Keith Richards will forever be the king of rock-star debauchery, and at 81, the Rolling Stones guitarist is a living legend.

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger wrote a wealth of groundbreaking rock songs for The Rolling Stones, but it took them a while ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) KEITH RICHARDS: I wish I could explain the ins and outs. Obviously, we record all the time. And last year, we were on the road, and Mick looked at me - look out.

Twenty-five years ago today--on January 19, 1993--Keith Richards played the Orpheum Theatre with his band the X-Pensive Winos. I mostly remember it because I went backstage after the gig and got ...