I noticed him not playing his hats on the 2 and 4 when I saw TRS live in 1978 on the Some Girls tour. I toyed with that style here and there. He does not like having to compete for the space with both hands playing crossover. .
Almost anyone can play along Stones music, as long as the drummer doesnt show off with theatrical chops and all...... So technically, there wont be any difference if we hear a different drummer in Stones music, but to see the stones live without Watts is a sad thing, for millions of stones fans like me.
For all it is possible to see and understand from this shot-Video Clips, drummer Charlie Watts doesn ' Swing that much,.!?,. The arms and wrists are rigid, the stick on the cymbals have no ..jazzing-sound,.!!,. Ciao fabio ..-
, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fh5r_aGkj8
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I watched it, and I've got to say that I've gigged with drummers with worse swing feel than that. I didn't think it was bad at all.Ask yourself, is it accurate or fair to sum up a persons 50+ year career of drumming in a 3 minute you tube clip? The dude has also led a big jazz band.
Watts personal preference is Jazz. He has played with numerous prestigious jazz groups. Which stands to reason he can do the job, but he seems more an emissary for jazz-and doesn't try to emulate jazz greats. He's inspiring though I'm an old rocker who wants to jazz and swing too. I too look like a duck out of water-but I keep swimming.
All these folks that find fault in others, blows my mind.
So what if he looked stiff - what did it sound like? OMG - he's not employing the common pyrotechnics and is actually playing with and for the band - that can't be right! How did this guy even have a career? Shame on him, trying to play!
I'm sure Charlie doesn't care what any of us have to say about his projects. I've actually listened to some of the boogie-woogie piano stuff he did just a few years ago and you can't tell me that stuff doesn't swing. Go check it out.
Swing, not swing, 3 minutes or 3 days of video, he's richer than everyone else on this thread combined and has played some of the largest rock shows in history. I figure he can't have done it all wrong.