— it's always been my life. a graphic designer by trade, he was not expecting his evening sideline with a little blues band called the rolling stones to make him famous. we'd like to play a bo diddley number... all right! i'm all right! but for fellow drummer, kennyjones from the small faces and the who, he was a crucial part of the stones' magic. charlie was a lovely, | smart, amazing guy. the reason he was such a great. drummer is because he had such a great feeling about himself and for others. _ the way he delivers the beat was absolutely spot on. - he is the heart and the soul of the rolling stones. - but his real passion was jazz and rather than drugs and groupies, he liked antique silver and classic cars — even though he didn't drive. but even the sensible stone had his moments. he knew he had a problem when the high priest of debauchery, keith richards, took him aside one day and gave him a talking to.