‘Our present drummer is atrocious!’: Brian Jones’s early bid to recruit Charlie Watts to Rolling Stones revealed for first time

The Independent - Oct 28, 2026

In a handwritten letter sent to ‘Mr C Watts’ on 3 June 1962, Stones co-founder Jones complained to Watts, then playing in a rival band, of their ‘atrocious’ drummer and urged him to join their fledgling rock group

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