Not Exactly Someone You’d Expect To Write A Children’s Book

I’ll say this much: Rolling Stones lead guitarist Keith Richards’ kids’ book will cure George Zimmerman’s:

That’s right: Lifelong rock star and one-time notorious party animal Keith Richards is turning his talents towards writing a children’s book.

Richards, 70, inked a deal with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for a hardcover book with an accompanying CD titled “Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar.”

“I have just become a grandfather for the fifth times, so I know what I’m talking about,” Richards told the New York Times in a statement. “The bond, the special bond, between kids and grandparents is unique and should be treasured. This is the story of one of those magical moments. May I be as great a grandfather as Gus was to me.”

The plot of the book will come from his own childhood and his relationship with his jazz musician grandfather Theodore Dupree.

By: dave-dr-gonzo

David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.