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  The Charlie Watts Interview
Watts arrived wearing a stylish blue suit and tie, the jacket of which he removed before sitting with his interviewer at one corner of a long conference table.
Charlie Watts uses Gretsch drums, primarily because of advertisements he saw in down beat while a fledgling drummer.
Watts has yet to embrace electronic drum himself, but he recognizes certain advantages to them.
www.effingham.net /bishop/CharlieWattsInterview.htm   (3418 words)

  
 Charlie Watts
Watts briefly dabbled with heroin and was occasionally seen drunk in the 1980s, but he kicked both habits without intervention.
Watts has always thought of himself as a jazzman, and between Stones tours he played in the 1980s with a travelling jazz festival.
In June of 2004, Watts was diagnosed with throat cancer.
www.nndb.com /people/290/000024218   (382 words)

  
 Charlie Watts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones.
Watts was born to Charles Richard Watts, a lorry driver, and his wife Lillian Charlotte Watts at University College Hospital, London, England and raised in Islington, a London borough.
In June 2004, Watts was diagnosed with throat cancer, and underwent a course of radiotherapy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlie_Watts   (1405 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Watts, Charlie: The Stones' glue
Charlie Watts has been described by both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as the man that keeps the Rolling Stones together -- a consistent, grounding force without which the band would have long since sputtered or spun out.
Charles Richard Watts was born in the London's Islington district on June 2, 1941, the son of a British Railways truck driver.
Watts has enjoyed a concurrent jazz career with the Charlie Watts quintet and has dabbled in big band with the Charlie Watts Orchestra.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/W/Watts_Charlie/2002/10/16/751647.html   (855 words)

  
 Charlie Watts at AllExperts
Watts was born to Charles Richard Watts, a lorry driver, and his wife Lillian Charlotte Watts at University College Hospital, London, England and raised in Islington, a London borough.
During the four decades of performing with the Rolling Stones, Watts has proven to be one of the most influential drummers in popular music; he is a gifted and powerful drummer, often cited by many younger drummers as a seminal influence on their own style.
In June 2004, Watts was diagnosed with throat cancer, and underwent a course of radiotherapy.
en.allexperts.com /e/c/ch/charlie_watts.htm   (1162 words)

  
 Charlie Watts and The Tentet
Charlie's plans for the immediate future will focus on The Rolling Stones and their upcoming plans.
Charlie Watts And The Tentet’s New Live CD, Watts At Scott’s, is set for August 24 release.
Charlie Watts’ Tentet features some of the UK’s finest musicians and they are captured here on a sparkling two disc set from a run of dates at London’s legendary, Ronnie Scott’s.
www.rosebudus.com /watts   (597 words)

  
 Portrait of Charlie
We all thought Charlie was very kind of hip (when we first met him), because of his jackets and shirts.
Charlie, after 20 years, still can't stand the thought of having to do even the slightest thing that strikes a false note, like smiling at somebody if you don't want to.
The drums are about to be stripped down and put in the back of a truck, and he CANNOT leave if he's got it in his mind that he's left his sticks in a displeasing way.
www.timeisonourside.com /Charlie.html   (2210 words)

  
 Charlie Watts | Arts | BBC World Service
The most recent of these, The Charlie Watts / Jim Keltner Project, is a tribute to some of the great jazz drummers, and is his first album since 1996's Long Ago and Far Away.
Charlie Watts' long musical career began with the London based group Blues Inc. in the early 1960s, with Alexis Korner and Brian Jones.
Despite the fast-paced lifestyle of the band around him, Watts managed to stay in the background, commanding respect from his contemporaries and staying married since 1966.
www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/arts/highlights/watts.shtml   (835 words)

  
 The Charlie Watts Tentet @ New York City
The Charlie Watts Tentet is the latest incarnation of jazz ensembles formed by jazz aficionado Charlie Watts.
Charlie was talking about the material the band was performing when he remarked, "This is a double act"; to which Keith replied, "And I'm the shill".
Charlie tossed his drumsticks in with their lot on January 14, 1963, making his first formal appearance behind the skins at a gig in Soho at the Flamingo Jazz Club.
www.rockontour.net /mmcw.html   (1411 words)

