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Charlie Watts was magic on the drums. These 5 Rolling Stones songs prove it.

There’s a great line in John Hiatt’s 1988 song “Slow Turning,” where the protagonist is in his car trying to listen to the radio but suddenly wheels around: “I’m yelling at the kids in the back ...
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‘He Marches Right Through the Song’: Steve Albini on How Charlie Watts’s Snare Defined The Rolling Stones

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 ...
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Review: Oldies but goodies, the Rolling Stones gather no moss on 'Hackney Diamonds'

Seven songs into the vigorous new Rolling Stones album, and there it is: the instantly identifiable thwack of Charlie Watts’ snare drum. A slinky yet propulsive disco-rock jam, “Mess It Up” is one of ...
Los Angeles Times

Oldies but goodies, the Rolling Stones gather no moss on ‘Hackney Diamonds’

Seven songs into the vigorous new Rolling Stones album, and there it is: the instantly identifiable thwack of Charlie Watts’ snare drum. A slinky yet propulsive disco-rock jam, “Mess It Up” is one of ...