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Rollin92
“Charlie Watts rings me, asking if I can manage it at my age, but it’s all very relaxed and good fun with the Rhythm Kings
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Stoneage
Still it was a stupid decision to leave the band. I mean whatever he does besides the band he could have managed anyway.
For example The Rolling Stones did nothing year 1996, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011...
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Green Lady
Well, it sounds as if he has enough money to do what he wants to do with his life, and how much more do you need?
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Rollin92
All this adds up to a quite remarkable life lived by one of our most famous and successful musicians, who has an amazing zest for life and an almost child-like interest in anything that crosses his path.
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Stoneage
I always thought that the Mandy Smith "affair" had something to do with him leaving the band. I think that affair was a bit to much even for the Stones.
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Stoneage
Yeah, I remember that too, EB. Charlie was the only Stone attending as I remember. And then Bill's son marrying Mandy's mother (I think).
What a media circus. As I said, too much even for the Stones. And probably contributing to his leave...
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Stoneage
Yeah, I remember that too, EB. Charlie was the only Stone attending as I remember. And then Bill's son marrying Mandy's mother (I think).
What a media circus. As I said, too much even for the Stones. And probably contributing to his leave...
Jagger, Ronnie and Richards were all there...either the wedding itself or at least for the reception so....
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stonesrule
To quote EddieByword, "Great stuff."
??? Life must be very dull for you Eddie.
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stonesrule
Sorry Eddie. You speak your mind and, on occasion, I speak mine.
IORR for a long time was mainly about the Stones music...now it's taking on a tabloid quality that a lot of us resent...not just me.
You can always air your feelings in an email to BV
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Stoneage
And then Bill's son marrying Mandy's mother (I think).
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Green Lady
Well, it sounds as if he has enough money to do what he wants to do with his life, and how much more do you need?
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stonehearted
<<Wyman leaving had nothing to do with Mandy Smith.>>
Actually, it did. It was the final catalyst, and Wyman even admitted as much in a 2006 interview with The Guardian, hardly a tabloid source:
It wasn't simply his relationship with the band, though. It was his failing relationship with Mandy that led to his leaving the Stones. "I had to get my personal life in order. That was really necessary." He had made a complete mess of everything? "Yep, so I had to get rid of everything and turn over a new leaf and start again." Ultimately, he says, his relationship with Mandy forced him to grow up. And he went about the business of rebuilding his life with astonishing pragmatism. He approached an old girlfriend, Suzanne Accosta, said he was finally settling down and asked her to marry him. Perhaps, even more astonishingly, his third marriage has worked.
Full article at: [www.theguardian.com]
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JumpingKentFlash
Bill's name was on the Virgin 1993 contract, but he never signed. I can understand why he left. They're not all like Keith. Interestingly though, Charlie never left so he must share Keith's opinion about not leaving. More so than Bill anyway. Strange for a guy who wanted to quit after 1972, but I guess he had his reasons too. Watts also seems like a man that doesn't feel he needs to share his reasons with anybody, so who knows?