Thanks for the tip on Louie, I heard some of his stuff on yourtube. All these guys are way too revved up for my emotions. That is what I liked about Tom Teasley. There are some cool videos of him from the Kennedy center: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=TEASLEYTOM#
What is amazing to me is that I thought Buddy was famous for being addicted to heroin. I can get how guys like Clapton and Kurt Cobain got their groove on with smack, but these guys seem like they are meth addicts! Perhaps they were so revved up that it was the only way to relax after a gig, that is some hyper shit! In blues bands I always focus on the drummer, they make it or break it for me. If they can't play in a relaxed style a little behind the beat they turn blues into rock and I don't enjoy it as much. It is hard for drummer to chill out enough to let it happen the way I feel it. That is one of the reasons I have to be my own drummer! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > I was thinking ADHD and a few years of practice. He needs to fall > in > > love and have his heart broken a few times to find his feel. IMO > here > > is what a lifetime of living and drumming in this style can > produce: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYpR5iw9F1M I'm sure you already > know > > him Card, Buddy Rich! > > I'm sorry to say, but I don't like Buddy Rich's > playing that much. For me he sounds too "academic" > and "technocratic"! Sure, his technique is superb, with that one > hand roll (I think)and stuff. > Of those old chaps, I like for instance Louie Bellson more. > At least he's got more humor in his playing than Buddy, IMO. > > > I am not really into this style of music or > > drumming but he completely sucked me in, what a feel he has! > > > > I just met and heard an amazing drummer at a School show audition > for > > the local arts council. His name is Tom Teasley. > > http://www.tomteasley.com/ > > > > He did more with tambourines than I see most people do with a drum > > kit. One cool crossover from ancient traditional drumming > techniques, > > he put his elbow on his floor tom to shape the tone of the drum > while > > he hit it. Kind of a Tabla effect, very cool. I love when kit > > drummers use techniques from more ancient types of drums. He liked > to > > play different percussion instruments together switching from the > > Malian Barimba to a Doumbek in mid riff. > > > > BTW I stepped up and bought the huge harp Sonny Boy plays in Bye > Bye > > Bird for a show I have Monday night. I found out that this > particular > > harp is a full octave below the C tuning of most harps. The thing > is > > amazing, as deep as the one in Sonny's video. It will make an even > > bigger impression when I smoke the thing! I'll be tipping my hat > to > > you when I do it. > > Cool! :D >
