It’s hard to overstate how difficult it was for young British people to obtain records from American jazz- and bluesmen in the 1950s and ’60s. Figures like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White, and even ...
Clem Burke was the greatest drummer of the punk generation, and the hardest working man in rock and roll. He was such a vibrant, enthusiastic, vivid character, it is hard to believe he is dead, aged ...
It was a slow night at Screwdriver Bar, a midsummer Tuesday that was about to conclude like any other ordinary evening at the Belltown rock den. With less than an hour to go before last call, no one ...
For all their domestic success, the Stones had failed to make the imprint they had fantasised about on American audiences during their first tour across the pond. Upon returning to the more accustomed ...
“When he died my mind was blown,” said Wood. “We have the spirit of Charlie playing with us.” Closing the band’s fourth-part Epix docuseries, My Life as a Rolling Stone, the final installment, ...
A sprawling English countryside mansion once owned by Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has hit the market for £7.95 million (approximately $9.67 million). Located near the Gloucestershire village ...
First printing of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, part of the Charlie Watts collection on display at Christie's. (Edvard Pettersson/Courthouse News Service). BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CN) — ...
Iconic drummer for The Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts, was the spine for the British-born blues-rock band. Sadly, Watts passed away in 2021 at the age of 80. But when it happened, an outpouring arrived ...