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Thread started 05/23/08 3:20am

motownlover

i want to hip my friend to some ill drummers

my friend who is a drummer ( he takes classes for 8 years now) keeps bragging about how great jeff porcaro was and i would like you orgers to name some favorite drummers of yours that wow his mind even further

i heard that ?uest love from the roots has some skills and Clyde Stubblefield from james brown band.
please help me find some kick ass drummers
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Reply #1 posted 05/23/08 3:46am

DaveT

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I'm no expert on the subject, but drummers who I have maximum respect are:-

Ginger Baker (Cream)
Neil Peart (Rush)
Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins)
Buddy Rich
Vinnie Colaiuta
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Reply #2 posted 05/23/08 3:50am

FuNkeNsteiN

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Lenny White
Harvey Mason
Billy Cobham
James 'Diamond' Williams
Jerome Brailey
Alex Acuña
Airto Moreira
Benny Benjamin
"Pistol" Allen

etc.
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #3 posted 05/23/08 5:26am

Ottensen

Darn, there are so MANY, but off the top of my head, some of my spur of the moment (living) reccomendations include:

Jack DeJohnette

Omar Hakim

Gerry Brown

Narada Micheal Walden

Duffy Jackson

and Keith Carlock


Hopefully there are vids on youtube to suppliment your listening odyssey. I'll try to think of some more later, till then , enjoy smile!
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Reply #4 posted 05/23/08 5:30am

FuNkeNsteiN

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Ottensen said:


Jack DeJohnette
Narada Micheal Walden

thumbs up!

Actually, I was going to include both of those on my list too lol
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #5 posted 05/23/08 6:35am

paligap

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...
Kool Lists, y'all!
In addition to those already named, here are a few more greats:


Tony Williams

Dennis Chambers

Rodney Holmes

Steve Gadd

Gary Husband

Peter Erskine

Joseph Ziggy Modeliste

Will Kennedy

Dave Weckl

Chester Thompson

Manu Katche

Gene Lake

Steve Smith

Bernard Purdie

Simon Phillips

Marcus Baylor

Steve Jordan

Chad Wackerman

Phil Collins

Jerry Marotta

Antonio Sanchez

Bill Bruford

Terri Lynne Carrington

Alphonse Mouzon

Paul Wertico

Bill Berg

Buddy Miles

Rayford Griffin




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[Edited 5/23/08 6:50am]
" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #6 posted 05/23/08 6:41am

IAintTheOne

Jabo starks
Clyde Stubblefield
Greg d'errico
Buddy Miles
Mitch Mitchell
Terry Bozzio
Neil Peart
Bigfoot Brailey
Pete Rivera
Dennis Chambers
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Reply #7 posted 05/23/08 7:17am

motownlover

wow thanks ill be checking these out and ill hip him with them.
but do you all reckon them to be better then jeff porcaro?
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Reply #8 posted 05/23/08 7:19am

Slave2daGroove

Go back and find some Buddy Rich, what this guy could do with just a snare drum would make most drummers look like amateurs.
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Reply #9 posted 05/23/08 7:49am

cubic61052

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Max Roach....

cool
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Dalai Lama
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Reply #10 posted 05/23/08 8:10am

esa

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"I don't like that man; I must get to know him better."
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Reply #11 posted 05/23/08 8:15am

theAudience

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...Some insight into the abilities of Dennis Chambers.


tA

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