drummer

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They want a drummer named Charlie Watts to join them, but Watts is already playing with three other bands while working at an advertising agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

That’s true even for the mighty Rolling Stones, who in 2021 lost drummer Charlie Watts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

This elicits a slow drip of sarcasm from Catherine, who eventually gets Hal to confess that he’s the drummer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The trio was soon joined by trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and drummer Tcheser Holmes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

There was a drummer boy banging away in front, and a standard bearer, and then a couple of officers on horseback, and then the marching men.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier