Gus & I: the story of my grandfather and my first guitar it's a sweet childhood story written by Keith Richards in which he presents his first steps in the world of music thanks to the help of his grandfather. Keith Richards is the guitarist and founder of The Rolling Stones with a life of legend that still feeds with spectacular concerts and world tours. Keith has five children and five grandchildren. One of her daughters is Theodora Dupree Richards, daughter of Patti Hansen, named after her great grandfather Theodore Augustus Dupree, who is the one who inspires Keith's work.
Theodora Dupree He has also studied art at several schools in New York, including New York Academy of Art and the School of Visual Arts, and, in order to have all the information, he has traveled to Dartford, England, to learn all the information about his childhood. his father and his relationship with his grandfather.
The book tells how before the Rolling Stones the child became immortal Keith Richards approached music thanks to the teachings of Gus, grandfather Theodore Augustus Dupree, who played in a big jazz band.
Gus & Me presents the childhood of Keith Richards with a touching and inspiring story that is lovingly illustrated with exquisite collages made by Theodora Richards. The work, with a lot of autobiographical information of Keith's childhood shows is the artistic talent of the family including several generations. The book also includes selected photographs from the family's collection as well as a CD with exclusive audio content.
The publisher is Little Brown Books for Young Readers and the book will be sold at a price of 18 dollars (about 15 euros), has 32 pages and an approximate size of 23x23 centimeters. The book will go on sale in September 2014 and will also have a version to download for $ 9.99, about 8 euros.
Watching the Keith Richards impressive career, outside the fall of the coconut tree, it will surely be nice to read how all the legend began to be built with Grandpa Gus. So I sign up on September 9 as the date on which we will have to look in the bookstores for this interesting artistic work designed for children.
