Drums, drumming and songs with drums

[Rico1304]

Don’t know if he’s any good but Travis Barker is on Joe Rogan this week.  

[Mook]

Just booked tickets to go & see Billy Cobham at Ronnie Scott's in London in June (never been there before).

 

I'm excited.

 

 

 

[Mook]

Hal Blaine dead, 90 years old.

 

One of the greats.

 

 

 

[leslie]

Sing Sing Sing with a swing, Louis Prima, movie clip on you tube, a real foot tapper 

[Mook]

9 minutes ago, leslie said:

Sing Sing Sing with a swing, Louis Prima, movie clip on you tube, a real foot tapper 

Here's the Benny Goodman version with Gene Krupa on drums...

 

 

 

[leslie]

10 minutes ago, Mook said:

Here's the Benny Goodman version with Gene Krupa on drums...

 

 

 

Yep fantastic, the original Goodman version is from 1938 at Carnegie Hall I have the disc of the full concert with greats who played on it Harry James Lionel Hampton Krupa Teddy Wilson and more, but i thought the more condensed Louis Prima version would appeal more to the younger folks

[johnsusername]

The number of great songs Hal Blaine drummed on is ridiculous. 

[Mudface]

2 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

The number of great songs Hal Blaine drummed on is ridiculous. 

Yep. And that's just hit singles.

 

Guardian obituary here.

[johnsusername]

3 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Yep. And that's just hit singles.

 

Guardian obituary here.

"...following an acrimonious divorce, he took work as a security guard in Arizona."

 

What the fuck.

[Mudface]

Amazing isn't it? I assume he mostly got paid a flat rate as a session musician rather than royalties.

[johnsusername]

That's incredible. All the plaudits coming out now, but where were his superstar mates when he needed a few quid? I don't know, i don't know the details but it seems pretty unfair! 

[Mook]

6 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

That's incredible. All the plaudits coming out now, but where were his superstar mates when he needed a few quid? I don't know, i don't know the details but it seems pretty unfair! 

I'm not sure he needed a few quid, he always seemed fairly happy with his lot to me & the session musicians generally knew what they were signing up for financially.

 

You need to write the melody or the lyrics to get any royalties (unless agreed otherwise) so drummers often tend to end up with the least of the money.

[TheHowieLama]

 

[TheHowieLama]

 

[Paul]

16 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

Wow. Serious musicianship. I had no idea. Amazing. 

[TheHowieLama]

1 hour ago, Paul said:

Wow. Serious musicianship. I had no idea. Amazing. 

Yea, pretty ridiculous talent all across the board - one of the great tap dancers ever as well.

 

For me - America's top all around entertainer.

[mars]

Some krautrock motorik.

[Guest]

 

[Chocoholic]

Reposting this from 9 years ago, as I'm still very much entranced and hypnotised by these two Paul Simon tracks. 

 



 

 

The second, with an iconic drum riff throughout, delivered by long time Paul Simon collaborator, drummer, Steve Gadd.

 

 

 

The man himself, Steve Gadd, giving a short demo on how the riff is constructed...

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

Nice -- went to get Hal Blaine playing on Mrs Robinson - this is nice instead

 

 

[Lee909]

Thought this might interest some of you.  I was looking for some videos on Al Jackson jr the Stax house band drummer. I love the studio bands that played on all the old tracks and most people don't have a clue. Add Roger Hawkins to thst(Swampers/Muscle Shoals) 

 

 

 

[Juniper]

Not sounding too good for Ginger Baker 

 

[Mook]

Hopefully he pulls through, the brilliant miserable bastard.

[Juniper]

Ginger Bakers family have announced he passed away this morning.

 

What a drummer.

[magicrat]

The greatest of them all ..

 

Was privileged to see Cream at the Albert Hall in 2005 and they were all superb. One of the most memorable nights of my life . RIP you cantankerous brilliant old git.