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An affectionate portrait, one that recognizes Watts as musician, colleague, family man, obsessive collector and immaculate dresser. Sunday TimesSexton, a longtime Stones chronicler, tells Wattss story with warmth and diligence. ObserverThe fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one of the worlds most revered and celebrated musicians of the last half century. Forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith RichardsCharlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after their formation, early in 1963. A student of jazz drumming, he was headhunted by the band after bumping into them regularly in Londons rhythm and blues clubs. Once installed at the drum seat, he didnt miss a gig, album or tour in his 60 years in the band. He was there throughout the swinging sixties, the early shot at superstardom and the Stones' world conquest; and throughout the debauchery of the 1970s, typified by 1972's Exile on Main St. , considered one of the great albums of the century. By the 1980s, Charlie was battling his own demons, but emerged unscathed to enhance his unparalleled reputation even further over the ensuing decades. Watts went through band bust-ups, bereavements and changes in personnel, managers, guitarists and rhythm sections, but remained the rock at the heart of the Rolling Stones for nearly 60 yearsthe thoughtful, intellectual but no less compelling counterpoint to the raucousness of his bandmates Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood. And this is his story.