On second thought, never mind him. Bob Log (the guitar player) went on to play guitar and drums at the same time by himself (or a lady or two onstage to make the boob scotch).
Music hasn't suffered.
Posted on 02/10/2011 9:55:55 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
Last weekend we asked our readers to name the greatest drummers of all time. Everybody from Eric Carr to Animal from The Muppets got votes, but Led Zeppelin's John Bonham led the list by a significant margin.
1. John Bonham - Led Zeppelin 2. Keith Moon - The Who 3. Neil Peart - Rush 4. Dave Grohl - Nirvana/Foo Fighters 5. Ringo Starr - The Beatles 6. Buddy Rich 7. Stewart Copeland - The Police 8. ?uestlove - The Roots 9. Ginger Baker - Cream 10. Michael Shrieve - Santana/Sammy Hagar
He is an American. He spins tunes almost every weekend on the music thread.
What about Max Roach and Joe Morello?
Bill Kreutzmann & Micky Hart for any Deadheads out there.
For the heck of it, Lionel Hampton was no slouch on the drums.
Ringo was a bit limited in his tools but even Buddy Rich himself noted the 'appropriateness' of his drum tracks. Shocked the hell out of me when I heard it because, to me, Buddy Rich is at the very top. (Shame he never got his wish to play with Hendrix.)
They were supposed to form Beck, Bogert, Appice, and (Rod) Stewart in 1970, but Beck got in a car accident and Bogert and Appice teamed with Jim McCarty-—a terrific guitar player but not Beck-—and Rusty Day, a horrible “singer” to form Cactus. Although Cactus had a great niche as a boogie band, the absence of vocals condemned them to never having a hit. When they broke up around 1975, Bogert and Appice joined with Beck in their one album (which never jelled).
“It’s hard to believe I’m the only person on this thread to mention Vinnie Colaiuta.”
Go to www.gearslutz.com Vinnie get’s his props there. There is an active thread on him in one of the forums. (Including guys who have actually worked with or recorded him).
He doesn't even play drums in Foo Fighters, last time I saw him play drums was with The Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures.
Of course Prairie Prince of The Tubes, who played drums on Skylarking is no slouch.
Right, I always get the two confused. Nevertheless, a great drummer. Saw them live at the greek theater many years ago and did a great job on I’m a Man. There was a second drummer that night but didn’t know who it was.
I’m wondering if his name is John French, not if he is French.
No one else comes close.
I agree with the first three. Next to Jimmy Page - Bonzo made those Zeppelin songs, just listening to the drums on them is so intense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRuTcnd8YLU
It has a meduim slow tempo but nice power.
(forgive the drummerese)
One thing I like about Chicago, was that their live sound was just as clean as the recording studio.
Not on the top 10 list ...
Les Warner (the Cult)
Alex Van Halen
Phil Collins
Chester Thompson (Genesis, Phil Collins, others)
All very talented drummers.
"But I don't begrudge somebody takin a trip to the bank!
I agree that they strayed from their original flavor. I think when Terry Kath died they lost alot of influence.
On second thought, never mind him. Bob Log (the guitar player) went on to play guitar and drums at the same time by himself (or a lady or two onstage to make the boob scotch).
Music hasn't suffered.
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