Almost certainly apocryphal, but it's a great story nonetheless.
Mick Jagger once called Charlie Watts' hotel room and, when someone picked up the pone, asked to speak to his drummer. Instead of answering the call, Charlie went to Mick's room and banged on the door. When Mick answered it, Charlie punched him in the face, and reminded him "don't you ever call me your drummer: you are my fucking singer".
Remember a documentary where he said something like he hates touring but loves drumming and his wife won’t let him drum at home so he has to go on tour.
By far my favourite of The Stones. Coolest man in the band and a terrific drummer to boot. The video of It's Only Rock & Roll with Charlie disappearing into the foam behind them always raises a smile.
Almost certainly apocryphal, but it's a great story nonetheless.
Mick Jagger once called Charlie Watts' hotel room and, when someone picked up the pone, asked to speak to his drummer. Instead of answering the call, Charlie went to Mick's room and banged on the door. When Mick answered it, Charlie punched him in the face, and reminded him "don't you ever call me your drummer: you are my fucking singer".
Richards tells the story in his autobiography:
“Mick and I got back to the hotel at about five in the morning, and he called up Charlie. ‘Where’s my drummer?’ No answer. He puts the phone down. We were still sitting there getting pissed when about 20 minutes later there was a knock on the door. It was Charlie — Saville Row suit, perfectly dressed. Tie. Shaved. The whole bit. I could smell the cologne. He walked straight past me, got ahold of Mick and said, ‘Never call me your drummer again.’ He held him up and gave him a right hook.
“Twelve hours later he was saying f**k it, I’m going to go down and do it again. It takes a lot to wind that man up.”
Charlie Watts was a far better drummer than people gave him credit for, he just wasn’t flashy or flamboyant. RIP Charlie just don’t get off of that cloud.
Charlie was a class act; a top drummer, underestimated by many. A privilege to have seen him live on e few occasions, including at The Marquee Club where he and Bill Wyman were part of a band put together by Alexis Korner.
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Mick Jagger once called Charlie Watts' hotel room and, when someone picked up the pone, asked to speak to his drummer. Instead of answering the call, Charlie went to Mick's room and banged on the door. When Mick answered it, Charlie punched him in the face, and reminded him "don't you ever call me your drummer: you are my fucking singer".
RIP.
RIP.
“Mick and I got back to the hotel at about five in the morning, and he called up Charlie. ‘Where’s my drummer?’ No answer. He puts the phone down. We were still sitting there getting pissed when about 20 minutes later there was a knock on the door. It was Charlie — Saville Row suit, perfectly dressed. Tie. Shaved. The whole bit. I could smell the cologne. He walked straight past me, got ahold of Mick and said, ‘Never call me your drummer again.’ He held him up and gave him a right hook.
“Twelve hours later he was saying f**k it, I’m going to go down and do it again. It takes a lot to wind that man up.”
As I claim - the coolest one of them all.