ANY Led Zeppelin&John Bonham
Carmine Appice with Vanilla Fudge
ANY Virgil Donati
ANY Gene Krupa
ANY Buddy Rich
Deep Purple&Ian Paice 'The Mule"
Don Brewer&Grand Funk Railroad-T.U.N.C.
WHOEVER played drums on 'The Golden Wedding"
ANY Ginger Baker with Cream
ANY BarrieMore Barlow(with Jethro Tull)
Jon(or John) Hiseman
Bill Ward(Black Sabbath)
Mike Portnoy
Chad Smith
BASICALLY ANY DRUMMER WHO'S INFLUENCED BY JOHN HENRY'BONZO" BONHAM! ;).
Since the great Tony Allen & Billy Martin have already been mentioned here, Adam Deitch (lettuce, Scofield etc..) is way worth a mention! Great chops, feel & creativity! Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste (the Meters) has an out of this world syncopated thing going on that is often copied & rarely mastered. John Blackwell (Prince) is a beast of many backs! Trilok Gurtu is in a game of his own...Also some of the Reggae greats like Sly Dunbar, Carleton Barrett & Horsemouth Wallace are amazing session players that don't get mentioned enough. Idris Muhammad plays on so many great Jazz/Funk Boogaloo albums, always dead on & swingin'! I had better stop here because this is becoming more of a rant :D
Since Purdie brought up Freddy King's "Goin' Down," I thought I'd add Steve Ferrone's playing on this one.
There are definitely some GREAT songs and drummers mentioned so far!! I know you guys have more to share...Let's see 'em...
Cheers
So many great responses!
Pretty much anything that Bob Siebenberg played with Supertramp as those were great examples of playing for the music while still being creative.
What about "What is Hip?" by Tower of Power with David Garibaldi...
I am also a big Manu Katche' fan. I love the level of musicality that he brings to any project.
Oh man, Mike, Lynn, did you scratch an itch with that one! I LOVE Gov't Mule!Gotta get one of those "Got Mule?" T-shirts.The first time I heard Warren play was when he was standing opposite Dickie Betts in the Allman Bros. Band in the 90's. I saw the Bros, at a show they performed at the Beacon Theater in NYC and Warren's guitar playing knocked me on my a$$. As soon as he left the Bros. and started working with Gov't Mule full-time, I caught them anytime they were playing the city. I've been to four Mule shows and had a complete blast each and every time. I don't think that band is capable of having a bad night.The groove in the tune you posted reminds me of the groove (albeit much simpler and straighter,) on Freddy King's, monster Classic, 'Going Down.' My band used to open the first set of every gig we played with 'Going Down.' It's a hard driving groove that gets the people on their feet right away. As a drummer, this is one of the most fun tunes you can play. You get to push the band from behind and it really makes you feel like you're in the driver's seat. When the band gets it just right, it's like a freight train coming through doing 90. Heavy...Here's a couple of versions: CRANK THE VOLUME! Meant to played LOUD>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ONyukSLqAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UIptI2rcjgEnjoy,John
John,
Going Down is a great song! We've opened many shows with that song. Lately we've been opening with a rocking original and opening the second set with Going Down. Awesome song, John! Thanks for the links! I hadn't seen the SRV/Beck version before. Killer! I'll have to share that with my guitarist. He's probably seen it already...he's a fan of both of those legends.
Lynn
Hard to say.
I started playing drums because of those ethno drummers I saw at this Tolkien convention. Dressed up like orcs, they were beating their djembes savagely and were singing wild tunes, accompanied by acordeon. I was 12 and I loved them.
First drummer I ever thought played in a really cool style was John Densmore from Doors.
Then I found out about Gene Krupa and have loved him ever since.
John Bonham is hardly matched in terms of lively, yet firm and fairly simple groove and lightning-fast breaks.
I kinda like the style of Ginger Baker, but maybe I just like his overall performance, including the visual image.
Mitch Mitchell can lay down some pretty neat grooves, too.
Papa Jo Jones, Lionel Hampton and Elvin Jones are guys I admire and I can't yet reach their skill (nor do I play music similar to theirs), but I suppose something of them also sticked with me.
But Michael Shrieve is just plainly awesome. I never heard him play anything but Santana's first album, but in my eyes, he's up there with the greatest just because of his Woodstock solo. Toad is great, Moby Dick is great, but when it comes to drumming, that Shrieve's solo, even if he hadn't played anything else in his whole life, would be the coolest and most inspiring thing ever, I think.
Levon Helm (The Band), Danny Carey (Tool), Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine), Bonham, Mitch Mitchell, Chad Smith, Morris Jennings (Curtis Mayfield), Tim "Herb Alexander (Primus), James Gadson (Bill Withers), ...i could go on for a while i suppose... :)
I played in a reggae/ska band for quite a few years. Had the pleasure of opening for several good acts. I was fortunate enough to have played with The Skatalites... well, the band I played with opened the show, I didnt play FOR the skatalites (i wish!)... we played at Fitzgerald's in Houston, TX, in about 2001 i think.
Anyhow, the drummer, Lloyd Knibb, was a big influence for me in playing ska. He actually played my kit that night! It was great. He was one of the pioneers in ska/reggae drumming from the late 50s to 60s. Check out the Skatalites if you are interested in hearing authentic ska.
Billy Cobham, "Taurian Matador" from Spectrum recording.
Doug
