Can you guys please post some pics of Charlie behind his drums (Rockman?)? I've just gotten into drums recently and I'd be interested in seeing some pics of Charlie's drums and setup.

Hey I was suppose to carry water from the well today...but I like your idea better duece...



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Leeds 13 March 1971 ...John Rettie


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Really great Rockman! You'll have to drink something else than water today, then.
Isn't the 4th picture from Charlie Watts' jazz band ?

ERIK....Isn't the 4th picture from Charlie Watts' jazz band ?


No details but possibly going by the way he's dressed....



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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-12-05 22:04 by Beelyboy.

Yeah, it's so cool that he keeps the drumkit so very alike during the years.
In addition to the different kit, on that 4th shot, Charlie also did have that haircut on some Jazz band shows...I've seen that picture in a book somewhere..maybe Street Fighting Years?
Picture #2 is quite hillarious, BTW, with that girl and that big police-guy.



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Cleveland 14 June 1975........Christopher Simon Sykes



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Charlie plays round badge Gretsch, 8x12, 16 tom and 22 bass. Most of the late 60's and seventies he used a 5x14 Ludwig snare, early 80's a 6 1/2x14 Super Sensitive Ludwig snare (great). Voodoo had the 8x14 Pearle wood snare. BTB had the Arnie Lang Gladstone 4x14 snare. Now, it is an 5x14 DW wood snare. Ludwig Atlas snare stand (vintage), Old Rogers "Buck Rogers" snare stand to hold the 8x12 tom, and 1980's Gretsch cymbal stands. The hi-hat is a Rogers thin stemmed one from the 60's, although Rogers did put out a retro hi-hat stand which Charlie has used, particularly on the B stage. Charlie originally bought the Gretsch kid from a kid in New York. I wonder if that kid knew? The B stage kit was put together by the Kansas City drum shop. Blairndrums had a hand in supplying shells, and Jack Lawton in Pennsylvaina had something to do with final set up of the B stage kit. Now, of course, only the one original kit is needed. Charlie's cymbals are old Zild hit hats, a 18" UFIP flat top ride, an old Zild 17" crash and a 18" medium China crash, mostly a UFIP Classic until recently.

April 2006


November 2006

with a lil plexiglass:



drawn by some guy named Ronnie:



the only version of charlie's kit that I can afford:

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Many thanks to DanH for supplying this classic shot....



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With all these great shots of Charlie, you hardly see the Plexiglass in any of them.

CAN'T SOMEONE POST ONE WITH AN EXCELLENT SHOT OF THE PLEXIGLASS INCLUDED??


timfromPlexiglassmontana

timbernardis Wrote:
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> With all these great shots of Charlie, you hardly
> see the Plexiglass in any of them.
>
> CAN'T SOMEONE POST ONE WITH AN EXCELLENT SHOT OF
> THE PLEXIGLASS INCLUDED??
>
>
> timfromPlexiglassmontana

Are you very young ?

To camper88....
Please: can you help me to find where I can buy the tiny drum set of your last picture??
(You know: "the only version of charlie's kit that I can afford")
I want one like that!!!

Thanks in advance

Thanks for all the replies guys. It looks like in the earlier days he used a slightly larger rack tom than he uses now

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paulywaul Wrote:
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> timbernardis Wrote:
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> > With all these great shots of Charlie, you
> hardly
> > see the Plexiglass in any of them.
> >
> > CAN'T SOMEONE POST ONE WITH AN EXCELLENT SHOT
> OF
> > THE PLEXIGLASS INCLUDED??
> >
> >
> > timfromPlexiglassmontana
>
> Are you very young ?


Your inference, Paul from London?

ROCKMAN YOU ARE MY HERO!

Finally, a decent shot of T H E P L E X I G L A S S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !


I am sure some of you have more and better ones out there - more, more, more !


tim from PLEXIGLASS montana

For Tim:

On a COLD Chicago night October 2006




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> For Tim:
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> On a COLD Chicago night October 2006
> [i23.photobucket.com]
> anne/Chicago%20Oct%202006/DSCN0112.jpg

God - I mean Plexiglass, triplelicks - that is an even better shot with the PLEXIGLASS FRONT AND CENTER.

I am going to print this out in as large a size as I can get, frame it, and put it in the most prominent, noticeable, and honored place in my home!!!

THE PLEXIGLASS, YEAH ! ! !


tim from Plexiglass montana

Glad you like the shot Tim - worship on!

Afer seeing the plexi glass there, Im thinking to myself: If only you could have combined the weather and sound quality of the oalkand show with the set list of chicago....then you'd have something.



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timbernardis Wrote:
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> triplelicks Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > For Tim:
> >
> > On a COLD Chicago night October 2006
> >
> [i23.photobucket.com]
>
> > anne/Chicago%20Oct%202006/DSCN0112.jpg
>
> God - I mean Plexiglass, triplelicks - that is an
> even better shot with the PLEXIGLASS FRONT AND
> CENTER.
>
> I am going to print this out in as large a size as
> I can get, frame it, and put it in the most
> prominent, noticeable, and honored place in my
> home!!!
>
> THE PLEXIGLASS, YEAH ! ! !
>
>
> tim from Plexiglass montana

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