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Charlie Watts RIP
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Really sad to hear this. A gentleman who never took the Rock and Roll circus too seriously.3
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RIP Mr Watts0
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RIP Charlie. Great drummer.
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Think Charlie crammed a lot into his 80 years…… RIP0
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Very sad. They can’t go on forever but the greatest band from Dartford will alway be legends0
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The heartbeat of the Stones. RIP Charlie0
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I met him at the 606 club a few years ago, nice bloke. Sad news1
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RIP Charlie, always my favourite Stone.1
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RIP to one of the coolest men in rock.0
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Top bloke in a top band. RIP0
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Almost certainly apocryphal, but it's a great story nonetheless.
Mick Jagger once called Charlie Watts' hotel room and, when someone picked up the pone, asked to speak to his drummer. Instead of answering the call, Charlie went to Mick's room and banged on the door. When Mick answered it, Charlie punched him in the face, and reminded him "don't you ever call me your drummer: you are my fucking singer".6 -
RIP, have been lucky enough to see them a few times, a very under rated drummer.0
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Remember a documentary where he said something like he hates touring but loves drumming and his wife won’t let him drum at home so he has to go on tour.4
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RIP Charlie.Thanks for being part of the greatest band of all time.0
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Another legend gone,so soon after Don Everly,what a crap few days,RIP Charlie,thanks for the memory.0
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Out of all the Stones I didnt think he'd go first......Keef must have made a pact with the devil.
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RIP, a legend from my teenage years.0
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By far my favourite of The Stones. Coolest man in the band and a terrific drummer to boot. The video of It's Only Rock & Roll with Charlie disappearing into the foam behind them always raises a smile.
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So very sad, the stones have been with me all my life. RiP Charlie, loved rock and roll and very respected doing jazz.
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2nd after Brian Jones, who was probably the original founder. But that is nit picking RIPgolfaddick said:Out of all the Stones I didnt think he'd go first......Keef must have made a pact with the devil.
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Yes but you do realise Charlie wasn't from Dartford. In fact only Mick and Keef wereValleysarr said:Very sad. They can’t go on forever but the greatest band from Dartford will alway be legends0 -
Sad, sad news. Great bloke, great drummer…another piece of my youth gone. RIP.0
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Brian…… Think Paul Jones was in Manfred Mannredman said:
2nd after Paul Jones, who was probably the original founder. But that is nit picking RIPgolfaddick said:Out of all the Stones I didnt think he'd go first......Keef must have made a pact with the devil.
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Correct, Paul turned the Stones down IIRC.NorthStandUltra said:
Brian…… Think Paul Jones was in Manfred Mannredman said:
2nd after Paul Jones, who was probably the original founder. But that is nit picking RIPgolfaddick said:Out of all the Stones I didnt think he'd go first......Keef must have made a pact with the devil.
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Richards tells the story in his autobiography:Chizz said:Almost certainly apocryphal, but it's a great story nonetheless.
Mick Jagger once called Charlie Watts' hotel room and, when someone picked up the pone, asked to speak to his drummer. Instead of answering the call, Charlie went to Mick's room and banged on the door. When Mick answered it, Charlie punched him in the face, and reminded him "don't you ever call me your drummer: you are my fucking singer".
“Mick and I got back to the hotel at about five in the morning, and he called up Charlie. ‘Where’s my drummer?’ No answer. He puts the phone down. We were still sitting there getting pissed when about 20 minutes later there was a knock on the door. It was Charlie — Saville Row suit, perfectly dressed. Tie. Shaved. The whole bit. I could smell the cologne. He walked straight past me, got ahold of Mick and said, ‘Never call me your drummer again.’ He held him up and gave him a right hook.“Twelve hours later he was saying f**k it, I’m going to go down and do it again. It takes a lot to wind that man up.”
As I claim - the coolest one of them all.
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RiP. Saw him drumming for The Blues Brothers at The Bridge House Canning Town, probably 1980. Sad loss.0
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He was a great dummer and his passion was playing jazz, like some have mentioned… RIP.0
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RIP Charlie0
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Charlie Watts was a far better drummer than people gave him credit for, he just wasn’t flashy or flamboyant. RIP Charlie just don’t get off of that cloud.1
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Charlie was a class act; a top drummer, underestimated by many. A privilege to have seen him live on e few occasions, including at The Marquee Club where he and Bill Wyman were part of a band put together by Alexis Korner.RIP Charlie. You'll be missed.0
