The (Rolling Stones) bedrock drummer Charlie Watts dies at the age of 80 Mr. Watts has no taste in the life of pop idols.

He is a simple but indispensable presence in the band and brings a wavering style to the band. Charlie Watts in 1965. ""As (Keith's guitar) and (Mick's sound), Charlie Watts's snare drum sound is the Rolling Stones,"" Bruce Springsteen wrote. His strong but unassuming drummer has provided the Rolling Stones with motivation for more than 50 years. He is 80 years old. His publicist Bernard Doherty announced his death in the hospital. No further details were immediately provided. The Rolling Stones announced earlier this month that after Watts has received an unspecified emergency medical procedure, he will not be participating in the band's upcoming ""No Filter"" tour of the United States. A representative of the band said that the procedure has been successful. Whether on or off stage, Mr. Watts will not be as handsome as most of his fellow rock stars, let alone the Stones lead singer Mick Jagger; He is content to be one of the best rock drummers of his generation, playing jazz swing music made possible by the band's great success. As Stones guitarist Keith Richards said in his 2010 autobiography ""Life"", ""Charlie-Watts has always been my bed in music."" When some rock drummers are looking for volume and vigor, Watts uses a subtle, rocking and solid rhythm to define their playing. ""As (Keith's-guitar and (Mick's-sound), Charlie Watts's snare sound is the Rolling Stones,"" wrote Bruce Springsteen in the introduction to the 1991 edition of drummer Max Weinberg's book ""The Big Beat."" . ""When Mick sings 'This is just rock, but I like it,' Charlie will tell you why later!"" Charles-Robert Watts was calved on June 2, 1941 in London. His mother, former Lillian Charlotte Eaves (Lillian Charlotte Eaves), was a housewife. His father Charles Richard Watts served in the Royal Air Force and became a truck driver on the British Railways after World War II. Charlie's first instrument was the banjo, but he was confused about the fingering required to play it, took off the neck and turned his body into a drum. He detector jazz at the age of 12 and soon became a fan of Miles Davis, Duke-Ellington and Charles-Mingus. Watts graduated from the (Harrow-School) of Art by 1960 and found a job as a graphic artist in an advertising agency in London. He wrote and illustrated ""Ode to Flying Birds"", a children's book about jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker (though it was not published until 1965). At night, he played drums with various groups. Most of them are jazz groups, but he was also invited to join Alexis Korner's boisterous blues and rhythm band, Blues Incorporated. Watts declined the invitation because he was leaving the UK to work as a graphic designer in Scandinavia, but he joined the organization when he returned a few months later. The Rolling Stones in 1967. From left to right: Mr. Watts, Mick-Jagger, Brian-Jones, Keith-Richards and Bill-Wyman. The last shaped of Rolling Stones called the Rolling Stones at the time knew they needed a good drummer, but they couldn't pay Mr. Watts, who had already received a fixed salary for his various performances. ""We can't wait to pay for this!"" Mr. Richards wrote. ""Literally. We went to shop to steal to get Charlie Watts."" At the beginning of 1963, when they were finally able to guarantee £5 a week, Watts joined the band, which was completed by Richards, Jagger, guitarist Brian Jones, bassist Bill Wyman and pianist Ian Wyman. Stewart's classic lineup. He moved into his band members and immersed himself in the Chicago Blues Records. With the success of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones quickly changed from a special electric blue band to one of the most important bands of the British invasion in the 1960s. Although Richards' guitar improvisation defined the band's most famous single, the 1965 top chart ""(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction,"" Watts's drum pattern is just as important. She officiated well on ""Paint It Black"" (No. 1 in 1966), officiated well on ""Ruby Tuesday"" (No. 1 in 1967), and caught on in ""Honky Tonk Women"" (No. 1 in 1969. ). cowbell slot). In November 1969, the Rolling Stones performed on stage at Madison Square Garden, New York. Image Source ... Michael Ochs Archives, by Getty Images Watts is ambivalent about his reputation as a member of a band often referred to as ""the best rock band in the world." As he said in his book "The Rolling Stones"" published in 2003: ""I like to play with Keith and the band - I still like it - but I'm very interested in being a pop idol sitting there listening to the girls scream. ( I'm not interested. This is not the world I came from. This is not what I want and I still think it's stupid.) As the years of the Stones band passed, Watts used his graphic arts expertise to contribute to the design of the band's set design, merchandise, and album cover; He even contributed to the back cover of their 1967 album ""Between the Buttons"" A cartoon. ""When the emeries cultivated bad boy configurations and indulged collective desires for debauchery, Mr. Watts primarily avoided sex and drugs."" In 1964, he secretly married Shirley Anne Shepherd, a student and sculptor at the Academy of Art. Watts appeared on the cover of the Rolling Stones album "Between the Buttons" released in 1967, second from right. When Stones released this concert album in 1970. During the tour, he would go back to the hotel room alone; every night, he drew his residence. ""I have painted every bed that I slept in while on tour since 1967"" he told Rolling Stone magazine in 1996. ""This is a great no-book."" Similarly, when other members of the Stones vied for control of the band, Watts was largely out of internal politics. As he told The Weekend Australian in 2014, "I usually mutter to myself in the background." Jones, who considered himself the frontman, was fired from the Rolling Stones in 1969 (he was found dead in his pool shortly after). Jagger and Richards quarreled for decades, sometimes making albums without being in the studio. Mr. Watts is very happy to work with one or two of them. However, on one occasion, Mr. Watts was upset by being treated as a contract member rather than as an equal member of the team. In 1984  Mr. Richards and Mr. Jagger went to Amsterdam for ntoxicant. When they returned to the hotel at about 5 in the morning, Mr. Jagger called Mr. Watts and asked him "Where is my drummer?" Twenty minutes later, Mr. Watts appeared at Mr. Jagger. In his room, he was coldly angry, but shaved cleanly, wearing a Saville Street suit and tie. The Rolling Stones touring in Atlantic City in 1989 (Richards, Watts, Jagger, Wyman from and Ron Wood) left to right. Ever call me your drummer again, he told Mr. Jagger, then grabbed his lapel and threw a right uppercut. Richards said it almost saved Jagger from falling into the Amsterdam Canal through the window. In 2003 Watts said: ""This is not something I'm proud of. If I don't drink, I will never drink."" ""The bottom line is don't bother me."" At the time, Watts was in the early stages of a midlife crisis, showing a two-year curve. Just when the other Stones began to warm up in their 40s, he became obsessed with amphetamines and heroin, nearly ruining his marriage. After passing out in the recording studio and falling down the stairs and breaking his ankle, he withdrew abruptly. Mr. Watts and his wife gave birth to a daughter, Serafina, in 1968. After spending some time in France as tax evaders, they moved to a farm in South West England. There, they bred award-winning Arabian horses and gradually expanded their stallion to over 250 horses on 700 acres of land. Information on his survivors could not be immediately obtained. Mr. Dougherty, a public relations officer, said Mr. Watts passed away "quietly" in a hospital "surrounded by family". The Rolling Stones produced 30 studio albums, of which 9 topped the American charts and 10 topped the British charts. The band starts in rock.