The Polish music scene has joined in the tributes to the legendary musician.
A black ribbon is tied to the door of the Universal Rolling Stones store on Carnaby Street in London on Wednesday in tribute to Charlie Watts. Photo: EPA/ANDY RAIN
The Rolling Stones played in Poland four times. Their first legendary concert was back in 1967, and the last in 2018.
Members of the British rock band The Rolling Stones pose for a photo in 2012: Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. Photo: EPA/ANDY RAIN
But Watts is also remembered in the country as a frequent visitor to Poland's internationally renowned Janów Podlaski stud farm.
Charlie Watts during a visit to Janów Podlaski, eastern Poland, in 2010. Photo: PAP/Wojciech Pacewicz
Together with his wife Shirley Ann Shepherd, he owned the Halsdon Arabians farm at Dolton in Devon, south-west England, where they bred predominantly Polish Arabian horses.
Polish music journalist Roman Rogowiecki remembers the late drummer as "a gentleman on the rock scene."
Charlie Watts, pictured in 2010. Photo: EPA/ENNIO LEANZA
Radio Poland's Agnieszka Bielawska has the story.
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