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| From | ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: fave drummers/4/4 |
| Date | Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:27:43 -0700 |
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Another drummer that is never mentioned is Micky Waller. He didn't have the
visual flair that Bonham had, but he hit the drums just as hard. This is even
more amazing as the guy looked like Woody Allen, and was built about the same!
Those first Beck tours were simply awesome. You had Beck who just didn't let up
for a minute, Ron Wood playing lead guitar on bass, and Waller holding all
together.
The thing that struck me when watching the Led Zep DVD is that for the most
part Bonzo is just playing a straight rock and roll groove. Take off all the
tricky riffing, and you could layer any Jerry Lee Lewis songs over the drums.
Well, until he did one of those thundering fills on the kicker and toms. When I
first saw Zep, it was that one lick that I thought was something new and
original.
I'd have to agree that everyone on yer list there is a champ. I'd probably add
Mitch Mitchell and BJ Wilson. I have had a few arguments with muso friends who
think Mitchell was too busy and never held the beat. All I can say to that is
listen to him play something like Stone Free and then listen to Buddy Miles
doing it with the Band Of Gypsies. No contest.
As for Barrie Wilson, the most precise drummer I've ever heard play rock and
roll. He could hit 'em hard too, and he had a sense of funk. When I first heard
Joe Cocker I thought it must be Led Zep backing him on With A Little Help...
Actually I wasn't too far off. In fact, wasn't BJ one of the names considered
for the drum stool in "the New Yardbirds"?
ooh, Al Jackson. It makes me cry every time I listen to him play. He really
doesn't hit the drums that often, yet it is so sexy. You could get me started
about how people have totally distorted the idea of what "funk" is. If you
listen to Booker T or James Brown, there isn't a lot of stuff wiggling around.
It's the absence of notes and beats that give it the feeling.
See now, you made me start thinking about drummers:
Terry Williams
Tony Williams
not related, both monsters behind the kit.
RS
NP: the first five Beach Boy albums, and three of the very last ones... I'm
writing a piece for a mag
Robert Sutliff wrote:
> I've stayed out of the fray so far but what the heck...
>
> First of all, I've written songs in 4/4, 6/8 and even 7/4, but I do believe
> the western world is attuned to 4/4 - it just seems natural to us. Bonzo was
> simply an amazing drummer - a quick view of the recent Zep DVD proves this.
> He had incredible power in his wrists and I've never heard anyone else come
> close to him playing the same material.
> Some of my favorite drummers:
>
> Ringo Starr
> Charlie Watts
> Will Rigby
> Terry Chambers
> Bobby Elliot
> Jody Stephens (a master of tuning his drums)
> Hal Blaine
> Jim Keltner
> Keith Moon
> Mick Fleetwood
> Simon Kirke
> Bill Bruford
> Al Jackson
> Max Roach (the best of the lot)
>
> A last choice would be the best drummer I've ever had the pleasure to work
> with - Leif Bondarenko of the Primitons.
>
> Bobby Sutliff
> (who can't play drums to save his life)
-- Ronald Sanchez
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