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Bidding farewell on RBP
ALL DOWN THE LINE — NME’s Keith Altham drops in on Charlie Watts (1941-2021)andQ’s Robert Sandall meets the beloved Stones drummer in 1994. Plus Colin Escott walks Don Everly (1937-2021) back through the Everlys’ career in 1998, Gene Guerrero meets the great Nashville (singer-)songwriter Tom T. Hall (1936-2021) in 1971 and UB40’sBrian Travers (1959-2021) talks to NME’s Sean O'Hagan in 1986…
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Scribe John Morthland interviews the Rolling Stones, Oct. 31, 1964.
The thing about the whole Charlie Watts punching Mick Jagger in the face thing gets better when you hear the full version where Charlie actually punched Mick so hard he almost toppled out of a window into an Amsterdam Canal and Charlie just watched. The only reason he didn’t fall to his demise was the quick work of Keith who pulled him back inside. Then, Charlie fucking Watts asks him why he didn’t let Mick fall and Keith replied that Mick was wearing his jacket and he didn’t want to lose it.
very important additions to this story:
1) the fact that charlie dressed up in a suit to punch mick bc the fool called his room to tell him he was his drummer. he punched mick and said “you’re mysinger”
2) keith only saved him bc he was wearing his weddingjacket
Have I talked before about how much I fucking LOVE The Rolling Stones?
I miss you Charlie Watts!!
Eric Swayne, Charlie Watts and Shirley, 1963
