The Rolling Stones reveal Charlie Watts features on 'Hackney Diamonds'

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00:00 It must feel different not having Charlie Watts

00:03 in the studio with you playing.

00:06 What was that like?

00:07 - It's all, ever since Charlie's gone,

00:10 it's different, of course.

00:12 You know, I mean, he's number four.

00:14 He's missing, he's up there.

00:16 - Yeah, I do see a lot of number fours around.

00:18 - Yeah, of course he's missed, I mean, incredibly.

00:21 But thanks to Charlie Watts also,

00:25 we have Steve Jordan, who was Charlie's recommendation

00:28 for if anything should happen to him,

00:31 Steve Jordan's your man.

00:33 - He picked Steve Jordan.

00:34 - Yeah, and yeah, just out of way, way, way back.

00:38 And also, you know, he's been a friend of ours.

00:41 I've worked with Steve.

00:42 So it was a kind of natural progression.

00:45 You know, it would have been a lot harder

00:46 without Charlie's blessing on that, you know.

00:50 But at the same time, it's a hard team, you know.

00:52 - Did you get to do any tracks with him on the album?

00:54 - With Charlie?

00:55 - Yeah.

00:56 - Couple of days, right?

00:57 - There's 12 tracks on the album and 10,

01:00 well, I think actually it's not true,

01:03 'cause it's not on there.

01:04 But most of it's Steve,

01:05 but two are tracks we recorded in 2019 with Charlie.

01:09 And so we used two of the tracks

01:12 that we recorded with Charlie before.

01:14 - Yeah, "Man You Bought A Sword" and "Mess It Up."

01:17 - Yeah.

01:18 - Those are the two tracks.

01:19 - Yeah.

01:20 - And also I heard a rumor of Bill.

01:21 - Yes, Bill, and we asked Bill to come into the studio.

01:24 - Bill was creeping.

01:25 - Did he get it?

01:25 - Yeah, "Live By The Sword."

01:26 - Two of them.

01:27 - And Bill came in and did one track.

01:29 So we had the original "Rolling Stones"

01:31 were in the sections, is on one track.

01:33 - Wow, that's so funny.

01:35 - But most of it's new, but this is that from 2019.

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