I don't think this clip has been posted before (probably wrong). It;s Charlie, Jack Parnell and another drummer who's name escapes me, performing a three way drum solo on the Cleo lane show circa 1976 - a very rare clip of Charlie soloing in anger.

Very interesting!

What a great clip!! What a sport Charlie was to do such a thing (even if it is evidence of his disliking of drum solos!)... Thanks for sharing this one.

Never seen this before. Thanks for posting.



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...... very strange to view...

definitely could bring it when he wanted to! love the fact he is such a restrained, tasteful drummer

bump!

I was watching it with my 7-year old and he asked me if they were racing, and which one won :-)

>> Charlie soloing in anger <<

weird & cool! :E
thanks

Great clip! When was this shot? It looks like '80, with the short hair and the maple drum kit.

Mathijs

nice nice nice

ah here it is - thanks & praises to nzentgraf.de!

1979 9th October: US TV ‘The Cleo Laine Show’
- I’m A Drum
Line-up: CW (dr)/Cleo Laine (voc)/Charly Antolini (dr)/Kenny Clarke (dr)

Fun to watch thanks

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Here an other Charlie/(Bill) although Andy fairweather low is stealing the show

Forgot the link





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'with ssoul' - I am sure it is Jack Parnell on this clip (1950's English band leader) - I think the other drummer is Louis Belson, (who starts the solo). Kenny clarke is black, so with respect, it really can't be him.

Mathijs - I think Charlie started using the maple Gretsch kit in 1980. The 'chinese' cymbal also gives a clue about the date of this clip - it was first heared on 'Some Girls'. So it must be post '78.

I actually remember watching this clip at the time, (but can't be specific about the year). Cleo Lane sang a song which introduced each drummer in turn - Charlie played a very basic 4/4 beat while the other guys rumbled round their drums at a 100 miles per hour when it was their turn. Then the thing took off.
I never thought I would see this again - so many thanks to the original poster.

Found this Jack Parnell pic at this website [www.transdiffusion.org] It says it's circa 1975



I guess one of the others could indeed be Jack Parnell



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>> I am sure it is Jack Parnell on this clip (1950's English band leader) ... <<

cool - thanks! i'm just quoting nzentgraf.de -
but the date seems to be right, right? which is what i was looking for.



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turd Wrote:
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> I actually remember watching this clip at the
> time, (but can't be specific about the year). Cleo
> Lane sang a song which introduced each drummer in
> turn - Charlie played a very basic 4/4 beat while
> the other guys rumbled round their drums at a 100
> miles per hour when it was their turn. Then the
> thing took off.


Did Charlie solo more than those few secondes during the song?

No.

turd Wrote:
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> Mathijs - I think Charlie started using the maple
> Gretsch kit in 1980. The 'chinese' cymbal also
> gives a clue about the date of this clip - it was
> first heared on 'Some Girls'. So it must be post
> '78.

The first pictures of the maple Gretsch are from Pathe Marconi, summer 1977. Charlie used this kit on the 1978 tour, and added the China symbol for Emotional Resque in Nassau, 1979. This set-up is what I consider the best ever Charlie Watts kit.

Mathijs

Mathijs - with respect, the china cymbal is first heared on the track 'Some Girls' - it's low trashy sound is very distinctive in the first couple of bars into the song. I agree by 'Emotional Rescue' the China cymbal was used much more. In those days Charlie used a huge 20" Zildjian China with a bigger, more explosive sound than he gets today from the Italian 'Ufip' 18" china.

You might find the link here quite interesting. It's an article written by Richard King - the supplier of Charlies second maple kit. He talks about how Charlie came to get his first original Gretsch maple set.
[www.kingsmusicusa.com]

nice clip, never saw this one, i thought i had everything out there, strange to watch charlie out of his element

What do you think of the actual solo from a muscial point of view? I think it's good considering he's not used to playing solos live. The groove, the power, the musical idea and the technical demonstration. It was all there.

Checked my longer version of the song again. Cleo Laine sings in the
first part and introduces all three drummers in her lyrics.
They are CW, Jack Parnell and Kenny Claire (not Clarke).

N

very nice post
everyday you write a book with the Stones;

That is oh so cool. An interviewer needs to ask Mr. Watts about this. I can only imagine his response, if he remembers it at all (he was in his drug phase in the early 80s).