  
 Charlie Watts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Charlie replaced him, we were a step closer to the real Stones.
Charlie is the favourite Stone of Keith Richards who says: It's Charlie Watts' band, without him, we wouldn't exist.
As a real gentleman, Charlie lives in a seventeenth-century manor with his artist wife Shirley and their Arabian horses and numerous dogs and cats.
users.skynet.be /stones/charlie.htm   (235 words)

  
 CD Review of Charlie Watts Tentet - Watts at Scott's on Sanctuary @ jazzreview.com
I was just sitting down to review Watts at Scott's, Charlie Watts' excellent new 2-CD set recorded live with his tentet at Charlie Scott's Jazz Club in London, when I came across an AP story reporting that the venerable drummer has been receiving treatments for throat cancer.
While he is best known for his work with the stones, Watts has been listening to and playing jazz his whole life and has released several jazz records over the last three decades.
This disc is a nice introduction to the jazz side of Charlie Watts' playing as well as to nine other very talented UK jazz musicians.
www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=7683   (382 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/charliewatts2112
Charlie Watts and the World composed an infectious, compelling, multi-genre score of original music.
Charlie and drummer/ producer/ engineer Michael Swift have been creating music since they were teenagers.
Charlie Watts and the Worlds CD however, shows great strength in songwriting and musical dynamics, an impressive first CD with great promise for his music in the future.
www.myspace.com /charliewatts2112   (264 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Charlie Watts/Jim Keltner Project: Music: Charlie Watts & Jim Keltner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Charlie Watts' solo career is probably the most diversified, the most interesting of a Stone alone.
Charlie's first record was with the Charlie Watts Orchestra and it made masterful renditions of Jazz masterpieces from Stomping at the Savoy to Moonglow.
Charlie's second solo project was a tribute to Charlie Parker.
www.amazon.com /Charlie-Watts-Jim-Keltner-Project/dp/B00004T9SP   (1610 words)

  
 THE CHARLIE WATTS JIM KELTNER PROJECT
Keltner, who has played with an incredible array of artists of every style through the years, was recruited by the Stones as an additional percussionist on their sessions for the Bridges of Babylon CD in 1997.
The "things" that Watts refers to were Keltner's sequences made from his collection of samples.
Although the Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project is essentially an electronic work, it still has blemishes, quirks and uneven qualities that are rarely heard on recordings of this type.
mixonline.com /mag/audio_charlie_watts_jim/index.html   (2086 words)

  
 Drummerworld: Charlie Watts
During the past 15 years, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has been able to pursue his passion for jazz, playing in a variety of settings whenever he wasn't otherwise engaged with the "World's Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band."
In 1985, he formed a big band and toured the States, ultimately releasing Live at Fulham Town Hall on the Sony label.
In a span of five years, The Charlie Watts Quintet released a series of stellar recordings -- From One Charlie, Tribute To Charlie Parker, Warm And Tender and Long Ago And Far Away - that reaffirmed Watts' ongoing love affair with jazz.
www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Charlie_Watts.html   (155 words)

  
 Charlie Watts a'la Rocks Off
Charlie Watts is recording for the upcoming Chico Hamilton album, to be released June 12, 2001
The Following is a compilation of all Charlie Watts recording sessions that were released sorted alphabetically; the date is release date.
Charlie is co-author of all tracks except Elmore James' "It hurts me too" A great jam with Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Nicky Hopkins and Ry Cooder.
www.rocksoff.org /charlie.htm   (583 words)

  
 billbeuttler.com - The Charlie Watts Interview
Motlan, with Scott La Faro and Charlie Haden, was one of the most sensitive drummers -- the rhythms would just go around and inside each other.
The real ability of playing a drum kit is the ability of playing with different instruments at different volume -- a tenor solo is different from a bass solo.
You have to have volume under control, but it's a volume that you have from your wrists or your fingers." That, says Watts, is challenge enough for him.
billbeuttler.com /work48.htm   (3762 words)

