On Sept. 9, 2014, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards made an appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"
to promote his children's book "Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad
and My First Guitar," which was released that same day. "Gus & Me"
which pays tribute to Keith Richards' grandfather Gus, who gave Keith his first guitar.
Fallon, who has interviewed Richards several times, tends to be star-struck when he talks to Richards. Therefore, there was nothing new that was revealed in the interview, but Richards was his usual humorous self. Richards told the story of how he and Mick Jagger wrote their first song together ("As Tears Go By") after being locked in a kitchen by Andrew Loog Oldham (the Rolling Stones' manager/producer at the time), who told Jagger and Richards that they could not leave until the duo wrote a song together.
(Click here to watch Keith Richards talking about the first time he wrote a song with Mick Jagger.)
In recent interviews, Richards has also been saying that he watches cartoons with his grandchildren. He talked about that too in the "Tonight Show" interview. Fallon also showed an adorable photo of Richards cradling his grandson Otto, who was born on Feb. 6, 2014. Richards also mentioned the often-told story of being punched by his idol Chuck Berry because Richards touched Berry's guitar.
(Click here to watch Richards talk about being a grandfather.)
(Click here to watch Richards talk about being punched by Chuck Berry.)
When Fallon asked Richards why he always wears a skull ring and a bracelet that resembles handcuffs, Richards replied that the bracelet was "to remind me never to get arrested again" and the ring is "to remind us all that beauty is only skin-deep."
"Gus & Me" features illustrations from Richards' daughter Theodora. Toward the end of the interview, Fallon asked Theodora (who was in the audience) to join her father in the interview. After complimenting the "Tonight Show" band, a flustered by clearly thrilled Theodora then showed a sketch that she had been drawing of her father and Fallon while they had been doing the interview.
Meanwhile, "Gus & Me" has been getting rave reviews from fans on websites such as Amazon that post reader reviews. Many of the fans have noted that they like that Richards shows a side of himself and his family that most people did not know about before reading the book.
Fallon, who has interviewed Richards several times, tends to be star-struck when he talks to Richards. Therefore, there was nothing new that was revealed in the interview, but Richards was his usual humorous self. Richards told the story of how he and Mick Jagger wrote their first song together ("As Tears Go By") after being locked in a kitchen by Andrew Loog Oldham (the Rolling Stones' manager/producer at the time), who told Jagger and Richards that they could not leave until the duo wrote a song together.
(Click here to watch Keith Richards talking about the first time he wrote a song with Mick Jagger.)
In recent interviews, Richards has also been saying that he watches cartoons with his grandchildren. He talked about that too in the "Tonight Show" interview. Fallon also showed an adorable photo of Richards cradling his grandson Otto, who was born on Feb. 6, 2014. Richards also mentioned the often-told story of being punched by his idol Chuck Berry because Richards touched Berry's guitar.
(Click here to watch Richards talk about being a grandfather.)
(Click here to watch Richards talk about being punched by Chuck Berry.)
When Fallon asked Richards why he always wears a skull ring and a bracelet that resembles handcuffs, Richards replied that the bracelet was "to remind me never to get arrested again" and the ring is "to remind us all that beauty is only skin-deep."
"Gus & Me" features illustrations from Richards' daughter Theodora. Toward the end of the interview, Fallon asked Theodora (who was in the audience) to join her father in the interview. After complimenting the "Tonight Show" band, a flustered by clearly thrilled Theodora then showed a sketch that she had been drawing of her father and Fallon while they had been doing the interview.
Meanwhile, "Gus & Me" has been getting rave reviews from fans on websites such as Amazon that post reader reviews. Many of the fans have noted that they like that Richards shows a side of himself and his family that most people did not know about before reading the book.
