A Sense of Doubt blog post #2381 - Rolling Stone drummer Charlie Watts - RIP - one of the GREATEST
Sad to hear of the passing of Charlie Watts, one of the greatest drummers in rock 'n roll history.
I have not written much of the Rolling Stones on this blog, though I consider them hands-down, inarguably one of the TOP FIVE greatest rock 'n roll bands of all time. The others are the Who, the Beatles, U2, and Led Zeppelin. With the next tier including the Clash, unless we consider them more "punk."
Collecting every Rolling Stones studio album has been on my to do list for many years.
Photo by Bent Rej, Sweden, 1965. #CharlieWatts pic.twitter.com/oqyi9kvgws
— George Hahn (@georgehahn) August 25, 2021
Today, Vogue remembers the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts who died yesterday, August 24, at the age of 80.
— Vogue.fr (@VogueParis) August 25, 2021
© Getty pic.twitter.com/rezvW7bgom
Charlie was an elegant, generous and modest musician and brilliantly provided the living, rhythmic foundation on which so much of this soundtrack to our lives was built - pghttps://t.co/YOMHMhu8T9
— Peter Gabriel (@itspetergabriel) August 25, 2021
Charlie Watts meeting Princess Diana after a concert at Royal Albert Hall in 1983. Look at that smile. pic.twitter.com/KK0ZjTCsAF
— The Toadours (@TheToadours) August 25, 2021
A Tube tribute to #CharlieWatts pic.twitter.com/8sXQg6FjQz
— Stéphane Ledez (@stephaneledez) August 25, 2021
Charlie Watts of Rolling Stones, pictured here in 1943 at the age of 2, passed away yesterday....RIP pic.twitter.com/m4deq2mjO5
— Petros Van Ripper (@PetrosVanRipper) August 25, 2021
Charlie Watts, the drummer for the Rolling Stones, passed away today at the age of 80. In 1994, Watts gave Ed Bradley some of his thoughts on his bandmates, calling Keith Richards the leader of the band and Mick Jagger the best frontman in the world. https://t.co/VM2vk9uaPA pic.twitter.com/xVL3m0VvTe
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) August 25, 2021
In his first public reaction to Charlie Watts' passing, Keith Richards has shared this photo to his Instagram. pic.twitter.com/pEuONMAIM5
— Consequence (@consequence) August 24, 2021
R.I.P. the great Charlie Watts pic.twitter.com/oQaZCQGcDQ
— jock (@Jock4twenty) August 24, 2021
“You make a grown man cry…” RIP Charlie Watts (2/6/41-24/8/21)
— U2 (@U2) August 25, 2021
Effortless elegance
The rock of The Rolling Stones
Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry pic.twitter.com/ba1YxQgIde
In this previously unpublished ‘Rolling Stone’ interview, Charlie Watts went deep on his favorite drummers, what the Stones do better than the Beatles, and outlasting almost every other band. https://t.co/6NaGfJVrXg
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 25, 2021
I’m so sad to hear the news about my dear friend and colleague Charlie Watts.
— Marianne Faithfull (@Faithfull_M) August 25, 2021
My heart goes out to Shirley and Seraphina. I’ve known Charlie nearly all my life. I will miss him so much, his lovely presence and his friendship. Mx pic.twitter.com/hYecNDwwyl
Saddened by the passing of Charlie Watts, one of the greatest drummers of all time and a really good man. Thanks for the music and the memories. My thoughts are with his family and his brothers in the @RollingStones 🥁
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) August 25, 2021
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) August 24, 2021
Pre-order Done. See you on 10/29 here in Tampa! 👅#NoFilterTour2021 #TattooYou40 https://t.co/EDpQe46Ze2
— Jerry 🐊 🐬 (@UFGatorJer) August 22, 2021
this is such a cool tribute to Charlie Watts by @questlove (via @korygrow), drawing really fascinating connections between two of the world's greatest drummers https://t.co/Kitvn2ECda
— Simon Vozick-Levinson (@simonwilliam) August 25, 2021
Watch a 2006 Rolling Stones performance of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" where the camera never moves from Charlie Watts https://t.co/BdVxfTkRCI
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 25, 2021
'Yesterday marks another sad farewell, to Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones. A great band so often has a great drummer.....The Beatles had Ringo Starr, The Who had Keith Moon, The Band had Levon Helm, Led Zeppelin had John Bonham and the Stones had Charlie Watts.' - MK pic.twitter.com/rQwwTR5IeC
— Mark Knopfler News (@MKNewsOfficial) August 25, 2021
As a young drummer, I didn't much appreciate Rolling Stones sticksman Charlie Watts. But his face belongs on the Mount Rushmore of rock drumming - among the greats who helped invent modern rock 'n' roll with their intuition and talent. An appreciation: https://t.co/djB7K6D22w
— Eric Deggans at NPR (@Deggans) August 25, 2021
Sharing this memory of Charlie Watts’ visit to Fallingwater in 2016 as Rolling Stones fans mourn his passing. pic.twitter.com/1l5WfCywih
— Fallingwater (@Fallingwater) August 25, 2021
Charlie Watts and wife Shirley, 1963.
— Rock N Roll Pictures (@RockNRollPics) August 25, 2021
📷 Eric Swayne pic.twitter.com/t2hGEwYnMR
Charlie Watts
— Rage Against The Machine 👊 (@RATM) August 26, 2021
1941-2021
Legend. pic.twitter.com/5DqntNjxp7
Charlie Watts was a groove-master. An elegant, beautiful groove-master who was as kind to my drummers as he was to me. What a gift to have gotten to play with him and the @RollingStones on multiple occasions. ❤️ #charliewatts pic.twitter.com/whuBPTUTaO
— Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) August 25, 2021
Seraphina Watts daughter of Charlie Watts & Beautiful Shirley Watts 💔 RIP Charlie pic.twitter.com/2Uxp85qCJ1
— D J 🎼 (@denajag) August 26, 2021
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2021/08/24/charlie-watts-rip/
Charlie Watts, RIP
Posted on August 24, 2021 Posted by John Scalzi 19 Comments
Here’s an obit from Variety. I’m sure in the next few days we’ll see many more.
He was one of the best drummers, in rock or outside it, and equally, the coolest drummer in rock by far. He dressed for the job he wanted, and the job he had.
And while there are any number of performances of his to list as the best, here’s my personal favorite, from “Start Me Up,” where the initial snare hit is as iconic as the opening guitar riff. It all works exactly as it should, and Watts makes a magnificently on-point drum performance look like no big deal. It’s a big deal, folks. Behind the preening of Jagger in the video is Watts’ rock-solid beat. You couldn’t have the first without the second.
— JS
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