Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts

I love the pictures of Charlie on stage, smirking at Mick's "antics

I loved seeing that perpetual smirk on Charlie's face. He was so into his groove that nothing else mattered.
RIP.

Charlie was so cool he's the only one who let his hair go grey. So unaffected by the glam of the Stones.

Charlie was inspired by the old time jazz drummers. With the stones he was called "a human metronome."

https://youtu.be/WAU2SSZPiqs

I've been streaming The Stones every day since Charlie's passing. It takes me back to my teenage years playing drums in my garage band. 
A couple takeaways have been how Charlie always played what was needed, no more, no less. And the tone of his Gretch kit was always perfect, I'm not too familiar with the music or type of production after the 90's.
Another takeaway having nothing to do with the band is how highly compressed remasters have ruined the purity of the drums. Deep, processed thumps from the kick drum and the lack of wood timbre does not make for enjoyable listening. I'm so pleased more of the Stones great albums are being remastered for the better.

Lastly, after some critical listening, I could hear Keef's solid background in the blues in almost everything he played. This and Charlie's signature style and sound are what defined the Stones for me.

 

"Some Girls" was so different, I loved it. "Tattoo You" was even  more different, I couldn't decide if I liked it. Eventually I did.

@tvad 
So, you got to see the band when they were about 60 years old? There's got to be some members who saw them when they were young.

@goofyfoot 
Start Me Up!! I saw them live in 1981, it was the Tattoo You tour and I was in college at Syracuse. I didn't even buy the album. 
Actually, now I don't think the album is that bad.

Yes, Beggars Banquet is definitely a good one.

@goofyfoot 
I'd have to say Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed, and Exile. I love the tunes, and I'm also a Mick Taylor fan. I think he and Keef made magic together.

I'll also throw in Some Girls as a fav. I took the train into Manhattan to buy the record at Discomat, a large record shop
which had crazy low prices.

https://youtu.be/E9rWlf2dczs

Oh yeah, I could have gone to see Steel Wheels and the next tour here in Philly but turned down the tickets. At this point they were playing the largest stadiums in the US and even tho i was only in my 30's, I had no interest in that.

@tvad 
Jagger would have been about 55 in 1998. Wyman would be 60 and retired.