@krelldog Thank you so much for sharing that video! It’s awesome and I’d never seen it. The thing that really hit me is how old and frail Steve looks now, but thankfully he can still play.
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So, decades ago a bunch of drummer friends and me — well before the interweb — struggled to figure out this classic drum riff and none of us got close. Years later I saw a local band play it and I knew right away the drummer had no idea what he was doing and was just mailing it in and it pissed me off because it’s such an integral part of the song. Right after the “performance” I went home determined to learn how to do it right. After consulting the Google machine I learned how to do it — it’s not all that hard but it ain’t easy, and the amazing thing is that Gadd even came up with this and how it ultimately ended up defining the song. The drummers out there will especially appreciate this I think, and I challenge you to learn it because it’s pretty rewarding to be able to play.
https://youtu.be/Ou70vvjE8k4?si=2yfPiHB4Oems22-C
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@ibmjunkman They’re amazing and thank you for sharing! She nailed it! Just wanna say — GIRL POWER!!! Might be the ugliest drum set I’ve ever seen though. Just sayin’. |
@ibmjunkman My guess is it’s Fool in the Rain… https://youtu.be/gTsZtNVINYY?si=bmXlQXs5M1kJA75A That’s another drum part I really enjoyed learning and different from the famous Perdie shuffle from Steely Dan. |
"Back in the day" everybody I knew could bang out the complete Ina Gadda De Vida drum solo from memory on ANY object with some percussive attributes: trunk lid, table top and, yes, coolers. I’m not a very good event organizer, but I fantasize about having an event called Ina Cooler De Vida, hire an Iron Butterfly tribute band, invite 10,000 people to bring coolers and participate in a massive drum solo from start to finish. It may sound like someone threw a firecracker in a chicken coup. But they wouldn’t be thirsty. Any takers? |
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