I quess we all deal with it in our own way. I do miss him and he was my (anti) hero. But I can relate it now. The man was 80 years old and had a fantastic life. And he left us a lot!



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'Any woman ever'? Really?

Wow, err, okay.

Since when we're young, we spend a lot of time and energies in building our identity by selecting a number of persons, sites, interests and things that define ourselves, our comfort zone and our identity. Everything we do is meant to become the person we feel we are or we wish we were. Loosing one of these pillars is very hard because we're afraid that the whole house could fall. A divorce, a friend passing away, the Rolling Stones reduced from five to three is all part of the same game: we get old and weaker and we're afraid that our world starts fading away and so our footprint will: if Charlie Watts dies, I can die. If Charlie Watts is not be remembered, how can I hope I will be remembered?
The most important thing is to understand that the house does not fall, if just one pillar crashes. In other words, now that Charlie has gone we still have our dears, our job, our interests to save our identity and two Rollings Stones plus one and above all their music which will survive all of us and make the group one our pillars that will never come down.
That said, I miss him a lot and sometimes I find myself thinking 'and on drums, Charlie Watts'
Luca

I still can't believe that he is gone ...

I´m born in 1963 and I don´t know a world without the Rolling Stones. I must admit: The Times They Are a-Changin...

"Pillar" is a great metaphor!

The Stones knew that already in 1978:

Well now you're a pillar of society
You don't worry about the things that you used to be

Charlie, I saw you seven times live on stage. You will always be the Greatest!

Priest

Our thoughts will be with Seraphina...who has lost her dad and then her mum over not much more than a year.



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I was surprised and happy to see the new and official IG account for Charlie. It's followed by @therollingstones and is, by all appearances, legit. The username is @thisischarliewatts and the account is gaining followers, with many wishing him well on his birthday. Always appreciated, always missed - Forever Charlie

Beside [www.Instagram.com] , the same on "The official Facebook of Charlie Watts, managed by the Charlie Watts Estate" - [www.Facebook.com] :


"The Estate of Charlie Watts is marking Charlie's birthday by launching official Facebook and Instagram accounts today. Charlie was too modest to embrace social media in his lifetime, so today we invite his fans to celebrate his huge musical contribution to the world of rock ’n’ roll, blues and jazz, and the wonderful man known and loved to the millions of fans around the world. Please follow these accounts, and share your memories of the one and only Charlie Watts, who we miss every day and remember with much love."


There's also an official store for Charlie's Anthology - [CharlieWatts.tmstor.es] .



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^^ Thanks for the info, Irix

The Rolling Stones: "Happy birthday Charlie, we love and miss you"


[Twitter.com] , [www.Facebook.com] , [www.Instagram.com]


Mick Jagger: "Happy birthday dearest Charlie. Love Mick"


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Keith Richards: "For my much missed friend, Charlie Watts! Happy Birthday! Love, Keith."


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Ronnie Wood: "Remembering dear Charlie Watts on his birthday · Thinking of you my friend"


[www.Facebook.com] , [www.Instagram.com]



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Happy Birthday Charlie. Thank you for the sweet memories and for inspiring us with your music, your presence will last forever and you're always in our hearts

We miss you Charlie.

To remember Charlie, I play the song I wrote for him.

When Charlie passed away I wrote a song on the emotions that I was feeling. I realized The Stones are part of my life for decades ever since I was eight years old. The death of Charlie felt like a part of me died too. The words and melody just came to me in those first moments. The song is called “Tears For Missing You”.

I shared this song with other Stones fans a couple of months ago on this forum and like to share it again.

You can listen to it on Spotify:

[open.spotify.com]


Also on YouTube:

[youtu.be]


I hope you enjoy it ;-)

Marco

Thinking of you on your birthday and every day. The best day of my life was meeting you. Love you and miss you always. xo

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Painting I made to honor Charlie
Oil on Canvas

What Rolling Stones Have Learned From Charlie Watts - Discipline,& Power of Simplicity - From Today Show 2016

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TheBlackRose
Painting I made to honor Charlie
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Lovely painting of Charlie - great job!

Very good painting!

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TheBlackRose
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This is really really great just wow

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TheBlackRose
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Wonderful painting. Thx

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Very NICE !
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