Without looking through the rest of the thread: “Child of the Moon,” “She Smiled Sweetly,” “Moonlight Mile” (mostly just toms)…
…and funky stuff like “Dance, Pt. 1”…
…and “Heart of Stone,” “Sway,” “Get off my Cloud,” live “Midnight Rambler”…
Also, “She’s So Cold” (for the hi-hat work); “Ruby Tuesday” and “Stray Cat Blues” (for the fills); and, for the drum ‘riffs’ (repeated rhythmic patterns), “My Obsession,” “19th Nervous Breakdown,” and “Honky Tonk Women.”
That’s really cool.
Interesting. I’ve always noticed — or at least since high school in the 90s when some iMax Stones live performance came out — Charlie leaving out the hat on two and four, and wondered where that came fron. My speculation was to get a louder backbeat, and that seems to be mostly it, but it does have an effect on the feel of the groove, too.
Some Boogie Woogie…
Music starts @ 3:25.
Glad you guys liked it; I thought someone here would find it interesting. I came across the videos because my tribute to him that evening was to crank up a few Stones songs. When it got to be too late for loud music, I looked for videos that showed his technique and, in no time at all, I came across the ones I posted. Although it seemed a huge stroke of luck to find the speculation and the confirmation videos so quickly, I think the YouTube algorithm might have had something to do with it. I don’t really know how it works, but I imagine there were others like me looking for similar videos that evening.
By the way, before it got to be too late, one of the first Stones tunes I listened to was Miss You. Recorded in 1978, the beat is very similar to Pick Up the Pieces (AWB, 1974), Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees, 1977), a couple of tracks from The Wall (Pink Floyd, 1979) and, now that I think about it, Carouselambra (Led Zeppelin, 1979).
As a gentleman does 
Charlie goes casual sporting a polo shirt…
Hang fire, hang fire, hang fire, put it on the wire, baby
No Pole Vault to clear that bar. Hell, not even a High Jump.
Interview from 1993.
I found my copy of the Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project. It’s more of a world music compilation than it is jazz. Each track is dedicated to a jazz drummer, though. Mostly fascinating, with a couple of slow spots.
I’ve been listening to that too. It’s reminiscent of My Life In The Bush of Ghosts.
Earlier today, I came across this isolated drum track of Gimmie Shelter. It makes a nice tribute and is just the kind of thing I was looking for the night I heard he’d died:
Terrific - thanks.