The Rolling Stones pay tribute to late drummer Charlie Watts while launching new album Hackney Diamonds. Source: Reuters Live
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00:00 It must feel different not having Charlie Watts in the studio with you, playing.
00:06 What was that like?
00:07 -It's all -- Ever since Charlie's gone, it's different, of course.
00:12 You know, I mean, he's number four.
00:14 He's missing.
00:15 He's up there.
00:16 -I do feel that number four is around.
00:18 -Of course he's missed, incredibly.
00:21 But thanks to Charlie Watts, also, we have Steve Jordan, who was Charlie's recommendation
00:28 for if anything should happen to him, Steve Jordan's your man.
00:33 -He picked Steve Jordan.
00:34 -Yeah, and, you know, just out of way, way, way back.
00:38 And also, you know, he's been a friend of ours.
00:40 I've worked with Steve.
00:42 So it was a kind of natural progression.
00:44 You know, it would have been a lot harder without Charlie's blessing on that, you know.
00:50 But at the same time, it's a hard thing, 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 -Yeah, so...
00:57 -There's 12 tracks on the album, and 10 -- well, I think, actually, it's not true, because
01:03 it's not on there.
01:04 But most of them with Steve, but two are tracks we recorded in 2019 with Charlie.
01:09 And so we used two of the tracks that we recorded with Charlie before.
01:14 -Yeah, "Midnight Assault" and "Mess It Up."
01:17 Those are the two tracks.