Charlie's good tonight : the life, the times, and the Rolling Stones : the authorized biography of Charlie Watts / Paul Sexton ; [forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards ; prelude by Andrew Loog Oldham].

"The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one of the world's most revered and celebrated musicians of the last half century. Charlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sexton, Paul (Writer on music) (Author)
Other Authors: Jagger, Mick (writer of foreword.)
Richards, Keith, 1943- (writer of foreword.)
Oldham, Andrew Loog (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Watts, Charlie.
Rolling Stones.
Drummers (Musicians) > Great Britain > Biography.
Rock musicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Drummers (Musicians)
Rock musicians.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xxiii, 344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Life, the times, and the Rolling Stones : the authorized biography of Charlie Watts
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. A Prefab Childhood and a Comrade in Jazz
  • 2. Do You Think I Should Join This Interval Band?'
  • Backbeat: Shirley Is My Darling
  • 3. Home Thoughts from Abroad
  • 4. A Family Man in Happy Exile
  • Backbeat: Sixty-Eight Inches of Style
  • 5. Dirty Work and Dangerous Habits
  • 6. Around the World and Back to the Farm
  • Backbeat: A Man of Wealth and Taste
  • 7. Born with Grandpa Energy
  • Backbeat: A Gift for Giving
  • 8. The Long Road Home
  • 9. Forever the Wembley Whammer.