Charlie Watts

 

I must have forgotten that Charlie was a jazz drummer before he was chosen to back the Rolling Stones Apparently they had discarded nine before they met Charlie. He always seemed older than the rest. But only by a couple of years. There have been many tributes to his rock solid drumming, but having listened to some of the classic tracks, I found that Sympathy for the Devil relied heavily on his beat, and who can forget his cowbell on Honky Tonk Woman. I only saw the Stones live once. That was at the old Wembley Stadium in 1995. Not the best place to see them.