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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dead at 80
Associated Press ^ | 8/24/21 | Unknown

Posted on 08/24/2021 9:42:43 AM PDT by Levy78

LONDON (AP) — A publicist says Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at age 80.


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To: A Navy Vet

Darryl Jones. For whatever weird reason they’ve never officially made him a Stone. I have no idea what went into that. But it’s why he doesn’t take the bow with the band. Of course not being officially a Stone has freed him up to work with others, like Ziggy Marley and Neil Young. So there’s that.


101 posted on 08/24/2021 11:35:30 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: A Navy Vet
"However, he did play on the rest of Sticky Fingers."

Wrong again...the Let it Bleed album. Sheesh, I'm getting old. I used to know their songs and albums by heart, even their UK releases.

102 posted on 08/24/2021 11:48:37 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: dfwgator
"I think he also had some kind of heart issue a few years ago that needed attention."

I think he had by-pass heart surgery.

103 posted on 08/24/2021 11:50:27 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: IYAS9YAS

Marty Robbins. Funny you should mention that. I was with my 23 year old son about a month ago. He actually has a Marty Robbins CD in his car. We played El Paso a couple times.

He also has MY Bob Marley and the Wailers CD, along with Fleetwood Mac(he thinks Lindsey Buckingham is amazing) and several other classic rock albums.

His whole grade in high school pretty much listened to classic rock.

About 7 years ago I go into his bedroom and he is listening to Meatloaf Bat out of Hell on his computer. He had just downloaded the album onto his laptop.
I told him that I bought that album when it came out on 8 TRACK.

A couple years ago, we cleaned out my mom’s house after she passed. I showed him my Panasonic stereo system with the built in 8 track player. Along with the Thrusters speakers.
Unfortunately, the eight track no longer works.
That stereo now sits on the bench in my garage. The speakers are mounted on the wall. :)


104 posted on 08/24/2021 11:52:24 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Eccl 10:2
"Yeah, the Stones were uneven at best in concert."

Yes, most times except for their Bridges to Babylon live video. Even then Jagger is in his live mono-tone scream mode. Interestingly, Jagger's studio recordings have shown him to be able to actually sing, albeit with out much range.

105 posted on 08/24/2021 11:55:14 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: AceMineral

Amen.


106 posted on 08/24/2021 11:57:25 AM PDT by Shady (Prince Andrew is the Prince no more...And who killed Ashli Babbitt? )
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To: rktman
Who knew?

I did! Ya ya ya!


107 posted on 08/24/2021 12:03:42 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: KosmicKitty
Yet Keith Richards is still alive.

Well, that's the rumor, but I don't belive it!

108 posted on 08/24/2021 12:09:27 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: JaguarXKE

Sweet. For the jams/open mikes i usually use a Fender Blues Junior amp. For my axe? Depends on the day. Lol!


109 posted on 08/24/2021 12:12:24 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Levy78

Major bummer. I was a fan.


110 posted on 08/24/2021 12:20:57 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Levy78
Is anyone here aware that Don Everly of The Everly Brothers died last Saturday the Aug.21st? No press at all for the great harmony brothers who wrote and recorded late 50's classics: "Bye Bye Love" "Cathy's Clown" "Wake Up a Little Susie" "All I Have to Do is Dream". It was the time of Richie Valens, Dion, Buddy Holly, Elvis, and others.

Brian Wilson said, "The Everly Brothers were a big influence on us and we learned a lot from their beautiful harmonies."

111 posted on 08/24/2021 12:22:11 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: A Navy Vet

Good point about Jagger’s live singing. And the band isn’t very tight, usually.

Also to your point, try singing along with Wild Horses. In the opening line, “easy” is an F# above high C. That’s up there. It’s also amazingly delicate throughout. Maybe my favorite Stones song, along with Brown Sugar.


112 posted on 08/24/2021 12:24:33 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: discostu

Makes sense if that was his motivation to not officially join. Sure he has been invited over the years, as was Ron Wood.


113 posted on 08/24/2021 12:24:49 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: A Navy Vet

I read somewhere, a long time ago, that the Stones only looked upon Mick Taylor as a temporary, “fill-in” member.


114 posted on 08/24/2021 12:25:31 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: hoagy62
Kind of inappropriate. And I doubt he’s smiling now.


115 posted on 08/24/2021 12:27:00 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: A Navy Vet

I don’t know if it was a him decision or a Stones decision. One of those things nobody has bothered to explain. He’s just been their session and tour guy for 26 years, and apparently everybody is OK with it that way.


116 posted on 08/24/2021 12:41:16 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: Drew68

OK that’s funny right there.


117 posted on 08/24/2021 12:43:14 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: ought-six
"I read somewhere, a long time ago, that the Stones only looked upon Mick Taylor as a temporary, “fill-in” member."

I believe that's true. They made him an official Stone somewhere during the Let It Bleed or Sticky Fingers sessions. I'm doing all my replies by memory as I had to correct 2 erroneous previous posts. Sure Wiki or other sites could verify.

118 posted on 08/24/2021 12:49:26 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: Levy78

Rick Beato pays tribute here....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmUFTr7Dpk


119 posted on 08/24/2021 1:02:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: discostu

I suppose it’s just too much money to cancel the tour.


120 posted on 08/24/2021 1:03:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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