Keith Richards dies in 1966

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September 1966:

At a Rolling Stones concert in Sacramento, a short in Keith Richards' guitar cord causes a massive electrical surge to pass through his guitar. He is knocked to the floor. Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, both facing in the opposite direction, don't see him in time. Charlie Watts does, but he's behind the drums. Bill Wyman also sees Richards fall, and runs over to pull out the cord, but he's a bit too far away. By the time he pulls the cord out, it's too late; Richards' heart has stopped. Doctors are unable to revive him and he is pronounced dead at a Sacramento hospital.

December 1966:

The four remaining Rolling Stones, with Mick Jagger still distraught over Keith Richards' death, begin attempting to record a new album in London. But Jagger and Brian Jones, who have never gotten along, now find it impossible to work together, especially given Jagger's state. They do complete one song, a tribute to Keith titled "Ruby Tuesday," but otherwise decide that they are better off not trying to keep the band going. The Rolling Stones announce their breakup; the sessions will continue for a Mick Jagger solo album.

January 1967:

The Mick Jagger Album is released. "Ruby Tuesday" reaches No. 5 on the U.S. charts and No. 1 in Britain.

February 1967:

Brian Jones persuades Steve Winwood, who is on the verge of leaving the Spencer Davis Group, to form a new band with himself and the ex-Stones rhythm section of Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. Winwood suggests the name "Traffic" at one point for the band, but later he and Jones come up with a name that better underlines the circumstances around how the band came to be: Blind Faith.

June 1967:

Brian Jones makes a personal appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in California, partly to promote Blind Faith.

August 1967:

Blind Faith's self-titled debut album is released by Decca (UK). It features a mix of old blues numbers, songs by Winwood (the standout being "Paper Sun"), Brian Jones' first songs to make it to the recording studio (including "Thank You"), and Bill Wyman's "In Another Land."
 
Kind of an ironic timeline already considering that Keith has always been known for outlasting everyone and everything. That basically eliminates the majority of the Stones catalog and all the great songs that came with it. Perhaps Brian Jones' death is delayed? Perhaps Anita Pallenberg ends up with Mick Jagger after her domestic dispute with Brian? No 'Gimme Shelter', 'Honky Tonk Woman' 'Brown Sugar'. Without the further influence of the Stones, Aerosmith sounds vastly different?

I'm really curious to how this timeline goes.
 
He died in 66 OTL. It's just that all the various chemicals in his system reacted together, reanimating the corpse into some wierd pharmacutical zombie. :D

But seriously, interesting; I'd like to see where this goes!

:cool: <-- my Blind Faith in this TL.
 
Mick´s solo career would either have been amazing or shit, tbh. If it get started badly, I can see him going into maybe heroin and then maybe overdose / go into rehab and become a born again christian?
 
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