A Tribute To Charlie Watts - Steve Maxwell Vintage Drums
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- We will miss Charlie, here is a little tribute from Steve Sr. for his good friend.
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I very much appreciate the kind words from all of you. I am so glad that you enjoyed my tribute.
This is absolutely priceless! Thank you for being a good friend to Charlie. And for sharing a little bit with us. ALL THE BEST.
Great stories Sir, thank you so much for sharing them with us. Loved the part when you were crawling around opening boxes, and boxes of great drums. Awesome back drop with all the classic kits sitting behind you. Especially the Orange Sparkle Ludwig drums. What sizes are with the kit??
A beautiful tribute. Thank you.
thanks for those memories. Your stories about Charlie's relationship with Joe Morello was beautiful. I had the honour to study with Joe for 7 months in 1980 when I was over from Australia and he was a fantastically generous and gifted teacher. For Charlie to help him the way he did without hesitation speaks volumes for his respect for the musical lineage that Joe was part of.
I said Orange Sparkle, my mistake, I think they are Gold Sparkle.
Thanks for these reminiscences of Mr. Charlie Watts. Well done Steve
Thank you Steve. In my opinion, tributes like this are way more important than musical ones.
The charm of Charlie was irresistible. His way of playing the drums, his fidelity to the Stones and his integrity are an example, not only for musicians, but also for all people. I am still processing his passing.
I'm so glad l met you Charlie back in the 60s when you corted your wife from Fulham you never let fame change you God bless
The Rare Humble and Classy Stone! Rest in Peace Charlie Watts.
Kia ora from NZ. Thank you so much, I thoroughly enjoyed your stories about marvelous Charlie Watts.
Charlie Watts was a very modest person, it would be cool if his sketches of his hotel rooms were released in a nice book.❤
This was really very sweet.
Good for you Steve Maxwell.
In describing the heart of Charlie you have also revealed a peek at your own.
I loved watching this video. It's always great to hear about Chalie. I've been a Stones fan for 42 years and have to say even though he's going to be missed, Charlie had a great life. His music will live forever.
Excellent tribute to Charlie.
R.I.P (rest in percussion)
Ha Ha!
What a wonderful tribute to a great musician and human being. Charlie was blessed to have Steve as a friend as well. He is smiling down from heaven. They say birds of a feather flock together... here is proof. Thank you so much Steve for this beautiful tribute, really enjoyed it and learned some very interesting things about Charlie. R.I.P.
What an amazing tribute from you Steve.
Charlie was unique! Nobody sounds like him.
Great heartfelt personal remembrances of your friend,Steve. Thank you for sharing. Charlie certainly was a Legend...in every way.
What a story Steve! That was a great memory of one of the greatest. Incredible episode!
Thanks for sharing your stories about Charlie…touching. I miss him.
Charlie was a great influence to many drummers, he created great grooves, beats and complemented the music he played. He will be missed but never forgotten. Thank you Charlie.
I love how he basically proves that a Gretsch jazz kit can be also great for rock music.
Amazing tribute Steve. Charlie was a legend. I’ve used Charlie’s signature sticks all the time for over 10 years as I just love them - to know he generously dedicated the royalties to Joe is just amazing. What a legend. Thank you for the stories. True hero of mine
My wife and I were very fortunate to catch a few of the Iridium gigs they were very special and yes he was one classy gentleman he will be missed
I very briefly met Charlie in Mole Jazz a record shop in Kings Cross London. Just a random meeting, whilst searching through the racks of LPs and there was Charlie doing the same. We spoke briefly and pleasantly for a minute and just carried on browsing. He was friendly and just like any dude you might meet in a record shop.
I should say this was back in the mid eighties.
A wonderful tribute. We should all aspire to be as class an act as Charlie Watts.
They were very enjoyable Steve and thank you for sharing them! I can't believe that Charlie is now in that echelon of musicians who are no longer with us. He was a major influence on me, not only in my drumming but in style as well. He was one of the best! RIP Charlie Watts
Found that a little emotional. I must be getting old. Great stories about old friends make the world go round
Many thanks Mr. Steve 🙌🙏
Charlie will be forever in our ❤❤
I'm glad I bought my Ludwig drumkit in your NY store back in 2010. I play it everyday here in Brasil. Great video, thank you!
Seemed like the smoothest Stone to me… What a gift he left us ✊🏼
Charlie had class, style, grace and dignity. A true English gentleman.
I have always like Charlie,I saw pictures of him,when I was a kid,(i,m 55 yrs old now)before I ever heard him play,and from that first picture,I liked him,his cool,smooth,sophisticated,style,suave,classy,impeccable appearance,like James Bond but so much better,like Steve said,the best dressed man on the planet,and the coolest,smoothest drummer,he made his drumming look effortless,unbelievable,so awesome,true class,thankyou so much Steve for this tribute,it means so much to me to hear what a true gentleman he really was,and to hear your kind words..
