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...

[1Old Pro]

Some are iconic, like the drum solo from Rare earth - get ready.

[VTenigma]

Karl Palmer gets my vote.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Mangini is on another level - Dream Theater’s compositions seemed to improve dramatically after he came in.

[River Hawk]

Here’s an honorable mention for group effort:
James Gang Funk #49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eC-4r4d0mU
All three members are hitting something in the percussion interlude beginning at 1:30.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_49

[ken in texas]

I pretty much agree with you. I have my favorites from the rock & roll era, but this clip showcases what Buddy Rich could do: Buddy Rich @ The Concert of the Americas.

[1Old Pro]

Buddy Rich was great, Louie Belson was more flamboyant.

[Steely Tom]

Yeah that's pretty much his "concert solo," although he didn't do the snare on-the-rim thing. He would then switch to the vertical support of the high-hat and back to the rim of the snare drum. That's when he was younger.

Did you notice the one-handed roll he does a couple of times in there? A very good drummer I knew once (became a pro, played in the Woody Herman band for a while) said Rich's one-handed roll was the most difficult thing he did.

Also I should have mentioned Ian Paice of Deep Purple, who's drum work in My Woman From Tokyo has always impressed me.

And also Jeff Porcaro, incomparable LA A-lister (and Toto drummer) of the '70s and '80s could be listened to over and over. I'm not aware of any song in which he really did a show-off solo.

[ken in texas]

Good observations. I was taking drum lessons back around 1966-67, when every boy wanted to be in a rock & roll band. My teacher often played a record showcasing something done by Buddy Rich, so I heard him more often than any of the rock drummers at the time.

[nicollo]

Bonham’s drumming on Moby Dick is so good it just makes you laugh! But I just can’t get enough of his groove on Kashmir.

[mabarker1]

WOW !!!

Thank Y’All for the impressive responses and all the different opinions. I wasn’t expecting to get this much information and some of them were out of My train of thought, some I’d forgotten about and a few I never heard of.

I will eventually Reply to everyone’s Posts after I’ve done some listening. The Family herd is going out of town Saturday so it’ll just be Me and the Dogpack for 9 days, allowing Me to do what I want when I want/get to in between the To Do List and letting the Dogz in and out 75 times a day.

Again I Thank everyone for the responses.

< Terminator voice >I’ll be back... < /Terminator voice >

[Steely Tom]

My favorite Jeff Porcaro performance.

[OKSooner]

Danny Seraphine, from Chicago's Ninth album IIRC, Devil's Sweet

It'll make you forget all about John Bonham.

Inside story, Walter Parazaider composed it exapecially for Danny, who truth be told was a kinda nutty dude... It was Walter's way of saying "The devil is right here, playing percussion in our band."

[MayflowerMadam]

“percussion solo” sounds weird. Actual music is nice, though.

[musicman]

BTTT!!!

[AloneInMass]

Michael Walden on Mahavishnu’s Eternity’s Breath 1&2. There’s no solo per se, he just plays a wailing solo on the whole piece for about 7 minutes (except the lamish guitar/violin solo section). In alternating time signatures. And keeping a kick-ass groove.

[perfect stranger]

I don’t know if its the same kit, this is fascinating anyway.
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/neil_pearts_new_drum_kit_is_made_from_1500-year-old_oak_tree.html

[21twelve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o78bcxVXyVM

I can’t remember if it was that kit either. Above is Neil talking about the kit, the inspiration of the design, its construction and the 1500 year old log. I think there is a fairly long documentary about the log on its discovery. But this 4 minute clip is interesting.

[Moltke]

Wow, very cool. I tried the drums for a while, but all I made was noise I think. Still have a sweetspot for good percussion though. That Grubinger guy I mentioned puts up an amazing solo show.