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Charlie Watts, who died August 24th at age 80, combined the tastefulness of a jazz accompanist with an unearthly gift for groove and funk, driving the Rolling Stones for six decades straight, getting stadium-sized audiences all around the world out of their seats. In the new episode of our Rolling …

E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg had one inspiration in mind as he prepared to record his part for “Born in the U.S.A.” back in 1982: the late Charlie Watts‘ crisp playing on the Rolling Stones‘ “Street Fighting Man.” “When Bruce pulled out that riff, I went right to ‘Street …