24
SEPTEMBER2015
AMERICANWAY
PHOTO
MARK SEL IGER
POV
CelebrateBees,EatHoney!
Forsome, thismonthmarks theseasonof thesecondhoney
harvest, sowecelebratewith thesebee-fittingactivities
Ifyou lovehoney,St.Ermin’sHotelLondon istheplace. It
hostsacolonyofbees inside its“Bee&B”hotel,andduring its
SeptemberHoneyMonth,visitorscantakeUrbanBeekeeping
Workshops. InNewYork,NYCHoneyFestonSept. 12will
beahoney-themedsensationonRockawayBeach.And in
Guatemala,hotelCasaPalopotakestravelerstoSantoTomás
Perdido farm,69miles fromGuatemalaCity.Guestscantaste
honeymadebybeesthat frequentcoffee flowers.
–ADRIENNEJORDAN
KeithRichardsCan’tStop
Betweendateson theRolling
Stones’ ongoingNorthAmer-
icanstadium tour, theguitar
legendopensupabout the
influencesbehindnewsongs
“CROSSEYEDHEART”AND “BLUES
INTHEMORNING”
“Forme, itall startswith theblues:Big
BillBroonzy,RobertJohnson,Muddy
Waters—andGodblessB.B.King.B.B.
oncesaid, ‘Igetupeverydayand thank
God for theRollingStones,because
without them,blackblues inAmerica
wouldn’thavestayedalive.’ I’llhave
thatonmy tombstone.”
“LOVEOVERDUE”
“GregoryIsaacsreallycouldhave taken
over fromBobMarley, and thissong
isoneofhisbest. It’salwayshaunted
me. I lovereggaeandRastafarians, and
they’vealways lovedme— they’vevoted
meanhonoraryRastafarian!”
“ROBBEDBLIND”
“I’vealways lovedcountrymusic.Gram
Parsonswasoneofmybestbuddies,
andIwas listening toa lotofLouvin
BrotherswhenIwokeuponemorning
andwrote this in15minutes.That’s
incrediblyrare forme.Mysongssome-
times takeyears. Itwasoneof those
daysasasongwriterwhenyouwake
upand thecoffee tastesgreatandyou
pickupaguitarandsuddenly, there’sa
songatyour fingertips.Andwhatcango
wrong from there?”
–THORCHRISTENSEN
CrosseyedHeart
(RepublicRecords),
Keith’s first solo
album in 23 years, is
out thismonth.
