With the Rolling Stones' Zip Code tour wrapped up, Keith Richards has released the first single, "Trouble," from his upcoming solo album, Crosseyed Heart. Rolling Stone magazine says the track is a stripped-down, no-nonsense rocker built around a bevy of quintessential Keef riffs ? ragged, haggard blues lines that meander the fretboard and sound at once precise and just a bit "juiced up and sloppy."
Lyrically, Richards seems to be channeling his inner Lou Reed, singing about a pestering hanger-on in a voice that's both world-weary and wry. Crosseyed Heart arrives on September 18th and marks Richards' first solo LP since 1992's Main Offender. Richards and drummer Steve Jordan wrote and produced the majority of the album, which also boasts contributions from guitarist Waddy Wachtel and Rolling Stones backup singer Bernard Fowler.
