RIP Charlie Watts

[OldTrucker]

Stone's drummer Charlie Watts passed away this morning at the age of 80.

He was my inspiration for picking up a set of sticks.

[slusher]

I was surprised I did not know he was that old. He was a great drummer..

[webestang]

Sad to see another drummer gone.  RIP

[Rob Hall]

Sad to hear. I had read he wasn’t going to be on the upcoming tour.  I’m glad I got to see the Stones twice over the years…I had tickets for the Cleveland show last year but it got cancelled. 

[TonyK]

Always fun to watch the opposite actions of Watts and Jagger. Watts almost looked bored playing the drums while Jagger looked like he was let loose from a cage.

[oldscool]

Another great one gone?.

[Miatatom]

Charlie Watts, 80, died yesterday in a London hospital. Another legend is gone.

[1930fordpickup]

Sad to hear this. 

[Bugatti Fan]

Charlie Watts, one of the greats in pop music.

Faithful to his wife who he married in the sixties right to the end. Charlie was more at home in jazz clubs where there was a more intimate atmosphere than in vast stadium cocerts. Technically a brilliant drummer who just got on with the job rather than being a thrashing machine like Keith Moon and Ginger Baker were.

The Rolling Stones will not be the same without him. They must rate as the longest lived blues rock group in history.