Richards and drummer Steve Jordan wrote and produced the majority of Crosseyed Heart, with guitarist Waddy Wachtel and Rolling Stones backup singer Bernard Fowler also assisting on the project. „I had a ball making this new record and working with Steve Jordan and Waddy Wachtel again,“ Richards said in a statement. „There’s nothing like walking into a studio and having absolutely no idea what you’re going to come out with on the other end. If you’re looking for ‚Trouble,‘ you’ve come to the right place.“
Keyboardist Ivan Neville and singer Sarah Dash also appear on Crosseyed Heart, while special guests include Norah Jones on the ballad duet „Illusion,“ Spooner Oldham on „Lovers Plea,“ famed multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell on „Robbed Blind“ and Aaron Neville on „Nothing on Me.“ A pair of tracks, „Amnesia“ and „Blues in the Morning,“ also feature contributions from late Stones saxophonist Bobby Keys.
Richards himself plays both electric and acoustic guitars, bass and piano and on Crosseyed Heart, which is described as a „musical journey that takes in reggae (‚Love Overdue‚), rock (‚Trouble‘), country (‚Robbed Blind‘) and the blues (‚Blues in the Morning‘).“
Despite the solo LP, Richards is also eager to hit the studio with the Rolling Stones soon to record a follow-up to 2005’s A Bigger Bang. „We’re talking about doing some recording after this tour, but there’s nothing definite. We just threw out the idea. I’d like to get the boys back in the studio again, yeah. Anything can happen,“ Richards said. „I’d like to see just how far they can evolve. I have no demands or particular visions for them, but you’re just part of this thing and I want to see how far it will go.“
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