An Australian website reported form “inner circles” of the Rolling Stones than Charlie Watts was leaving the band. The band almost immediately denied the rumors, so it’s hard to say where that stands. For a long time it has been said that Watts was the member of the band most reluctant to tour and seemed to be happy staying at home with his horses and playing in his jazz band.
The source told the Australian site Undercover, “Charlie Watts has quit the band. He will never record or tour with the band again”. The site went on to say “its little secret that Keith Richards had to coax Watts into participating in the band's 2005 album 'A Bigger Bang' and its subsequent global tour. ‘
The band was quick to deny it. The band’s spokesperson, Fran Curtis, tells Entertainment Weekly there is no truth to the rumors: “Contrary to a fabricated story that ran this morning,” she says, “Charlie Watts has not left The Rolling Stones.’’
Watts leaving the Stones would have a devastating effect on the band. His drumming, in tandem with Keith Richards’s guitar, is the bulwark of their sound. Nobody can bring those guys together like Watts, although rumored replacement Charlie Drayton is a great drummer in his own right, Charlie is irreplaceable. No doubt Richards and Mick Jagger would go on without him, but it would be a travesty.
The source told the Australian site Undercover, “Charlie Watts has quit the band. He will never record or tour with the band again”. The site went on to say “its little secret that Keith Richards had to coax Watts into participating in the band's 2005 album 'A Bigger Bang' and its subsequent global tour. ‘
The band was quick to deny it. The band’s spokesperson, Fran Curtis, tells Entertainment Weekly there is no truth to the rumors: “Contrary to a fabricated story that ran this morning,” she says, “Charlie Watts has not left The Rolling Stones.’’
Watts leaving the Stones would have a devastating effect on the band. His drumming, in tandem with Keith Richards’s guitar, is the bulwark of their sound. Nobody can bring those guys together like Watts, although rumored replacement Charlie Drayton is a great drummer in his own right, Charlie is irreplaceable. No doubt Richards and Mick Jagger would go on without him, but it would be a travesty.
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