Seemed like a good guy. Hard to believe Keith outlasted him.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Wow! Just a few weeks ago:

The Rolling Stones announced that drummer Charlie Watts will not be a part of their upcoming No Filter tour of U.S. stadiums after undergoing an unspecified medical procedure. Longtime Stones associate Steve Jordan, who is a member of Keith Richards’ side project X-Pensive Winos, will be taking his place.

“Charlie has had a procedure which was completely successful, but his doctors this week concluded that he now needs proper rest and recuperation,” a rep for the band said in a statement. “With rehearsals starting in a couple of weeks it’s very disappointing to say the least, but it’s also fair to say no one saw this coming.”

Fuck. RIP

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Damn

It was probably the vaccine

Damn.....an absolute legend.

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Neil Peart, on meeting him for the first time:

A short, older man stepped up to me, sticking out his hand and saying something I couldn't hear. Thinking "Now who's THIS?" I took out one of my ear monitors and said "Sorry, I couldn't hear you."
He spoke again, smiling, "Hello, I'm Charlie Watts."
"Oh!" I said, taken aback, "Hello." And I shook his hand.
He asked if we were going on soon, and I said yes, any minute, and he said, with a twinkle, "I'm going to watch you!"
I suppose if I could have felt more pressured, that might have done it, but I was already at maximum intensity - there was no time to think of Charlie Watts and the Rolling Stones, watching them on The T.A.M.I Show or Ed Sullivan when I was twelve-and-a-half, hearing Satisfaction snarling down the midway at Lakeside Park, Gimme Shelter at the cinema in London, listening to Charlie's beautiful solo album, Warm and Tender, so many times late at night in Quebec, or any of the other million times Charlie Watts and his band had been part of my life.

Geddy e-mailed me later and mentioned that scene:

"BTW, I will never forget that moment before we went onstage when Charlie Watts came over to shake your hand (at the worst possible moment!) and watching your face go through all the motions of... a. who is this old guy? b. what does he want? c. oh for god's sake it's Charlie Watts!"

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The band should retire, but Mick gonna milk it until the end. Sad!

There are no Stones without Charlie.

His finest moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PXOHpBneEU

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

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I would say Tumbling Dice and Honkey Tonk Women.

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Elections have consequences.

That is sad. I heard not a peep until today he even had an issue.

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Elections have consequences.

I'm not sure those two aren't Jimmy Miller. Maybe you can have the Stones without Charlie.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

If so, fooled me.

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Elections have consequences.

I don't know for sure. They may be a combo of both Charlie and Miller.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

RIP

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The best story about him is as a member of the Rolling Stones, women threw themselves at him for 40 years., but he remained faithful to his wife and never cheated. At least that is what he use to say and the band backed him up.

RIP

Fuck man, I am not a drum guy but his sound always seemed cool and he never wanted the limelight that came with bing a star it seemed. Well this year has not been a good one for HoF drummers so far

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

This.

This is why fans respect him the most. He was just a regular guy and if you were walking down the street you probably would have never recognized who he was.

Perfect drummer and a gentleman.

Mick Jagger once called him at night drunk and said, "Where's my drummer?" The story goes Charlie dressed himself up in a suit, headed over to where Mick was staying. When Mick opened the door, Charlie punched him in the face and said, "You're my singer." There was no disrespecting Charlie.

I'm preferential to his drumming on "Paint It Black." That and "She's a Rainbow."

Rube must have Boyd on ignore...

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

Xmas.
Great tune, maybe their best

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Ideally

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I've got a story about Charlie and Mick in Amsterdam I bet none of you have heard.

Anyway, goodnight funnyman!

I'm sure there will be a bunch of nerds setting up a shrine in the next 12 hours.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.