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Polish music scene remembers Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts

25.08.2021 19:30
The music world has paused to remember Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 80.
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Charlie Watts performs during a concert at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, on June 22, 2018.
Charlie Watts performs during a concert at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, on June 22, 2018.Photo: EPA/HAYOUNG JEON

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. 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. 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. 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. Charlie Watts, pictured in 2010. Photo: EPA/ENNIO LEANZA

Radio Poland's Agnieszka Bielawska has the story.

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