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Thanks for that link and the reminder.
Nils' "Night after Night" was my introduction to him as a songwriter and band leader and "Keith" was a song that resonated because the father of a school mate was the presiding judge of the court that Nils was pleading with Richards not to attend.
Thanks for that link and the reminder.
Nils' "Night after Night" was my introduction to him as a songwriter and band leader and "Keith" was a song that resonated because the father of a school mate was the presiding judge of the court that Nils was pleading with Richards not to attend.
System 7 mentioned Marianne Faithful - what a sad story. Reading her obit recently I learned that she spent most of the 70s living on the streets of London.
I well remember seeing her walk across the foyer of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, she was there for a singing contest and she was truly beautiful - then she got involved with the Rolling Stones and Brian Jones and Keith Richards and the rest is history.
I've seen too many lives trashed by smack/heroin, Train Spotting was a water downed version of this destructive substance. I was working and living in the Netherlands when the Grey Wolves/Turkish mafia decided there was far more money to be made bringing in Turkish/Afghan Red than Turkish hash and this led to Europe's young going home and taking their addiction with them, it still plagues Europe to this day.
It's always seemed bizarre to me why anyone would want to use heroin. It was like a rite of passage for any young jazzman or woman (Billy Holliday) to turn on with smack.
Tobacco 'get's you' in a week but smack takes about 3 months, that's it's danger, you think your cool with it, then you find it's the only programme operating in your frontal cortex.
The sad but true thing is that some great poetry and songs have been created under the influence of the poppy. I like the words of Neil Young - every junkies like a setting sun.
Love the Stones but not the effect and influence that the hard drugs they used had on so many young people - so it goes.
I well remember seeing her walk across the foyer of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, she was there for a singing contest and she was truly beautiful - then she got involved with the Rolling Stones and Brian Jones and Keith Richards and the rest is history.
I've seen too many lives trashed by smack/heroin, Train Spotting was a water downed version of this destructive substance. I was working and living in the Netherlands when the Grey Wolves/Turkish mafia decided there was far more money to be made bringing in Turkish/Afghan Red than Turkish hash and this led to Europe's young going home and taking their addiction with them, it still plagues Europe to this day.
It's always seemed bizarre to me why anyone would want to use heroin. It was like a rite of passage for any young jazzman or woman (Billy Holliday) to turn on with smack.
Tobacco 'get's you' in a week but smack takes about 3 months, that's it's danger, you think your cool with it, then you find it's the only programme operating in your frontal cortex.
The sad but true thing is that some great poetry and songs have been created under the influence of the poppy. I like the words of Neil Young - every junkies like a setting sun.
Love the Stones but not the effect and influence that the hard drugs they used had on so many young people - so it goes.
Love the stories and love the music. Pale Shelter is one of my perennial favourites
Any chance an admin can change the title of this thread to: Keith Richards - not dead yet
Or something similar. I always panic when I see the title. Thanks
Brian
Any chance an admin can change the title of this thread to: Keith Richards - not dead yet
Or something similar. I always panic when I see the title. Thanks
Brian
"Obit" meaning obituary? I presume you mean biography!
In April, Marianne Faithfull thanked NHS staff who 'without doubt' saved her life after she tested positive for Covid-19 and later contracted pneumonia.