I saw them at the 10 PM show -- I had a blast. Charlie was in a great mood and you could see that he was taking so much pleasure with these guys. I'll post some pictures later tonight.

Anyone else saw them? I haven't seen a thread yet.



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Rock on, Mr. Micwer!!!

Looks like it's on you tube already.......

Is this the one?





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I saw them at the 10 PM show -- I had a blast. Charlie was in a great mood and you could see that he was taking so much pleasure with these guys. I'll post some pictures later tonight.

Anyone else saw them? I haven't seen a thread yet.

The Sunday 10 PM show? I was there, too, and I also had a blast! Loved hearing "Route 66" and "Down The Road Apiece" in arrangements close to the originals. Top-notch musicianship and everybody on stage seemed to be having the most fun of all.

And, of course, just watching Charlie do his thing was absolutely fantastic.

Thanks for posting that clip!

Fred Hardin
Pleased to meet you........

As promised, some pictures from the concert.















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Can't see anything

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micwer
I saw them at the 10 PM show -- I had a blast. Charlie was in a great mood and you could see that he was taking so much pleasure with these guys. I'll post some pictures later tonight.

Anyone else saw them? I haven't seen a thread yet.

Nice! it's good fellow Stoners have a release valve
and get their Joneses doing what they love best.

Charlie's always been a jazzer at heart, and it's great
that he's turning on ears to this genre.

July 3, 2012, 12:34 am
Just Waiting on a Friend

By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR.


Keith Richards showed up at the Iridium on Monday night to see Charlie Watts, his band mate in the Rolling Stones, play a set of jump blues and boogie woogie songs. There were rumors before the 8 p.m. set that Mr. Richards, the famed guitarist for the Stones, would sit in with Mr. Watts and his band, but it became clear halfway through the set that Mr. Richards was there only to provide moral support. He gave Mr. Watts a big hug as he came off stage.

Mr. Watts and his band, the ABC & D of Boogie Woogie, had just finished a four-night stand at the Iridium, a relatively small jazz room on Broadway, after playing one night at Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing series. The band is led by the German pianist Alex Zwingenberger, but has a secondary pianist and vocalist, Ben Waters, a stalwart Englishman who literally lifted the piano with his legs when he got swinging to the beat. They were joined by the bassist Dave Green, who is a longtime friend of Mr. Watts, and the vocalist Lila Ammons, the granddaughter of the famed boogie-woogie player Albert Ammons.

It was an oldies set. Indeed it was a set of songs that would have been considered oldies back in the 1960s when Mr. Watts and Mr. Richards were young. The songs were all hot 12-bar blues tunes with a wicked walking bassline, drawing from R&B, jump blues, swing and early rock'n'roll. Mr. Watts and the band blazed through tunes like Ray Charles's hit "What'd I Say," Charles Calhoun's "Shake, Rattle and Roll" and W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues."

They rocked several blistering, obscure boogie-woogie tunes, and slowed down only once in a while for some lazy blues, often with a comic twist, like Mr. Waters's rendition of "Oreo Cookie Blues," which is about a man fighting his addiction to sugary snacks.

Mr. Watts, silver-haired, rail thin and fit at 71, seemed content and Zen-like behind the drums at center stage, where he used brushes, mallets and sticks to beat out the shuffle rhythms and swinging triplet-based figures of the musical era that preceded his own. Though he is most famous for his work with the Stones, Mr. Watts has always done jazz side projects, going back to the 1970s when he joined the back-to-basics boogie-woogie group Rocket 88. He started performing concerts with the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie three years ago, and in 2010 he recorded the album "The Magic of Boogie Woogie" as a trio with Mr. Zwingenberger and Mr. Green.

Fixed the pictures. Can't believe I missed Keith yesterday!

Keith and his daughter were at the first set last night.Sitting as always with Jane Rose as Charlie left the stage Keith said a few words to him and gave him a big hug!
What a great show!

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Keith and his daughter were at the first set last night.Sitting as always with Jane Rose as Charlie left the stage Keith said a few words to him and gave him a big hug!
What a great show!

Did you see anyone taking pictures or video? I'd love to see them

Just got back to FL last night.

I was at the Sunday 8PM show & 10PM Monday show.

Missed Keith & "Uncle in Harlem" ...but had a great time. May had a good a time as Charlie!

Monday's show was more energized than Sunday. Nobody was taking pictures on Monday...but many were taking pics & video on Sunday. I was on standby line for Sunday...met some great folks from Buenos Aires & nice NY couple as well.
a good time had by all. Went with my brother on Monday. He is not necissarily the biggest Stones fan...but he really enjoyed it & Charlie is now is fav stone.


Surpirsed I have not heard more about the Iridium shows here...and noticed a lack of info on Ronnie's London show -Pics? Set list?

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As promised, some pictures from the concert.

Check it out: Simply changed "_m" in your links to "_C"....

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Check it out: Simply changed "_m" in your links to "_C"....

Thanks, that's much, much better!

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...and noticed a lack of info on Ronnie's London show -Pics? Set list?

Look a bit more carefully, bro! It's all on here.