Jan 7 - 8: Mick Taylor plays Woody's On The Beach and is joined on stage by the club's new proprietor.

Jan 20: At the third annual Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, Mick inducts The Beatles (referring to them as "the four headed monster"), then joins a superjam with Dylan, Springsteen, Elton John, George Harrison, and others.

Jan 26: "Say You Will," the third single from Mick's Primitive Cool, released.

Feb: Mick conducts rehearsals at S.I.R. and Silvercup Studios in New York in preparation for his solo tour of Japan.

Mar 2 - 15: Ron Wood and Bo Diddley bring the Gunslingers Tour to Japan, playing clubs Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo, and Sapporo.

Mar 15 - 28: Japanese fans not yet recovered from their dose of Ron Wood (The Stones have never played Japan), now get a dose of Mick Jagger. On March 16, Tina Turner guests on "Brown Sugar" and "It's Only Rock'n'Roll." His band consists of guitarist Joe Satriani and Jimmi Ripp, bassist Doug Wimbish, and drummer (and future Who drummer) Simon Phillips. The tour plays two nights at Tokyo's 50,000-capacity Korakuen Dome.

Apr 11: Keith begins three weeks of solo recording at Air Studios in Montserrat.

Jun 28: The Gunslingers Tour moves to Europe and plays London's Hammersmith Odeon, plus seven concerts in Italy, Germany, and Spain.

Aug 31: Keith shoots a video for "Take It So Hard," with director Larry Williams at Ren-Mar Studios in L.A.

Sep 22 - Nov 5: Mick's tour down under opens in Brisbane, Australia and closes in Auckland, New Zealand. Backed by the same band he took to Japan, Mick performs a three-hour set of 32 songs, featuring an unrecorded original of his, "What Kind Of World Is This?"

Sep 26: Keith Richards' first ever solo album, Talk is Cheap, released by Virgin Records.

Oct 8: Keith guests on Saturday Night Live, performing two of his songs, "Take It So Hard" and "Struggle."

Oct 24: "Take It So Hard," is first single from Talk Is Cheap to be released.

Nov 24: Keith's solo tour takes him to 12 cities for 15 shows in just over three weeks. His back-up band, dubbed the X-Pensive Winos, consists of Steve Jordan, Charley Drayton (alternating between bass and drums), Waddy Wachtel (guitar), Ivan Neville (keyboards), Bobby Keys (sax), and Sarah Dash (backing vocals). The tour kicks off at Atlanta's Fox Theater. At the Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey, legendary pianist Johnnie Johnson guests on a few songs. Then, at an aftershow party, Virgin Records present Keith with a gold album for Talk Is Cheap and a cake to celebrate the eve of his 45th Birthday. Keith would later receive Pollstar's award for the Best Small Hall Tour of the Year.