Why is jagger leaving the fan

The Grateful Dead may be the most high-profile act to change its moniker after the death of a defining member. When singer-guitarist Jerry Garcia passed in '95, the survivors began calling themselves the Other Ones. Soul Asylum considered billing itself as "Dave Pirner," for its frontman, after the retirement of founding guitarist Dan Murphy, said drummer Michael Bland.

Dave wrote it. As long as the band performs it well, I don't see why anybody should have a problem. Longtime Twin Cities rocker James Walsh knows about a name change.

After his Minneapolis-launched, L. It's the songs. These people sing along, they know the lyrics, the licks, they know everything about Gypsy. Even though Don Henley declared the Eagles were history after the death of co-leader Glenn Frey in , he revived the band a year later with two new faces, country superstar Vince Gill and Frey's son Deacon.

The group seems not so much resurrected as refreshed. It packed Xcel Energy Center for two nights this month.

Fans there and at a recent concert by ZZ Top in Wayzata didn't seem to mind the revamped lineups. Hill has been replaced by the band's longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis, reportedly with Hill's blessing. Peter Olsen of Minneapolis was sad that Frey died, but as a Gill fan, he was excited to see the Eagles. Dave Lindholm of Eden Prairie said he was glad to see the Eagles, and stoked to go see the Stones: "It's different, but I'd rather see them than not see them," said Lindholm, a year-old guitarist.

Stones superfan Jon Clifford, who has seen them 15 times, hasn't secured a ticket for this tour. I'd rather see them go out on top than fizzle out. I had such a great time last time around [in at TCF Bank Stadium ] and I was in the fifth row, it's hard to top that.

Bland can see both sides of the argument — retire the moniker vs. And fans have spoken at the box office. Still believing in their s and '80s hits, Journey seems to be bigger than ever with replacement singer Arnel Pineda, plucked from a Filipino Journey tribute band. The politeness of the crowd, which had stood in long, orderly lines, reinforced the Western stereotype about the passivity of Japanese rock crowds.

They sat quietly in their seats until their section number was called, then got up and filed out. With the houselights off during an instrumental jam by the band, Jagger slipped unnoticed through the aisles to a platform in the middle of the crowd that held an audio mixing board. After waiting years simply to see Jagger on the stage, these fans could suddenly touch him. As ushers scrambled to restore order, Jagger stepped down from the platform and tried to make his way to the stage about feet away.

Though he was aided by a half-dozen bodyguards, there were times that his progress was not only impeded, but reversed by the crush of the crowd. From then on, the fans--while staying obediently in front of their seats--danced and sang along with the passion and resolve of a Stones crowd anywhere.

But when I got out there all I saw was people coming at me and there was no place to go. You can describe that, but there's only one guy who can do it. So sad to lose a unique, iconic drummer. The Doors' John Densmore remembered him on Twitter as "an early mentor, a fellow jazz fan". US drummer and singer Sheila E said Watts had "done so much for us musically and as a drummer" and was "one of the best".

Also paying tribute, The Who frontman Roger Daltrey said Watts was the "perfect gentleman, as sharp in his manner of dress as he was on the drums". And folk singer Joan Baez remembered him as "a prince among thieves" and "a gentleman through and through". Charlie Watts was never the most flashy drummer. Instead, he was the subtle, stoic heartbeat of The Rolling Stones for almost 60 years.

A jazz aficionado, he fell in love with the drums after listening to Chico Hamilton play brushes on Walking Shoes ; and was only introduced to the dark arts of rock 'n' roll by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the early s. He joined the Stones in after the band had discarded several other drummers - and they never looked back. Regions Tampa St. Letters to the Editor Submit a Letter. Investigations Narratives Pulitzer Winners. Connect with us. About us.

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