Keith Richards For President?

[kpete]

Keith Richards once pulled a knife on Donald Trump.
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As the story goes, The Stones booked a gig at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall to conclude the American leg of their Steel Wheels tour. The show was sponsored by Donald Trump, but only after he agreed to not be involved in any of the concert’s promotion, or even attend the show for that matter (apparently The Stones weren’t fans of the future Republican presidential candidate).

Shockingly enough, Trump ended up reneging on his promise. As tour manager Michael Cohl recounted to Pollstar, “I get word that I have to come to the press room in the next building. I run to the press room in the next building and what do you think is happening? There’s Donald Trump giving a press conference, in our room!”

Cohl told Trump to leave; he initially obliged, only to return five minutes later.

When Richards got wind of Trump’s actions, “he pulls out his knife and slams it on the table and says, ‘What the hell do I have you for? Do I have to go over there and fire him myself? One of us is leaving the building – either him, or us.’”


http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/keith-richards-once-pulled-a-knife-on-donald-trump/

[ghostsinthemachine]

1. We would have Marianne Faithful as drug czar!

Perhaps we could always get what we want after all!

[ghostsinthemachine]

2. Keef! (NT)

[spanone]

3. i would trust Mr. Richards before any of the sad choices they've put forward.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. he did NOT pull a knife on Trump. he laid a knife on the table during his

talk with Cohl

read the comments here to see what others have to say about alleged tough guy Richards:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/keith-richards-donald-trump/



that said, I adamantly loathe almost everything about Trump, and conversely, enjoy the Stones to the same degree that I detest Trump.

aaaand........if anyone else is interested, try Stanley Booth's book on the Stones, which interweaves the saga of their early years with the 69, tour (he accompanied them most of the way), culminating in Altamont. Pretty well written, and compelling in spots:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/9212321/True-Adventures-Of-the-Rolling-Stones-author-Stanley-Booth-interview.html

First published in 1984, and now republished to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones. 'True Adventures’ is one of the great books about rock and roll, an enthralling insider’s account of the Stones’ surreal procession through cavernous sports arenas, the endless waits at airport terminals and anonymous Holiday inns, like a troupe of renaissance bandits with their retinue of courtiers, bagmen, bodyguards and groupies.

pretty sure there's a segment on C*cksucker Blues, the infamous documentary that used to be on youtube. you can get it in segments here; don't know if it's the whole thing, but it's very graphic in spots, and lots of boring:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#tbm=vid&q=Cocksucker+Blues+dailymotion

[raccoon]

5. Just one problem, Keith wasn't born in this country.

Nor were either of his parents American citizens.

[whistler162]

6. Mick Jagger fopr Secretary of the Treasury.