Foo - Greatest Drum Solo of all time

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8aGlOj2VFo

I think it's the one John Bonham did in Moby Dick, but I'm really not that big of a drum or guitar solo fan, (unless it's Prince.)

I like mine short and too the point. (http://www.instantrimshot.com/)

My favorite is Michael Shrieve & Mike Carabello (drums/congas) doing Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock. Starts about 2min in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbaDdHmj09c

My top picks -

Tommy Aldridge (a cyclist, btw) - "Up" from Black Oak Arkansas Raunch and Roll

Bob Rigg - "We Got To Get Out Of This Place" from The Frost Rock and Roll Music

Ian Paice - Third Movement from Deep Purple Concerto for Group and Orchestra
btw if you get the DVD they cut the third movement - and most of the drum solo...BOO!


also - worth You Tubing for Mr. Bean playing the invisible drum kit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-BRee2bAho

Neil Peart, anyone?

Nothing beats Neil Peart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF-k4wg70rg

What, no innagaddadavida (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz6ex_iron-butterfly-inagaddadavida_music)???? You guys are so young!

So many to consider, so little time. One solo that comes to mind as a sick ass moment on the drums is the Gadd-Weckl-Colaiuta drum battle, the stuff Vinnie plays around 4:20 shows that guy can play anything.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6b_nBM-V8

I'm not that young, I just hate the song. :p
What, no innagaddadavida (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz6ex_iron-butterfly-inagaddadavida_music)???? You guys are so young!

What, no innagaddadavida (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz6ex_iron-butterfly-inagaddadavida_music)???? You guys are so young!

That was the first, actually the only, drum solo I thought of. Plus it's long enough to play on the steering wheel no matter how long the traffic light is.

Terry Bozzio blows them all the way. Just Say'in.

Mudkipz

Terry Bozzio blows them all the way. Just Say'in.

Mudkipz
werd. You should hear him sing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDwRJK8bpb4

Gene Krupa with Benny Goodman band, Sing Sing Sing.

werd. You should hear him sing.


Look into Tomas Haake somtime Spreggy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOR0hUIGb4Y

Couch

Papa Joe Jones...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrKShqNkcnI

Keeping in FZ killer drummers mode, Chad Wackerman's "giant phallus" solo during "Let's Move To Cleveland" at the Front Row Theatre, Cleveland Ohio. A thing of aural and visual insane artistry.

I think it's the one John Bonham did in Moby Dick, but I'm really not that big of a drum or guitar solo fan, (unless it's Prince.)

+1 all the way through this post.

My favorite is Michael Shrieve & Mike Carabello (drums/congas) doing Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock. Starts about 2min in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbaDdHmj09c

Check the same tune from Santana's "Moonflower" disc. Here's a clue, it's called "Head, hands and feet." Mike plays without sticks. Phenomenal. It's in Soul Sacrifice as well. Always been my fav.

ginger baker of cream playing on "toad" off of 1968's wheels of fire.

How about Buddy Rich at the Hague 1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGd53pmiZs

Here's Neil Peart at a Buddy Rich Memorial...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47yxLg2RyXM


And one of Buddy Rich's tirades... DEFINATELY NSFW!!!!

NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ssZeOZkWU

NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW

The only three drummers that came to mind when I opened this thread were Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, and Animal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erE8WTngaAY

This is why the man is considered to the the best there is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF-k4wg70rg

Undoubtedly, Peart is great, but doesn't it seem that eveytime you see him play a solo, you've seen that solo before? I've seen Rush three times in 20 years. Same basic core solo everytime, and I've been playing drums for forty years. I know rhythms and syncopated solos well. I see the same solo everytime. I have "Rush In Rio" and "R30," both are DVDs. Same core solo on both vids.

Undoubtedly, Peart is great, but doesn't it seem that eveytime you see him play a solo, you've seen that solo before? I've seen Rush three times in 20 years. Same basic core solo everytime, and I've been playing drums for forty years. I know rhythms and syncopated solos well. I see the same solo everytime. I have "Rush In Rio" and "R30," both are DVDs. Same core solo on both vids.

Yes, I agree however, if a band plays a song at every concert, are they not doing the same thing? While the core is the same, he does change it up and also changes the kit. There is no denying his talent though.

I was pretty fortunate having flown them on two tours. I went to every show and all were different yet the same. Three very great personalities, three excellent musicians and 3 of the nicest and most generous people I have ever met. The tours are six months of non stop fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDU-ZyBQRnQ

Yes, I agree however, if a band plays a song at every concert, are they not doing the same thing? While the core is the same, he does change it up and also changes the kit. There is no denying his talent though.

I was pretty fortunate having flown them on two tours. I went to every show and all were different yet the same. Three very great personalities, three excellent musicians and 3 of the nicest and most generous people I have ever met. The tours are six months of non stop fun.

I saw them in Atlanta about three years ago, and it was the same solo he was doing in YYZ at least twenty years ago, but with electronics. Like I said, I play, and if a solo is in order, I do all I can to do something different than the last solo. I feel guilt if I don't.

I saw them in Atlanta about three years ago, and it was the same solo he was doing in YYZ at least twenty years ago, but with electronics. Like I said, I play, and if a solo is in order, I do all I can to do something different than the last solo. I feel guilt if I don't.

For an impromptu drum solo yes. For this piece, no. It is a written percussion song called "O Baterista (http://www.bikeforums.net/wiki/Rush_instrumentals#Neil_Peart.27s_drum_solos)" so there may be minor variations but the body of the work remains the same. It is no different than "Tom Sawyer" or "Closer to the Heart" etc.

