Drummer Charlie Watts from The Rolling Stones, started out playing in #Jazz bands, and when he was first hired by an R&B band, he said "I didn't know what it was. I thought it meant Charlie Parker, played slow." Remembering #CharlieWatts on his birthday - June 2. 1941 – August 24, 2021 | JazzCorner

Charlie Watts, the legendary drummer of the Rolling Stones, has died at 80. In this clip from a 1969 interview with CBC, the ever-humble Watts talks about the Stones keeping their distance from each other during downtime, which may help explain their extraordinary longevity. Read more: https://bit.ly/Charlie_Watts #RollingStones #CharlieWatts | CBC

“He was a very understated presence in a band that was full of wild egos and a lot of posturing. He sat back, let it all roll. But still without him there wouldn't have been a Stones." Remembering The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who has died aged 80. | 7.30