Trivia / Keith Richards

• He Also Did: He actually played bass on a number of Rolling Stones songs, most notably "Sympathy for the Devil" (you can actually see him laying down the bass part in the Jean-Luc Godard film of the same title). He also played bass in the Supergroup The Dirty Mac from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, but since Eric Clapton and John Lennon also were in the group, someone had to play bass.
• Money, Dear Boy: In his autobiography Life, he says that he formed the side project X-Pensive Winos in the 80's for several reasons: the Stones were on an indefinite hiatus, Keith wanted to get back on the road, and he still had a lot of bills to pay. Later on, he specifically notes he enjoys the royalties that one of the Winos' songs gets from its inclusion in an episode of The Sopranos. He also talks at length about the fact that the Stones barely broke even in their early years due to a heavily-unfair record company contract, and that their renegotiation of their contract in the early 80's allowed them to get much more royalties than normal, which is why they officially licence all their own products (for big pay-checks).