This is one of my all-time faves. Sometimes it's hard to breath when I focus on it. Unreal depth of groove there. That, to me, defines what jazz drumming can be. We all have goals. One of mine is to get a smile from the man behind that kit on something deep that I've slipped past him on my own kit. I understand the logistics involved in why it won't happen, but man oh man...wouldn't that be sweet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_v7mUGoKDc

I wonder if his wife knew about this said girlfriend? LoLoLoLoLoLoLoLo

On a related note, I have a cd someone burned for me with the drumtracks only from the In Through the Out Door sessions....I think I've stumbled across them on the net too.....and after being a "Bonham is God" guy for years, hearing these tracks made me think: he's really not doing anything that extraordinary. After seeing the Led Zeppelin DVD (which I own) I started thinking the same thing. Don't get me wrong either, I still love the man's playing to this day, but after actually watching and hearing the drums only, I guess I'm not as impressed as I used to be. I was able to get the "Good times bad times" bass drum triplet down years ago. Whats the trick? A Speed King pedal. Really not that hard or impressive when you do it....I never seem to get the "what was that?" or "how did you do that?" like I'm sure Bonham did at first. The older I get the harder I am to impress I guess. What impresses me more is Ringo's playing with the Beatles....some of that later stuff from the Revolver album and Strawberry Fields Forever (ya I know there are two different tracks layered over each other) is just amazingly impossible to replicate on stage correctly! And don't get me started on the cool bop era jazz greats! Cool DudeBurger Kin

Yeah, I love Bonham too, but I can work out what he's doing. The thing is, it's the imagination, how he put it together and the feel. There's been many a more technically proficient drummer over the years, but it's just his incredible feel that gives him that status. He's also managed to influence a massive cross-section of drummers too. My personal fave Bonham performance is Achilles Last Stand - he's way faster on that than this clip in question!

On a related note, I have a cd someone burned for me with the drumtracks only from the In Through the Out Door sessions....I think I've stumbled across them on the net too.....and after being a "Bonham is God" guy for years, hearing these tracks made me think: he's really not doing anything that extraordinary. After seeing the Led Zeppelin DVD (which I own) I started thinking the same thing. Don't get me wrong either, I still love the man's playing to this day, but after actually watching and hearing the drums only, I guess I'm not as impressed as I used to be. I was able to get the "Good times bad times" bass drum triplet down years ago. Whats the trick? A Speed King pedal. Really not that hard or impressive when you do it....I never seem to get the "what was that?" or "how did you do that?" like I'm sure Bonham did at first. The older I get the harder I am to impress I guess. What impresses me more is Ringo's playing with the Beatles....some of that later stuff from the Revolver album and Strawberry Fields Forever (ya I know there are two different tracks layered over each other) is just amazingly impossible to replicate on stage correctly! And don't get me started on the cool bop era jazz greats! Cool DudeBurger Kin

Hmmm. well looks like your all debating the debate, thats how urban legends become urban legends, just call it what it was , a typical drum solo, nothing great. just a drum solo.

This is one of my all-time faves. Sometimes it's hard to breath when I focus on it. Unreal depth of groove there. That, to me, defines what jazz drumming can be. We all have goals. One of mine is to get a smile from the man behind that kit on something deep that I've slipped past him on my own kit. I understand the logistics involved in why it won't happen, but man oh man...wouldn't that be sweet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_v7mUGoKDc