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Rockman
If Charlie was a guitar player he'd be Steve Cropper ....
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NilsHolgersson
I read that Charlie was actually a roadie when the Rolling Stones started and they had no one to play the drums, so Mick taught Charlie everything he needed to know about drumming and since then he's the drummer
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ErwinH
"Charlie didn’t play drum solos, not because he wasn’t good enough to play them, but because he was good enough not to have to."
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ErwinH
"Charlie didn’t play drum solos, not because he wasn’t good enough to play them, but because he was good enough not to have to."
This is a great quote. A cursory read of this thread, is this about the Sympathy for the Drummer book...? I am looking forward to reading it. Charlie’s contribution to the Stones is unmatchable. I have noticed in recent interviews he seems almost to look his age .. but recently live (2018) he is AMAZING!!!
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Rockman
If Charlie was a guitar player he'd be Steve Cropper ....
This is a lovely idea that the Stones aren’t big enough yet... to justify bigger drum kit.Quote
NilsHolgersson
Interviewer: Charlie, with some bands, the bigger the band gets, the bigger the drummer's kit becomes. Your kit has always remained quite tastefully restrained..
Charlie: They haven't got quite big enough for me yet.. the Stones, when they get bigger I'll add more. And they're expensive.
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NilsHolgersson
I read that Charlie was actually a roadie when the Rolling Stones started and they had no one to play the drums, so Mick taught Charlie everything he needed to know about drumming and since then he's the drummer
His drumming on Stray Cat Blues is downright evil!Quote
ryanpow
I recently listened to Get Your Ya Ya's Out for the first time in a long time, and G.D. does Charlie shine on that album.
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hopkins
I would say with no little apprection, in addition to the steady soul groove and tasteful fills on a ton or two of em; and the steady glue of his particularly no nonsense personality, which I find charming and Def held the Stones together in the mid to late innings as much as dear Ron.
But...
Also do remember quite a bit of crashing about in Ya Yas, which delights me, and there's a time live or two in Taylor years where he was totally just beating the shite out of them here or there.
So sure, primarily that magical glue every one mentions. The respect Keith has seemed to always have for him is very touching to me.
I mean he's a Rock and Roll drummer.
He doesn't have to listen to it when he gets home.
We do. I feel he's there for us. Amazing guy.
Hey hey it trips me out. But it took THAT Rhythm section to connect the beat with the club goers,
I mean I still listen to the same old 3 chord fast rock and rollers
Charlie's there for me down deep. Really love that guy.