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Keith Richards’ opinion on Angus Young
One of the greatest guitarists and songwriters of all time, Keith Richards is also known for being quite honest, never hesitating to share his real opinion on other artists and bands. He already revaled he doesn't like the music of groups such as Metallica, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
Over the decades, he has also commented on many other heavier bands, including AC/DC, originally led by the brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.
What is Keith Richards' opinion on Angus Young
“There are bands that you can’t tell who is doing what. Angus and Malcolm in a way, you know Angus gonna play the leads but their tightness is always impressive. Being a guitar player is one thing, being a guitar player with another guitar player it’s to the power of. It’s not two guitars, it becomes five, six, ten."
"Doing these gigs together, we all enjoyed each other. I kind of like being taller than another guitar player as well (laughs). Bless their hearts, they are a great little bundle of energy,” Keith Richards said in an interview made for the Stones tour DVD "Four Flicks".
Keith Richards has always been a huge fan of AC/DC and the brothers Malcolm and Angus Young as his late bandmate Charlie Watts said. “They’re (AC/DC) great at festivals, they are probably the best at it, I think. I know Keith has always liked AC/DC,” the drummer said.
In 2002, The Rolling Stones started the tour called "Licks" to promote the 40th anniversary compilation album "Forty Licks". That year they played three concerts in Sydney, Australia and Richards told the band's tour manager that he would like to see Angus and Malcolm. They were invited to the band's rehearsal on the first night and the brothers ended up joining them on stage to play "Rock Me Baby", a classic B.B. King track. The Hard Rock band ended up being the Stones opening act later on in Germany and Canada.
Keith Richards was really happy to perform Angus and Malcolm
Angus Young recalled that moment in an interview with Triple M, saying: "We were asked if we would go down to the reharsal. We didn't wanna do that because we knew they'd probably be busy. It was Ron Wood who actually grabbed us and said 'I'll take you in and Keith is going to be excited to see you'. We went in and sure enough there he was, being Keith, you know. He is who he is, but he likes what he likes and he was really happy to see us."
"Then me and Malcolm we thought 'Oh we'll go out, we were just sitting on a flight case and we were just having a smoke'. Then out comes Keith, just before they're getting on stage. He said: 'Ok, I'm gonna bring you on 'Rock Me Baby'. You'll get through it easy enough, it's in C, that's the root key (laughs). Mal said: 'Keith, shouldn't you ask Mick first?' (laughs). Then we got on and played away, so for us it was a big thrill," he said in 2020.
"Powerage" is Keith Richards' favorite AC/DC album
AC/DC might be the heaviest band Keith Richards likes, because he already criticized groups like Metallica, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin over the years, saying it was not the kind of music he liked. Although the Australian group has many acclaimed albums like "Highway to Hell" (1979) and "Back in Black" (1980), his favorite one is actually "Powerage", released in 1978.
Angus revealed that to Triple M, when he was talking about a person who worked with Richards. “Yeah, Waddy, I know Waddy from – he was gigging. He did quite a bit of gigging with Keith Richards, with The Stones. So yeah, Waddy is a big guy. He was the guy that actually turned on Keith to what we did.”
Angus Young continued:
“He played our album at the time. Because he was trying to see what we would really like. He played on that album ("Powerage"), and Keith heard it once and then he said, ‘Put it on again.’ So it’s an album, he really loves that album. It’s a part of his ritual now that he’s got that album with him everywhere,” Angus Young said.
One of the final albums of the band with the late singer Bon Scott, "Powerage" has many famous tracks. Some of them are "Rock N' Roll Damnation", "Down Payment Blues", "Riff Raff" and "Sin City".
Curiously, when Axl Rose replaced Brian Johnson in AC/DC so that the band could play some final tour dates that were already scheduled in 2016, Angus was asked which dead or alive musicians he would pick to record with. Richards was his choice: “You’d have to resurrect a lot of people from the dead, I think (laughs). I’d sit down with Keith Richards, do something. He’s a rhythm guy like Mal,” Angus Young told Rolling Stone
Angus played The Rolling Stones music to Malcolm at the end of his life
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As can be seen Keith admired the brothers and they were big fans of The Rolling Stones as well. In 2014, Malcolm Young had to retire from AC/DC due to his battle against dementia, being replaced by his nephew Stevie Young. The musician passed away in 2017 at the age of 64 and his brother Angus revealed to NME in 2020, that he used to play The Rolling Stones music to him during his final days.
“I’d play him a bit of guitar. He was happy whenever we were doing that. One of the last records I ever played him was The Rolling Stones when they were doing a lot of old blues tracks (2016’s ‘Blue And Lonesome’). He just thought it was great,” Angus Young said.
When AC/DC was formed in Sydney, Australia by Angus and Malcolm in 1973. The Rolling Stones already were active for about 11 years and had 12 studio albums out. Like the British band, AC/DC also became one of the best-selling bands in the world. They have sold an amount of more than 200 million records sold worldwide.The post Keith Richards’ opinion on Angus Young appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.
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