THE HUMAN RIFF

Keith Richards has been at the helm of The Rolling Stones for almost six decades, writing some of the band’s most enduring guitar riffs, as well as pioneering altered tunings and introducing the world to the distortion pedal (yep, that Maestro Fuzz-Tone whose sales went through the roof with Keith’s endorsement). In a move that could’ve seen Keith land himself in the ‘loony guitarists’ category,, or without it. Come the late 60s, and this trademark tuning would lead to what Richards calls “the ancient art of weaving” – two independent, interlocking rhythm parts created with his Stones bandmate Mick Taylor and, from 1974, Ronnie Wood.