Charlie Watts

Drummer recalls “wierd, silly” ban on cross-Atlantic tours while he was learning to love music.

Plenty of people would be devastated if the Rolling Stones decided to call it quits after their latest round of shows. Drummer Charlie Watts isn't one of them.

Charlie Watts sat in with Band2 Tuesday night at The Music Box, an intimate venue inside the Max M Fisher Music Center, home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He joined the group for renditions of standards ‘All Or Nothing At All’ and ‘For All We Know,’ b…

Checking out the rock and roll birthday calendar. June 2, 1941, born in London, 'The Rolling Stones" drummer Charlie Watts. Starting at the age of 17, Charlie began  playing in a jazz band. In 1963, he would join a new band on the scene The Rolling Stones

While the Rolling Stones ponder their next move, drummer Charlie Watts is keeping busy with his other project, the ABC and D of Boogie Woogie. The group just issued a live record and while it is a change of pace, it’s not as different as what you might think.

Today June 2nd, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts turns 70 years old.  The rocker has spent 48 years of his life with the Stones, which he says comes as a surprise to him.
“I always thought The Rolling Stones would last a y…