Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts picked Steve Jordan as his replacement. The Rolling Stones have a new album under their thumb, and it’s their first of original music in 18 years: Hackney Diamonds, the most British diptych of words you’ll read today. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood confirmed their very loud return to the studio at a September 6 press conference, where they revealed the energizing lead track, “Angry.” (Our current contender for best lyrics: “Don’t just bitch at my face!”) The glaring absence is, of course, their former glue of the Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts, who died unexpectedly in 2021. As Richards now reveals, Watts personally anointed the band’s new drummer, Steve Jordan, to be his replacement in the event he could no longer perform. Read the article…

Drumming News Source: Vulture