The drummer for the Rolling Stones, a band I would not fall in love with until college when I stumbled upon a studio version of Sympathy for the Devil that was from a Jean-Luc Godard documentary. Seth Bossung and John Cooper had the tape lying around in their vast and eclectic music array - from which, I made a mixed tape and it was one of my favorites for many years. Watts by all accounts was not only the steady and reliable background percussionist for the Stones but also the sweetest and loveliest of the bunch. A friend who was lucky enough to spend the day with him said he could not be more kind and in fact inspired him to not give up on drums, which he did not give up on.
