Brooke C, beyond sexy!
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For awhile there OTB, I didn't think you were human. Being as greedy as Daffy Duck, I wanted more.
While Brooke C is a lovely and talented drummer, she isn't in the same league with the likes of Keith Moon, John Bonham, Neil Peart, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich etc.
It's one thing to play drum covers, it's another to be that drummer who was part of a band creating some of the all time great songs.
I'd like to see her cover this...
It's one thing to play drum covers, it's another to be that drummer who was part of a band creating some of the all time great songs.
I'd like to see her cover this...
Justin Verlander, is that you?
Keth Moon was a very talented drummer but he was also undisciplined, he used to drive John Entwhistle crazy.
I didn't know much about Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa till Whiplash, ironically jazz musicians hate that film.
Great list but you left out Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson among others), there is a long waiting list to get into his master class.
I tend to agree with you.
You're right, but I left out a bunch. Some other notables (IMHO) are Stewart Copeland, Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker and Michael Shrieve who's solo with Santana at Woodstock when he was 20, is rightfully described as electrifying.
There's no question the roll he played as drummer for the Beatles. Not super flashy but he was exactly what the Beatles needed, which make him one of the greats.
This sums up his work.
"I remember the moment, standing there and looking at John and then looking at George, and the look on our faces was like, 'Fuck you. What is this?'" said Paul McCartney, looking back on the Beatles' first time playing with Ringo Starr. "And that was the moment, that was the beginning, really, of the Beatles."
Though he was often underappreciated during the flamboyant late Sixties that produced Keith Moon and Mitch Mitchell, Ringo didn't just ground the greatest band of all time, he helped give their music shape and focus — listen to the ecstatic rolls that open "She Loves You," the crisp buoyancy of "Ticket to Ride," the slippery cymbal work and languid concision of "Rain," or the way he threw cute, memorable "rhythmic hooks" into many more of the Beatles beloved tunes.
Personally, his good natured geniality made him the band's most approachable member. "John would go up and down and all that," said Yoko Ono, "but Ringo was always just very gentle. And he really believed in peace and love."
As a left-handed drummer playing a right-handed kit, Starr came up with his own unique style of creating crisp exuberant "funny fills," and his steady reliability became an early gold standard for no-nonsense rock players, serving each song with feel, swing and unswerving reliability. "Ringo was the the king of feel," Dave Grohl has said. Says Jim Keltner, "He was the guy that we all tried to play like in the studio."
