Kent clarifies Richards memoir input

Nick Kent has said that he was only interviewed once for Keith Richards's upcoming memoir.

The music writer previously claimed that he had helped "fill in" Richards's story from the early 1970s, but he has since clarified his limited role in the book.

Kent told his former employers NME: "I've not been in direct contact with any of the Rolling Stones for well over a decade.

"Three years ago, I gave a single interview to James Fox - the book's real co-writer - specifically about the guitarist's exploits during the post-Exile '70s.

"But I'm only one of many people James has interviewed and my input in the work ended there."

He added: "According to James, the guitarist has an excellent memory - particularly about his childhood and the '60s - and is using other people's reminiscences to contrast with his own, rather than fill in any inconvenient memory gaps.

"I've not read the finished tome either, although I learned recently it'll be called Life and become available in October 2010."