Wednesday, August 25th
passings
Charlie Watts, drummer, June 2, 1941-August 24, 2021
Greatest rock drummer ever?
Rolling Stones, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (M. Jagger, K. Richards), live
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Tag: Charlie Watts
2019
Monday, July 1st
summer in the city
Rolling Stones, “Street Fighting Man” (M. Jagger, K. Richards), live, Chicago, 6/21/19
2019
Saturday, June 29th
summer in the city
As long as Charlie keeps playing drums, I’ll keep listening. He’s the oldest of the bunch and the only one who doesn’t dye his hair. And he’s the only one who sounds as good today as he did decades ago.
Rolling Stones, “Miss You” (M. Jagger, K. Richards), live, Chicago, 6/25/19
2018
Monday, May 21st
what’s new
Once again Charlie shows he’s the most valuable member of the band.
Rolling Stones, “Gimme Shelter,” live, Dublin, 5/17/18
2013
Tuesday, May 21st
only rock ’n’ roll
Rolling Stones (with Katy Perry), “Beast of Burden,” live, Las Vegas, 5/13
Seeing Mick perform these days makes me queasy. When Muddy was nearing seventy, he seemed, onstage, entirely at home in himself. Mick seems like an old guy—he turns seventy in July—who wishes he were still twenty.
2010
Tuesday, 11/30/10
Subtlety and delicacy aren’t usually associated with hard rock. But those are the qualities that (to these ears) stand out when you unpack this recording and hear the tracks separately. Listen to the guitar, the bass. Sledgehammers? More like sushi knives.
Rolling Stones, “Gimme Shelter,” 1969
voice (Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton)
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guitar/1 (Keith Richards)
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guitar/2 and piano (Keith Richards & Nicky Hopkins)
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bass (Bill Wyman)
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drums (Charlie Watts)
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all of it
(Yo, Don: Thanks for the tip!)
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