Happy 80th Birthday to Charlie Watts

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Charlie Watts celebrated his 80th birthday this week. In his teens he was an aspiring jazz drummer, obsessed with big band drummers like Sid Catlett, Dave Tough and Gene Krupa and later his attention shifted to Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, and then Tony Williams. Watts was also inspired by Joe Morello’s […]

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