Rolling Stones drummer Charlie
Watts died today at the age of 80,
after more than six decades
as a rock and roll in jazz.
Musician Watts performed with The
Rolling Stones here in San Diego for
the very first time on November 1st,
1964 in Balboa Park.
This isn't his usual type of investigation,
but new seats, David Goffin's and
our resident Rolling Stone superfan
did some digging into our archives.
He not only found the footage,
he met someone who was there.
David joins us live from Balboa
Park tonight to explain.
David.
We are out here live at Starlight Bowl,
which is now shut down but amazing.
Imagine just imagine being here in
1964 for The Rolling Stones concert.
Their very first concert in San Diego.
We looked in our film archives and yes,
News Eight was here on the
day after Halloween. In 1964.
Rolling Stones drummer.
Charlie Watts is gone but not forgotten.
Second, The Rolling Stones in San Diego.
Playing the Blues hit walking the dog.
This news 8 archive footage of the
Stones concert on November 1st,
1964 at the Balboa Park Bowl
as it was called then, has not
been seen for 57 years. It was
just such a thrill to see them,
and I never forgot the date because it
was city after Halloween.
Scripps Ranch resident Kathy Boegel
Wong remembers the concert well,
she was there with her friends.
Her very first concert at the age of 11.
We were such big fans and it was
such a big deal to go to a concert.
I'm surprised my parents
let me go. The Rolling
Stones arrived in 1964,
a relatively new band in the
wake of The Beatles Wave.
Kathy remembers the concert in
Balboa Park didn't even sell out,
so radio stations were giving
away free tickets.
They only sold about
300 tickets, but they just opened up the
venue to anyone else who wanted to come.
We got there so. Early that we were
riding the orchestra pit right in
the front and when they came on,
Oh my gosh, we couldn't stop screaming.
The 11 year old had a crush on teenager.
Brian Jones says something about, I think,
just his hair, his bowl cut, that I I
liked. Kathy says she will
never forget that concert.
And as Rolling Stone fans
mourn the death of drummer,
Charlie Watts, Kathy says she
will never forget him either.
Well, he was the one member of the
group that was kind of the gentleman.
He didn't get caught up in any of the drama.
He was one of the good guys.
It's just sad to lose those artists
because there's such a strong memory
of how they influenced your life.
You hear a song and you remember
a memory of where you were,
what you were doing.
It's just sad to lose him.
The cause of death for drummer
Charlie Watts has not been
released earlier this month.
He was forced to bow out of the current
Rolling Stones tour of the United States.
We've posted the 1964 film footage
of that concert at cbs8.com Carlo,
60 years performing as a drummer today,
Joan Jett called him the most
dignified and elegant drummer.
He's going to be missed.
Did you ever have a chance to see
the stones and Charlie Watts live?
Yes, I saw them at what was then
called's Qualcomm Stadium in 1998.
They called its Qualcomm because
it was pouring and I mean pouring
rain through the whole concert.
The fans were not going anywhere.
The band was not going anywhere
and by the end of the show Mick
Jagger was just soaking wet and
ripping it up's Qualcomm. I love it.
David Robertson reporting live.
Thanks, David.