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In the spring of 1965, The Rolling Stones could be forgiven their frustration. Even though they had scored three number-one UK hits in the past year, the American market remained a challenge. Beatles recordings had already thrice dominated the US charts since New Year’s Day and Brits Petula Clark, Herman’s Hermits, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, and Freddie and the Dreamers had all topped Billboard between January and May.
Richards, Keith. 2014. Gus & Me: The Story of my Granddad and my First Guitar. Hachette Audio.
Keith Richards, the rough-edged, raspy-voiced, Rolling Stones guitarist, is hardly the man that comes to mind for a picture book writer and narrator, but then again, who better to tell the story of his first guitar?
Richards wins the listener over immediately with his folksy, working class Estuary English accent (think dropped h's and "intrusive" r's) and unmistakable fondness for his topics - his first guitar and his beloved Granddad, Gus. It was the musically talented Gus who introduced a young Keith Richards to the guitar, teaching him how to 'old it, and suggesting the classical Malagueña(r) as the pinnacle of guitar mastery.
I have yet to see the print version of this story, but I don't believe it could surpass the audio book. A story with music at its heart needs music to be understood. Richards plays bits from Malagueña in appropriate spots throughout the story, and during a visit to a music shop in London, we hear Steve Jordan on drums. Once, the listener even hears a little chuckle - not musical, but surprisingly sincere. Richards collaborated with other authors, but this is obviously his story, and he delights in telling it.
(Run time: about 7 minutes)
My review of Gus & Me for AudioFile Magazine appears here with a small excerpt. Take a listen!
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Michelle Aielli has been named executive director of publicity at Hachette Books. She will report to publisher Mauro DiPreta.
In new new role, Aielli will oversee the publicity for both the division’s brand and the titles on its list. The start date for her new position has been set for November 17th.
For the past 10 years, Aielli has worked in the Little, Brown PR team. She launched and managed campaigns for James Patterson, J.K. Rowling, Donna Tartt, Keith Richards, Elin Hilderbrand, Jonathan Safran Foer, and more.
Rock icon Keith Richards is working on a children’s book called Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar.
The book is an illustrated story about his relationship with his own grandfather. “The bond, the special bond, between kids and grandparents is unique and should be treasured,” stated Richards. ”This is a story of one of those magical moments. May I be as great a grandfather as Gus was to me.”
Richards’ daughter Theodora Dupree Richards plans to illustrate the book with pen and ink collages based on photos of her father when he was a child.
Orion Children’s Books will release the book in hardcover and eBook on September 9, 2014. The hardcover version will come with an exclusive audio CD featuring bonus book content.
I won’t make you wait for it. My apologies for the spillover into the sidebar, but it would require actual skill to adjust the size of the photo. So, like, that’s not happening!
This is Mark Twain’s first-floor library in his Hartford, Connecticut, home. How cool is that?
Today Little, Brown and Company announced that Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has sold more than one million copies of his memoir, Life.
To celebrate, we’ve linked to Beth Miller’s comprehensive Spotify playlist collecting “the songs, artists and recordings discussed by Keith Richards in his autobiography Life in the order they appear in the book (generally).” That amounts to 300 songs, enough writing music to keep you busy for 17 hours.
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, eight out of the top ten titles on college campuses are nonfiction books. Decision Points by George W. Bush topped the list.
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson were the only fiction books on the list. Life by Keith Richards and The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 by Mark Twain joined Bush’s memoir on the list. Humor titles by Jon Stewart andTucker Max also made the cut.
What titles did you read while you were in college? The magazine surveyed university bookstores across the country for the list. Follow this link for the complete list of participating bookstores.
…and I think I know why. You will too if you read his new memoir entitled Life.
I can`t recommend it highly enough.
There’s a good reason Keith Richards has lived long enough to rise from the ashes once twice how many times does anyone really know? He never lived for the dope (he says); he lives (still does, he says) for the music. While high he produced a heck of a lot of music. (Let me be clear about one thing—I don’t advocate dope, nor does Keith—he’s been clean for a long time now, he says.)
