How did Mick Jagger end up at Charlotte’s Thirsty Beaver? He told The Washington Post.

Whichever locals Mick Jagger talked to that famous night in Charlotte, he picked the right ones.

You know, that September night when he strolled into the courtyard at Thirsty Beaver Saloon and no one noticed until a photo popped up on the Rolling Stones frontman’s Instagram.

“There’s hardly anyone there. It’s dark. It’s not like really grand. I’m not in a big, huge limo. I just walk the block and then just go down there. And I can’t go inside the room because the covid rules of the tour don’t allow me to go in a saloon. And that’s a promise we made. But I could stand (on the patio) outside the saloon. And I’m far away from the people.”

Turns out, he went there on the advice of locals who told him it was a popular dive bar, he told the Washington Post. The 78-year-old rock star also shared other details about the encounter in an interview with the newspaper about his affinity for Instagram.