Can someone please inform him of this? In Atlanta, during the B Stage, he was out dancing around while they played...shaking hands and literally dancing 5 ft from the Piano!!!!!! During the song!!! When he went to take his bow when introduced he went to the front of the stage and played to the crowd for over a minute.

He is NOT a Stone..just a conceited idiot!

Chuck is far from conceited, probably just hamming it up for his hometwon crowd...

I don't hate him. But I am very annoyed of his Stones-like behaviour. He's a background musician. Bobby Keys is 100 times the Stone he is and he just takes a modest bow.

no not a stone ,,but argubly the greatest honky cat in rock for the last 35 yrs.

He's not a stone. I didn't like him on the Licks tour, but now he's lower in the mix I think. It's OK now. And he has done some marvellous work for the stones at times. Stripped is a good example. And if he dances it's ok too. I can't sit still when I hear the stones either.

JumpingKentFlash

Agree 1000% with the subject.

Chuck, you are a background guy, nothing more. Kindly stay where you belong.

For God's sake, Chuck LOVES what he does and gets caught up in the excitement but you would be hard-pressed to find a nicer guy, unassuming, not on an ego trip in the least! I've met him and had a long chat with him in '99 and the man is solid, polite, thrilled to be with the Stones and DOES NOT consider himself a Rolling Stone; he thinks it's a priviledge to be playing with them, and said so! Give it a friggin rest!

Debra Wrote:
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> For God's sake, Chuck LOVES what he does and gets
> caught up in the excitement but you would be
> hard-pressed to find a nicer guy, unassuming, not
> on an ego trip in the least! I've met him and had
> a long chat with him in '99 and the man is solid,
> polite, thrilled to be with the Stones and DOES
> NOT consider himself a Rolling Stone; he thinks
> it's a priviledge to be playing with them, and
> said so! Give it a friggin rest!

Yeah, but he's a shampoo-person.

I think Darryl Jones is the 5th Stone and obviously that means that Chuckie Leavell would be number 6 in the Stones family. Come on, Mick and Keith and give these gentlemen some credit 'cause they do bloody deserve it after all their various contributions. If Chuck wasn't there to supervise the band's whereabouts during concerts we'd have a helluva lot more screw-ups like the one in Philly where Keith played It's only rock'n'roll and Mick started singing Satisfaction. Btw, Chuck's got a handsome beard also and a nice firm arse too. That's gotta count for something, don't it?

Okay Rank now you're scaring me!

did ya c his solo on the htw video i posted days ago , awesome ,i can hear a little of jessica in there

I´ve gone over to the US camp here.
Give the man a break: He´s close to his home in Dixie.
He had his 15 minutes in Atlanta; he´s gonna return to the shadow with Darryl again. So what.

I found his antics in Philly on the bstage to be quite annoying. I met him and he was very nice, but still he can be very annoying at times.

lets face the facts : he is one of the most ( if not THE most) influential of the 10 musicians on stage when stones are playing,and should want to
express and enjoy himself like any other..?


since the stones are not the people to play their music alone, they have to put up with things like that!?!

best
Dýri

chippy Wrote:
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> no not a stone ,,but argubly the greatest honky
> cat in rock for the last 35 yrs.

Bite your tongue!!! I beleive Stu holds that honor.

Rank Outsider Wrote:
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> I think Darryl Jones is the 5th Stone and
> obviously that means that Chuckie Leavell would be
> number 6 in the Stones family. Come on, Mick and
> Keith and give these gentlemen some credit 'cause
> they do bloody deserve it after all their various
> contributions. If Chuck wasn't there to supervise
> the band's whereabouts during concerts we'd have a
> helluva lot more screw-ups like the one in Philly
> where Keith played It's only rock'n'roll and Mick
> started singing Satisfaction. Btw, Chuck's got a
> handsome beard also and a nice firm arse too.
> That's gotta count for something, don't it?


