Best "drum" solo. ever.




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Also memorable, the drum solo in Iron Butterfly's classic In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

What was the band that featured two drummers... maybe late 70's or early 80's? Genesis? I recall seeing it as a kid on the "Blue Jean Network" and remember that it rocked.... damn, who was that...hmmm.

Grateful Dead. Hart and Kreutzeman.

No Dead show was complete without "smurd" (drums spelled backwards) leading into "space."

If you want to get into intellectual, odd drumming styles and solos that are still mainstream, the best I can come up with would be Danny Carey of Tool. Tim Alexander of Primus is another good example.

The thing is, I really don't enjoy the stuff you'll typically hear in top hits and mainstream raido. I don't want to take away at all what these drummers have done, and I do admire and respect Peart, Bonham, and the like. But if I want to hear really good drummers, I'm going to listen to something specifically for that, not just whatever might be on the radio. Give me Buddy Rich (ok, maybe not so much him), Dave Stevens, Sonny Emry, or any of the other guys you've either never heard of or have to seek out.

Guitar and drum solos don't carry much truck anymore

I would agree that drums solos are a thing of the past, although I will maintain that Bonham's Moby Dick solo fit seemlessly into that song better than any other drum solo that I've ever heard.

I exceeded my lifetime quota of the Mighty Zep sometime in the mid 90's. Saw em play, owned every album, played them till every note of every song was permanently etched into me brain.

Then one day I puked Led Zeppelin, projectile vomited all the lads all over the baking asphalt and drove away from the crusty mess.

So obviously I can relate to the song in question. My 'no Led Zeppelin, none of of the time' radio refuses to play it.

BUT... Bonham wasn't even remotely in Pearts league bro, avd we both know it. He was a basher and the right dude for Zep, and that is a classic solo (I can hear it in me brain... MAKE IT STOP!), but the dude was a basher in the end. Peart can actually drum like a jazzman, different league altogether.

I mean no offense if Zep is your all time or anything. The 12,713th time I heard Stairway to Heaven (you should hear Dolly Parton's version, yuk yuk) was the straw that broke the Dumbass's back.

DMT

It's fun to see that people actually pay attention to the drummers.

I've been drumming for well over half my short life, and I'm at the point that I don't really have a choice anymore. That's ok, though.

To be honest, I never really got into Neal Peart. I do like what I've heard so far, and he is absolutely skilled, way beyond myself, a truly talented musician (which is different than just a drummer). Their singer just grated on my, and I couldn't really dig Peart's playing like I can Carrey, Beauford (!), or this kid I know personally that recently graduated from UF. Solos are great. It really can show your strengths and diversities as a drummer. However, if you can feel the music and really groove, that accomplishes much more. That's why I love Carter Beauford so much - the man just grooves so smooth and sweet, throwing in lots of tasty licks that still groove and fit in.