I am trying to clear up some confusion in the book (on my end) about exactly what it was that Bobby Keys did by staying with Keith when Keith was going down before his trial. Thx

Bobby Keys wasnt playing with the Stones when they were in Toronto in Feb/March 1977 for the El Mocambo shows.

Does Keith actually say that he was there?

Keith didnt 'go to jail' in Toronto. He was released on bail and rejoined the rest of the band for rehearsals.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011-12-09 04:42 by Gazza.

... if "staying with Keith" means staying in Toronto during the month after the bust,
when his passport had been confiscated and before he was granted a health visa to the US,
that was Stu, not Bobby Keys. and as the good Gazza notes, Keith spent that month in a hotel, not in jail.

i don't know what "going down before his trial" means. his trial was in october 1978
and Keith of course is completely straight :E



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011-12-09 11:01 by with sssoul.

Ah yes. I apologize, I meant Stu. I know that he said they had recorded some country duets and such. My bad. Carry on.

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with sssoul
... if "staying with Keith" means staying in Toronto during the month after the bust,
when his passport had been confiscated and before he was granted a health visa to the US,
that was Stu, not Bobby Keys. and as the good Gazza notes, Keith spent that month in a hotel, not in jail.

i don't know what "going down before his trial" means. his trial was in october 1978
and Keith of course is completely straight :E

..and Keith spent that time in a studio in Toronto, recording demos with a piano and you can hear Bobby play sax

That must be from a different session, seitan - the Toronto '77 sessions are just Keith, with some help from Stu.

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Gazza
That must be from a different session, seitan - the Toronto '77 sessions are just Keith, with some help from Stu.

But If my memory serves me right - few of those songs have a sax ?
I remember hearing Keith on vocals, Keith or Stu on piano - ( and a saxophone on few songs played by Bobby ? ) - and I remember Charlie interview where he mentioned that Keith did a wonderfull session in Toronto with Bobby and Stu.

There´s a sax here:







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011-12-09 23:40 by seitan.

Ah yes. That one (and the other solo songs with Bobby on sax) come from spring '81, though.

From nzentgraf.de:

770312A 12th & 13th March: KEITH RICHARDS. Toronto, Canada, Sounds
Interchange Recording Studios. Producer: KR. Incl.
- Apartment Number Nine I (Johnny Paycheck/Bobby Austin) -lead vocals
and piano only
- Apartment Number Nine II (Johnny Paycheck/Bobby Austin) -new lead vocals,
with additional backing vocals, guitar and piano
- Apartment Number Nine III (Johnny Paycheck/Bobby Austin) -remix of version II
- Bad Luck I ( ) -instrumental; unverified
- Bad Luck II ( ) -unverified
- Oh, What A Feeling (Don Everly)
- Say It’s Not You I (Dallas Frazier)
- She Still Comes Around (Glenn Sutton)
- Sing Me Back Home I (Merle Haggard) -vocals and piano only
- Sing Me Back Home II (Merle Haggard) - with additional guitar and backing vocals
- Six Days On The Road (Earl Green/Carl Montgomery) -unconfirmed
- Worried Life Blues I (John Estes/Major Merriweather) -STU on piano
- Worried Life Blues II (John Estes/Major Merriweather) -remix of version I
Musicians: KR (voc, gtr, bvoc, p)/STU (p)
Note: Recordings were made on the 12th March, some mixing and overdubs
had been done by KR on the 13th March.

810300D March: KEITH RICHARDS. Los Angeles, California, Eldorado Recording Studio.
- Over The Rainbow I (E.Y. Harburg/Harold Arlen)
- Over The Rainbow II (E.Y. Harburg/Harold Arlen)
- Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)
- Don’t I (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
- Nearness Of You I (Hoagy Carmichael/Ned Washington)
- Nearness Of You II (Hoagy Carmichael/Ned Washington)
- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On I (Sonny David/Dave Williams)
- Still In Love II (MJ/KR) -instrumental
- Instrumental 1 ( ) -piano only
- Instrumental 2 ( ) -guitar only
Musicians: KR (voc, g, p)/Bobby Keys (sax)

810525A 25th - 28th May: KEITH RICHARDS. North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Long
View Farm
- All I Have To Do Is Dream (Boudleaux Bryant)
- Apartment Number Nine IV (Johnny Paycheck/Bobby Austin)
- Blue Monday (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew)
- Don’t II (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
- Nearness Of You III (Hoagy Carmichael/Ned Washington)
- Oh, What A Feeling III (Don Everly)
- Say It’s Not You II (Dallas Frazier)
- Sing Me Back Home III (Merle Haggard)
- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On II (Dave Williams/Sonny David)
Line-up: KR (p, voc)



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Well I certainly learned something here. Thanks people.

Speaking of Keith's 1977 bust, did he or Anita bring the heroin into Canada or was it purchased in Canada?

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Speaking of Keith's 1977 bust, did he or Anita bring the heroin into Canada or was it purchased in Canada?

he must have brought it in...we don't have such evil things here.

Further to the point of the term "jail" - Keith wasn't in "jail" per se. However, there were RCMP locks on his rooms in the Harbour Castle Hilton. I was a bit shocked when I saw how huge and unbreakable the locks were. (I have no idea why that shocked me!) So in that regard, Keith was "locked up" but in a nicer place than "jail".