Chuck's been with the band twice as long as Darryl has and also happens to be their musical director

I'd say that (for better or worse) he contributes more to the band than Darryl, Bobby or anyone else. The band certainly see him as pretty indispensable these days

Agree with Debra. The guy just happens to enjoy what he's doing. Wouldnt all of us in that position? It aint no hangin' matter.

If he's too prominent for people's liking its because the Stones allow him to be.

sladog ,,u r forgettin lightning fingers Nicky Hopkins

Well hell at least he's not taking his shirt off like he did at so many No Security USA shows!! And thankfully he is DOWN in the mix where he belongs!!! Oh Thank God He is DOWN in the mix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only one thing matters to me: If he is good enough for Keith, Charlie, Ronnie and Mick, then he is good enough for me! Nothing more to it.

I've been listenng to the Hartford licks show and he is all over each song. Very disturbing.

If Chuck wasn't a yank no one would be dealing this bullsh...t

It used to be time when keith was the leader on stage.
everybody was following keith who was following charlie.

Today chuck is doing it.
when one of them get confused ,they turn to chuck.
even with all the technology we have today.

so he deserves a bone.

Agree with Debra and Gazza. And why the hell must we issue the "certificate of the real band's member" ? I cannot understand it...

martingo Wrote:
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> If Chuck wasn't a yank no one would be dealing
> this bullsh...t


and the nationality of most of the Chuck-bashers on this thread is...?

Methinks thou dost protest too much.

The posts have bugger all to do with where the guy comes from.

martingo Wrote:
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> If Chuck wasn't a yank no one would be dealing
> this bullsh...t

What?? I am a Yank and I will be the first in line to tell you I can't stand Chuck.

Also a Yank.

Chuck needs to chill. He is not a Stone, he provides background.

Since Bill left, there are 4, FOUR Rolling Stones.

Gazza Wrote:
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> martingo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If Chuck wasn't a yank no one would be
> dealing
> > this bullsh...t
>
>
> and the nationality of most of the Chuck-bashers
> on this thread is...?
>
> Methinks thou dost protest too much.
>
> The posts have bugger all to do with where the guy
> comes from.

No way to tell nationality, of course. Dangerous to infer, even in the face of terms such as "bugger all."

This is, though, "The Rolling Stones Fan Club of Europe" site.
And I see more non=musical flack directed at him here than on the other sites.

And no, I do not consider him a rolling stone, any more than Billy Preston was a beatle.

I don't see the problem.

First of all Chuck was at home ground in Atlanta Georgia last night, so no wonder he was happy dancing and enjoying being "home". What is the problem with being happy? I saw the show and I did not notice that Chuck took away any attention from the "four boys"...

Secondly Chuck is an important part of the show. There are 6 core people at the show. The four Stones + Chuck and Darryl. You may like or not like Chuck personally but for the band he is very important. And he is not high up in the mix, so forget about it. Everything is cool.

Bjornulf

sladog said:

"Can someone please inform him of this? In Atlanta, during the B Stage, he was out dancing around while they played...shaking hands and literally dancing 5 ft from the Piano!!!!!! During the song!!! When he went to take his bow when introduced he went to the front of the stage and played to the crowd for over a minute."

Chuck was doing the same thing at the D.C. show and I was real annoyed when I saw it. It was really noticeable and really distracting. He was acting like a real dork. He should have to stay on the main stage and play his part in the dark.

>
> No way to tell nationality, of course. Dangerous
> to infer, even in the face of terms such as
> "bugger all."

au contraire. I KNOW for a fact that some of the posters I was referring to were American and the e-mail addresses of some of those would indicate their country of residence. (er..do you actually know what the expression "bugger all" means?)

>
> This is, though, "The Rolling Stones Fan Club of
> Europe" site.

which means nothing as it has posters from all over the world. It was a "fan club of Europe" about 15 years before it was ever online. And even back then it had hundreds of subscribers from all over the world.


> And I see more non=musical flack directed at him
> here than on the other sites.

I dont, personally. I've seen more of it on other sites over the last few years
>
> And no, I do not consider him a rolling stone, any
> more than Billy Preston was a beatle.

I dont think anyone actually suggested that he is. Even Chuck himself.




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