I was confusing Buddy Rich for Gene Krupa on the smack thing: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qRjQzSwmEHw&mode=related&search=
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 <no_reply@> 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 > > >
