Charlie Watts

Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death.

In 2006, Watts was elected into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame; in the same year, Vanity Fair elected him into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. In the estimation of noted music critic Robert Christgau, Watts was "rock's greatest drummer." In 2016, he was ranked 12th on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" list. link

Family

• Parents: Charles Richard Watts, a lorry driver for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and his wife Lillian Charlotte (née Eaves).[2]
• Sibling: sister Linda
• Wife: On 14 October 1964, Watts married Shirley Ann Shepherd (born 11 September 1938)
• Child: one daughter, Seraphina, born in March 1968
• Grandchild: a girl named Charlotte [16]

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Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

Drummer. He was best known as the drummer for the popular music group The Rolling Stones. He started drumming at around age 13, after he was inspired by a recording of Chico Hamilton playing Gerry Mulligan. His first drum was actually a banjo head that he played with brushes and in 1955, his parents bought him his first real drum kit. He later practiced by playing along to his beloved Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington records and never taking actual lessons. Three years later, he began his professional musical career in a jazz band called the Jo Jones All Stars. In 1961, he joined Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, and a year later he met his future Stones bandmates, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards, in the London blues scene. In January of 1963, he officially joined the Rolling Stones, and his swinging, deceptively laid-back style became as integral to the Stones' sound as Jagger's swagger and or Richards's riffs. He would remain with the group until his passing.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2021, 4:44:26 UTC

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References

• https://rollingstones.com/
• Biographies, stories: Wikipedia; AllMusic; Drummerworld; IMDb; “A Life in Pictures”; “ 14 Charlie Watts Stories That Prove He Was the Rolling Stones’ Rock”; “ “Never Call Me Your Drummer Again!” The Time Charlie Watts Punched Mick Jagger, Keith Richards detailed the legendary incident in his 2010 memoir; YouTube; Bill Wyman; Ray Coleman (1997). Bill Wyman, Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band. Da Capo Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-306-80783-1. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. link; GoogleBooks
• Obituaries, tributes: BBC.com. “ Charlie Watts: Rolling Stones drummer dies at 80.” (24 August 2021). link Charlie Watts "kept the beat to the soundtrack of our lives" as Rolling Stones drummer.; CNN.com. “Charlie Watts, longtime drummer for the Rolling Stones, dies at 80.” (Tue August 24, 2021). link (CNN)Charlie Watts, the unassuming son of a truck driver who gained global fame as the drummer for the Rolling Stones, has died. He was 80.; Variety.com. “ Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones Drummer, Dies at 80.” (Aug 24, 2021) link Drummer Charlie Watts, whose adept, powerful skin work propelled the Rolling Stones for more than half a century, died in London on Tuesday morning, according to his spokesperson. The Rolling Stones [@RollingStones] (27 August 2021). "[Video of Watts]" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021 – via Twitter. 54 Two days after his death, Jason Isbell and Brittney Spencer dedicated a cover performance of "Gimme Shelter" to Watts.[54] . Hudak, Joseph (27 August 2021). "Jason Isbell, Brittney Spencer Cover 'Gimme Shelter' for Charlie Watts". link Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
• “ Birds of Britain.” John d Green photographed Shirley Watts on 14 September 1966 at his Kensington studio for Birds of Britain. The shoot took place three days after her twenty eighth birthday. On 14 October 1964 Shirley Ann Shepherd married Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, whom she had met before the band became successful, and became Shirley Watts.
• Genealogical Records, notes: ethnicelebs; Charles R Watts In England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-2005. Oct-Nov-Dec 1964. Marriage place. Bradford Upon Avon, England Spouse (implied). Shirley A Shepherd. MyHeritage; * 16. Filcman, Debra (14 May 2018). "The Rolling Stones Children: Where Are They Now?". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 30 August 2020. link