RIP Charlie Watts

[Cycleops]

Rather a nice anecdote from Keith Richard about Charlie reproduced in a BBC report:

Worse for wear in an Amsterdam hotel, the Rolling Stones frontman phoned up Charlie Watts' room and demanded, "Where's my drummer?"
Twenty minutes later, Watts appeared at his door, dressed to the nines in a Savile Row suit, clean-shaven and wearing cologne. "Never call me your drummer again," he told Jagger. "You're my singer."
According to Keith Richards' 2010 memoir, Watts then hauled Jagger up by the lapels "and gave him a right hook".
"Mick fell back onto a silver platter of smoked salmon on the table and began to slide towards the open window and the canal below it."

 

[Pale Rider]

Rather a nice anecdote from Keith Richard about Charlie reproduced in a BBC report:

Worse for wear in an Amsterdam hotel, the Rolling Stones frontman phoned up Charlie Watts' room and demanded, "Where's my drummer?"
Twenty minutes later, Watts appeared at his door, dressed to the nines in a Savile Row suit, clean-shaven and wearing cologne. "Never call me your drummer again," he told Jagger. "You're my singer."
According to Keith Richards' 2010 memoir, Watts then hauled Jagger up by the lapels "and gave him a right hook".
"Mick fell back onto a silver platter of smoked salmon on the table and began to slide towards the open window and the canal below it."

Yeah but did they throw a telly out of the window or park a Rolls Royce in the hotel's swimming pool?

 

[DCBassman]

58 years playing with the same band.
That’s pretty cool.

I managed just shy of twleve years in the same band, so way ahead of the Beatles, but nowhere near the Stones.
RIP Charlie, THE Mr Cool.

 

[DCBassman]

And everyone thought Keith would be first.

Keef will still be here when the sun goes out...

 

[Bianchi boy]

i remember Charlie being interviewed in the eighties, and he was asked "whats it like being in the same band for 25 years?", to which he replied " All right really ,work for 5 years 20 years hanging about", Sure will be missed.

 

[FrankCrank]

A story I heard about Keef. In the sixties there was a list each year of those most likely to die from the 'Rock & Roll' lifestyle, and Keef was always number one on the list. When he got to the grand old age of 30, he was deemed to be invincible, and so no longer in the number one slot. Apparently, he was gutted.
Not sure how true it is.
RIP Charlie.

 

[Beebo]

A story I heard about Keef. In the sixties there was a list each year of those most likely to die from the 'Rock & Roll' lifestyle, and Keef was always number one on the list. When he got to the grand old age of 30, he was deemed to be invincible, and so no longer in the number one slot. Apparently, he was gutted.
Not sure how true it is.
RIP Charlie.

Probably not very true, as Brian Jones was already dead by the time Richards was 30.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Enjoyed this article on Charlie assembled from observations and stories of other drummers.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...-max-weinberg-on-charlie-watts-rolling-stones

 

[Chromatic]

Just read that Charlie's wife Shirley has died.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I was wondering why a Coronation Street star had been elevated to the tier to be mentioned on this forum, then I realised it said Charlie & not Curly

 

[tyred]

I was wondering why a Coronation Street star had been elevated to the tier to be mentioned on this forum, then I realised it said Charlie & not Curly

That's what I misread it as too