And another one bites the dust

[SamScribble]

Charles Robert Watts, connoisseur of fine jazz and drummer for The Rolling Stones, has died. He was just 80.

 

[Handley_Page]

Charles Robert Watts, connoisseur of fine jazz and drummer for The Rolling Stones, has died. He was just 80.

Also a fan /exponent of Boogie-Woogie music, I believe.
God's got a new drummer. . .

 

[gunhilltrain]

I was having a bad feeling that somebody of that generation was about to go.

Are we allowed to link?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te6VBiRjhqA

Great but weird superimposed filming, and a view of 1990s New York that is already gone. Charlie being is usual cool self. Regarding his band mates, he often looked like, "Are they really doing that stuff?"

 

[ElectricBlue]

Nooo...

Inevitable, really, hitting the final snare.

Charlie was magic when I saw the Stones on their last gig here in Oz. Sitting up the back with a little smile on his face, watching Mick prance out on the catwalk. It was almost as if he'd say, "Fuck this, I've had enough," play a little lick on the toms as the sign to Keef and Ronnie, wind this up; they'd play into the chorus, and Mick would have to stop nancing about.

Charlie gets down from the podium and put a cardigan on. Chilly night, a sensible thing to do.

I reckon Mick was Charlie's singer, no doubt about that. Without a drummer and bass player, you ain't got a band. The lot out the front are interchangeable .

 

[lovecraft68]

Sad, but he was 80 and lived a hell of a life. That's a ripe age for a rocker who I'm sure wasn't exactly a poster boy for clean living in his younger years.

We all know who is going to live the longest....

 

[SimonDoom]

RIP. One of the greats. Amazing how long that band kept playing. I saw them over 20 years ago and they were old then.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Sad, but he was 80 and lived a hell of a life. That's a ripe age for a rocker who I'm sure wasn't exactly a poster boy for clean living in his younger years.

We all know who is going to live the longest....

Actually, he was the sane one in the band - apart from a brief mid-life crisis.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/arts/music/charlie-watts-dead.html

I like the image of Charkie punching Mick in the nose and him nearly falling out the window.

 

[Abbafan]

One of the downsides of getting older is seeing people you admired while growing up pass away. A legend is lost, but its also a reminder that sooner or later, your time is coming as well.

 

[ElectricBlue]

RIP. One of the greats. Amazing how long that band kept playing. I saw them over 20 years ago and they were old then.

You're creeping up on that age yourself, Simon, old man .

I've seen them three times over the decades on stadium tours, and Jagger once when he toured without the Stones - with Jeff Beck on guitar, I think. Even on a bad day, they knew how to rock.

 

[LAHomedog]

Sad, but he was 80 and lived a hell of a life. That's a ripe age for a rocker who I'm sure wasn't exactly a poster boy for clean living in his younger years.

We all know who is going to live the longest....

RIP Charlie and thank you for the music. You are right, 80 in rock & roll years is a long life.

I posted this on FB at the start of the pandemic. Speaking of who is going to live the longest:

 

[SamScribble]

Sad, but he was 80 and lived a hell of a life. That's a ripe age for a rocker who I'm sure wasn't exactly a poster boy for clean living in his younger years.

According to a friend of mine who knew him, Charlie led a remarkably un-rock 'n' roll life.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I just wondering if they will say the cause was due to Covid. Then I would like to know if he was vaccinated.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I just wondering if they will say the cause was due to Covid. Then I would like to know if he was vaccinated.

Something involving surgery or treatment, if you read between the (very few) lines. Which generally suggests heart or cancer.

 

[ElectricBlue]

According to a friend of mine who knew him, Charlie led a remarkably un-rock 'n' roll life.

That seems to be the overall feel on the guy - not so much rock-n-roll excess, more putting up with it. He must have had the tolerance of a saint to put up with the Glimmer Twins for all those years.

I don't think anyone ever imagined the Stones would be the longest lived band of all time. I can't think of anyone who's got close - other than The Who, but they've only been half a band for a while now.

 

[LAHomedog]

Something involving surgery or treatment, if you read between the (very few) lines. Which generally suggests heart or cancer.

The reports are he has been battling throat cancer since 1993. If that is true, that's a long time and wouldn't be unexpected for a smoker. A great drummer. RIP.

 

[gunhilltrain]

That seems to be the overall feel on the guy - not so much rock-n-roll excess, more putting up with it. He must have had the tolerance of a saint to put up with the Glimmer Twins for all those years.

I don't think anyone ever imagined the Stones would be the longest lived band of all time. I can't think of anyone who's got close - other than The Who, but they've only been half a band for a while now.

Notable that Charlie was married to the same woman he originally met around 1964 just before he became famous, and the union lasted for his the rest of his life. They had a daughter in 1968, and Charlie eventually became a grandparent with a single grand-daughter. Unlike his band mates, he mostly kept his private life to himself.