Paul Sexton

Charlie's Good Tonight (eBook, ePUB)

The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world's most revered and celebrated drummer.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780008546359
• Artikelnr.: 65444272

Autorenporträt

Paul Sexton is an author, journalist and broadcaster who has covered The Rolling Stones, and interviewed all of the band extensively, for some 30 years. He started writing about music for the weekly pop paper Record Mirror while still a teenager in 1977, and his work has appeared in all of the quality UK press, most notably The Sunday Times and The Times, as well as in Billboard magazine and countless documentaries and shows for BBC Radio 2. His book Prince: A Portrait of the Artist in Memories and Memorabilia was published in 2021. He lives in south London.

Rezensionen

"An affectionate portrait, one that recognizes Watts as musician, colleague, family man, obsessive collector and immaculate dresser." - The Sunday Times

"The authorised biography of the Rolling Stones' late drummer is warm and diligent on his love of jazz and family." - The Guardian

"Sexton, a longtime Stones chronicler, tells Watts's story with warmth and diligence." - The Observer

"Exhaustively researched . . . crammed with telling incidental information." - The Telegraph

"A tasteful biography that is also a fine tribute to a friend." - Washington Independent Review of Books

"Favors substance over flash, presenting an affectionate account of a devoted family man and friend, a particularly British type of eccentric, who just happened to play drums for the Rolling Stones." - Irish Independent

"[A] hugely affectionate portrait." - Sydney Morning Herald

"A book as gentle, fascinating and companionable as the man himself." - Mojo

"Charlie's Good Tonight does a fine job of illuminating Charlie Watts's personality and paying homage to the drummer's admirable legacy." - The Arts Fuse

"The book that every Stones fan will want to read . . . largely because, like its subject, it's sharp, straightforward and blessed with significant dry wit . . . an essential purchase." - Classic Rock