Keith Richards and Paul McCartney graced the cover of Uncut Magazine's "100 Rock and Roll Movie Icons" issue in September of 2005.
Keith Richards revealed in his memoir released yesterday that he and Paul McCartney wrote a song together in 2006 when the pair happened to be vacationing in Parrot Cay on the Turks and Caicos Islands at the same time.
In Richards' book entitled “Life,” Richards spoke about one specific encounter with McCartney.
“He told me that because he was left-handed, he and John [Lennon] could play the guitars like mirrors opposite each other, watching each other’s hands,” Richards said. “So we started playing like that. We even started composing a song together, a McCartney/Richards number whose lyrics were penned on the wall for many weeks.”
According to the Paul McCartney Examiner, Richards did not elaborate in the book on what the song sounded like, and it is unknown if the writing session was recorded or if the song was even finished.
If the song ended up being completed, it would need to be recorded and possibly released.
Members of the Beatles and Stones have worked together in the past on such songs as the 1967 single "We Love You," which featured McCartney and Lennon on backing vocals. However, members of the Beatles and the Stones have never written any songs together before.
McCartney is currently signed to Concord Music Group, which has U.S. distribution through Universal Music Distribution, the same company that distributes the Rolling Stones' current record company, Universal Music Group.
Many are speculating about details on the reported song, but McCartney has yet to weigh in.
