Appreciating Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones' Understated Drum Master
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died on Tuesday, played with a deceptively simple style that took some fans time to appreciate
This is tough to admit now, but any good appreciation is grounded in honesty, so here goes:
I used to be one of those drummers who thought The Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts was overrated.
Proof of my horrendous mistake in such thinking flooded social media Tuesday, as superstar musicians like Elton John, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Joan Jett, Bruce Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D. paid tribute to Watts, who died in London Tuesday of an undisclosed illness. He was 80.
called Watts "the most elegant and dignified drummer in rock and roll." said he was "a fantastic drummer...steady as a rock." Guns N' Roses guitarist posted the "countenance of rock n roll is forever changed this day."
