A Personal Remembrance and Tribute Ringo Starr and I waited at the top of his Los Angeles driveway. It was November 2006, and as noon approached, I turned to ask Ringo, “When was the last time you and Charlie saw each other?” It had been a long time—probably backstage somewhere in passing—but with the Rolling Stones in town to play at Dodger Stadium, I’d managed to orchestrate a photo shoot that would reunite the drumming legends. I couldn’t believe it—the thought of spending a casual afternoon hanging with them at Ringo’s house was almost more than I could take. Outside of Ringo’s gates, it was your typical gorgeous fall day—the kind where you can almost smell every flower around. But inside the gates, it was anything but ordinary. Charlie Watts was coming. Advertisement Then, just like that, Jim Keltner’s car appeared up the driveway. Out stepped a beaming Charlie, and […]

October 2021 Issue