Sad day for Rock ‘n Roll, and a reverent one. I can’t say that Charlie Watts was a huge influence on my drumming or anything remotely close to that, but he remains a notable influence nonetheless. Who hasn’t covered a Stones song? Uncomplicated grooves that weren’t exactly simple. Nuance. It was quite easy to get Charlie’s feel wrong, too. So many players struggled either with or eschewed that often-missing fourth hi-hat beat. (guilty!.. okay sometimes guilty. :)
He laid into his rhythms in a very peculiar way—discernible immediately upon hearing. Charlie was simply one of those iconic drummers with a signature who happened to play for one of the world’s most famous and loved rock bands.
#RIP Charlie
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