIP :( such a big part of that 70's Stones sound
― quan voice (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
one of my favorite things about Can't You Hear Me Knocking
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Ditto. And "Live With Me"...and "Rip This Joint"...
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
RIP Bobby but one for the People You Thought Were Dead thread
― Letsby Avenue (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
so great RIP
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
i love the way he said "pissin' in tall cotton" in the stones in exile doc
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
the fact that you can do THAT many drugs and drink THAT much and live to be 70, it really is a testament to the human body.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
so does cirrhosis mean he likely drank until the end? very sad.
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
Amazing he lasted so long. He told my friend some stories last year, though of course the Keith book was jam packed with 'em.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
RIP. didn't he get thrown off multiple stones tours for being too wasted? an amazing accomplishment.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
He got thrown out of the band essentially for a decade iirc until Keith snuck him back in. Mick hated him.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
Almost sounds like a Paul Westerberg/Bob Stinson thing: "I can be wasted, but you can't!"
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
He and Keith together were a bad scene.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
also played on a ton of excellent non-Stones stuff
― Brad C., Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
yeah he's on all the great Nilsson albums + All Things Must Pass
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
Right. See also Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen.
― Cutset Creator (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
toured w/ buddy holly when he was 15! played sax on "the wanderer"! crazy.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
damn!
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
haha waht ok I didn't know that
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
Well, a couple years ago, I did a gig up in Iowa with one of those Stones tribute bands, and they were so bad that I fired the band. And it wasn't even my band! The lead singer was such an idiot that I told him to get off the stage before I ripped his head off, then I told the rest of them they might as well go, too. I played a song by myself and said, "Well, folks, that's going to be it for tonight."
― scott seward, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
The Stones met him in '64, when they played a fair in San Antonio and Keys was touring with Bobby Vee.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
some good 70's cop movie chase scene music on his solo album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfxMs-QjNwI
― scott seward, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
RIP.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
keith's guitar guy was just in here. coincidentally enough. he seemed bummed out. i didn't say anything. he's a cool dude. he just got back from australia and new zealand. i don't talk to him about work. i just know who he is.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
RIP, man he really seemed to live the life!
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
But his wild ways became even too wild for the Stones. On their 1973 European tour, he missed a commitment and Richards found him in his bathtub full of Dom Perignon. "He’s got a cigar, bathtub full of champagne and this French chick with him," Richards recalled in Life. "And he said, 'Fuck off'."
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― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:35 (nine years ago) link
Whoa
Does Karl D go full time now?
― Banned on the Run (benbbag), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:36 (nine years ago) link
RIP, a sad way to go (but he loved his life)
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/keith-richards-rolling-stones-bobby-keys-20141204
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 December 2014 01:56 (nine years ago) link
There’s a documentary about his life that came out last year. Every Night’s a Saturday Night - the Bobby Keys Story. Well worth watching. Free with Amazon Prime.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 05:25 (three years ago) link
i have been meaning to check it out, thx for the reminder
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 05:33 (three years ago) link