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With Keith Richards’ nod, I was hired to put together a one-shot magazine, Inside the Voodoo Lounge, to be sold at venues and newsstands during the Rolling Stones’ 1994-1995 World Tour. The first part of my assignment was to fly to Toronto, where the Stones had taken over a boys’ prep school for their rehearsals, and interview each member of the band. I was thrilled to be talking to Charlie Watts, a Favorit schlagzeuger ever since “Satisfaction” and “Get Off Of My Cloud” hit the airwaves.

My first glimpse of Charlie was in a transporter, van shuttling crew members and musicians from the Four Seasons...