“Arthritis taught me another way to play the guitar”

The guitarist of the Rolling Stones Keith Richards has said that the arthritis he suffers from in his hands has shown him another way to play the guitar. And, as if that were not enough, he assures that in this life he “always learns”, in statements collected by the BBC. According to the British public broadcaster, the 79-year-old musician owns more than a thousand guitars, although he only plays a select few on stage, and remains fascinated with the instrument.

“The fascinating thing is that the more you play it, the less you know it. It raises endless questions. You can never know everything. It’s impossible,” he declares in an article on the station’s website, which is signed by the music correspondent Mark Savage.

Keith Richardslike his colleagues in the band, appeared in very good shape when last September he presented his first album with new songs in 18 years, Hackney Diamondswhich goes on sale next Friday, October 20.

Asked if arthritis has affected his playing, the musician replied: “Interestingly, there is no doubt that it has, but I have no pain, it is a benign variant. I think that if I have slowed down a little it is probably due to more to the age.

And also, and I find this interesting, when I say to myself, ‘I can’t do that anymore,’ the guitar shows me that there is another way to do it. A finger will be directed to a different space and a new door will open,” he explained.

“In other words, you are always learning. You never finish school,” added the musician.

In an interview with American television presenter Jimmy Fallon, Mick Jagger stated that the new album will have 12 songs. This will be the group’s first release since 2016 and their first with new songs since 2005.

Days ago, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wod announced that they were working on a documentary that will detail the recording of Hackney Diamonds, the new album. For this, the band partnered with Fulwell 73, the same team behind the series The Kardashians. “The film will show the group when they began working on the 12 tracks that appear on Hackney Diamonds“, a source close to the project told the column The Sun’s Bizarre (via The Mirror). “It will give fans an intimate and candid look at Mick, Keith and Ronnie as they work their magic in the studio, including pranking each other.”

The source also stated that the documentary, whose title has not yet been revealed, will also contain “winks to Charlie Watts.” we must remember that Hackney Diamonds It is the Stones’ first album since Watts’ death, which occurred in 2021.

“It also includes scenes from their big press event at the Hackney Empire, where they premiered the video for Angry, with Sydney Sweeney,” stressed the same source. “It is a very ingenious production and it will be incredible when the final cut is edited and completed,” she concluded about the documentary.