Ringo Starr Recalls What Made Charlie Watts Great

Though they were friends for decades, Ringo Starr was blindsided by the announcement of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s death, just like millions of fans world-wide.

“I knew he wasn’t doing well, but it was a shock to me,” Mr. Starr said in a Zoom interview two hours after Mr. Watts’s death was announced.

Mr. Starr said drummer Jim Keltner called Monday to tell him that Mr. Watts, who had pulled out of the Stones’ fall tour because of an unspecified medical procedure, had taken a downturn. On Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, Mr. Starr’s phone blew up as he prepared to do some interviews in support of his four-song extended-play recording, “Change The World,” set to be released Sept. 24.

Source: Alan Paul/wsj.com

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