D.J. Dyken, 27, procrastinated when it came time to buy tickets to the Thursday’s Rolling Stones show at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but finally decided last weekend that he and his father, Ken “Smurf” Dyken, needed to go.“This could be the last time,” said D.J., of Stockbridge, quoting a Stones single from 1965. So the son […]
The last major appearance by Chuck Leavell before the coronavirus shut down the entertainment industry happened, fittingly, at The Allman Brothers Band 50th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in March.A musical titan who played with ABB during its influential ’70s period, as well as his own Sea Level and, for nearly four decades, as the […]
Longtime Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell calls it “not much short of a miracle” that the legendary band’s mammoth U.S. “No Filter” tour has happened at all. After being unceremoniously shelved for a year due to the COVID pandemic, the rescheduled tour suffered an even bigger blow when beloved drummer Charlie Watts passed away just a month […]
Famed keyboard player Chuck Leavell is — as a native Georgian — all about living amid the moss, even if the group he’s most associated with, the Rolling Stones, are by definition averse to it. A new documentary opening this weekend, “Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man,” charts his double life, as one of the most renowned session musicians […]
TAMPA — On Friday night, about midway through the Rolling Stones’ high-energy concert at Raymond James Stadium, Mick Jagger invoked the Tampa Bay area’s historical link to the band: the origin story of (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.In 1965, the Stones played a Clearwater concert. “We played four songs and then got kicked off the stage,” Jagger said. […]
Even casual fans of the Rolling Stones recognize Mick, Keith and Charlie: lead singer Jagger, guitarist Richards and drummer Watts, the legendary band’s core since 1963.That stability was rocked permanently when Watts, 80, died Tuesday in London. Fans know those who have moved in and out of the lineup over decades, including the late guitarist Brian Jones, retired bass player Bill […]