Thank you, Steve, for sharing some of your great memories of Charlie. I’m just a fan… knew a few things about each of them. Always had the impression that Charlie was a very nice man. But listening to your stories made Charlie Watts an iconic figure. A super neat man.
You clearly loved Charlie, we did too❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧
Ginger Baker wasn’t shy about his “frank” opinion of “famous “ drummers, but he loved Charlie’s drumming and spoke very highly of him.
ginger has no pull.
Ginger was great. Also very jazz influenced from way back. His drumming on Do What You like by Blind Faith is very ‘Take Five’ ish (Joe Morello ) but Ginger was a right c. And very bitter and even beat the shit outa Jack Bruce on stage apparently. Clapton couldn’t stand his abusive anger. Nope he was good but he wasn’t half the human being our Charlie was. Thanks Mr Watts.
Thank you so much, Steve. Your story brings me some comfort, i'm very happy with it. Still miss Charlie, words can't tell how much....
Thank you for this,and bless you brother…I played drums in a stones tribute band in the 90s out of tampa bay,played a maple 70s gretsch kit with stop sign 🛑 badge…..rip my brother….
What a wonderful tribute to a man I've spent my whole life listening to - I'm sad that he's gone, but what a life & what a wonderful legacy he leaves behind. I'll spend the rest of my life listening to him too. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Aside from his musical contribution Charlie Watts was one of, if not THE classiest rock star of all time!
Not to take anything away from Charlie, Geddy Alex and Neil are up there in the class department.
I certainly a much bigger fan of Rush than I am of the Stones but there are some early clips of Geddy sounding pretty arrogant. I do agree Neil seemed to always be a complete gentlemen and in fact Charlie was a big Neil fan.
@@binkwood it seems to me that Geddy's perceived arrogance from the earlier years came from him simply being tired during interviews which would obviously come from playing 300+ shows a year.
At the Rolling Stones voodoo lounge concert in Auckland,New Zealand,half way thru Mick introduced the band members,Charlie last,but when Mick said Charles name,every person in the audience started yelling,Charlie,Charlie,Charlie,Charlie,no one had planned it,no word of mouth to do it,it just happened,only 50-60,000 people,out of the blue,it was like magic,somehow,psychic or telepathy,I don,t know,but Charlie got 10x the cheers and appreciation than anyone,and he deserved it,and i was so rapt it had happened,something I will never forget,R I P CHARLIE,the coolest drummer of all time.🥁🎼🎵🎶🥁❤⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👄love,from,Auckland,New Zealand.
Charlie didnt miss a show in my lifetime! Glad I got to see him in 2015.
Nice to hear that he was a genuinely nice person.
RIP ❤
My two favorite drummers.
When I started playing drums Charlie's signature sticks were my favorite.
Thank you so much for your recollections of your friendship with Charlie Watts. I really appreciate that you’ve taken the time to share some of your memories with all of us. Well done Steve👏🏻👏🏻😊
Great Tribute Sir! One Of A Kind Charlie!
A heartening tribute, Steve! You know, drummers really are a world-wide family! As a teenager in Britain in the 1960s I hero worshipped Joe Morello. (Met him 3 times.) I had no idea he was financially in need. So the news that Charlie was such a help to Joe & Jean was great news. God bless all 3 of 'em!! They ALL brought such joy. (At a clinic Joe introduced Jean as "the best thing that's ever happened to me"!) As it says in the Good Book: "And there were giants in the land in those days." So true.
Just watched this for the second time and loved it ! ❤️Thanks Steve for sharing
That was so pleasant,from obviously a pleasant man,thank you 🙂
Really enjoyed hearing you reminisce, sir. Thank you. I've been celebrating Charlie's life through listening to a lot of Stones recordings, both live and in the studio. Such an amazing body of work. And he was such a good sport with the Stones, falling in line with all their trappings and foibles, personnel changes. Never forgetting what he was there to do. I will miss him. No offense, but it's is truly amazing (ironic?) that Keith outlived him!
Keith - of all people - appreciated the integrity Charlie provided; the opposite of his entropy. It's the two of them together that made the chug of the mighty engine of the Rolling Stones. Thanks for sharing this.
@@DavidSmith-ss1cg agree with you, but I consider Keith a person with a lot of integrity and consistency but different style than Charlie. Charlie was a gentleman while Richards is a bohemian. However, it does not matter at all, their friendship was charming.
Steve, wonderful job. I cant hit the like button enough on this video.
Very well done, particularly your reference to Joe “Castilian Drums “ Morello, 1965, Stagg High School , Stockton, Ca. Dave Brubeck Quartet played and out door concert in the Senior Quad, Morello went off on the Castilian
Drums solo, changed my life, experience of a lifetime.
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky.
