Keith Richards, Dec. 18, 1943 Before they make me run haiku Keith Richards stones me Still my little rock n roll Guitar, the amps, soul Just 71 Not quite as old as he looks But hes gaining ground Rocks reigning duo Nearly half a century Keiths wrinkles, Micks lips Dartford, Kent, birthplace Of both Glimmer Twins; must be Something in water Sang in school trio As a lad. How well? One time They gigged for the queen Rebel kids should know Working class mum named Doris Bought Keiths first guitar And his grandpa Gus (Billed Gus Dupree and His Boys) An inspiration So were folks records Satchmo and Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday Scotty Moore and Chuck Caught Keiths ear; he developed His own classic style No flashy solos Likes having a guitar mate The ... art of weaving So some overlook Thats hes one of the greatest Chords, rhythm, best riffs Acoustic guitars Amped to sound electric, drive Some of rocks great songs Yeah, Jumpin Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man, guitars Acoustic all through Dont forget he writes The great songs, too, with Jagger No end to the hits Knows hes channeling Lifes deeper mysteries, says hes Antenna ... not God Not his job to sing But he does that too, I say Hes got the silver Earned his bad boy rep Drug charges used to hound him All around the world Once fell out of tree Cracked his coconut, delayed A Stones tour six weeks But hes cleaned up act Relatively, anyway The last few decades Yeah, todays also Wedding anniversary #31 Hes well read, would like To be a librarian! Helps good causes, too Survivors like him Often have depth, many sides A lot going on Keith -- a man in full It just goes to show you what Clean living can do
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:45:59 +0000
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