Music came first, a long time before the drugs. Music has been his life since the days he and Mick, just teenagers, aspired to be the best Chicago blues band in England. Their corporeal existence came a distant second to perfecting the music they were emulating. I think Keith’s disdain for death has brought him into a close kinship with it. Fear of death is a useful impulse, for sure, but I’m just as sure that it thwarts our dreams.
Life reveals a good deal about Keith’s take on death. Creating something from nothing would appear to have given him plenty of practice in “dying before you die” (of which the Sufis speak). Keith describes the pressures of being in the recording studio and having to come up with a tune. That’s right, he often invented songs on the spot. He likens it to facing the firing squad:
“Give me a blindfold and a last cigarette and let’s go. And you’d be surprised how much comes out of you before you die. Especially when you’re fooling the rest of the band, who think you know exactly what you’re going to do, and you know you’re blind as a bat and have no idea. But you’re just going to trust yourself . Something’s going to come. You come out with one line, throw in a guitar line and then another line’s got to come out.”
I get excited just reading about it.
And I don`t think our lives offer up many moments more profound than those that force us to the edge of oblivion. Lazy sods that we are, we get by with minimal effort. Keith’s life seems to be a testament to risk and reward.
I got the feeling while reading Life that the craziness served Keith because of thecreative integrity of his core. We all need a core strong enough to render all of life’s other influences subservient to it.
A Slate article created a fictional voice for Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger to respond to Keith Richards‘ memoir, Life.
Jagger’s imaginary manuscript includes the following observations: “Why did he write it? Or, rather, having decided to write it all down, why did he devote so much of it to carping about me? Well, he’s not talking about me, really. He’s just trying to get my attention, I think, in the end. The remaining part of the rancor comes from the fact that he knows he lost me, many years ago.”
The Jagger highlights Richards’ unprofessional behavior throughout the years and talk about the band’s long history. Would you read Jagger’s real memoir? Leave your response in the comments section.
Hachette Book Group (HBG) has joined with NetGalley to organize the distribution of HBG information and products. Through this deal, select reviewers, press, and booksellers will be given access to digital press kits and digital galleys.
Several enhancements will be included with the galleys such as video, audio, tour schedules, author Q&As and photos. The galleys will be readable on Kindle, Nook, Sony eReader, Kobo or a desktop.
Here’s more from the release: “The Hachette Book Group titles in NetGalley will expand in the coming months, but you can browse current Hachette Book Group galleys right now, from these imprints: Center Street (enriching & life-affirming fiction & non-fiction) FaithWords (inspirational, faith-building fiction & non-fiction) Grand Central Publishing (mainstream fiction & non-fiction) Little, Brown and Company (mainstream fiction & non-fiction) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (fiction & non-fiction for children & young adults) Mulholland Books (mystery & suspense) Orbit (science fiction & fantasy).”
Last Friday, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards made an appearance at the New York Public Library to talk about his new memoir, Life.
People had stood in line since 8 a.m. for the event. Each ticket purchase included a signed copy of the book.
Richards revealed a lifelong love for libraries. He jokingly pointed out that it was one of the few places where even he obeyed the rules (i.e. silence).
He explained: “To me, it was a place you got a hint that may be there was a thing called civilization … It was a place I went to find out things I wanted to find out about.”
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The audiobook will also feature readings by musician Joe Hurley and The Rolling Stones guitarist himself. Both the memoir and the audiobook will be released tomorrow.
Hurley had this statement: “It was a privilege to help tell his story … When you read the book, you feel that Keith’s sitting in a favourite armchair, reflecting, and sharing his wild ride, his life, with just you. The same sense you get from a great singer, he is singing in your ear, no one else.”
Over at The Huffington Post, you can take a Google Maps trip through Richards’ memoir.
Michelle Aielli has been named executive director of publicity at Hachette Books. She will report to publisher Mauro DiPreta.
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