Greatest Percussion Solo done between 1960 - Present any type of Music. (as of the date/time of this Thread posting. Yes, major Vanity Post.)

Any place You want to choose from. ^ | 05/25/2023 | Self

[mabarker1]

OK, it's been a stressful week already and I needed a break from the usual BS.

I'm going to pick 2 for starters that are in different decades but for the time frame were the best in My opinion/era/Genre. I don't care what type of music but this Thread is (hopefully) going to be about Percussion Solo, meaning only 1 person on the Instrument(s).

1) Neil Pert from Rush.

2) John Bonnham from Led Zeppelin.

BTW- both of My picks are playing for God in Heaven...

[mabarker1]

List of Instruments that qualify for the purpose of this Thread

Next Destress Thread: Guitar (any type) Solo.

[mabarker1]

Music (((PING)))

[Chode]

in the garden of Eden...

[BenLurkin]

Moonlight Feels Right: Marimba Solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJZTqmfPLPE

[No.6]

Neal. He did this on the daily, not as a one-off wonder-solo, and similarly on every live and recorded track.

Thanks; close thread.

[Steely Tom]

Not probably the most technically flamboyant, but Ringo Starr's drum solo from The End (Abbey Road) has stuck in my mind for decades.

Also, Steve Gadd's playing on the title song of Steely Dan's Aja album is hard to beat. The outtro is perfection.

For technical prowess, I don't think any of the rock&roll drummers can outdo Buddy Rich. Just about any song his band did contained an out-of-sight drum solo.

[CaptainK]

Another vote for Gadd.

[Paladin2]

I would hate to be Neil’s roadie.

[PresidentFelon]

Check out this work from Mike Mangini with Dream Theater. My favorite drummer is Marco Minnemann Who plays with Guthrie Govan in the Aristocrats... but this solo by Mangini is simply mind-boggling:

https://youtu.be/L0zHDzj5j-Q

[frank ballenger]

Can’t tell the “greatest” but some enjoyable ones:

Santana —Mike Shrieve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKcI2mcsueM

A normal day for Ginger Baker (Cream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EKaflXTzHw

Billy Cobham with Mahavishnu Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCWhLUtCVXc

[21twelve]

Agree on Neil Peart as number one IMHO.

But here’s another favorite of mine - Carl Palmer (live):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lcQaTl0YTc

[21twelve]

I recall watching some video on the making of one of Peart’s drum kits. The drum builders had told him about some new piece of wood that came in and they had built a set out of it and asked if he wanted to see it.

He came in and started to play on it. Two hours later and they were closing up shop and he was still playing. They told him to lock up when he was done.

The guy had passion. RIP.

[frank ballenger]

Not the greatest but for a “de-stress” moment here is an enjoyable featured drummer on rock radio:

The Ventures-—Wipeout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKG0p6Tv9Q

[frank ballenger]

RE: Gadd.

Agree.

He didn’t take the spotlight on them but was such a total professional on the later Eric Clapton work including the Robert Johnson tribute dvd and cd and various concerts. Under credited always.

[snork55]

Carl Palmer. ELP and Asia

[Moltke]

Iron Butterfly - In A Gada Da Vida

Dare I say...Kiss - 100,000 Years

Jan Gabarek Quartett - Beast of Komodo (I think!)

Dave Brubeck Quartett - Take Five

[Moltke]

Sweet Smoke - Silly Sally (with the rotating mike)

Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live

[Moltke]

Bill Bruford of King Crimson...Indiscipline and many more

[Moltke]

Martin Grubinger - perhaps the best percussionist ever

[wardaddy]

The great white whale has to be on any list