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Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

But Rolling Stone can’t get cocaine satisfaction

Posted Aug 7, 2007 5:13 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Keith Richards says that—reported denials aside—he did indeed snort his father’s ashes. The Rolling Stones sideman revealed in an interview yesterday that media reports had mixed up the story, and that he’d only meant to deny mixing the remains with a popular opiate. “I said I chopped him up like cocaine, not with,” he clarified.

The craggy guitarist says his paternal fix started as an accident. “I pulled the lid off [the urn] and out comes a bit of dad on the dining room table. I'm going, 'I can't use the brush and dustpan for this',” he recalled. "What I found out is that ingesting your ancestors is a very respectable way of...y'know, he went down a treat."

The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards performs during a concert on their A Bigger Bang tour at Palace Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 28, 2007.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards performs during a concert on their "A Bigger Bang" tour at Palace Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 28, 2007.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)   (Associated Press)
Keith Richards of rockband Rolling Stones performs on stage during the German tour start of A Bigger Bang at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, June 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer)
Keith Richards of rockband Rolling Stones performs on stage during the German tour start of "A Bigger Bang" at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, June 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Bernd...   (Associated Press)
Guitarist Keith Richards performs at the beach Jaz near the Adriatic town of Budva, 65 kms. south of Montenegro's capital Podgorica, during a concert of the Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang European Tour, Monday, July 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)
Guitarist Keith Richards performs at the beach Jaz near the Adriatic town of Budva, 65 kms. south of Montenegro's capital Podgorica, during a concert of the Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang" European Tour,...   (Associated Press)
Keith Richards performs during a concert of the Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang European Tour, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday July 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Keith Richards performs during a concert of the Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang" European Tour, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday July 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)   (Associated Press)
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