Bobby Keys

Robert Henry 'Bobby' Keys (born December 18, 1943, Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas, United States) is an American saxophone player, and has performed with other musicians as a member of one of the notable horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by The Rolling Stones, The Who, Harry Nilsson, Delaney Bramlett, George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Keys has been a touring musician since 1956.. Keys started touring at age fifteen with Bobby Vee and fellow Texan Buddy Holly. Keys is best known as being the main saxophone player for The Rolling Stones, playing on every album from 1969 until 1974, and from 1980 to present, and performing on all Stones tours since 1970. Keys has played on hundreds of recordings, including many uncredited performances such as on Dion's "The Wanderer.". He is known for his relationship with The Rolling Stones, both in playing (for example, the saxophone solo on the 1971 hit "Brown Sugar") and friendship with Keith Richards (there is a film of him and Richards throwing a television set from the 10th floor of a hotel somewhere during the 1972 American Tour, as seen in the Stones' unreleased 1972 concert movie Cocksucker Blues). Keys met the Rolling Stones at the San Antonio Teen Fair in 1964. Keys recorded with them around 1969 on their track "Live with Me". Keys, along with the addition of Mick Taylor, made their debut on Let it Bleed. Mick Jagger and Keys, became close in the early 1970s, with Keys serving as an attendant at Jagger's wedding. Together with Jim Price on trumpet, Keys toured with the Stones in 1970, 1971 and 1972, and with Steve Madaio and Trevor Lawrence on the first half of the 1973 European Tour, at which Keys was thrown out after missing some shows, according to legend due to Keys filling a bathtub with Dom Perignon champagne and drinking most of it. Allegedly this caused a falling out with Mick Jagger, and Keys only guested on some shows of the 1975 and 1978 tours, missing the 1976 tour, and performing only two tracks on the 1981 tour, on which Ernie Watts was the main sax player. Keys returned to fully backing the Stones together with Gene Barge on the 1982 European Tour, and has toured with the Stones on all tours ever since....
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