  
 CHARLIE WATTS Discography
CHARLIE WATTS From One Charlie (1991 Japanese box set comprising a reissue of the book 'Ode To A High Flying Bird' about Charlie Parker, written and illustrated by Charlie Watts, plus a musical interpretation of the book featuring 7 tracks on CD plus a 12" x 9½" sepia picture of Mr Parker.
CHARLIE WATTS From One Charlie (1991 US box set produced as a tribute to Charlie Parker.
CHARLIE WATTS From One Charlie (UK box set including the book 'Ode To A High Flying Bird' - written and drawn by Charlie Watts plus a musical interpretation of the book on CD inspired by Charlie Parker, also includes a 12" x 9½" sepia photograph of Mr Parker, housed in picture box UFO2) -
eil.com /shop/ExtSearch.asp?DiscArtist=Charlie-Watts   (1534 words)

  
 Charlie Watts - AOL Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Watts was born to Charles Richard Watts, a driver, and his wife Jessica Mort...
During the past 15 years, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has been able to...
In a span of five years, The Charlie Watts Quintet released a series of...
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 Charlie watts
La frase revela al más puro Charlie Watts, el mas serio y elegante Stone de todos.
Como para despuntar el vicio, siguió amando el jazz, y con su "Charlie Watts Quintet" edito varios discos, siendo los dos últimos "From one Charlie" y "A tribute to Charlie Parker with strings".
Impecable en sus sacos y corbatas, imperturbable hasta el misterio, Charlie Watts es una de las personalidades más intrigantes del rock.
www.geocities.com /lucastone/charlie.htm   (448 words)

  
 CMT.com : Charlie Watts : Biography
On first glance, Charlie Watts would seem to be a funny choice to include in a jazz book for he is the longtime drummer of
However, jazz was Watts' first love and in the 1980s he toured worldwide with a huge big band that included many of England's top musicians (giving one a chance to hear Evan Parker play "Lester Leaps In!").
In 1991, he organized an excellent bop quintet (featuring altoist Peter King) that paid tribute to Charlie Parker, justifying Watts' place in any jazz history book.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/watts_charlie/bio.jhtml   (145 words)

  
 Charlie Watts News
News about Charlie Watts continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
The three original band members who still anchor the group -- singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards and drummer Charlie Watts --...
The Stones - original members Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, and Keith Richards and new boy Ron Wood, who joined 30 years ago, will play an outdoor show at Sydney's Telstra Stadium before an expected crowd of...
www.topix.net /who/charlie-watts   (656 words)

  
 Charlie Watts drummer for the rolling stones
On first glance Charlie Watts would seem to be a funny choice to include in a jazz book for he is the longtime drummer of the Rolling Stones.
However, jazz was Watts' first love and in the 1980s he toured worldwide with a huge big band that included!
Mick Taylor, Darryl Jones, Nicky Hopkins, The Glimmer Twins, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bobby Keys, Glyn Johns, Bernard Fowler, Eric Clapton, Jack Nitzsche, Billy Preston, Chuck Leavell, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Miller, Chris Kimsey, Alexis Korner.
www.angelfire.com /mac/keepitlive/drummers/Watts_charlie/watts.htm   (125 words)

  
 Official Ticketmaster site. Charlie Watts tickets, dates
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 Charlie Watts Photos - Charlie Watts News - Charlie Watts Information
Charlie Watts Photos - Charlie Watts News - Charlie Watts Information
Manny the Hippie talks about his trip to Roswell, New Mexico, while The Charlie Watts Quintet (featuring Bernard Fowler) performs "In a Sentimental Mood."
Tell the world what you think of Charlie Watts, write a review for this person.
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 VH1.com : Charlie Watts : Artist Main
However, jazz was Watts' first love and in the 1980s he toured worldwide with...
Stones' Watts Tips High Hat To Jazz Drumming Greats
Find TV appearances for over 100 TV networks.
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 Charlie Watts MP3 Downloads - Charlie Watts Music Downloads - Charlie Watts Music Videos
Charlie Watts MP3 Downloads - Charlie Watts Music Downloads - Charlie Watts Music Videos
However, jazz was Watts' first love and in the 1980s...
I Don't Wanna - Rocko and the Devils - Honolulu Dec 9 2006
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 Charlie Watts - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
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