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Is the drummer on "Ooh Ooh Child" Bernard Purdie?
Or is it the 5 Stairsteps drummer. Either way, it is a great drumming job on the song.
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According to Wikipedia:
The song featured various members, including lone female member and eldest sister Alohe, brothers Keni, Dennis, James, lead ![]() However according to Kilesmith.com: At 13 I liked the energy, but now I can appreciate what a monumental force he is. The first thing that came to me when I heard this song again was, “Who is this guy?” It took a while, because I don’t know of any encyclopedia of session players, but I found him: Bernard Purdie. Bernard Purdie picks up “O-o-h Child” by the scruff of the neck and makes it the song it was meant to be. His tempo: polished granite. In this podcast interview with WFMU’s Michael Shelley, he refers (about a half-hour in) to the struggle to get his tempo across to everyone, and that had to have influenced his playing. His tommy-gun fills are a constant reminder of where the tempo is. Even the cymbal ride under the opening vocal (you can barely hear the 16ths between those rim knocks: tsit-tsit-tsit-tsit) is a friendly reminder from HQ that this is the tempo. It’s soft, insistent, and exactly in place, a steel needle stitching with silk thread. The long runs between stanzas are rivetingly precise, but the real truth lies in those phrase-bridging double- and triple-flams, little giddy-ups that make me smile every time. They aren’t show-off flourishes; they’re horse whips. Tight and righteous, they propel you through the song. And his hi-hat is a smart-bomb, close and hard: small, targeted explosions that make you flinch. According to Funklet.com it was all Pretty Purdie When Purdie wasn’t feeling a track, he let it show. “O-o-h Child” wasn’t clicking. They were trying everything. Purdie explains: “In the last twenty minutes of the session, Vince (Stan Vincent, writer) gave me my head. Bam! Fifteen minutes later, we have ‘O-o-h Child’. My way.” Michael Last edited by CTMichaelV; 07-05-2017 at 04:58 PM. |
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Thanks CT.
I had read those articles too. By the way, CT, Do you know a CK Dexter Haven?
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GGD
Don't know anyone with that name other than from an old movie. A name used on a forum? |
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No that's it. The old movie.
Your CT just reminded me of that role Cary Grant played.
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Cool story! This was my sister in law's wedding song 10 years ago.
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