Sad news today...Charlie got to be 80...RIP...(Pic borrowed from Dagens Nyheter)
Sad news today...Charlie got to be 80...RIP...(Pic borrowed from Dagens Nyheter)
Lars Wikblad...
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"R" Gruppe # 314
RIP Charlie....
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
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'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
I have been playing drums thanks to Charlie (and a certain Richard) since 1975.
A drummer friend of mine nicknames me Ringo Watts.
So tonight I'm a bit of an orphan.
When he was in Paris, Mr. Watts bought his costumes in the store where a friend of mine works.
This friend has told me many times how cool this man is and how he doesn't think he is a star.
Listen to his amazing drum performance on the track 2000 Man from the album Their Satanic Majesties Request
Charile Watts also made the sound of the Rolling Stones.
He had a great run (80), especially for his generation! RIP.
Mike Fitton # 2071
2018 911S Carrera White
2012 991 Platinum Silver ( Gone)
1971 911T Targa Bahia Red (Gone to France)
1995 911 Carrera Polar Silver (Gone)
No Affiliation with City of Chicago!
One of the (many) artists from my youth that inspired me to pick up the sticks at 10 years old and never put them down. Another legend lost.
RIP Charlie, a man with good taste in cars too.
Mark
RIP, Charlie
Bill
Early 911S Registry Member #4087
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'72T hotrod 210 0228
'82SC Targa
'97C4S (sold - and regretting it)
Family Man, too --- always faithful . . .
. . . + hated touring
NOT your typical Rock Star . . .
'. . . in the mid-1980s, an intoxicated Jagger phoned Watts's hotel room in the middle of the night, asking, "Where's my drummer?" Watts reportedly got up, shaved, dressed in a suit, put on a tie and freshly shined shoes, descended the stairs, and punched Jagger in the face, saying: "Never call me your drummer again" . . .'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Watts
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