I know the piece and of the structure you speak of. 'Didn't mean to hi-jack the thread. Dennis Chambers pulls off a solo on YouTube, playing for John McLaughlin. Incredible rhytmic piece.

How about Buddy Rich at the Hague 1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGd53pmiZs

Here's Neil Peart at a Buddy Rich Memorial...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47yxLg2RyXM


And one of Buddy Rich's tirades... DEFINATELY NSFW!!!!

NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ssZeOZkWU

NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW


Thank goodness someone finally started to name real drummers.

Buddy Rich

even better, Gene Krupa.

Even better;
Max Roach,
'Philly' Jo Jones,
Art Blakey,
Elvin Jones,
Roy Haynes,
Pete la Roca,
Billy Higgins,
Dannie Richmond, or even .......
Tony Williams

Some of you guys need to listen to music.

With a real drummer, the band goes back to the hotel during the drum solo.....

Thank goodness someone finally started to name real drummers.

Buddy Rich

even better, Gene Krupa.

Even better;
Max Roach,
'Philly' Jo Jones,
Art Blakey,
Elvin Jones,
Roy Haynes,
Pete la Roca,
Billy Higgins,
Dannie Richmond, or even .......
Tony Williams

Some of you guys need to listen to music.

Chick Webb

Chick Webb

yup.

Joe Morello (Brubeck's drummer)

This is one of those questions that can really have no "best"... but just a bunch of great players and performances that affect us all a little differently.

Except for Animal.

For what he lacks in technical skills he makes up for with raw passion and emotion... he's a lot like Keith Moon in that regard.

How about a couple of guys with horn bands? Danny Seraphine and Bobby Colomby of Chicago and BS&T respectively. Talk about chops! Those cats can play.

Thank goodness someone finally started to name real drummers.

Buddy Rich

even better, Gene Krupa.

Even better;
Max Roach,
'Philly' Jo Jones,
Art Blakey,
Elvin Jones,
Roy Haynes,
Pete la Roca,
Billy Higgins,
Dannie Richmond, or even .......
Tony Williams

Some of you guys need to listen to music.

The post is "Greatest Drum Solo of All Time", which differs from greatest drummer of all time. Both are subject to interpretation. Now, get busy and post links to the solos that give your afformentioned drummers the "Best Solo" award. We would all like to enjoy their talents. :)

I guess my view is that the drum solo is part of the overall song being played and should fit in so it is not just about how technical it is but how well the music flows into and out of the solo. That is why I like the Santana solo so much the whole band was grooving together to pull off something special. So second for me would be the Bonham solo in Moby Dick, it's not just the solo it's the whole piece.

Here's a fun one the kid is only 12!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4190110225090266760#docid=-1887293651082720270

Joey Baron:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtyA_s0JNg8

Here's a fun one the kid is only 12!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4190110225090266760#docid=-1887293651082720270

Now,THAT, is excellent.

Thank goodness someone finally started to name real drummers.

Buddy Rich

even better, Gene Krupa.

Even better;
Max Roach,
'Philly' Jo Jones,
Art Blakey,
Elvin Jones,
Roy Haynes,
Pete la Roca,
Billy Higgins,
Dannie Richmond, or even .......
Tony Williams

Some of you guys need to listen to music.

I humbly submit this as sweet, sweet music:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVdFVtoGl98

Yeah, but can can those guys play an invisible drum set?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sf_pogZ8jE

Maybe not the greatest solo, but I could watch Sheila E play all day and all night...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6LAyskAyNU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb4BMxfQnZ8


Also love Gina Schock but couldn't find any drum solos. :(

I couldn't find any decent Rick Allen solos. He may not be the best, but he's doing one helluva job for only having one arm.

What, no innagaddadavida (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz6ex_iron-butterfly-inagaddadavida_music)???? You guys are so young!
Now THAT'S what I'm talking about! Ron Bushy!

Harry Nilsson ~ Jump Into The Fire ~ Nilsson Schmilsson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QghwNqlCRE)

About one minute into "Rock and Roll All Night", by Kiss (live version, of course), the song builds up some tension, we know something is coming... we hear "You keep on shouting, you keep on shouting," and then... everything drops out and we are left with drums and then Gene Simmons says, "Come on!", and the guitars come back in and "I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day". That ladies and gentleman is the greatest drum solo of all time.

In fact, that just might be the best 5 seconds in all of rock-n-roll.

About one minute into "Rock and Roll All Night", by Kiss (live version, of course), the song builds up some tension, we know something is coming... we hear "You keep on shouting, you keep on shouting," and then... everything drops out and we are left with drums and then Gene Simmons says, "Come on!", and the guitars come back in and "I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day". That ladies and gentleman is the greatest drum solo of all time.

In fact, that just might be the best 5 seconds in all of rock-n-roll.

In the same vein...U2, closing out the concert at Red Rocks with "40" as they leave the stage one by one, Larry Mullen, Jr. keeps beat, Bono returns and gets the audience to chant "How long...how long...to sing this song..." then Edge returns to play bass (Edge and Adam switched instruments), Adam makes an appearance but doens't play.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjtpplE39_g

Agreed! That whole show was awesome. I kind of lost interest in them along the way, but once up on a time, that was one hell of a band. Can't believe how time flies: that Red Rocks show was, what, 27 years ago? Wild.