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Charlie Watts was magic on the drums. These 5 Rolling Stones songs prove it.

There’s a great line in John Hiatt’s 1988 song “Slow Turning,” where the protagonist is in his car trying to listen to the radio but suddenly wheels around: “I’m yelling at the kids in the back ...
Yahoo

Charlie Watts: 10 Songs That Showcase His Masterful Drumming With the Rolling Stones

Without stretching the comparison too far, Charlie Watts was the Elvis Presley of rock and roll drumming: There was BC (Before Charlie) and after, and he can’t be compared realistically with anyone ...
Vulture

Charlie Watts Held the Rolling Stones Together for Half a Century

Watts’s authority was such that he interacted with the other players in a way that no other drummer of the era did. Photo: TV Times/Future Publishing via Getty Images (Editor’s Note: The writer is the ...
New York Post

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dead at 80

Charlie Watts, legendary drummer for the Rolling Stones who provided the badass bottom line on classics such as “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Gimme Shelter,” has died “peacefully” in the UK. He was 80 ...
Rolling Stone

Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones’ Drummer and Inimitable Backbone, Dead at 80

Charles Robert “Charlie” Watts, the Rolling Stones‘ drummer and the band’s irreplaceable heartbeat, has died at age 80. No cause of death was given. Watts’ publicist confirmed his death in a statement ...