Keith’s long friendship with Dylan stretches back to the 1960s. “We all pushed each other In those days,” Richards told NME. “Bob’s a nasty little bugger. I recall him saying, ‘I could have written “Satisfaction”, Keith, but you couldn’t have written “Desolation Row”.’ I said, ‘Well, you’re right there, Bob!’”
During 1985, Dylan invited Richards and Ron Wood to perform with him at a charity concert. In his autobiography, Ronnie, Wood remembers the three of them rehearsing at Dylan’s West 78th Street house. “On the day of the gig,” Wood wrote, “a limo came to pick up Keith and me. Before we got in, a truck pulled up with Dylan on board – the driver was his daughter. ‘You coming?’ Bob asked. ‘We’re on in Philly, man.’ That was 90…