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Tales from Charlie Watts’ life as the ‘heartbeat’ of The Rolling Stones

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died  “peacefully” at 80 in a London hospital on Tuesday — was the foundation of the British band that was the foundation of rock and roll as we know it today.“The heartbeat — both literally and figuratively — of that band came outwards from Charlie Watts,” Alan Light, co-host of SiriusXM Volume’s “Debatable” show, told The Post.“And I think you could see it when you would see them play live.

It was when Keith [Richards, the Stones’ guitarist] would turn around, sometimes put his foot up on the drum riser, and he and Charlie would lock in.

That was where the groove of that band could be found.”That groove was the very heart of the Stones from 1963 until Watts’ death. “That’s what allowed Mick to go and do whatever he was gonna do, to become.

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