CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With only the drum track to “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” reverberating through the stadium, four video panels lit up with images of Charlie Watts. Sometimes smiling, sometimes stoic, but always playing drums with his idiosyncratic touch, the opening tribute to the recently deceased Rolling Stones mainstay smoothly set the tone for the next two-plus […]
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood kicked off the second leg of the No Filter tour in St. Louis last week, with an emotional dedication to Charlie Watts.Lifting a toast to the imperturbable heartbeat of the band, Jagger said “Here’s to you Charlie.”Then the Stones did what they’ve been doing since the middle of the […]
PITTSBURGH — Their previous Pittsburgh performances in six different decades by all accounts achieved greatness, so why would decade number seven bring anything different? Indeed, the Rolling Stones’ return to Heinz Field on Monday found the long-touted World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band doing what it’s always done; performing at an exceptional level, and with enthusiasm, drawing from a song catalog as classic as it gets. Mick Jagger […]
Chuck Leavell is a pianist and keyboard player whose career has included tenures as a member of the Allman Brothers Band and Sea Level and as a backup musician for many other acts, among them Dr. John, the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, and Eric Clapton. He is also a Georgia timber farmer and environmental activist. In 2004 he was […]
Due to a strange series of events, David Peck says he owes his career to The Rolling Stones and drummer Charlie Watts, who died Tuesday at age 80. They first met backstage at the memorable Rolling Stones concert at Jack Murphy Stadium on Feb. 3, 1998. Peck was sitting in the third row when a […]
“Just like I consider myself a student of the piano, I consider myself a student of the environment and of forestry in particular,” observes Chuck Leavell, who is the subject of the new documentary film, The Tree-Man. The title originates from Leavell’s stewardship of over 2,500 acres of land at his Charlane Plantation in Twiggs County, Ga. […]