Tag Archives: Charlie Watts
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Rolling Stones are still who they claim to be on ‘Hackney Diamonds’
Rolling Stones, “Hackney Diamonds.” It is a wonderful feeling to know that your heroes are still who they claim to be. Especially these days. Hackney Diamonds by the Rolling Stones is proof that the band still has that essential spark that made it the world’s greatest rock band. Hackney Diamonds Rolling…
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In Memoriam: DMX, Charlie Watts and 30 other artists we lost in 2021
Row 1: DMX, Biz Markie, Dusty Hill, Charlie Watts, Joey Jordison, Nanci Griffith and B.J. Thomas. Row 2: Mary Wilson, George Wein, Michael Nesmith, Terence “Astro” Wilson, Tom T. Hall, Stephen Sondheim and Graeme Edge. Row 3: Chick Corea, Gift of Gab, Bunny Wailer, Shock G and Sylvain Sylvain.…
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REWIND: Honoring Charlie Watts with five of his best Rolling Stones performances
Charlie Watts performs with The Rolling Stones during the band’s 50th anniversary tour at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Dec. 12, 2013. Modified photo courtesy Babette Ross. While I’m sure my fellow columnist Tony Hicks is probably writing about this same subject and doing a much…
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Obituary: Charlie Watts, the bedrock of The Rolling Stones, dead at 80
Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones with performs with his other band, The ABC & D of Boogie Woogie, at the Casino in Herisau, Switzerland on Jan. 13, 2010. Photo: Poiseon Bild & TextWikicommons. Much has been said about the magic that was Charlie Watts’ drumming—his combination of a…
