How about Billy Cobham, on Birds of Fire with the Mahavishnu Orchestra!?
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The vid is actually at first a Rick Laird bass solo, but hey! Good drum n bass go together right?? Drum solo at 5:10
John Densmore, absolutely, because he always plays what he's got to play and doesn't show off. Master of simple, yet complex drumming.
Keith Moon, because he just plays way too cool.
Gene Krupa. Well... Gene Krupa, right?
Speaking of Billy......
Billy Cobham drum solo 1968 w/ Horace Silver playing some Italian made Hollywood Meazzi President model drums (tuanble "multisound" floor tom with a timpani like pedal). Check the open style and the mixed grip...
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Stratus performed with George Duke (not a real solo but the grove is a MF'er with a killer "Billy" fill at the end)
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A more recent solo from 2009 continued growth and versitility
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Here are some of the best "hands" on the business. I love to share this as a contrast to the "bashers" of today that think the only way to play is to rape the drums... like that is going to draw the sound out of them. The less than stellar sound is from the camera mic on top of the drums but it still leaves a great impression of what a Billy is doing and that he is directing the band.
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That last Billy vid is amazing. The drum fill/break at 4:50 has some serious tension. I love the way he pushes the bass dynamics right at the end with such authority. I saw him at a clinic years and years and years ago in NOLA. He absolutely blew my mind.
I agree. The times I've seen him him solo he has been fresh and not taken to simply rehash the same idea or theme... I just love how inventive he is.
So... my post is about 70's Rock/early Heavy Metal. And for me, Ian Paice is and will always be at the very top of my list. I may stir some controversy here, but that's nothing new for this forum. Like I said, this is just my personal opinion. I think most would agree that if there was a mythic "Holy Trinity" of what would become Heavy Metal, it was Zeppelin/Purple/Sabbath. And I do agree that Led Zeppelin with John Bonham was the group that produced the superior studio output of the three. Black Sabbath to me were the masters of the "doom factor" and wizards of the sludge that would become integral features of heavy metal-- brilliant in their own right. However, when you are talking live musical output and drum soloing, nobody could touch Deep Purple and Ian Paice. I have yet to see/hear any live material from Led Zeppelin that could come even remotely close to what Ian and Purple were able to accomplish onstage. Led Zeppelin were a very sloppy live act. There, I said it-- may the Bonzo gods strike me down. But if I had half the finesse and imagination on the drum kit as Ian Paice, then I would be a very happy struck-down "Lud-dite." Enjoy The Mule:
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That's a great clip of Ian laying it down (and Ritchie even moved!)
Never been a huge DP fan ... but that clip was outstanding.
So... my post is about 70's Rock/early Heavy Metal. And for me, Ian Paice is and will always be at the very top of my list. I may stir some controversy here, but that's nothing new for this forum. Like I said, this is just my personal opinion. I think most would agree that if there was a mythic "Holy Trinity" of what would become Heavy Metal, it was Zeppelin/Purple/Sabbath. And I do agree that Led Zeppelin with John Bonham was the group that produced the superior studio output of the three. Black Sabbath to me were the masters of the "doom factor" and wizards of the sludge that would become integral features of heavy metal-- brilliant in their own right. However, when you are talking live musical output and drum soloing, nobody could touch Deep Purple and Ian Paice. I have yet to see/hear any live material from Led Zeppelin that could come even remotely close to what Ian and Purple were able to accomplish onstage. Led Zeppelin were a very sloppy live act. There, I said it-- may the Bonzo gods strike me down. But if I had half the finesse and imagination on the drum kit as Ian Paice, then I would be a very happy struck-down "Lud-dite." Enjoy The Mule:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGsaTPkQ95w
Ian Paice on the studio version of "Burn" is also pretty awe inspiring.
As far as Zeppelin, I've owned a fair share of bootlegs and I agree that they could be pretty "sloppy" (depending how much they'd imbibed, I guess). But, when they were "on" it was a display of magic!
Ian Paice on the studio version of "Burn" is also pretty awe inspiring.As far as Zeppelin, I've owned a fair share of bootlegs and I agree that they could be pretty "sloppy" (depending how much they'd imbibed, I guess). But, when they were "on" it was a display of magic!
Yeah, now I kind of regret using that "very sloppy" term. #$&&#& sake they were Zeppelin! And they were legendary. Guess I just sort-of resent the fact that it seems Ian never gets his due. For example, if you were to see that exact silver sparkle kit of Ian's on eBay, the first word in the listing I guarantee would be BONHAM! Oh, well. I did see a gold sparkle kit recently that did not allude to John Bonham. Maybe there's hope. And I do listen to Purple's studio catalog on a regular basis-- Burn is an outstanding moment for them. The recording does show how he can make that Supra sing! But so does an early track I have always been amazed with-- "Blind" from their 1969 s/t album. The press roll about mid-way through the track. DANG! happy New Year everyone!!
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