Bobby Keys was only fourteen or fifteen years old when
he first started playing saxophone in concert with the likes of Buddy
Holly, Buddy Knox, and Bobby Vee.In the late '60s, he hooked up
with The Rolling Stones, and has been an unofficial member of the band ever
since.(That's Bobby
blowing the sax on "Brown Sugar".)He was also involved in the infamous
television-throwing incident with Keith Richards, with whom he shares a
birthday and has bonded from the start.Bobby was also a part of Joe Cocker's
legendary Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, and the subsequent concert video.A mainstay with the famous Muscle
Shoals horn section, Bobby Keys has collaborated with an impressive array
of artists and groups, including Ace, Chuck Berry, Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Carmen, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow,
Donovan, Dr. John, Marvin Gaye, Andrew Gold, George Harrison, Nicky
Hopkins, Etta James, B.B. King, John Lennon, Jerry Lee Lewis, LynyrdSkynyrd, Graham Nash,
Harry Nilsson, Yoko Ono, Billy Preston, Martha Reeves, Leo Sayer, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, The Who,
Gary Wright, and Warren Zevon.You can see him in action in the
concert films Chuck Berry:Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll,Let's Spend the Night Together,
Ladies and Gentlemen:The Rolling Stones.In his copious free time, he enjoys
flying model airplanes with fellow enthusiast, Blondie Chaplin.
