Charlie Watts, the ‘rock’ of the Rolling Stones, has died at the age of 80

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Charlie Watts, the backbone of the Rolling Stones, has died at the age of 80. One of the country’s most famous rock musicians, his death was announced by the group’s reporter, who said he “died peacefully in a London hospital” surrounded by his family.

He received undisclosed medical treatment that forced him to miss a trip to the Rolling Stones in the US. With his usual wisdom, he also said earlier this month: “My time is running out.”

Watts was a member of the British band from his early days in 1963. His first interest in music was jazz, not blues or R&B like fellow band members Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Unlike their native peoples, they had a playful and calm manner. In a time of disgrace as the “bad boys of rock-and-roll” in the 1960s, the gangsters of the “British Invasion” at The Beatles, Watts retained a good sense of humor.

His game was simple. He despised the solos, the sign of the drummer. “I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with glitter and electricity, but it wasn’t religious. It was up there playing,” he said.

The group’s reputation has been tarnished by the strained relationship between its founders, Jagger and Richards. As soon as they finished singing, Watts was able to sit between them tightly. Through the devastated lives and hardships that accompanied the Stones to the climax, including the death of original guitarist Brian Jones in 1969, Watts managed to remain the same.

Although he never faced alcohol abuse, he avoided the habit of taking drugs. Contrary to popular sexual hedonism in 1970 rock, he is survived by his wife Shirley Ann Shepherd, whom he married in 1964. He is survived by his daughter Seraphina and granddaughter Charlotte.

Taxes have been paid from all over the country for music. “God bless Charlie Watts we need a man,” sent Ringo Starr, his only friend who was a great rock singer. “Stones complaints,” Sir Paul McCartney said in a video. “It’s very difficult for them because Charlie was a rock.”

In a tweet, Sir Elton John briefly described him as a “great singer”.

Watts, the son of a lorry driver and a housewife, was born in London in 1941. From an early age, he was a fan of music – especially jazz. He fell in love with the drums after hearing Chico Hamilton and trained himself to play by listening to Johnny Dodds, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and other jazz giants.

He worked for an advertising company in London after attending Harrow Art College and playing drums during recess. London had a blues and jazz revival in the early 1960s, when Jagger, Richards and Eric Clapton were among the most successful future artists to emerge. Watts’ career began after he played with Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporate, which Jagger did for him, and was encouraged by Korner to join the Stones.

Watts was not a fan of rock music at first and remembers being led by Richards and Jones while taking on blues and rock rock, especially Jimmy Reed’s religious song. He also said that the club could know for a short time when he was fired and stayed at home with Jagger and Richards because he could stay there without renting.

“Keith Richards taught me rock,” Watts said. “We don’t have anything to do all day and we play records over and over again. I learned to love Muddy Waters. Keith told me how good Elvis Presley was, and I hated Elvis until then. ”