Comments on: Giveaway: Mickey’s Drums, Jerry’s Greatest [All About de Riddim]

By: Jerry Kregan

Jerry Kregan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:03:16 +0000

Carmine for sure. Just pure genius.

By: Jennifer Thompson

Jennifer Thompson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:42:06 +0000

Tim Bogert hands down my all time favorite. But it’s a close call between Carmine and him.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:14:43 +0000

The winner this time ’round and congrats to….

Chuck B.

Thanks all for your entries….

By: Darius

Darius — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:22:29 +0000

The first time I remember being aware of the drummer was the release of the first Cream album, and that was Ginger Baker. To this day, I am amazed that only three musicians produced all that sound.

The amazing sound of only three musicians also leads me to my second choice, Stewart Copeland of the Police. As subtle as Baker was blunt, but just as great.

Finally, in my book, you can’t play with Weather Report and Sting’s Blue Turtles band and not make this list. Omar Hakim was actually the first one I thought of, and I would listen to anything he played on, (which is quite a bit!).

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:45:41 +0000

Peart solo. Um yeah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vyJWDvz_GI

By: whiteray

whiteray — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:41:14 +0000

I have to go with Hal Blaine. I’m not qualified to discuss drumming and percussion on a technical level, so I can only say that almost every time i notice the drums on a record from the years I was growing up — one made with session cats, that is — it turns out to have been Hal Blaine. (Some of the same happens with stuff done these days with Abe Laboriel Jr.) As for Blaine, maybe this is specious, but I’ll just conclude: “Be My Baby.”

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:09:34 +0000

John Bonham is top of the list. In fact, he’s on a list of his own. A drummer known as much for the notes he played as the notes he didn’t. Two words to prove my point… D’yer Mak’er. With that out of the way, we can start the list that can include everyone else

Lars Ulrich
Steven Adler
Tommy Lee
David Lovering
Jimmy DeGrasso

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:13:08 +0000

Ooh, I forgot ?uestlove!

By: Thierry

Thierry — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:12:09 +0000

A number of names that immediately come to mind: Earl Palmer, Hal Blaine, Ronnie Tutt (seriously, navigating these three guys’ discographies makes for a pretty incredible survey of the last 50 years of popular music). As far as more contemporary picks, I would have to say ?uestlove (the Roots), Glenn Kotche (Wilco) and Danny Goffey (Supergrass) and, though he hasn’t been heard of in years, the Stone Roses’ Reni (seriously – check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umwQG7fue84 ).
However, my favourite drummer of all time has to be Levon Helm, and my opinion has only been reinforced after spending nearly three hours being mesmerized by his playing (from about 5 feet away!) at a recent Midnight Ramble at his barn studio in Woodstock.

By: Cam

Cam — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:51:02 +0000

Also not qualified, but for the record the first few were:
-Rodney Holmes (Santana, SKB, Project Percolator)
-Cindy Blackman (Pharoah Sanders, Kravitz)
-Jack DeJohnette (Gateway, various ensembles)
-Tim Daisy (The Vandermark 5)