ROLLING STONES - WAITS FEARED WORKING WITH RICHARDS

TOM WAITS found working with ROLLING STONES guitarist KEITH RICHARDS "fun" despite his initial fear.

Hellraiser Richards guested on RAIN DOGS in 1985 and drank everyone under the table with his lengthy drinking sessions - which would see him play guitar all night in the studio during their collaboration.

Waits says, "Well you really can't keep up with Keith. He's from a different stock.

"I didn't realise it at first, but then I met his father and I understood. His dad looked like POPEYE. He had a little corncob pipe and the wink in his eye - oh man.

"I was real nervous and trying not to be afraid, but he's a real gentleman, and we had a lot of fun.

"He just loves to play. He'll play at four o'clock in the morning, play until the bottle is gone, like an old troubadour, or until they can't remember any more songs or they turn out the lights and tell us to leave."