Charlie Watts admitted he didn’t understand what Charlie Parker was playing. He simply loved it—and that tells you plenty about the Stones drummer’s lifelong jazz obsession.
Charlie Watts: “I Didn’t Know What Charlie Parker Was Playing”
The Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main St.: Jimmy Miller Talks in 1972
Jimmy Miller opened up about Exile on Main St. in 1972, revealing how strange recording spaces, experimentation and plenty of disorder helped shape the Stones’ new album.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Trouble Man’: The Unreleased Marvin Gaye Cover (1993)
The Rolling Stones tackled Marvin Gaye’s ‘Trouble Man’ during the 1993 Voodoo Lounge sessions. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and an unfinished outtake—what could possibly go wrong?
The Rolling Stones ‘Rain Fall Down’: El oscuro groove londinense de Mick Jagger (2005)
Una visión oscura de Londres se encuentra con un groove inesperadamente funky mientras Mick Jagger convierte ‘Rain Fall Down’ en una de las canciones posteriores más extrañas de los Stones.
The Rolling Stones Cover ‘It’s All Over Now’: Their First No. 1 (1964)
A Womack cover becomes something much bigger when The Rolling Stones record ‘It’s All Over Now’ at Chess—and suddenly they have their first No. 1.
Rolling Stones chronology: September 26
September 26 takes the Stones from Bradford in 1964 to St. Louis in 2021, with Brian Jones in court, Bill Wyman producing, and Mick, Keith and Ronnie popping up along the way.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tattoo You’: Keith Richards on How It Was Made (1981)
Keith Richards reveals how The Rolling Stones turn unfinished tracks from earlier sessions into Tattoo You—an album assembled from the vault when time for something new runs out.
Mick Taylor Quits The Rolling Stones and Joins Jack Bruce, 1974
Rolling Stones Mick Taylor quits in 1974, ending five years with the band before joining Jack Bruce for a very different musical adventure.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘It Won’t Be Long’: A Lost 1979 Track
Recorded in 1978 and revisited in 1979, ‘It Won’t Be Long’ gets reggae touches, extra keyboards and Keith Richards on backing vocals—then disappears into the Stones’ vault.
La versión de ‘Ride ’Em On Down’ de los Rolling Stones: de Eddie Taylor a 2016
Los Rolling Stones reviven ‘Ride ’Em On Down’ de Eddie Taylor, pero la historia va mucho más atrás: hasta Bukka White, el blues de Chicago y un groove que ha viajado muchísimo.
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