'No Charlie. No Stones'- Drum roll for a quiet Rolling Stone Charles Watts
29 August 2021 - 00:00
Charles Robert Watts, who died this week at the age of 80, was for almost six decades the quiet, dignified, impeccably tailored, mostly unflappable and eternally humble but rock-solid engine driver of the juggernaut that was at various times the biggest, greatest and most dangerous rock'n'roll band in the world, the Rolling Stones...
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