Charlie Watts was a steady backbone of the greatest rock’n’roll band in the entire history of the world. This is a little tribute to him. It consists of a playlist that several Internet sources quote as his best performances with The Rolling Stones. I also mixed in some of the rare things that perhaps better illustrate Charlie’s personal tastes outside of the band as well. Charlie Watts wasn’t just influential. He was inimitable.

The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up;
The Rolling Stones – Get off of my Cloud;
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar;
The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking;
The Rolling Stones – Gimme shelter;
Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project – Art Blakey;
The End – Shades of Orange;
The Rolling Stones – Neighbors;
The Rolling Stones – Beast of Burden;
The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice;
Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman – Edward’s Thrump Up;
Rocket 88 – St Louis Blues;
The Charlie Watts Orchestra – Stomping at the Savoy;
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black;
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women;
The Rolling Stones – Stray cat Blues;
Deluxe Blues Band – The Stumble;
The Blues Band – Bad Penny Blues;
The Rolling Stones – I Can’t Get No Satisfaction;
The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man;
The Rolling Stones – Undercover Of The Night;
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil;
The Rolling Stones – Little Queenie;
The Rolling Stones – Miss You.