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Lazarus,
Heroin
Sheik:
Not talkin' Smack
By Nelson Gary
I will walk before they make me run
- Jagger, Richards
For the last ten years or so, my wife picks up and splits, hits the road with the
Rolling Stones
for about two years at a stretch, taking breaks between the legs at home with me.
I've spent some time on the road with her and Keith and the boys...and the girls,
some of them, pranksters, "The Sisters of Sin" (SOS).
Since I was seven, the Stones have been my favorite band. Their lyrics tell
the whole story whereas The Beatles only tell
half (the half they stole from Jesus, who also said, "I come with a sword.")
My dad
once said, "There are at least two rock songs that will stand the test of time: 'Light My
Fire' and 'Satisfaction' (Sic)."
I told him I wanted to go on the road with the Stones
and just hang out. My dad laughed, scoffing, "Ha, yeah! You'd be dead in a year." The main
reason he rattled off this line was probably Keith Richards, who was and is, according
to some, "the world most visible heroin addict," so, if there is heroin chic, Keith
created it,
not to mention, along with principally Mick Jagger,
some of the greatest songs of the century past.
 Read:
The Biography
of Keith Richards
A poet/painter friend of mine
commented, "Steely Dan is a state of mind, but the Rolling Stones- now! -that's a lifestyle."
Over the years, I have seen Keith Richards do some wild things, but I've never seen him
shoot dope.
Sometimes, we forget that there is more to a person than writing music from a supernatural source, good taste and an encyclopedic knowledge in the most ancient music, blues, being a guitar player who is a study in open tuning or even being an open channel for the divine, though there's nothing better.
We forget...» »
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