Charlie Watts Sidesteps:
The A, B, C & D of Boogie Woogie-series

This series is dedicated to the Boogie Woogie side-project of Charlie Watts between 2009 - 2012. All song titles were not identified yet. Also there are many instrumental improvisations (which haven't got any song title at all) and there might be some mistakes.
Any help is welcome!
Thanks to all the original recorders and especially to nzb and Jaap (Stonesmuziekfan) who provided me their recordings, gave critic and advice regarding my work …. So without whom this project wouldn’t have been possible!
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THE ABC & D OF BOOGIE WOOGIE – Vol 01
04h September 2009:
Eastleigh, England, the Concorde Club

Line-up: CW (dr)/Ben Waters (p)/Axel Zwingenberger (p)/Dave Green (bass)/Derek Nash (sax)/Willie Garnett (sax)/Hamish Maxwell (voc on 4 songs)

CD1: first Set
01 – Axel Zwingenberger intro *
02 – Axel and Ben Waters fast piano instrumental #1 *
03 – Axel and Ben fast piano instrumental #2 *
04 – Down The Road Apiece *
05 – Axel and Ben fast piano instrumental #3 *
06 – band introduction (cut)!
07 – Low Down Dog
08 – Roomin’ House Boogie
09 – Such A Night
10 – unknown boogie woogie (Ben on vocals)
11 – introduction of Hamish Maxwell
12 – Cherry Red (with Hamish Maxwell)
13 – Roll’Em Pete (with Hamish Maxwell)
14 – Bring It On Home To Me
15 – band introduction # 2
16 – Chicken Shack Boogie

CD2: Second Set
01 – “2nd-Half Blues” (Axel piano improvisation) *
02 – Boogie In The Barrelhouse (Axel piano instrumental) *
03 – Steel Dragon (Axel piano instrumental) *
04 – band introduction #3
05 – fast boogie instrumental
06 – How Long Blues
07 – slow blues instrumental
08 – Sympathy For The Drummer
09 – I Took The Front Door In (with Hamish Maxwell)
10 – Hide And Seek (with Hamish Maxwell)
11 – slow blues instrumental
12 – fast blues instrumental
13 – The Sheik Of Araby
14 – introduction of brass section
15 – fast instrumental (with brass)
16 – slow blues instrumental with brass (cut)
* tracks without Charlie Watts


As usual all the infos are taken from The Rolling Stones Complete Works Database by Nico Zentgraf http://nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm.

This previously uncirculating recording was send by nzb who got it by the GRAS brothers.
It’s an audience tape; the sound is a little muddy and has serious recording noises. After several attempts I preferred not to add any high tones or use reduction. I only amplified the sound a little bit, particularly in the first tracks.
It seems the ripping of the original recording (a DAT tape) was made track by track, because the transitions between the songs were unsubtle (with gaps and repetitions), so I tried to upgrade without losing music and often the only solution was to fade in/out between the tracks.

StonyRoad September 2018
First post on IORR: https://www.iorr.org/talk/list.php?2

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