Charlie Was Their Darling: The Greatest Drummer for The Greatest Rock and Roll Band
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Charlie Watts was the drummer everyone tried to play like – and no one could ever quite do it. He was the reason The Rolling Stones remained a vital live act into their seventh decade together. He was their engine. And if you wish to even – for a second – acknowledge the hyperbole that they were The Greatest Rock and …
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