Posted on 05/24/2023 9:40:38 PM PDT by 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).
2) John Bonnham from Led Zeppelin.
BTW- both of My picks are playing for God in Heaven...
The opening to Rock and Roll by LZ
Enhanced from little Richard ditty keep a knocking
Ginger Baker’s “Toad” solo on the 1966 Album ‘Fresh Cream’
Oh, you beat me to it! Usually I’m the only one online who remembers that song. Yes, “Moonlight Feels Right” from 1975 is a good one. Tonight, though, I learned something new about it. I’m not a trained musician. I heard the song and for decades thought I was hearing a Xylophone. No.
It’s a Marimba, which has softer notes than the Xy.
I think it was done in one take, the first one for practice.
The rest of the group knew that was as good as it ever needed to get.
Vinnie Colaiuta. After that, Jeff Porcaro.
Well, your number one pick was going to be my only pick since I’ve never heard anyone who could come close to Neil Peart, so I think that question is settled.
Bo Wagner was a phenom.
Didn’t know either by name...thanks.
good stuff
Rush love here always is a tell for me
Fifties and northern
I was a hair before Rush
Not that Peart wasn’t top shelf rock drummer he sure was
Ginger Baker and Charlie are often regarded as journeymen drummers in general and greatly admired by peers
Rock or rock and roll was like an indulgence for them
Mitch Mitchell underrated
Levon Helm for how well he mixed singing in between setting or following the beat
Billy Cobham not a rock drummer per se was indeed an incredible drummer
Moonie for shall we say for being an independent drumming band member lol
Excellent list
Shrieve was quite young with Santana
Milt Jackson - anything and all
Fritz Reiner/CSO...Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps (1968 on RCA)
Can’t tell the “greatest” but some enjoyable ones:
Santana —Mike Shrieve.
I second this one. Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen (their title, I swear!) on ECM Records 1980
My favorite drummer ever and highly underrated is Tommy Aldridge. He played with Whitesnake, Ozzy, but this 9 minute 1973 solo from his Black Oak days is my favorite solo of all time. It just contains it all and I love when he tosses the sticks and just goes wild.
All credit to Bonham, Peart, Ginger and others but this guy deserves some love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGI_nh133U
Dave Brubecks drummer in “Take Five”. First recorded in 1959 though.
Bird is the word - had a pretty good drum solo I think... I was friends with the drummer.
This isn’t a drum solo, nor is it very difficult or technical, but hey it sounds good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1NcX31szs&t=14s
Bill Lordan with Gypsy (1970s Minneapolis band): “Tomorrow is the Last to Be Heard”: drum solo starts at 3:50.
https://sonichits.com/video/Gypsy_(USA)/Tomorrow_Is_The_Last_To_Be_Heard?track=1
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