And what the hell does he think he's doing behind that monster drum kit? He didn't use half of it? Meh. There was a whole left hand floor tom waiting there, didn't even look at it! He's no Mike Portnoy I can tell you.
Travis Barker, Mike Portnoy? Seriously, what have you've been smoking?
Hehehehehe!!!!
And another thing............
The Bottom line is that Buddy doesn't need, or require, a Monster Kit to sound good. He can sound awesome on just a snare drum!
-Mark
I'm thinking that the video could be as much as (I've), ever seen him interact favourably with other muso's.. He was truly digging the calibre of that band. John
I believe BR's famous acerbic treatment of fellow musicians was almost always directed at his own band, his own employees, rarely at musicians whom he wasn't paying. I think he really enjoyed sitting in with seasoned professional players like the Doc Severinsen orchestra. He knew the difference between those seasoned pro's and the "college kids" he paid to be in his band.
Maybe our BR expert here could comment on who was usually on the receiving end of BR's wrath, but those infamous tapes recorded on the tour bus demonstrate that he definitely had no tolerance for poor performers.
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Mike
Ed S. had the best seat in the house. Out on a limb but think the two sax guys and the keyboard player show up in other BR vids. Wonder if there were any long term members of BR's bands.
3 floor toms and not a towel to be had :-)
Creighton
I believe BR's famous acerbic treatment of fellow musicians was almost always directed at his own band, his own employees, rarely at musicians whom he wasn't paying. I think he really enjoyed sitting in with seasoned professional players like the Doc Severinsen orchestra. He knew the difference between those seasoned pro's and the "college kids" he paid to be in his band.Maybe our BR expert here could comment on who was usually on the receiving end of BR's wrath, but those infamous tapes recorded on the tour bus demonstrate that he definitely had no tolerance for poor performers.[Attachment: 97902]Mike
Mike!
In all my decades of being a BR freak, and all the research too, well ... you are spot on! For the majority of the time, Buddy's wrath was indeed reserved for his own band .. but .. there were exceptions! He was known to "go off" on just about anyone that he felt was crossing him, or folks he had no respect for. He wasn't always right either of course! The one that comes to mind instantly was the incident in 1966 with Dusty Springfield who happened to be on the same bill as Buddy and the band. Buddy felt her to be inferior and nothing more than a 2nd rate pop singer, and said as much EVERY NIGHT from the stage when he would talk to the audience. He also .. wrongly .. didn't allow her full rehearsal time with his band who was backing her show during their engagement at NY's Basin Street East. There was other show biz type sabotage from Buddy towards her as well. This went on for the full week they were there! After a few nights of this, Dusty stormed into Buddy's dressing room to try and talk some sense into him, and when he STILL gave her a ration of crap, she slapped him across the face in frustration! I guess that got his attention, as he didn't say anything more about her for the final night of the engagement. That is ONE of the more famous stories, and it wasn't a member of his band that he went after. There are more of course! Still... 90% of the time, it was his own band that suffered Buddy's displeasure!
Tommyp
He was a genius. We love him. Warts and all. That doggedness, fire, razor sharp wit and uncompromising self confidence resulted in creating one of the, if not the highest regarded players of our instrument, and a colossal entertainer. We can as geeks of drums debate who's this and who's that. But firstly it seems the overwhelming majority of drummers point to him as a leading light, and still today the general public. Krupa, Rich, Star and then possibly Watts and in the uk over 50's always seem to say Cozy Powell because of the hit "Dancing With The Devil".
Then the fans of bands start getting specific.
I covet my autograph I have in my 1986 uk tour programme. I shook his hand. That's all I need to know.
So he kicked ass. Made a trombone player cry. Let's not get started on James Brown..........
He was a genius. We love him. Warts and all. That doggedness, fire, razor sharp wit and uncompromising self confidence resulted in creating one of the, if not the highest regarded players of our instrument, and a colossal entertainer. We can as geeks of drums debate who's this and who's that. But firstly it seems the overwhelming majority of drummers point to him as a leading light, and still today the general public. Krupa, Rich, Star and then possibly Watts and in the uk over 50's always seem to say Cozy Powell because of the hit "Dancing With The Devil".Then the fans of bands start getting specific. I covet my autograph I have in my 1986 uk tour programme. I shook his hand. That's all I need to know. So he kicked ass. Made a trombone player cry. Let's not get started on James Brown..........
You're "preaching to the choir" here gecko!
I was able to catch Buddy LIVE 5 times between 1972 and 1978, met with him one on one in his dressing room in 1973! .. ( GREAT story that is! ) .. have a drum head that he signed in a frame!, plus a couple more autographs on top of that. Add in my "one of a kind" Buddy Rich snare drum collection, plus the fact that I play on ALL Buddy rich model drums/sets, and well ... guess you might say I'm a fan?!
Tommyp
Saw and meet him once in 1972. I was 11. Dad told him I was learning drums. It was "lets see how you hold your sticks kid?", "try this". Haven't needed to change holding sticks :-).
This was on his bus. Feb,28 72 Newton, KS. Bethal College. Most of the band were the college students. All seats $2.00.
Creighton
