Rolling Stones' Keith Richards (almost) quits drinking

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Rolling Stones' Keith Richards (almost) quits drinking

 

FILE PHOTO: Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones perform during a concert at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, October 12, 2017. TT NEWS AGENCY/Stina Stjernkvist via REUTERS

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Keith Richards, the hard-partying lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, has quit drinking - almost - saying he "just got fed up with it."

 

"It’s been about a year now," Richards told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview. "I pulled the plug on it. I got fed up with it."

 

Richards, 74, who has said his favourite tipple for decades has been whiskey or vodka, said he still had a glass of wine occasionally and a beer.

 

“It was time to quit. Just like all the other stuff,” he told the magazine, referring to his past addiction to cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs. Richards has said he quit drugs after a 1977 arrest in Canada for heroin possession.

 

Bandmate Ron Wood, who battled alcoholism for years, said Richards was easier to work with since giving up drink.

 

"Much more mellow. He’s open to more ideas," Wood said in the interview, published on Wednesday.

 

"I think the Keith that we used to know and love had this cutoff point where if he had one more, he’d go over the top and he’d be nasty. The cutoff point became shorter and shorter, you know, and he realized that," Wood added.

 

The Rolling Stones will launch their next North American tour in April.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-12-15

[sammieuk1]

See there is life after death ????

[PerkinsCuthbert]

That just leaves Tom Waits...

[ubon farang]

I would day his kidneys would be smiling but its probably too late now Those kidneys have had a hard life just like Keith

[thaiguide]

We all quit drinking sooner or later. Some of us are still alive when we do.

[thaiguzzi]

L E G E N D.

[Denim]

I quit drinking every night ....

.....when I reach my happy zone.

 

No problem at all

[quandow]

I saw a video interview of this guy about a year ago. I expected a drug addled liquor brained washout like Farrah Fawcett. On the contrary, he was QUITE eloquent and spoke like an intelligent gentleman!

[madmen]

Ron wood says he is more mellow and open to more ideas.

Well here is an idea how about you stop touring. It's time

I saw a Deborah Harry years ago and she looked like my grand MA. Destroyed my memories of the hot goddess

[Dexlowe]

Keith has suffered enough for our sins. Thank you Keith, I can manage the rest from here.