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On Sunday I took the Torbay Express from Bristol to Kingswear and then as there is little to do in Kingswear, I took the ferry across to Dartmouth. We were a bit peckish by then, so we took a seat at the back of a fish and chip restaurant. After a few minutes, another party occupied the table opposite where I was sitting. "He's the spitting image of Charlie Watts" I thought. After conspiratorial conversations amongst the party that I was with and a couple on a neighbouring table we decided that it really was him. It helped that the chap he was with started talking about one of his gigs in Cardiff. I grabbed a sneaky backup photo whilst he wasn't looking, then as we were leaving I summoned the courage to ask him if I could take a photo. He was extremely charming and happily agreed. I bumped into him later on and spoke a few words at Exeter station where Tornado was taking a 50 minute water stop. It seems he was on board too.





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Looking old!

Charming indeed....thanks Voja



ROCKMAN

I was actually thinking that he looks really very good. In that top pic - the main one, he looks like what he is. The drummer of the Stones must have seen some sh*t.

Oh, I think he looks very good for someone in his late 60's. I am a huge Charlie fan.

The eyes say it all!

Superb photo...

Strange, seems that he's getting old. Few months ago he looks much better!

Hey coool ... Not many guys can dress like that .... Can ya imagine Guns & Roses at a race meeting...



ROCKMAN

nice, charlie the gentleman

Charlie is a handsome English gentleman. Very nice to see him out and about! Thanks for the posting the pics and the fish and chips story!

in a way, he's as iconic as anyone in rock

Hey Rockman, why dont you and I get dressed up like Charlie for the next race round in Kalgoorlie come September then boogie back to Kambalda for drinkies.

Charlie's looking good tonight, ain't he?
The first time I thought a Stone looked REALLY old was when I saw Ronnie promoting his book on Jools Holland, he looked even more frail than this:





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why dont you and I get dressed up like Charlie for the next race round in Kalgoorlie come September

Heck man would the Kalgoolie folks let ya on the course like that....

That red dirt would look classy on a tux .... Use to hang around Kambalda back in late 70's ......



ROCKMAN

Yeah, probably right Rockman, on top of that I havent been to Kambalda since 1977 when I was good friends with a mates wife.

Charlie is sartorial elegance and the perfect gentleman, not to mention infinitely versatile in more ways than one - like he goes from spending 500,000 euros on a horse last week to a fish and chip restaurant this week. I doubt you'd ever catch Mick in one of those.....

Sorry but there are some dumb comments about his appearance - he's pushing 70, for Christ's sake!!

If you go to a Stones show at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas you will see the best dressed Stones crowd ever. According to Mick. He said so at one of the shows. Very dressed up crowd. Funny enough, I was in a suit and tie myself at that show, because I had it in my luggage for a business meeting on the same travel. Stones tie that is.

Sure Charlie looks great, and sure fans look great too, but every event has it's own dressing code. Like red socks in Boston. Charlie is ruling when he is dressing!

Bjornulf

beautiful photo & cool anecdote - Charlie looks wonderful ... just like a Rolling Stone
[passing the popcorn to the glamorous Beast, who knows what she's talking about]

ps: for the historical record: the site Voja copied that from indicates that the shots/anecdote were posted in mid-july.

and it really would be a lot cooler if Voja would edit his/her first post to make it clear right away
that s/he's not the one who took the photos - thanks!



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great photos- great story- thanks for sharing

Thing is with the other photo's are there not so close up. This one is and is superb....

Great photos of a great guy.

Great story and photos, Voja. How appropriate that Charlie should be on board Tornado - a classy way to travel in the style of the bygone age of the steam train. (For anyone interested, the last steam train ran in the UK in 1966 until a group of enthusiasts managed to raise 3 million pounds to build Tornado which was completed in 2008)

photo credit K Jackson

Thanks Voja: nice pictures and a nice story. I wouldn't have guessed Charlie was a steam fan, but it fits.

Just been watching this footage of Tornado/Torbay Express with some of the instrumental mixes from Voodoo Stew (Love Is Strong/Sparks Will Fly/You Got Me Rocking) playing in the headphones: there are lots of trains in the Stones' music and the latter-day Stones remind me of one of those magnificent old machines (not Tornado of course, which is a brand new engine to an old design) still out at work thrilling all and sundry. If you've ever travelled behind a steam train you'll know that those engines are stars...

odlicne fotografije Vojo !!!!
svaka cast !

jel ste popricali o planovima Stonesa za neki naredni period ?

"Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.
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he looks good - old but healthy. and he starts to look like Mr Burns from the Simpsons!!

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with sssoul ()
and it really would be a lot cooler if Voja would edit his/her first post to make it clear right away
that s/he's not the one who took the photos - thanks!

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novica ()
jel ste popricali o planovima Stonesa za neki naredni period ?

I’m ‘’HE’’ (still) > O.K > Misunderstanding is.
Firstly I saw it [stoneslog.web-log.nl] (BTW Great Site!)
Secondly I go [www.flickr.com]
Then I put it on IORR and gave source.
It’s not my story and don’t want copyrights for.
I live in Serbia, and never was in England.(BTW > This old trains are great, too!)
Most distant place where I was is [www.iorr.org]
(Your English is horrible! -< I Know!)
My favorite Charlie pic is this >

Go Djokovic?!?

It should be SIR Charles Robert Watts.

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Go Djokovic?!?

Today Djokovic : Rodick will be 1:2, because Andy has more selfconfidence and surface is better for him.
Roddick 3 : 2 Djokovic
1982-08-30 Date of birth 1987-05-22
USA Nationality SRB
187 Height (cm) 187
5 ATP Ranking 4
R Hand R
2000 Turned Pro 2003
27 Career titles 11
and I give you one great sportsmen, here he is :