I was at Woodstock and heard Santana live but had to go to youtube to refresh my memory of the "solo" (that is how old I am!). It is a good energetic solo but not incredibly original. As far as Shrieve's age, 20 years old may seem young now (it does to me!) but others at Woodstock weren't much older- Mitch Mitchell and Keith Moon were both only 23 when they played Woodstock. However good the solo, $350k for this kit is crazy.

In the end, maybe, it's worth what someone is willing to pay! -59 Les Pauls are fetching half a million dollars, so maybe it's not so preposterous, after all!

Yes, it is quite preposterous, The drums are worth $1500 at most. Michael Shrieve's fame is something that matters to enough people to fill a few phone booths. I am not saying anything negative about a superb drummer. But, the Woodstock connection is worth some major bucks (under $20,000) to maybe enough people to fill one phone booth. What about the bass played onstage? How about the electronic keyboards? The timbales? The maracas? I think that the items in Carlos Santana's stage rig are the only items that could fetch over $50,000.

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maybe the solo is not what many drummers of today think of as anything great i like it but i like inagadadavida too, my take on the set they played is, new drums, new band, high on the gig what a buzz and egos flying everywhere supercharged energy and he did have the look of the times down, so i think if any one here can do that solo sans senor members i tried and i just cant move that fast anymore i say go for it if you can, the kit does belong in a historic venue as there is and always will be only 1 Woodstock these are artifacts 100 years from now God willing and this earth is still rolling it will be a very important tribute to a bygone era wax museum maybe who knows what would of happened if he stayed with Santana?

It's good to hear that they are all back together. The Beatles gear book only has the snare and tom from set one pictured. Set two is defiantely the Ed Sullivan set, Ringo just brought the snare with him and cymbals. That snare seems to be the one he used with every set.

That's correct. And that jazz fest is a 5 1/2". I wonder if he even used any of the other ones he got, assuming he got any with his other kits?

Okay, I too am that old...had a chance to go to Woodstock with some of my friends, but chose (ugh!) to go to the Summer Nationals (drag racing)...now, THAT was a heck of a choice! Violin

But, if we are talking about drum solos, some of the absolute best are the earlier days of Buddy Rich...his speed and smooth transition across his drums (to me) is just amazing. Not that there aren't others who are fast and smooth, but he just was so much fun to watch!

One of my many favorites (and he's playing on a Slingerland kit. A major workout...he is really sweating!:

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True meaning of paradiddle

I don't think Ringo ever got another jazzfest other than the one he got with oyster kit number one. I think he just used the same one for everything, which in my book makes it probobly the most valuable snare drum on earth. Even when Ringo had the maple set, he still used the OBP jazzfest. The jazzfest ringo had was a 5.5x14 but it also had the strainer on the panel next to the badge. I think Ludwig changed it so the strainer had a pannel in between the badge and strainer by 1964-65. Ringo's snare should also have a red felt muffler and no serial number. Considering this is kind of on topic to the Michael Shrieve set, I wonder what the Ringo snare alone could fetch? I'm almost positive that he used it the entire time with the Beatles.