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Charlie Watts, the rolling stones groove machine turns 80 today! Very unique in playing style and feel. Let's pay tribute to him and celebrate his birthday with 3 of his greatest Rolling Stones drum grooves! Cheers, Simon Gear played in this video: https://bit.ly/3fG2ly8 Interesting bits and pieces: 0:00 Introduction 0:13 Start me up 1:02 What he played on the record in 1981 1:26 What he plays live nowadays 2:06 Brown Sugar 3:00 Groove of the Verse 3:19 Grove of the Chorus 3:43 3 things that are interesting about Charlie's drumming 4:14 Sympathy for the devil 5:01 Groove breakdown 5:28 Live Charlie plays something completely different Follow Simon on Instagram: @simonscheibeldrums | www.instagram.com/simonscheibeldrums Webshop: https://www.thomann.de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thomanninternational Twitter: @thomann https://twitter.com/thomann Instagram: @thomann.music https://instagram.com/thomann.music Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thomannde/ Visit our blogs: GER: https://www.thomann.de/blog/de/ ENG: https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/ FRA: https://www.thomann.de/blog/fr/ ESP: https://www.thomann.de/blog/es/ ITA: https://www.thomann.de/blog/it/ NED: https://www.thomann.de/blog/nl/ FIN: https://www.thomann.de/blog/fi/" #drumbash #thomann #rollingstones #charliewatts #birthday

About Charlie Watts

Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who was the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021. Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an interest in jazz at a young age and joined the band Blues Incorporated. He also started playing drums in London's rhythm and blues clubs, where he met future bandmates Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones. In January 1963, he left Blues Incorporated and joined the Rolling Stones a...

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