Charlie’s Good Tonight
Paul Sexton HARPER COLLINS
Authorised biography of late Stones drummer and gentleman jazzer Charlie Watts.
By virtue of their profile and longevity, there have probably been more books written about the Rolling Stones than any other rockera combo other than those blokes who gifted them And inevitably, more than a few hacks have hacked out more than a few hack jobs over the past six decades of the band’s concurrent fame and infamy. You can rest assured, however, that Paul Sexton isn’t one of them. Few journalists have been closer to the band over the past 30 years than the former writer; he’s profiled the Stones in print and on air for BBC Radio 2 countless times, and as a consequence he has gained their trust. Securing forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in a biography of their relatively recently deceased closest friend and colleague is one thing, but getting the word ‘authorised’ on to its cover is something else. Thankfully, the band’s confidence
