Keith Richards will put out his first collection of solo material in 22 years once the Rolling Stones have completed the touring commitments which were sparked by their 2012 50th anniversary.
Speaking to the Associated Press, Richards has revealed the album was created over the course of ‘a couple of years’ with his long-term Winos stablemate Steve Jordan.
“I have a solo record finished, but I don’t want to put it out while the Stones are working,” he said. “We’ve got South America lined up in February, Buenos Aires, Peru. And after that, I know what the Stones tours are like, they tend to get extended.”
“We had no rush. Every month or two we’d come down here [to New York’s Germano Studios] and do a couple a day and knock off a couple of tracks. Nearly every record I’ve made is, ‘You’ve got another five days,’ but this one we’re taking our time.”
Richards’ comments put a likely release date for the album at next summer at the earliest, when it will succeed 1992’s ‘Main Offender‘.