Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:54:27 -0400
From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: what makes a good drummer?
Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20030917095427.00cd6b40@pop.theworld.com>

Mo Tucker doesn't get nearly the props she deserves:  *AMEN, Moe rocks & her
own records are way cool too*

her drumming is technically proficient,  *well she's never been a technical
player, but she still rocks anyway*

it's just that she consciously chose to strip her kit down to next to
nothing and play in an unorthodox fashion as part of the Velvets' "anyone
who plays a blues lick gets fined" aesthetic.  *she wanted to emulate
Babatunde Olatunji*

But I would argue that it's *harder* to play like Mo Tucker than it is to
play like Charlie Watts. *not sure if you could successfully argue that
point as they are totally different stylistically.  It's just Moe was the
first person to drum in that fashion so everyone who came afterwards HAD to
copy her to an extent.  And Charlie's drum fills in the beginning of Loving
Cup are transcendent IMO*

What about Al Jackson Jr.?  Or Mick Avery's drumming (esp. on Arthur)?