Mick Jagger reminisces about “close friend” Charlie Watts
nme.comRolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has reminisced about his “close friend” Charlie Watts in a new interview.Speaking to SiriusXM, Jagger remembered his long-term bandmate and friend Watts, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 80.Jagger said: “I knew him since I was 19, and I hung out a lot with Charlie.
He was one of my close friends.“Charlie and I had a lot of interests outside of just playing in a band. We loved football and cricket.
Charlie and I used to go to cricket together a lot.“Charlie’s very knowledgeable about [football]. He used to play football hen he was a kid.
He was pretty good. Much better than me. Charlie loved beautiful objects. He liked antiques, he liked furniture. So we talked a lot about things like that.”Recently, it was revealed that the Stones’ upcoming new album, ‘Hackney Diamonds’ will feature two songs that they recorded with Charlie Watts.
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