Hate to see him go out like that ' Dear friend , and Mate ' Been a good old friend as long i can remember ..See i have trouble to holding them stick in my hands sometimes ,they just fall right on out ...Phil & Chester is one of my 'Fav's drummers at all times ..

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good for him, me im 60 and i have all of that and more and you know what so did buddy rich and im going out the way i come in with a set of sticks in my hands with a wrist brace and elbow brace il get by and if the sticks fall out of my hands il grab another thats all i have to say about that

jaghog,...(Hopefully not Naval),

You just gave me insite to take my Battleship out of the closet, set the kit up and play, just so I can say I can still do it and do it longer than him !!

Phil quits at 60 due to health problems. I can understand that. My dad (who was a drummer for 50 years) played up until about 3 weeks before he passed away at age 57 from cancer. I can understand that too. Technically he quit because of health reasons too, but he did it as long as he physically could. I think that's the lesson to be learned here. Do what you love for as long as you can physically do it. After that, why torture yourself with the pain.

Phil will be missed in the music world, but his legacy lives on. (as does Phil, well at the moment anyway)

Well now I hear on the news today that Phil is not retireing !! I think he read Jaghog`s post !!

He's an amazingly good drummer. I will understand his choice if he does ... but it would bug me. He's got some great grooves still in him. I would want those put to tape.

Great "lefty" drummer...I thought his work with Eric Clapton was superb! His technique/style will be missed but will carry on through the gift of his music....He is an all around seasoned musician!!!

Cheers

Someone should post a link or 2 to some YT Brand X videos!

ludwig -dude

sorry about your dad, i know that's is inspiring in itself ...

"if it wasn't for pain id feel nothing at all"