Keith Richards - the Human Riff

[Bert]

Who is credited with being the first to call Keith Richards "The Hunman Riff"? If you post an answer, please include any evidence to back up the claim.

[Kozmic Blues]

He was first known to the public as Keith Richard because Andrew Loog Oldham, the first manager of the Stones, removed the "s" to resemble the name of popstar Cliff Richard; Richards later restored the "s" to his surname.
"The Human Riff" and "Keef Riffhard" are lasting epithets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards

Kozmic :)

[Kozmic Blues]

Keith would be downstairs at 5:00 AM playin' a riff all on his own. You'd wander in and say hello, but his arm would still keep going round that guitar. I mean he looks so good when he plays. And he would just sit in his chair and play. He'd only get up for a piss. Everybody else would be running into the truck listening to playbacks, but Keith would still be sittin' in that fuckin' chair, playing the riff. Everyone is saying what they think about the track, no one knew what to make of it; Mick would ask Jimmy (Miller) his opinion. And then Keith would saunter in and say, It's all right, man, but let's do another take.

- Andy Johns, engineer, on the Exile on Main Street sessions
at Keith's villa in the south of France, summer 1971

http://www.timeisonourside.com/riff.html