Charlie Watts spent nearly 60 years as a member of the Rolling Stones. As the band's drummer, he was known for his steadiness, not the type of guy to throw in a needless fill or an indulgent solo.
LONDON — You can’t always get what you want, but the Rolling Stones are happy to have a coin minted to commemorate their 60th year as a band. Britain’s Royal Mint announced it is producing a 5-pound ...
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Over a 58-year career with the Rolling Stones, drummer Charlie Watts helped in pioneering the band’s heavier sound that set them apart early on, and eventually, came to define them. He was a crucial ...
“When he died my mind was blown,” said Wood. “We have the spirit of Charlie playing with us.” Closing the band’s fourth-part Epix docuseries, My Life as a Rolling Stone, the final installment, ...
It’s hard to overstate how difficult it was for young British people to obtain records from American jazz- and bluesmen in the 1950s and ’60s. Figures like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White, and even ...