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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Charlie On The Road Mar 20^th, 2011 at 12:49pm The ABC & D Of Boogie Woogie - Hannover Germany, 3/14: Photos: Philipp von Ditfurth/Hannoversche Allgemeine Wish these guys would cross the pond...
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Ginda Rocks Off Regular Offline The ghost of Belle Starr Posts: 926 WA State Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #1 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 4:59pm Great photos - looking at Charlie reminds me of the lyrics to A Satisfied Mind.
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,231 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #2 - Mar 21^st, 2011 at 7:10am very nice. Sebastian from Germany e-mailed me some more photos from this gig a few days ago..will try and get them uploaded later.
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #3 - Mar 21^st, 2011 at 9:55am Charlie in Hannover, interviewed by NDR. Doesn't remember being there with the Stones in 03. Guess he forgot to sketch that hotel room...
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #5 - Mar 22^nd, 2011 at 7:20am Charlie, Ben and Dave on Ö3 Radio in Vienna Austria, 3/20 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc8wQyWKlAo Charlie graciously defers to his bandmates before he talks about recording with Mick...
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #6 - Mar 22^nd, 2011 at 7:37am Weiz Austria, 3/21: Photos: © Peter Purgar/www.jazzimbild.at Kleine Zeitung
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #7 - Mar 23^rd, 2011 at 2:21pm 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' in Weiz - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDoxnx_5CNk
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Re: Charlie On The Road
Reply #8 - Mar 26^th, 2011 at 4:22pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2011 at 7:20am:

Charlie, Ben and Dave on Ö3 Radio in Vienna Austria, 3/20 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc8wQyWKlAo

Charlie graciously defers to his bandmates before he talks about recording with Mick...

What a dolt that DJ was...didn't pick up Charlie's pointed clues so Charlie moves AWAY from the microphone to make it clear that Ben & Dave are there. He is a class act all the way.

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Ginda Rocks Off Regular Offline The ghost of Belle Starr Posts: 926 WA State Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #9 - Mar 26^th, 2011 at 11:07pm left shoe shuffle wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2011 at 2:21pm: 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' in Weiz - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDoxnx_5CNk That's a hard one to hear without comparing it to JLL, but nicely done. This has got to be nothing but pure enjoyment for Charlie. He seems relaxed and happy.
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,231 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #10 - Mar 28^th, 2011 at 6:59pm Some more photos from Vienna, sent to me by Sebastian. Sorry for the delay in uploading them.
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Tom Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 635 US Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #11 - Mar 28^th, 2011 at 7:55pm Thanks to all who make this the one and only CHARLIE WATTS MESSAGE BOARD!!!
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Deathgod Rocks Off Regular Offline The Artist Formerly Known as Daethgod Posts: 676 Ocean Grove Australia Earth Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #12 - Mar 29^th, 2011 at 12:01am great stuff Charlie will always be the man .. the gentleman
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #13 - Mar 29^th, 2011 at 9:17am Amstetten Austria, 3/22: Photos: Michael Permoser meinbezirk.at
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Re: Charlie On The Road
Reply #14 - Mar 29^th, 2011 at 5:00pm

Loose translation from oe24.at:

Charlie Watts, Wednesday in Vienna

Thomas Zeidler
29 March 2011

http://images01.oe24.at/HERO.jpg/story/21.541.052
© TZ Austria/Zeidler

"The Stones are work - this is fun!"

Today Charlie Watts, drummer of the Rolling Stones for 48 years, is back with his second band the ABC & D of Boogie Woogie for three nights at the Vienna Metropol.

Since 2010, the legendary drummer - whose "other" band is responsible for 150 million CDs sold and two dozen world hits - has done a handful of mini-concerts in Austria. Watts, who plays stadiums around the world with the Stones has already visited "Pop cities" such as Weiz, Amstetten and Imst before Vienna.

For this tour he's traded the Stones usual private jet for a tour bus. Watts said in an Austrian interview: "This is exciting, a completely new feeling. I feel happy here, to me this is fun. It's about the music and not the money."

Boogie

Watts, along with Axel Zwingenberger (piano), Ben Waters (piano) and Dave Green (bass), doesn't play any Stones classics. Instead, they cover boogie and jazz standards by George Gershwin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles or Fats Domino.

Improvisation

"These improvised Boogie concerts interest me more than the rigid Stones shows. In the Stones, I know what happens next, but here never, therefore, this type of
music is much more interesting. It's also much harder to play than Stones songs", said Watts.

