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He also started playing drums in London's rhythm and blues clubs, where he met future bandmates Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones. It then features selections from the Charlie Watts Quintet’s 1991 mini-album From One Charlie, their albums A Tribute to Charlie Parker with Strings (1992), Warm and Tender (1993) and Long Ago and Far Away (1996), the 2000 collaboration Charlie Watts – Jim Keltner Project and another live set, 2004’s Watts at Scott’s, as the Charlie Watts Tentet. Watts himself was a master of the sublime and the quiet nature of his jazz career may have very well been what appealed most to making these records, next to the music, of course.

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Why Charlie Watts was 'the secret' and 'the glue' that held the Rolling Stones together for almost 60 years". Music critic Rob Sheffield wrote for Rolling Stone that Watts was "rock's ultimate drum god" who "made the Stones great by conceding nothing to them".

Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. He left the band after every tour, once stating "I don't actually like touring", citing the time commitment and travel required.

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To commemorate what would have been his 82nd birthday, Watts' estate launched official Facebook and Instagram accounts on 2 June 2023, saying in a statement that "Charlie was too modest to embrace social media in his lifetime" and encouraging fans to "celebrate his huge musical contribution to the world of rock 'n' roll, blues and jazz, and the wonderful man known and loved to the millions of fans around the world". Watts lived in Halsdon near Dolton, a rural village in west Devon, where he owned an Arabian horse stud farm. MÖTLEY CRÜE YEAR OF THE DEVIL BMG Mötley Crüe commemorates the 40th Anniversary of their seminal album, Shout At The Devil with new release Year Of The Devil.He enlisted one of his heroes, the Charlie Parker-inspired British alto saxophonist Peter King, to assemble a 30-piece big band that blended well-established London beboppers (the likes of Stan Tracey, Bobby Wellins and Alan Skidmore) with more experimental veterans ( Evan Parker, Harry Beckett, Dave Defries) and the cream of young London players ( Courtney Pine, Annie Whitehead, Ted Emmett, Steve Sidwell, Gail Thompson). In mid-1962, Watts first met Brian Jones, Ian "Stu" Stewart, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who also frequented the London rhythm and blues clubs, but it was not until January 1963 that Watts finally agreed to join the Rolling Stones.