By Jae-Ha Kim
Chicago Sun-Times
September 13, 2002
Sandy Kagan-Angell was leaving the Ritz-Carlton hotel to attend a friend’s birthday party around 5 p.m. Tuesday when a security guard tried to stop her from getting on the elevator. A soft-spoken Englishman said, “You can let this lady on.”
With a glance at Kagan-Angell’s tissue-thin leather shirt, he added, “I love your jacket.” She replied, “I love your accent.”
They exchanged pleasantries on the elevator ride, and he told her he was looking forward to attending a Cubs game on Wednesday.
When she returned to the hotel, she asked the security guard, “Who was that?” It was Charlie Watts–who happens to be Kagan-Angell’s favorite Stone.
“Charlie Watts’ ‘Warm and Tender’ is my favorite all-time CD ever,” she says. “I never travel without it. But I didn’t know who I was talking to at the time. I didn’t know they were staying here, and it was all out of context. I wasn’t thinking about the Rolling Stones. I was thinking about my friend’s party and my apartment that had flooded.”
Now she’s wondering about the other Englishman who was chatting with Watts.
“I’m not sure who he was,” she says. “He was a small guy who looked like Dudley Moore.”
That rules out Keith Richards.
After their United Center concert Tuesday night, the Stones had a craving for something their gourmet caterer hadn’t provided: sushi. Tsunami on Dearborn was more than happy to accommodate Mick Jagger and company when they rolled in around 1 a.m. to feast on maki, nigiri and other delicacies.
Wednesday night, Jagger and Ron Wood headed over to Buddy Guy’s Legends to jam with Guy on “Little Red Rooster.”
Jagger exercises religiously when touring. Besides working out at the McClurg Court Health Center, the whippet-thin singer does plenty of aerobics and weightlifting at weight rooms especially set up for him at the United Center and Comiskey Park.
The Stones keep themselves entertained backstage with at least one room designated for video games and a pool table.
Butterfield 8 co-owners Donnie Kruse and Demetri Alexander and promoter B.J. Murray are throwing a shindig Sunday night at the restaurant’s Honky Tonk Lounge. They’re hoping a Stone or two might stop by to sip an apple martini.
Rumor has it the Stones will bid farewell to Chicago with a wrap party Monday night at the House of Blues. All the parties involved insist this isn’t true. But would you expect them to say anything else?