Dates

The Austrian tour is followed by the April 15th release of the new CD 'Boogie 4 Stu'. The Rolling Stones cover the Dylan classic 'Watchin' The River Flow' along with with former bassist Bill Wyman.

And already preparations for the very last Stones tour are being made. Three dates have been reserved at Vienna Stadthalle for Fall 2012.

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Those smiles don't lie. Charlie's clearly enjoying himself.
Music over money.

As for those Fall 2012 dates, bands routinely request venue "holds".
Doesn't mean a Stones tour's a 100% certainty.

But it's sure nice to know they're thinking about it...

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Re: Charlie On The Road
Reply #15 - Mar 29^th, 2011 at 6:24pm

Thanks for posting the interview. It really shows - this is meaningful to Charlie. I'm sorry the Stones have become so produced and rigid. It's one of the reasons the Boogie for Stu thread is such a kick for me. It's loose and unstaged and has a natural sound and feel. The musicians are there because they want to be. Bless you, Charlie.

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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #16 - Mar 30^th, 2011 at 8:34am Imst Austria, 3/28: Photos: Mike Maass meinbezirk.at
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Re: Charlie On The Road
Reply #17 - Mar 30^th, 2011 at 10:01am

left shoe shuffle wrote on Mar 29^th, 2011 at 5:00pm:

© TZ Austria/Zeidler

For this tour he's traded the Stones usual private jet for a tour bus. Watts said in an Austrian interview: "This is exciting, a completely new feeling. I feel happy here, to me this is fun. It's about the music and not the money."

"These improvised Boogie concerts interest me more than the rigid Stones shows. In the Stones, I know what happens next, but here never, therefore, this type of
music is much more interesting. It's also much harder to play than Stones songs", said Watts.

Too bad Stones shows are indeed so "rigid," and the tours so focused on money. Doesn't have to be that way. It's now obvious the decision not to tour this year had everything to do with money and the soft international economy. Next year's "anniversary" and the London Olympics also figured prominently in the decision. Everything is pointing to a same-old-same-old extravaganza. Pity.

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Re: Charlie On The Road
Reply #18 - Mar 31^st, 2011 at 2:24am

Mel Belli wrote on Mar 30^th, 2011 at 10:01am:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Mar 29^th, 2011 at 5:00pm:

© TZ Austria/Zeidler

For this tour he's traded the Stones usual private jet for a tour bus. Watts said in an Austrian interview: "This is exciting, a completely new feeling. I feel happy here, to me this is fun. It's about the music and not the money."

"These improvised Boogie concerts interest me more than the rigid Stones shows. In the Stones, I know what happens next, but here never, therefore, this type of
music is much more interesting. It's also much harder to play than Stones songs", said Watts.

Too bad Stones shows are indeed so "rigid," and the tours so focused on money. Doesn't have to be that way. It's now obvious the decision not to tour this year had everything to do with money and the soft international economy. Next year's "anniversary" and the London Olympics also figured prominently in the decision. Everything is pointing to a same-old-same-old extravaganza. Pity.

True enough. It makes you wonder how much money is enough - I mean, I'm sure they must have enough in their bank accounts to spend and spend and spend and still the capital would be intact. WHY do they do this?

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glimmertwinfan Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 81 Michigan Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #19 - Mar 31^st, 2011 at 4:22am The guy loves his music. It is so clear just how much he is enjoying himself.
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Honky Tonk Man Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,272 London Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #20 - Mar 31^st, 2011 at 10:19am Wonderful photo's It really seems that after 45+ years of drumming for a rock 'n roll group, Charlie is finally where he wants to be.
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #21 - Mar 31^st, 2011 at 10:50am Nice sampler from one of the recent Austrian shows - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxeOZroOPjM Simply not enough o's in smooth to describe Charlie...
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Re: Charlie On The Road
Reply #22 - Mar 31^st, 2011 at 11:14am

left shoe shuffle wrote on Mar 31^st, 2011 at 10:50am:

Nice sampler from one of the recent Austrian shows - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxeOZroOPjM

Simply not enough o's in smooth to describe Charlie...

Smoooth is right. There is such a stark difference in his manner. With the Stones he can't wait to get off stage. Not so with this group of guys. He actually stopped to sign something. He appreciates his bandmates and the audience appreciating his bandmates. Those pianos were physically rocking. Great clip. Great man.

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Some Guy Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 16,083 Atlanta Gender:	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #23 - Mar 31^st, 2011 at 11:25am very nice to hear.
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Charlie On The Road Reply #24 - Apr 1^st, 2011 at 9:05am Charlie in Imst Austria, interviewed by ORF. Ever humble, and "hopeful" about that night's show...
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