Charlie Watts on playing with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (1997):“I’m lucky to have been with Mick and Keith. There’s a magic about them that people like. They always argue, but they […]
Charlie receives Gold Award at the Jazz FM Awards, Shoreditch Town Hall, London, Apr. 25 2017
Charlie Watts’ book, which he wrote and illustrated in 1961. The story of a little bird, but it’s really about jazz great Charlie Parker.In 1961, twenty-year-old Charles Robert Watts was working as […]
Charlie Watts interview at his home, The Old Brewery House, Lewes, England, May or June 1966
Charlie Watts on going back on the road (1994):“People say we risk nothing going back out on the road. But we risk reputation, and that’s everything… You miss the road when you’re […]
Charlie Watts on fame:“Fame and glamour should not be your motives. Do things because you genuinely love them. In the end, what matters is if you are genuinely passionate about it.”
Charlie Watts on the way he plays live:“People say I play real loud. I don’t, actually. I’m recorded loud and a lot of that is because we have good engineers. Mick knows […]
Charlie Watts about working hard to learn his craft (2013):“I really did my homework. Everything’s easier and quicker now. I wanted to be Max Roach or Kenny Clarke playing in New York […]
*New Musical Express, England, Jan. 20 1968
Charlie Watts on jazz and cleaning up (1986):“The jazz orchestra was a good band in the end – during the period we were playing I had cleaned up, so the first phase […]
Charlie Watts on jazzman Charlie Parker:“I didn’t know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing … I just liked the way he played.”
Keith Richards and Charlie Watts about health habits (2008):Keith: “We love what we do, simple as that. We were the whipping hounds, you know, but that’s calmed down. Now we’re the wrinkled […]
Charlie Watts on Keith Richards junkie business in the ’70s:“I’ve seen Keith fall asleep at business meetings about millions of dollars for him, because of heroin, just nod out and then wake […]
Charlie Watts on his first drums:“I got my first drum kit when I was 13 or 14. It was an Olympic: a guy in a pub sold it to my Dad. I […]
Charlie Watts about the Stones’ career (2013):“We’re very, very fortunate. I’ve always felt that folks have liked this combination of people. Mick, Keith, Brian, and Bill: People turned up to see them. […]
Charlie Watts about the Rolling Stones being the best when they’re onstage (2013):“Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we are a live band. We always have been, even in the early days. The Beatles […]
Charlie Watts on Otis Redding (2013):“When you’d see Otis Redding, that band live, those tempos.… He was entertaining, doing it all, but he could stop during a sax solo or something. That […]
Charlie Watts on the Stones’ longevity (2013):“When the Rolling Stones started, all those other bands were obviously going -they were big- and now we’ve gone past them in years, in longevity. This […]
Charlie Watts about jazz musicians (2013):“I’m not Buddy Rich, I’ve never been a jazz musician that’s in a book that you ring up to do a gig. That would worry the life […]
Charlie Watts on his early days in the Stones:“While they were all going on about John Lee Hooker and all these other marvelous people like Muddy Waters, I’d be putting Charlie Parker […]
Charlie Watts on playing drums (2008):“One of the flaws of my game is that I never learned to play. I learned by watching. I had to go to school and learn how […]
Mick, Charlie and Ronnie interview, The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC2, UK TV), Sept. 20 1977
Charlie Watts on himself:“I don’t think it’s really done so that you’re supposed to feel, ‘Oh, he’s the most wonderful drummer’. I think the whole lot is what’s more enjoyable.”
Charlie Watts on Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (1998):“I’m lucky to have been with these two. There’s a magic about them that people like. They always argue, but they always love each […]
Charlie Watts at Robert Fraser’s Gallery exhibition opening, London, June 7 1966 (silent footage, from the Kinolibrary)
Charlie Watts about getting nervous (2005):“I get very nervous. If you didn’t, you’d toss it off – you’d take it for granted. And I don’t take the Rolling Stones for granted, or […]
Charlie Watts about dressing styles (2012):“I have a very old-fashioned and traditional mode of dress. I get embarrassed, and I don’t really like going to photo shoots. I don’t like stylists.“
Charlie Watts, on the Stones’ 50th anniversary (2012):“The anniversary starts next month but it goes into next year because Bill Wyman and I joined on January 2, 1963 (sic), I think it […]
Charlie Watts, on going on the road with the Stones (2017): “You get your call-up, you get your kit together, you say goodbye to your wife and you come back two months […]
June 7, 1970: Charlie does the photo shoot for the cover of the Stones’ next live album GET YER YA-YA’S OUT! Although the two photography sessions for the cover featuring Charlie and […]
Charlie Watts on The Rolling Stones then and now (2000):“We tour very well now – first class and Rolls-Royces, and that’s the only way to do it. Those first years were valuable […]
Charlie Watts, on the band carrying on: “I love playing the drums, and I love playing with Mick, Keith and Ronnie. I don’t know about the rest of it. It wouldn’t bother […]
Cleveland News 5’s Don Webster and Jimmy O’Neill interview Mick and Charlie on ‘Upbeat’, US TV, 1964
Charlie Watts on the Stones relationship with jazz (2001):“It does annoy me when people ignore jazz – Mick’ll say ‘We need a tenor player’ and I’ll say ‘Sonny Rollins’ – and he’s […]
Charlie Watts, about tour manager Sam Cutler introducing the Stones as ‘The Greatest Rock ’N’ Roll Band In The World’ in 1969:“I didn’t believe it. What about Little Richard? Then you have […]
Charlie Watts on playing drums:“I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn’t about adulation. It was being up there playing.”
Charlie Watts, about jazz, rock’n’roll and the Stones (2000): “With the jazz, it’s great being onstage with such wonderful players, and with the Stones, it’s great being up there with your friends. […]
Charlie Watts, on his music background: “I certainly can’t claim that I came from a musical family. My dad was a lorry driver for British Railways and I reckon the only instrument […]
Charlie interview on Tonight With Jonathan Ross’ (Channel 4, UK TV, Apr. 5 1991)
Charlie Watts about the Stones (1981): “I love this band, but it doesn’t mean everything to me. I always think this band is going to fold up all the time – I […]
Charlie Watts, on playing live: “Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith and Mick. The rest of […]
Charlie Watts on drummers being interviewed: “If someone asks me a direct question, I give a direct answer. Anyway, it’s becoming a tradition that beat-group drummers shouldn’t be the greatest talkers.”
Charlie on the Stones’ sound: “A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn’t hear it that […]
Charlie, about the Sixties: “When people talk about the ’60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but I was never enamoured with all […]
Charlie, about his 1985 junkie period (2001): “During this period, I was personally in a hell of a mess and as a result I wasn’t really aware of the problems between Mick […]
Charlie on Keith (1973): “I don’t really have that much to say, I mean, if you want to talk about the Rolling Stones, you should talk to Keith, who, I think, embodies […]
Charlie, about being on the road (2003): “My wife is at home. So when I get home, mentally I’m still on the road, but I’m actually straight back into being there, with […]
Keith on Charlie (1979): “Charlie’s always there, but he doesn’t want people to know. There’s very few drummers like that. Everybody thinks Mick and Keith are the Rolling Stones. If Charlie wasn’t […]
Charlie, on playing drums: “It’s been years and years and years I’ve been playing the drums, and they’re still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.”
“CHARLIE WATTS” (Bobcat Books, England, 2004)*Interview by Marcelo Sonaglioni Alan, you did books on Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, Beatles (both the band and also individual biographies of each member, as well as […]
Charlie, on going on the road with the Stones (2017): “You get your call-up, you get your kit together, you say goodbye to your wife and you come back two months later, […]
August 30, 2019: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, FL, USA (last show with Charlie Watts, final Stones’ show ever)Jumping Jack Flash/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Tumbling Dice/Out Of Control/Under My Thumb/You Can’t Always Get What […]
Charlie on meeting Brian (2011): “Alexis Korner, all his life, was a hub for young people – and particularly blues and obscure jazz players. He was a great one for bringing them […]
I hope you’re able to read this once your tears dry out…Bye bye Charlie Boy. And thanks for staying with us forever.
Por Marcelo Sonaglioni Mi mamá falleció el 12 de julio del 2012, el día del 50 aniversario del primer show de los Stones. Ni un día antes, ni un día después. Charlie […]
The official version. After undergoing an unspecified medical procedure, he decided not to take part this time. “Charlie has had a procedure which was completely successful, but his doctors this week concluded […]
Keith and Charlie, about Darryl Jones instead of Bill Wyman (1997)Keith: “I miss Bill. I turn around and say, Where’s that skinny white guy? Instead there’s a big spade. Hey Darryl! But […]
HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY CHARLIE WATTS!Born: June 2 1941 (at University College Hospital, London, England)The following text is reprinted from a fact sheet sent to American fans in Spring 1964:REAL NAME Charles Robert […]
¡FELICES 80 CHARLIE WATTS!Nacido el 2 de junio de 1941 en el University College Hospital, Londres, InglaterraEl siguiente es un texto extraído de una gacetilla enviada a los fans de EE.UU. en […]
Ya lo sabemos: Brian no era lo que se dice precisamente adepto a dar notas. En lo que respecta a entrevistas gráficas (en diarios o revistas), las únicas que solía brindar era […]
“The Secret Jewish history of The Rolling Stones” Nota de Seth Rogovoy originalmente publicada en el sitio online de cultura judía Forward el pasado 2 de junio citando un artículo del 2014 […]
Continuando con la cadena de aniversarios, hoy nos toca el no. 37 de “1234”, o tal el nombre que Ronnie Wood eligió para titular a su cuarto álbum solista, que salió a […]
Rolling Stones “On Air” (Interscope, 2017Ahora que las bóvedas del tiempo finalmente se dignaron a parir, ahora que el reloj que no para de girar sigue acrecentando el pasado minuto a […]
The Four Steps. No, no numerical error involved here to refer to one of Hitchcock´s masterpieces, but it sure would serve as the title of this interview. That´s all it takes to […]
Los Cuatro Escalones. No, si no se trata de un error numérico para referirse a una de las grandes obras cinematográficas que nos dejó Hitchcock, pero bien serviría como título de esta […]
Allá por 1989, en momentos en que los Rolling Stones cumplían poco más de un cuarto de siglo de existencia, el bajista Bill Wyman, que para entonces aún era miembro del grupo, […]
Publicado en Evaristo Cultural el 2 de enero de 2014 No debería resultar para nada extraño ingresar a la habitación de hotel de Andrew Loog Oldham y descubrirlo tendido en la cama hablando al […]
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