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    Great Drummers

    I've seen threads about incredible guitar players and great bass players, so how about paying tribute to those great keepers of time, the drummers

    I've seen many great drummers over the years. I will start with some of my favourite drummers: (I've put an asterix next to drummers I've seen live in London)

    Stewart Copeland
    Bill Bruford *
    Tony Williams *
    Jack DeJohnette *
    Danny Gottlieb
    Cindy Blackman
    Dennis Chambers *
    Peter Erskine *
    Rayford Griffin
    Billy Cobham *
    Narada Michael Walden
    Steve Jordan

    Who do you coonsider to be great drummers?

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    Buddy Rich has never been bested.

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    Leon Taylor - the son of the great session and The Ventures drummer, Mel Taylor. Had the pleasure of seeing and hearing him on several occasions on a Ventures cruise a few years ago. He replaced his dad after Mel's death several years back. Very impressive.

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    Best drummers I've seen :

    Buddy Rich
    Carl Palmer
    Neil Peart
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    Check this sit out and have a blast.

    http://www.drummersonthetube.com/artist/a.htm

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    Bonzo!

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    The Great Paul Thompson
    Drummer for Roxy Music and tons of side projects
    of their band members, plus
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    Martin Chambers

    Drummer for The Pretenders. Saw him perform live several times over the years and consider him one of the three or four best rock drummers I've actually seen live--along with Bill Bruford (both Yes and King Crimson) and Bonham, not to mention Keith Moon. That guy who played drums for Humble Pie--I can't recall his name just now--wasn't exactly shabby, either. As for metronomical steadiness and tempo control, Ringo is difficult to "beat." I've read that John Lennon's direction to every drummer with whom he worked after the Beatles was the same: "Play it like Ringo would." Although I never thought of Phil Collins work with Genesis one way or the other, his stuff with Brand X was outstanding. All toms, no cymbals, very powerful, no flash.

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    Quote Originally Posted by laurie View Post
    Stewart Copeland
    Bill Bruford *
    Tony Williams *
    Jack DeJohnette *
    Danny Gottlieb
    Cindy Blackman
    Dennis Chambers *
    Peter Erskine *
    Rayford Griffin
    Billy Cobham *
    Narada Michael Walden
    Steve Jordan
    Who do you coonsider to be great drummers?
    Hi Laurie! its interesting that you started your list with Stewart Copeland, without his talent ( & especially in a trio setting) the police would have sounded quite different, highly underrated.
    YOu got to see Tony Williams

    I have to admit that sometimes I do not pay much attention to a very important equation of much of the music that I listen to but without them it would be severely lacking.

    Charlie Watts,a fine drummer, again an invaluable component of one of the greatest bands ever, seems like a lot of the great drummers with the exception of Bonzo & Moon are fairly low key.

    Zak Starkey - Ringo's son & sometimes who drummer is pretty hot, does a great job with the who.

    Stephen Perkins- janes addiction/porno for pyros.
    Just Play Music.

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    We saw CCR (revisited) this year....their drummer , Doug "Cosmo" Clifford (original to the band) was banging like a 25 y.o. ...still in his trademark tank top ....floored everybody when he announced the in a month he was turning 64.

    never lost it in all those years ...
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    Don Henley (Eagles)

    ...I think he started on guitar but moved over recently!

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    Joe "Zigaboo" Modeliste is a crazy funk drummer. Listen to the Sissy strut from the meters...
    http://www.drummerworld.com/Sound/zigabooCissyStrut.mp3

    Dennis Chambers is so good It's embarrassing. I'm a drummer, (not a good one) I can't even fathom being able to play like him.




    Quote Originally Posted by laurie View Post
    I've seen threads about incredible guitar players and great bass players, so how about paying tribute to those great keepers of time, the drummers

    I've seen many great drummers over the years. I will start with some of my favourite drummers: (I've put an asterix next to drummers I've seen live in London)

    Stewart Copeland
    Bill Bruford *
    Tony Williams *
    Jack DeJohnette *
    Danny Gottlieb
    Cindy Blackman
    Dennis Chambers *
    Peter Erskine *
    Rayford Griffin
    Billy Cobham *
    Narada Michael Walden
    Steve Jordan

    Who do you coonsider to be great drummers?

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    Kudos to Ringo!

    I think greatness has to do with those who inspire others, in this case, to play drums. In this vein I think the greatest drummer of all time has to be Ringo Starr! Name one person who has inspired more people to take up the drums than Ringo? He's the reason I got my first toy kit at age 5, never looked back.

    Good call by SEAWOLF on "Cosmo", one of my favs! Another inspiration for me was Traffic's Jim Capaldi (RIP).

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