This cat is a seriously talented drummer. Yes, I hear his 'Drum Corp.' roots in his playing, but when you're playing a 20 minute solo at warp speed, you reach into your bag of tricks and pull out all your 'A' material! That includes Latin, jazz, rock grooves, second line, the man pulls out all the stops. The comments that the people in the crowd made; "Awesome," and, "He's the best drummer in the world," is the kind of response we all 'hope for' when we play. He blows people away. Where I come from, we used to call that; 'kicking a$$ and taking names later!'
The guy is an entertainer/showman. The stick-tricks are cool and all that, but as a drummer, I'm impressed with his ease playing cross-overs at 200+bpm. The single stroke rolls, the one-handed rolls, it's amazing. His internal 'lick library' is bottomless. I just haven't seen a drummer this talented since... ever! Anybody this good, deserves International exposure. He'll be a Star over-night! This kid belongs in L.A. or New York, or even Nashville! Any center of recording in this country would put this kid straight to work.
More... enoy.
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John
