Charlie Watts became The Rolling Stones drummer in 1963, one year after the band founded and he reamined as the drummer until his death at the age of 80 in 2021. In his 58 years playing with the group he helped them to create some of the most influential albums from the history of Rock and Roll and the band became one of the best-selling of all time with an estimated amount of 200 million records sold worldwide. Over the decades and especially after his passing, many of his peers gave their opinion on him. One of them was the legendary Genesis singer and drummer Phil Collins. What is Phil Collins' opinion Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts Talking with BBC 6 Radio in 2016 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) Phil Collins picked the 5 drummers that he liked the most and talked about them. One of those musicians was Charlie Watts and he recalled a funny story he had with him. “When I did the big band in 98, this would have been, The Stones were playing or based in Paris, anyway. He called me and he said ‘You’re playing the big band show tonight and I’d love to come’. So I said ‘Please come’.” “He called just before we were supposed to leave and he said ‘I can’t leave my clothes. They arrived and I have to lay everything properly’ and I said ‘Ok’. This is an interesting look on Charlie Watts, you know. Anyway, he did turned up, he was the most style I’ve seen of any drummer,” Phil Collins said. [embed]https://www.facebook.com/AbsoluteClassicRock/videos/828169401210027/?t=2[/embed] After Watts' death in 2021 at the age of 80, Collins talked in an interview with Absolute Radio in 2021 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) about the view that Charlie had on life. Also about how he used to joke about what The Rolling Stones used to do. "Oh, he was lovely, very dry, you know. I mean, his classic line was you know: '25 years with the Stones... Well, it's been 5 years of playing and 20 years of hanging around.' You know, I mean, he had a lovely outlook on life in the Stones, I think. It's a shame (he died). He is 80 or he was 80 and nothing lasts forever, you know," Phil Collins said. After Charlie died in 2021, the band invited Steve Jordan to become their drummer. The only classic members of the band now are Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood.
