JUST IN... RIP Charlie Watts...

[Inspector #20]

 

[Inspector #20]

 

[Inspector #20]

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

If Charlie's life and now death can teach us one thing, the musicians may die, but music never will.

I just started watching a Jerry Garcia and David Grisman video on Prime called Grateful Dawg. Good stuff. RIP Jerry and Charlie.

 

[Far Rider]

R.I.P Charlie.

 

[Clockworkmike]

The Stones wrote the songs, but it was Charlie who showed the band how the songs were played.
The essence of Rock and Roll, the beating heart of the Rolling Stones.
Now, the longest living rock and roll band has ended.

I guess like ZZ Top, the Stones are planning to carry on the tour without Charlie. He had bowed out due to health issues from an undisclosed surgery ( im gonna assume Heart related or possibly even cancerous) and they named a replacement who had toured with Keith's solo act, the X-pensive Winos.

I personally couldn't imagine going on without a key member who spent 58 years with a band and was THAT essential, but we'll see i guess

 

[TCE63]

Just listen to the Intro of Sympathy For The Devil , what a great player

 

[SG John]

I sent this link to Steve a few days before Charlie passed away. We like to talk about music and playing off forum. I read in a Joe Walsh interview in the early eighties that he had quoted Albert King about "It's the notes you don't play that people hear." The importance of a drummer like Charlie seems to be overlooked in the whole "bigger is better" world of music, just as Autotune would have ruined performances by Ian Gillan, Gary Barden, and James Dewar. Ideas about music are always very subjective, but I've always believed in live takes and having the best possible drum sound over everything else. If you don't have the "Roll", you don't have rock and roll. Charlie delivered the "Roll", otherwise the Stones would never have earned the name "Greatest Rock and Roll Band in The World." Lemmy also understood it. He always said Motorhead was a Rock and Roll band. They had the swagger to back it up.


True musical virtuosos are minimalists who put roll before rock | Psyche Ideas

 

[eSGEe]

Well said John .... damn well said
R.I.P. Charlie a true musician in every sense of the word.

 

[Zzzzz]

I used to sing this when my kids kept pushing after I said no.

 

[67plexi]

I found it interesting how Charlie used China cymbals instead of a crash cymbals.

 

[gball]

I personally couldn't imagine going on without a key member who spent 58 years with a band and was THAT essential, but we'll see i guess

Yup, that right there. He is so essential to their sound I can't see how this isn't a sonic disaster, no matter how good the replacement.
Led Zeppelin got it right in that regard - they knew that magic was gone forever when Bonham died.

 

[Inspector #20]

Yup, that right there. He is so essential to their sound I can't see how this isn't a sonic disaster, no matter how good the replacement.
Led Zeppelin got it right in that regard - they knew that magic was gone forever when Bonham died.

As a person often hired to replace deceased or absent band members, I adhere to the notion the show must go on.

I loved Bon Scott and I also love Brian Johnson equally.

 

[Inspector #20]

Meet Steve Jordan, the Rolling Stones drummer who may replace Charlie Watts

There is no official word on whether Steve Jordan will become Watts’ permanent replacement, but the under-the-radar artist seems to have the right credentials for the job.

nypost.com

 

[67plexi]

I like this interview humble not bragging I'm all this.

 

[gball]

As a person often hired to replace deceased or absent band members, I adhere to the notion the show must go on.

I loved Bon Scott and I also love Brian Johnson equally.

I know it's a wonderful old adage, but we are talking about an icon here. A literal legend with a very definable signature style that is very, very unusual in Rock (playing behind the beat and never hitting the hi-hat at the same time as the snare, to name just two things tough to replicate). Sure, they will sell out every show they want to play and most people won't really care because they are there to see the Mick-n-Keef show anyway, but I guess for me I just cannot image anyone pulling this off any more than I could imagine someone replicating what a guy like Ringo did/does. Too unique a style and too integral to the sound of the band for me to accept a substitute.

And I personally absolutely hate everything AC/DC did after Bon died. IMO that's another band that should have immediately hung it up. And who can forget how terrible The Who were with Kenney Jones, who was a fine drummer but replaced the irreplaceable.

I like this interview humble not bragging I'm all this.

Agreed. The man oozed class.

 

[SG John]

I guess like ZZ Top, the Stones are planning to carry on the tour without Charlie. He had bowed out due to health issues from an undisclosed surgery ( im gonna assume Heart related or possibly even cancerous) and they named a replacement who had toured with Keith's solo act, the X-pensive Winos.

I personally couldn't imagine going on without a key member who spent 58 years with a band and was THAT essential, but we'll see i guess

Yup, that right there. He is so essential to their sound I can't see how this isn't a sonic disaster, no matter how good the replacement.
Led Zeppelin got it right in that regard - they knew that magic was gone forever when Bonham died.

I think they should get Ringo to play drums, and get Macca to play bass. Then those chavs Mick, Keith, and Ronny can get some Liverpudian toughness to the band and kick some serious ass.

Really, Ringo would be a great choice, as he knows how to play around the beat.