Comments on: The Worlds Best Drummer List

By: John

John — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:32:39 +0000

What about Tim Curle?

By: Rudy Mental

Rudy Mental — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:43:06 +0000

Ever go to high school and you had a group of fellow students who thought they knew it all and what they said was the rule?? That happened to me in Chicago Illinois when I grew up learning to play a set of drums. Learning I said. Any way the big drummer of the day was Keith Moon. O K I said Keith Moon was the GOD. Oh what a joke??? a big big big joke? Buddy Rich Greatest Drummer to Draw Breath came to Chicago and played there during a one night stand. my parents told me that Buddy Rich was a old established drummer from the big band era that could knock ceilings down and make peoples heads turn around twice maybe even three times. I knew my parents would not lie to me. So I spent some time and money and went to see and hear this Buddy Rich Guy. Thats it. Case over . Schools Out. Buddy Rich made Keith Moon look like a small child behind a drum kit. Buddy Rich was then and forever after my drum hero. So forget about comparisons and Rock and Amps and roadies and stage crews and special mikes and special lighting. Buddy Rich need no props. Buddy Rich the Absolute God of Drumming Buddy Rich.

By: Ian leighton

Ian leighton — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:55:16 +0000

I think Ian S Leighton sould get a mention, he’s not the best drummer in the world but his timeing is second to non, I should know I sleep with him every night. Debs P.S. should I swap him for a bass player ?

By: Saul

Saul — Sat, 01 May 2010 14:39:25 +0000

Circa 1959 New York City. We were involved in making it a point to go and see the Best of Musicians that played. Now grant you back then you could not use an amp for a crutch or special lighting to make you look good as a musician. Buddy Rich was in Manhatten and he had a new Big Band playing and our group of musicians knew and respected Buddy no matter where or when or what kind of musical group he had. Anyway He knew we were in the audience and he let loose. I can still remember him playing Caravan and he did this drum solo that was simple incredible. He did some fast single stroke rolls that were a blur but what he did as far as melody on that drum solo was like when he did Old man River at the Paramount in l949. Whether you love Buddy Rich or hate him there was one thing that he did that no other drummer today could accomplish. He set the record straight he made it perfectly clear that no drummer could copy him or play his exactness and clean immaculate drumming with ideas that no drummer could complicate. Sure there are Clones out there who pretend to be like Buddy Rich but they fall way short. They just dont have those ideas and excitement. Another thing about Buddy that I admired throughout his career that he was never taught drum rudiments or courses in drumming. You heard Buddy Rich Live you saw him play live you got one million percent pure Buddy Rich. I just yawn today and fall asleep when I see and hear guys get behind drum outfits and try to play something. Its really nothing but boredom and over played. Give me Buddy Rich any time. Buddy Rich

By: alex

alex — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:41:28 +0000

and one more thing… not hating on Neil but one of the reasons he is #4 is cuz he has a big ass kit… take the kit away and put him on a 5 piece i would love to see how good he is then.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:38:57 +0000

Wow……. hmm don’t think that list is truly accurate along with lot of responses of all these new age drummers, joey is not that great of a drummer….. he has no true difficulty in is songs (which his style should) and if u ever see slipknot live u will see he cant keep time worth crap, and on top of that his fills are not that complex and his so called “solo” is not even a true solo, he take small parts from old songs and peaces them together. and hello i think this list left out one of the worlds most influential drummers to today’s drummers….. Keith Moon, and he also comes from one of the biggest bands in music history. and true i agree with frank saying buddy rick is a drumming god but there are plenty of drummers from history that are right up along side him. and at least 100% of those drummers up there are main street drummers…. if you rilly want to see drumming at its beast and barest look up Elvin Jones, high energy and amazing technique. if all today drummers actually took the time to break down there solos and fills you would find them direct derivatives of buddy rich and Elvin Jones solos and fills. sounds like a bunch of wineing i know but its the truth.

By: Register

Holy crap. Aaron Gillespie us not in this list? He is the man! Number 1 all the way

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:17:49 +0000

Got into this Buddy Rich groove now and its really all about Buddy Rich. U Tube has some great bits of Buddy Playing with his own Buddy Rich Big Band and all of the clips Buddy did in later years are a symbol of the Master Drummer and by the way Buddy Rich was the Master Drummer. Now I had to go back and dig some of his older material so I did and stumbled upon this Buddy Rich at Play Boy After Dark circa l961 and just goes to prove to you that the Master Buddy Rich was doing the greatest of all greatest drumming way back in l96l. No drummer out there past present or future could play drums that dynamic and precise. Buddy Rich the Master Drummer. None Better. Buddy Rich

By: Yancy

Yancy — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:33:03 +0000

Something cool happened to me back in the mid seventies. We were playing in a marching unit in New Orleans and we had a decent dixie land jazz unit that played in the heart of the city. We were gigging in the afternoon and this little guy wearing shades comes up and marches besides me and says man what the hell you playing? This little guy marches besides me and takes my sticks and plays this fantastic drum cadence. Guys in my unit go nuts digging what he is playing???? He does this incredible jazz drum cadence with lighting speed hands? All of a sudden I hear this guy in my band say Hey Man thats Buddy Rich. Later that night I saw him play in his own Buddy Rich Big Band with him the Star Drummer playing behind his set. he played so dynamic clean and precise. That was it. I said its over why waste my time listening to any one else? So I became a Buddy Rich fanatic. Every record Every tape Every Comact Disc Every Video . Its Buddy Rich and thats it only Buddy Rich

By: Val

Val — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:46:43 +0000

Eastman School of Music had this musical course that talked about how to develop into a great musician and how to make an audience appreciate your mastery of your particular instrument. so after hours of lectures and classrooms filled with teachers telling you how to play this roll or how to play a drum improvisation solo that would fit the musical ensemble a fellow student got mad and said cut the chase. he brought in his own video of buddy rich playing in rochester new york doing a show called at the top. everyone in the class looked intently. after the pro said any questions???? One student got up and said forget all these text books and lectures it is just plain and simple. Buddy Rich is the answer to any drummer. Buddy Rich is the measuring stick. Just burn all the drum books and proper way of holding the sticks. Just skip it. Buddy Rich is the name of the Course. Buddy Rich