{"product_id":"book-gwbu","title":"Charlie Watts Rhythm King","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharlie Watts June 2, 1941- August 24, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIFE ON THE BACKBEAT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA TRIBUTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'PAINT IT BLACK THE MURDER OF BRIAN JONES'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAND 'THE ROLLING STONES ALBUM', SQUID GAME STAR \u0026amp; PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER GEOFFREY GIULIANO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Watts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Watts provided the foundation that underpinned the music of the Rolling Stones. The band became a by-word for rock 'n' roll excess but for Watts, playing with the Stones did not become the ego trip that drove Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A jazz aficionado, Watts vied with Bill Wyman for the title of least charismatic member of the band; he eschewed the limelight and rarely gave interviews. And he famously described life with the Stones as five years of playing, 20 years of hanging around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Robert Watts was born on 2 June 1941 at the University College Hospital in London and was raised in Kingsbury, now part of the London Borough of Brent. His father was a lorry driver and Watts was brought up in a prefabricated house to which the family had moved after German bombs destroyed hundreds of houses in the area. A childhood friend once described how Watts had an early interest in jazz and recalled listening to 78s in Charlie's bedroom by artists such as Jelly Roll Morton and Charlie Parker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49418630758704,"sku":"BDgwbu","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gwbu-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773635354","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gwbu","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}