By: Carla hay.
In an interview published by the Associated Press on Sept. 8, 2014, Richards said about the album: "I have a solo record finished, but I don't want to put it out while the Stones are working, so I'm thinking next June [in 2015] ... We had no rush. I think we spent a couple of years. [Producer] Steve [Jordan] and I are always working somewhere else, but every month or two we'd come down here and do a couple a day and knock off a couple of tracks. Nearly every record I've made is 'You've got another five days,' but this one we're taking our time."
The other current members of the Rolling Stones (lead singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Charlie Watts) have released their own solo albums over the years. The Rolling Stones have been busy touring 2012, 2013 and 2014.
The band is also expected to do another tour in 2015, but those tour dates have not yet been officially announced. There have been reports that South America will be part of the Stones' 2015 tour. Richards confirmed those reports in the Associated Press interview by saying, "They've got South America lined up in February, Buenos Aires, Peru. And after that, I know what the Stones tours are like, they tend to get extended."
Richards’ first two solo studio albums are 1988’s "Talk Is Cheap" and 1992’s "Main Offender." The 2010 compilation album "Vintage Vinos" (released on Mindless Records) is a collection of songs from Richards’ solo career, featuring his back-up band the X-Pensive Winos. The 14-track "Vintage Vinos" collection has the singles from plus other songs from those albums.
The compilation also has live cuts from Richards and the X-Pensive Winos’ 1991 release "Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988," such as cover versions of "Happy," from the Rolling Stones' 1972 "Exile on Main Street" album; "Time Is on My Side," the Irma Thomas song that was a 1964 hit for the Rolling Stones; "Too Rude," a remake of Half Pint’s "Winsome" from the Rolling Stones’ 1986 album "Dirty Work"; and "Connection," a song (from the Rolling Stones’ 1967 "Between the Buttons" album) that originally featured Richards and Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger on shared vocals.
The compilation's track "Hurricane" was first made available to people who donated to Hurricane Katrina relief during the Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" tour. The song is also part of the 2007 box set "The Biggest Bang."
Richards sings lead on all of the "Vintage Vinos" compilation songs except for "Time Is on My Side," which has lead vocals by Sarah Dash.
The X-Pensive Winos have had a rotating lineup, but some members the band have remained constant: singer Dash, multi-instrumental Steve Jordan, keyboardist Ivan Neville and guitarist Waddy Wachtel. (Multi-instrumental Charley Drayton played on all X-Pensive Winos albums so far, but he left the band on its 1992 tour.)
In his 2010 autobiography "Life," Richards said of the X-Pensive Winos: "I’ve always been incredibly lucky with the guys I’ve played with. And there’s no way you can stand in front of the Winos without getting off. It’s a surefire high."
Richards' second book, "Gus & Me," is a children's book featuring illustrations from his daughter Theodora. "Gus & Me," which pays tribute to Keith Richards' grandfather Gus, was published on Sept. 9, 2014.
Meanwhile, a Keith Richards documentary directed by Johnny Depp has been completed, according to what Depp has been saying in recent interviews, but the title and release date for the movie are to be announced. Most of the movie was filmed in 2010 and 2011, according to Depp
