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Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 27, 2011 - 02:18am PT
you guys forgot the most important member of the band,

apogee

climber
Sep 27, 2011 - 02:27am PT
Didn't we already do this?

Anyway, Bruford's in the top 5, no doubt.
Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2011 - 02:30am PT

ok, your right, im lame
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lets change it to best guitar amp builder
John Moosie

climber
Beautiful California
Sep 27, 2011 - 02:31am PT
Best groupie?
Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2011 - 02:31am PT
im lame

leo fender
ampeg kendrick
vox
Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2011 - 02:32am PT
sears silvertone
apogee

climber
Sep 27, 2011 - 02:37am PT
"Best groupie?"

I think that's indisputable...

jfailing

Trad climber
Lone Pine
Sep 27, 2011 - 11:34am PT
The intro to "When the Levee Breaks" could be one of the best ever.

NML81

Trad climber
N Lake Tahoe
Sep 27, 2011 - 11:57am PT
Danny Carey is the best now.
Chief

climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
Sep 27, 2011 - 12:51pm PT
Best can be a subjective and ephemeral term.
I like Dennis Chambers.
lars johansen

Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
Sep 27, 2011 - 01:14pm PT
Jeff "Tain" Watts
jahil

Social climber
London, Paris, WV & CA
Sep 27, 2011 - 01:35pm PT
The classics:
Elvin Jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4uvN0tTlvo&feature=related
Max Roach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS-xiX64HGQ
Danny Carey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF0o1RnGRDY
Art Blakey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOc_EwdE7Kk
philly joe jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLiqKTSDEtQ
Billy Higgins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3d89NRxB4

These new guys aren't bad:
Danny Carey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF0o1RnGRDY
Eric Harland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K_40GNrULk&feature=related


steve
madbolter1

Big Wall climber
Walla Walla, WA
Sep 27, 2011 - 07:05pm PT
Casey Grillo from Kamelot
Jim Clipper

climber
from: forests to tree farms
Aug 27, 2015 - 08:22pm PT
yeah, well ... had to say something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47v7yYRfjA
ms55401

Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
Aug 27, 2015 - 08:27pm PT
tony williams

and yes, this thread's been done
Climbsrox

Trad climber
seattle, wa
Aug 27, 2015 - 08:42pm PT
Dave Elitch ain't no slouch

John Theodore on Deloused check out Mars volta live at electric ballroom

Christ on a Biscuit.... 👍
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Aug 27, 2015 - 08:44pm PT
Yous guys are so provincial. Gene Krupa, Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Billy Cobham, Earl Palmer...
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Aug 27, 2015 - 08:57pm PT
If my memory serves me well Pamela De Barres was in 200 Motels...?
Spiny Norman

Social climber
Boring, Oregon
Aug 27, 2015 - 08:59pm PT
Another vote for Tony Williams.
Ricky D

Trad climber
Sierra Westside
Aug 27, 2015 - 09:06pm PT
Gene Krupa
Buddy Rich
Neil Peart
Chief

climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
Aug 27, 2015 - 09:11pm PT
Billy Cobham had it down.
Spiny Norman

Social climber
Boring, Oregon
Aug 27, 2015 - 09:14pm PT
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Jim Clipper

climber
from: forests to tree farms
Aug 27, 2015 - 09:39pm PT
Beware of Mr. Baker was pretty entertaining (on Netflix)
Avery

climber
NZ
Aug 27, 2015 - 09:49pm PT
Buddy Rich of the old. Lewis Nash of the new.
Avery

climber
NZ
Aug 27, 2015 - 09:56pm PT
What about John Densmore (of the Doors) for Rock drumming.
Todd Townsend

Social climber
Bishop, CA
Aug 27, 2015 - 10:12pm PT
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Skip to 2:45

Money shot at 5:00
Todd Townsend

Social climber
Bishop, CA
Aug 27, 2015 - 10:30pm PT
Mario Duplantier

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Gary

Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
Aug 28, 2015 - 06:52am PT
Arthur D. Tripp III
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On the end of The Mothers:
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clarkolator

climber
Aug 28, 2015 - 12:12pm PT
Gene Krupa, Keith Moon. Don't have a third, fourth, or fifth.
Gary

Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
Aug 28, 2015 - 12:35pm PT
I didn't mention Elvin Jones, because he's on a plain all his own.
'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
Aug 28, 2015 - 12:47pm PT
You guys already have 'em.

For pure power and technical virtuosity in jazz, Buddy Rich was at the top.

But for COOL jazz, it was Gene Krupa. That guy was the COOLEST of the cool!! What he could do on nothin' but a snare? And the faces he pulled!! Man, Gene Krupa could pull good faces while he was playing!

Neil Peart from Rush [a fellow Hoser] owns 7/4 in rock, certainly one of the best.

And chubby Keith Moon always had the best licks.

But John Bonham from Zeppelin could do stuff that nobody else can do. I have a pretty good sense of time signature, but to this day, I simply cannot - ever - count Black Dog! I just can't do it! Maybe if I saw the actual chart on paper, then I could read it. But I can't count it, it's that hard, and he does it that well!

Here are some of the best jazz Youtube drumming selections.

Buddy Rich playing Count Basie/Sammy Nestico's Wind Machine:

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I always liked the ABC Eyewitness News finish with the stacked perfect fourths.



If only watch ONE of these, watch THIS one! It's the Legendary Drum Battle between Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich on the short-lived Sammy Davis Jr. TV show. I only just found this version of the video today, and what makes it so great is Sammy's tap dancing at the beginning.

Man, that's entertainment! Today's entertainers do not hold a candle to these guys, the Masters of Cool.

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OK, OK - so maybe I lied. Maybe you have to watch one more. This is Buddy Rich playing on Johnny Carson with Doc Severinsen's The Tonight Show's drummer Ed Shaughnessy.

You gotta see it to believe it! Who wins? I think it's Buddy, but it's a tough choice!

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