Over the years I have heard hundreds of musicians if not thousands who said when they saw the Beatles that change their life especially the drummers seeing Ringo and that propelled them and some of them famous drummers to a life of drumming Well as a kid when I saw the Beatles and the Stones I had already been drumming for several years in Drum Corps so it was pretty high-level rudimental snare and I remember sitting at a friends place - my closest friend also a drummer - we were huge Stone's fans and I was sitting by his bed with my 3S tapping away to a tune and my friend said "What the hell are you doing?" in my then sheltered all-rudiments-all-the-time modality I said "Well drumming?" My buddy said "idiot listen just listen" and I did and now having retired from almost 50 years of professional playing I always looked to that moment hearing Charlie ... truly hearing him when I was on stage "Am I serving the music?" and tried all my career to do just that and if I was ... I thank Charlie for that inspiration.
Missed.
This story sharing is rich, and I appreciate so much what you gave us here.
Thank you Steve Maxwell for always being there for us drummers no matter how famous 🤙
Thank-you Steve for these touching and heartfelt stories of Charlie
Vernon from Massachusetts here Steve.
Thanks for sharing your stories. I really enjoyed them.
Loved the tribute and hearing the stories. It makes me sad to know that a man who was there for me, groovin in the pocket and giving me so many great moments in all my 57 years is really gone now. Will miss him. RIP my man.
Thank your for sharing these stories. I loved every word.
😎👍a fitting tribute Steve...
Rest easy Charlie, thank you for the
music, stories & great memories!
So lovely. Thank you.
Thanks, Steve. Charlie Watts was an interesting human and musician. I only witnessed the Stones play live once. it was an amazing experience. As a drummer, I watched Charlie's unusual technique and appreciated its sonic results. Unconventional technique yielded epic results...I still can't explain it. Perhaps that is why I am a conventional drummer and Charlie was not.
Thanks so much for this Steve.
Wonderful. Appreciated. We'd love to see that book!
Great stories about Charlie!! Thank you for sharing them with us Steve!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️
Thanks for these great stories Steve.
Wonderful stories, the best Charlie tribute I've heard, thanks for that :)
Excellent tribute Steve! I hope someday we shall meet. Thank you. 👍
thank you sir for sharing these amazing stories! Charlie still is one of my main influences. grtz. from Holland
A book of Charlie's collection, as you mentioned, would be fabulous!
Stories mean so much! Thanks for sharing them. Finish the book!
Thank You Sir, how beautiful
That was a nice tribute. Thank you.
Steve, you should finish the book. This video is invaluable, thank you.
What excellent stories, Thank You ...
Thanks for such a wonderful loving video of your fond memories of a great inspiration, gentleman and example of a human being.
He is one of the most reserved humans to ever walk the Earth which is in direct contrast to his employement for decades........
RIP Charlie watts, thank you for your tribute to your mate
Great stories. Thank you so much.
What a wonderful set of memories...thank you for this.
Fantastic,
Thanks Steve.
Best wishes,
Lance. ( UK ).
Thank for your heartfelt words about a beautiful musician and person.
Thanks, Steve. This hit all of us hard, but I'm sure it's especially tough for you...
Thanks... Charlie❤
without its sinuosity the stones would not have been rolling
It was a tough ticket and very tight act. It was a different kind of show! The crowd in boulder really had a bucket list feel to it, in a happy to be alive time?
START ME UP - best open!
Very nice of you to share such wonderfull and fun stories. Thank you !
It's all so sweet and touching.
Wonderful Tribute to a Wonderful Man.
Of all the tributes I've seen, , yours comes across as probably the finest and ultimately, most touching.
Thank you SO much! Steve
@@stevemaxwelldrums and you are very special too - its a wonderful pleasure to see and hear your drumming on those old and precious kits.
RIP Charlie 🙏🏾
Charlie the Magic man , Charlie forever
Thank you so much for this sir. Charlie was a very special person.
What a sweet tribute Steve….. thanks for sharing your memories with your friend Charlie….. a great drummer, and it sounds like a really really nice person.
Thank you Steve, and Thank you Charlie.
Thanks Steve for sharing your memories of Charlie. In numerous interviews I kept hoping somebody would say something about his Ludwig sky blue pearl set! Finally!!! I’m so glad to hear that it’s still around and in his collection! I really hope you can do a book on his drum collection.
God Bless Always Charlie 🙏🏻🥁
No THANKYOU I really love what it is that you have shared so eloquently 🖖🏻
Loved your talk...Charlie was my mentor during my drumming years.
I think the idea of a book with some great photos of and descriptions of famous people's drum sets would sell big time.
Mr. Maxwell, you are a sweet gentleman.
Thanks so much for a treasure trove of drum history!
Thank you so much for your wonderful tribute Steve. With my respect.
Thank you Steve. Charlie was very much a class act, and your tribute to him was no less. Well done, sir . . . and my condolences on the loss of your friend.
Fantastic stories, Thank You 🙏
Such lovely memories to have- thanks so much for sharing this side of the incomparable Charlie Watts with us.
Thank you !!! Touching human tribute to a class act
A lovely tribute.