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The First Time with Charlie Watts
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becky sharp
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The down to earth Charlie talking (in a repeat from last year) about his life and the music he loves ...

He never wanted to be Elvis Presley ...he just wanted to be a black man playing jazz in a club in New York... <cool>

As part of 6 Music Celebrates: 50 years of the Rolling Stones we revisit the First Time with Charlie Watts.

Jagger's ego might always occupy the centre stage, and Richards is the archetypal elegantly wasted rocker - but the heart of The Rolling Stones has to be drummer Charlie Watts.

His distinctive and deceptively powerful drumming has propelled the group throughout their career and countless hits. Stones members may come and go, but as "Keef" himself admits: no Charlie? No Stones.

In this rare interview with Matt Everitt, Charlie tells of his life as the least rock 'n' roll but always charming Stone. With his deadpan with and laconic style, Charlie recalls his pre-Stones career; and the early, starving bedsit days of what would become one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands in the world; as well as the roots of his over-riding passion, jazz.
He also sheds a light on his role within the complex relationships within the group; their golden years of recording; his own brief but hard-fought battle with heroin; and whether the Stones would, or could ever, tour again.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018h4fr
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Yeah ........ Charlie is the coolest ... <cool> <ok>
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