Good Bye Charlie. You never got the credit you deserved

[The Polack MSgt]

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. I always gave him credit!!!

Charlie Watts ... a true friggin LEGEND.

[The Polack MSgt]

2. Absolutely right.

[MuseRider]

3. I thought he was incredible!

Maybe not as flashy as some but that flash is showmanship not talent and ability. Good grief, they had plenty of flash. He played with a lot of jazz sensibility too and that always added a lot to rock.

I am sad and anyone who would not give him credit does not know music or how to listen to it.

[The Polack MSgt]

6. I never thought he got enough credit for how clever his beats were

Everybody thinks the Stones songs are easy to play until they try to do it right.

Charlie was a metronome and a master of the fill, but he was never getting in the way of the song

Loved him.

[MuseRider]

7. That is exactly the role,

as you know, of any ensemble player. He did it as well as anyone and better than most, especially in rock.

I would love to hear a song or two of theirs without the drum. That would be mind bending, just to hear what he actually did. What he did was just amazing.

I love all the show off drummers too but the Stones would not be the Stones without what he did. I am going to be sad for a while now. What a life he must have had.

[The Polack MSgt]

8. I so agree with you. Without Charlie there is no Rollin Stones

[Bristlecone]

4. This is pretty solid:

The only thing on https://rollingstones.com/
Very cool. Rest of site shut down.

[Sneederbunk]

5. My favorite. The stable one.

[CentralMass]

9. Video- Charlie Watts Drum Solo (an interesting conversation)

[djm5971]

10. Drum solos

When I saw the Stones last time in Chicago in '06, Charlie (for the first time I ever saw) did a lengthy drum solo during the concert.
And it was an awesome solo! One of the best.

[videohead5]

11. When I saw

The he had passed away yesterday it was a total shock. It was hard to take...RIP Charlie.