‘Dear Charlie’: letter revealing move to snare future Rolling Stones drummer up for auction
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Key context: <p>Brian Jones wrote to Charlie Watts in 1962 asking him to leave his R&B group and join his ‘far better’ band instead</p><p>A handwritten letter from Brian Jones to Charlie Watts in which he attempts to recruit the drummer to join the band that would soon become the Rolling Stones is being auctioned later this year.</p><p>The 1962 letter, which comes directly from Watts’s sister and has remained in the family for more than six decades, will be revealed to the public for the first time.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/28/charlie-watts-brian-jones-letter-rolling-stones-auction">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Brian Jones wrote to Charlie Watts in 1962 asking him to leave his R&B group and join his ‘far better’ band insteadA handwritten letter from Brian Jones to Charlie Watts in which he attempts to recruit the drummer to join the band that would soon become the Rolling Stones is being auctioned later this year.The 1962 letter, which comes directly from Watts’s sister and has remained in the family for more than six decades, will be revealed to the public for the first time. Continue reading...
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