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December 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Ever Since Charlie Watts Died I’ve Been Tryin’ To Play Along To Art Pepper’s Walkin’ Blues

The image is of my grandfather walking into our kitchen, dancing – a little soft-shoe, a quick finger-click, he already knew the music – yes, he was In The Mood. That’s how he arrived that Christmas. My first drumkit. I think about that – now and then, and at the moment it’s on my mind […]
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September 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Charlie Was Their Darling: The Greatest Drummer for The Greatest Rock and Roll Band

This was originally published by RNZ Charlie Watts was the drummer everyone tried to play like – and no one could ever quite do it. He was the reason The Rolling Stones remained a vital live act into their seventh decade together. He was their engine. And if you wish to even – for a […]
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June 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Charlie Watts

I think Charlie Watts is more than a wee bit great. Like fucking brilliant. Like, one of the best drummers ever. In fact I wrote about Charlie in my wee e-book called Drummers You Just Can’t Beat. But if you want a bigger book about how great Charlie Watts is (my e-book is about 19 […]
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January 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Mike Edison: Sympathy For The Drummer – Why Charlie Watts Matters

Sympathy For The Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters Mike Edison Backbeat Most people know that Charlie Watts matters – most people that would read a book about how Charlie Watts matters would already know I reckon…hell, I already wrote my own piece arguing much the same ages ago – but that didn’t stop me lapping […]
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January 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Trivial Pursuit/s

Phil Spector high on coke, shoves his gun at Leonard Cohen’s throat, says “You know, I love you Leonard” Cohen says, “I hope so!” There are other great stories – Charlie Watts putting on a suit and punching Mick Jagger in the face after the singer had told someone to fetch his drummer. “I am […]
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June 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 120 – Sam Cutler

Welcome to episode 120 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during their infamous 1969 tour of America, he went on to work for The Grateful Dead. You can see him in a small handful of documentaries focussed on that era […]
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October 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 13 – Charlie Watts

There’s Mick Jagger and he’s incredible really. At sixty-odd. He’s the Monkey when they perform Monkey Man; he ducks and dives across the stage as the band tears another hole in the tune that was Street Fighting Man and of course we all know which side he takes when they offer Sympathy For The Devil. […]
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May 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1130

Nicky Hopkins/Ry Cooder/Mick Jagger/Bill Wyman/Charlie Watts, Jamming With Edward!  (1972) I remember, in the mid-90s when this was issued on CD, I was dead keen on it. A pretty keen Rolling Stones fan/collector I figured I must get it. I never did. It wasn’t all that easy to come by – not in the provinces […]
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February 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1639

The Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue (1980) I get the feeling that this album doesn’t attract a lot of noise in the scheme of things, one of the lesser known/less acclaimed/less interesting albums by The Rolling Stones. We had the album on tape, round and round it would go in mum’s car – and those songs […]
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October 24, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1794

Mick Jagger, She’s The Boss (1985) I think that Mick Jagger gets a hard time where Keith Richards tends to get a bit of a free ride. To me The Rolling Stones work on whatever level they do now – greatest rock’n’roll band in the world/best live touring act, dinosaurs, whatever – because of Mick […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Charlie Watts, Jeff Beck, Just Another Night, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Primitive Cool, She's The Boss, Tattoo You, The Rolling Stones, Vinyl ·

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