This article originally appeared in the October 1985 issue of SPIN. It’s been 20 years since the time was right for fighting in the streets. Have mercy, baby, but it was 2,000 light-years ago that those thin, nimble but hard, defiant fingers introduced him as a man of wealth and taste. He’s been around for some long, long years—since Jesus Christ and His moment of doubt and pain. Keith Richards still plays with fire. There’s something unnaturally timeless about him. It’s not that he hasn’t aged.
