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Stunning. -even if he was 80. It seemed he’d live forever..

 

Thank you for your life’s work, Charlie!

 

Little known fact; while Charlie is an original RS along with Mick, Keith and Brian Jones, he never set the beat as their drummer, instead always following Keith’s tempo on his guitar. To know anything about music is to know this isn’t done as it can be and usually is catastrophic in performance. And it Did cause beat/tempo changes throughout his illustrious career -think ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ for reference.  Yet, it’s this oddity that so wonderfully made their sound unique.

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15 minutes ago, Bad Things said:

Very sad news to read this morning.

Among many things, that simple opening beat to Honky Tonk Women is one of my all-time favourite grooves.

 

RIP Charlie.

 

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1 hour ago, Chandler#81 said:

Little known fact; while Charlie is an original RS along with Mick, Keith and Brian Jones, he never set the beat as their drummer, instead always following Keith’s tempo on his guitar. To know anything about music is to know this isn’t done as it can be and usually is catastrophic in performance. And it Did cause beat/tempo changes throughout his illustrious career -think ‘You Can Always Get What You Want’ for reference.  Yet, it’s this oddity that so wonderfully made their sound unique.

 

Sort of like Keith Moon who was notorious for just jamming along with the melody or playing directly to Daltry's lyrics.

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19 hours ago, PastaJoe said:

Keith Richards must have stumbled upon the right mix of drugs for immortality.

 

I once heard a comedian say, "After a nuclear holocaust, the only things to survive will be cockroaches and Keith Richards."

 

RIP, Charlie. You will be missed. 

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19 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Stunning. -even if he was 80. It seemed he’d live forever..

 

Thank you for your life’s work, Charlie!

 

Little known fact; while Charlie is an original RS along with Mick, Keith and Brian Jones, he never set the beat as their drummer, instead always following Keith’s tempo on his guitar. To know anything about music is to know this isn’t done as it can be and usually is catastrophic in performance. And it Did cause beat/tempo changes throughout his illustrious career -think ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ for reference.  Yet, it’s this oddity that so wonderfully made their sound unique.

Not exactly.

Tony Chapman was the original drummer (briefly).  Charlie and Bill held down the groove while Keith could do riffs, fills, and weaving with Brian, Mick Taylor, or Ronnie. Keith was never a straight-ahead rhythm player.  The amazing thing about the Stones live performances is that they're always right on the edge of the whole thing falling apart, but they always manage to keep it together.

 

Have seen them 3 times. Twice in the 70's at Rich, and 2015 at Georgia Tech stadium.  Last time I went with the Mick Jagger look-and sound-alike from our Stones tribute band. Since the show was work related, the tickets were tax deductible. 🙂

 

here's the tribute

 

 

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