1 Topic by Catfish Jane (edited by Catfish Jane 2009-05-08 22:46:51)

  • Registered: 2008-02-09
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Topic: Special rare appearance of The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts!

Hi Everyone

I thought that you would all like to know about this great gig, that's just been put on at very short notice, at Farnham Maltings, in Surrey, UK, on Tuesday, 12th May.  If you can get there, it will be worth it, to see Charlie Watts cool, of The Rolling Stones close up! big_smile

This is what the flyer says

"Ben Waters, AXEL ZWINGENBERGER CHARLIE WATTS, DAVE GREEN + SPECIAL GUESTS - TUESDAY 12TH MAY, GREAT HALL, FARNHAM MALTINGS
Don't miss out on a fab gig with an all-star line-up at Farnham Maltings, Surrey, on Tuesday 12th May. This gig was agreed just last night so we're rushing this information to you so you can be sure to get your tickets for what will most certainly be a sell-out!

BEN WATERS has been a favourite at The Maltings for around 20 years, playing a set of boogie classics from Professor Longhair through to rocking numbers from Jerry Lee Lewis. German boogiemeister AXEL ZWINGENBERGER plays more ragtime-influenced themes. Behind the drumkit is none other than Rolling Stones legend CHARLIE WATTS. Plus DAVE GREEN on bass, and some very special guests. As they're guests we can't promise, but Jools Holland has been known to 'drop in'!!!

See the Times Review below...

Review from the Times 15/04/09


'Easter Monday at the Bull's Head was magical for anyone interested in boogie woogie piano, and a blast of sheer good fun for those who squeezed into this 120-capacity jazz haunt by the river. The show featured three of the greatest exponents of the keyboard- thumping art: Ben Waters, Axel Zwingenberger and Jools Holland, with a supporting cast including the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, singer and guitarist Chris Jagger (younger brother of Mick), the bass player Geoff Gascoigne and saxophonists Willie Garnett and Derek Nash.

Waters, who kicked off the show, played with a relaxed bonhomie that rather disguised the rampant virtuosity of his performing style. With wrists of steel and a left hand that seemed to have a mind of its own, he charged around the keyboard in an effortless blur as he romped through a set that included an infectious Sticky Finger Boogie (written by Nash) and a delightful slow blues, That Lucky Old Sun, borrowed from Jerry Lee Lewis.

Zwingenberger, the German boogiemeister, took over at the grand piano for older, more ragtime-influenced themes, including Suitcase Blues and Madhattan Boogie, which he delivered with a broad inscrutable smile. Watts, imperturbable behind his modest Gretsch kit, and Gascoigne on upright bass, remained in place, the backbone of the band. To see Watts at such close hand was to witness the ramshackle simplicity of his playing style in all its glory. How he managed to conjure such tremendous swing with so limited a technique remains a mystery. But conjure it he did.

As the entire ensemble launched into a finale of Down the Road Apiece (when it was being sung by Holland) which suddenly became Let It Rock (when Jagger took over the vocals), the whole room seemed to have turned into a bouncy castle for grown-ups.'"

I've already got my ticket. smile   If you can't get to the gig, then please spread the word about it, to any Roller fans that you know!:D

CJ

"I guess the music is the reason and the key, for me. It takes the blues, to see!"  Gary Fletcher, of The Blues Band. The Blues Band are Paul Jones, Tom McGuinness, Dave Kelly, Gary Fletcher and Rob Townsend.