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DESERT ISLAND DISCS: CHARLIE WATTS (320kbs-m4a/102mb/45mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 25th August 2021
The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts spoke to Sue Lawley in 2001.
FAVOURITE TRACK: Dance of the Coachmen & Grooms from Petrushka 4th Scene by Igor Stravinsky
BOOK: Collected Poems 1934-52 by Dylan Thomas
LUXURY: Drumsticks
Charlie Parker - Out Of Nowhere [Spotlite]
Frank Sinatra - Night And Day [Capitol]
Igor Stravinsky - Dance Of The Coachmen And Grooms (from Petrushka) [CBS]
Tony Hancock / Sid James - The Reunion Party [Eclipse]
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Jack The Bear [Past Perfect]
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending [EMI]
John Arlott And Michael Charlton - 4th Test Match -Eng/Australia- July 1956 - BBC Sound Archive
Jerome Kern - The Way You Look Tonight [Flapper]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... CHARLIE WATTS (320kbs-m4a/132mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th December 2017
Charlie Watts discusses the musical milestones of his life in an interview with Matt Everitt first broadcast in 2011.
Jagger's ego might always occupy the centre stage, and Richards is the archetypal elegantly wasted rocker - but the heart of the Rolling Stones has to be drummer Charlie Watts.
His distinctive and deceptively powerful drumming has propelled the group throughout their career and countless hits. Other members may come and go, but as Keith himself admits: no Charlie? No Stones.
In this rare interview, Charlie tells of his life as the least rock 'n' roll, but always charming Stone. With his deadpan with and laconic style, he recalls his pre-Stones career; and the early, starving-in-a-bedsit days of what would become one of the greatest bands in the world; as well as the roots of his overriding passion, jazz.
He also sheds a light on his role in the complex relationships within the group; their golden years of recording; his own brief but hard-fought battle with heroin; and whether the Stones would, or could ever, tour again.
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black [ABKCO]
The Four Aces - Three Coins In The Fountain [Good Music]
Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Walkin' Shoes
Alexis Korner - Watermelon Man (Radio 1 Session 1965) [BMG]
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated - Hoochie Coochie Man
The Rolling Stones - Come On [London]
The Rolling Stones - Little Red Rooster [London]
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (BBC Session 20 Aug 1965)
Sonny Rollins - Someone To Watch Over Me
The Rolling Stones - All Down The Line [Polydor]
Billy Strayhorn - Take The "A" Train (Live At Newport 1956) [Music & Memories]
The Rolling Stones - Sway [CBS]
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus [Apple]
Charlie Parker - Just Friends
