Keith Richards, Lorne Michaels and Rolling Stones

How Lorne Michaels helped keep Keith Richards from a life sentence after the Rolling Stones hosted “SNL ”(exclusive)
Saturday Night Live kicked off its fourth season in 1978 with one of the show's most unconventional emcees to date, the entire Rolling Stones band, pulling double duty as host and musical guest. But what transpired after the episode was just as surprising as the hosting choice.
Lorne Michaels Helped Keith Richards Dodge Life in Prison
Lorne Michaels testified as a character witness on Keith Richards' behalf as the Stones guitarist faced serious drug charges in Canada in 1978.
How Lorne Michaels Helped Keith Richards Exit Prison Following Rolling Stones' “SNL” Hosting Gig
Richards most recently made an appearance at the sketch show's 50th anniversary special Lorne Michaels once helped keep Keith Richards out of prison. According to an excerpt shared by Entertainment Weekly from the biography Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison,
The first musician to change Keith Richards’ life: “I really have to thank my mum”
The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was brought up in a musical household with his mother playing Billie Holiday, and he once named his favourite album.
How SNL Creator Lorne Michaels Helped Keith Richards Avoid Life in Prison
Lorne Michaels once saved Keith Richards from receiving a life sentence in Canadian prison, and no, that's not a scrapped 'SNL' skit.
‘Far Away Eyes’: The song Keith Richards thought Mick Jagger sang as a “caricature”
Mick Jagger may have one of the perfect voices in rock, but Keith Richards wasn't afraid to put him in his place when ...
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The Song Mick Jagger Wrote for Keith Richards Following His Eviction
Though most know “Start Me Up” from The Rolling Stones’ Tattoo You, there’s another track on the album Keith Richards ... of got a little bit of music going,” Richards said.
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Keith Richards
As one half of the fabled Glimmer Twins, Keith Richards doesn't make many solo albums. Still, it could be argued that one of them helped save the Rolling Stones. His gold-selling 'Talk is Cheap ...
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Marianne Faithfull: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards lead tributes to late pop icon
Tributes to Faithfull were lead by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones ... million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Faithfull’s collaborator Ed Harcourt shared ...
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The Rolling Stones began calling themselves the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" in the late Sixties ... but frontman Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards soon cultivated a prolific ...
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My Life As A Rolling Stone: Keith Richards
The series is directed by award-winning filmmakers, Mick Jagger - Sam Anthony (Stewart Copeland’s Adventures In Music; Me, My Selfie And I With Ryan Gander); Keith Richards - Oliver Murray (Bill ...
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Harvey Mandel tells how Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards ruined his chance to join the Rolling Stones
The former Canned Heat guitarist says Wood is “a really nice guy,” but believes he was far better suited for the gig ...