O Riley
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What a Star.
Very sad to hear this news.
Rest in peace Mr. Watts, you will be missed.
Very sad to hear this news.
Rest in peace Mr. Watts, you will be missed.
Yeah, someone pointed that out to me ages ago too (not as far back as the 80s, though...)A drummer friend in the '80s pointed out to me that Charlie never hit the snare and hi-hat at the same time.
Cool.
Not competely true as he didn't start doing that until about '73 or so. To begin with it wasn't consistent, but later on in the '70s it became somewhat of a signature of his. Still later on, there are examples of him playing the hi-hat together with the snare in parts of songs. I guess for variation and/or effect.Yeah, someone pointed that out to me ages ago too (not as far back as the 80s, though...)
Pulling that hi-hat hit off puts more emphasis on the snare crack.
Agreed - early on he was more.... tradtional, I guess? But (and I haven't listened carefully for a while) he was doing it a bit early on, but yes, later it's his signature thing, other than a few places, like you I guess for effect.Not competely true as he didn't start doing that until about '73 or so. To begin with it wasn't consistent, but later on in the '70s it became somewhat of a signature of his. Still later on, there are examples of him playing the hi-hat together with the snare in parts of songs. I guess for variation and/or effect.