Cosmo Valdemar Posted August 2, 2023 Posted August 2, 2023 13 hours ago, BigRedX said: Why are there two drummers? Because, if nothing else, it sounds amazing. I saw King Crimson a few years ago with three drummers at stage front and it was incredibly powerful. 2 Quote
chris_b Posted August 2, 2023 Posted August 2, 2023 In the early days Earth, Wind and Fire used 2 drummers, which increased to 3 when Maurice White took a drum solo. Quote
cetera Posted August 3, 2023 Posted August 3, 2023 12 hours ago, meterman said: Both times, three quarters of Young Gun Silver Fox formed the basis of his backing band and I was on percussion duties. The bassist used no pedals at all! Nice!! I LOVE Young Gun Silver Fox! Had no idea they'd done this.... As an aside, their live bassist Dave is now the new Pretenders bassist..... 😎 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted August 3, 2023 Posted August 3, 2023 Sons of Kemet are playing with 2 drummers. We saw them live twice with the original "second" drummer Seb Rochford and the two different tuba players: it was excellent. 1 Quote
meterman Posted August 3, 2023 Posted August 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, cetera said: Nice!! I LOVE Young Gun Silver Fox! Had no idea they'd done this.... As an aside, their live bassist Dave is now the new Pretenders bassist..... 😎 Yeah, Dave is a monster guitarist / singer / bassist. Very talented guy. I think he might have depped in the Pretenders before getting the gig proper. The YGSF live band is (or was) the same touring band as Shawn Lee’s solo touring band, where instead of having Andy Platts on lead vocals and keys, I’d play keys, guitar, percussion, flute etc instead and Shawn would sing lead. And before Dave joined we had Ernie McKone who is also a monster player. Great gigs to be on. The Hyde Park gig featured a YGSF set, and a few other acts, then a load of us grouped together as The Soho Radio All-Stars and did a long closing set with guest vocalists. Hamish Stuart, Terri Walker, Afrika Baby Bam from the Jungle Brothers who was excellent, the Cuban Brothers got up too, and there were others but I can’t remember who now. We’d headlined a tiny little festival gig in Dorset with Hamish and Terri Walker previously so we were all familiar with his set. Was still nervous playing with him though. Again, drums plus two percussionists. The percussion charts were really intricate, punters probably just think it’s all tambourine but there’s loads going on to replicate the original recordings. 3 Quote
2pods Posted August 3, 2023 Posted August 3, 2023 I saw a vid of Hamish with Baz and the Tomorrow band. Multo funky. Unlike the version with Ringo, and Steve Lukather (sp ?) there. Did you notice Ringo wasn't going for the hihat choke accents ? I'm not sure the other drummer (whose name I can't recall) did either. Just my opinion 1 Quote
Lfalex v1.1 Posted August 3, 2023 Posted August 3, 2023 On 02/08/2023 at 08:29, BigRedX said: Why are there two drummers? For the Adam and the Ants covers later in the set? 1 Quote
Mickeyboro Posted January 29, 2024 Posted January 29, 2024 May I cheekily resurrect this thread to point out… 😈 1 Quote
diskwave Posted January 29, 2024 Posted January 29, 2024 On 02/08/2023 at 21:30, meterman said: The bassist used no pedals at all! Wow hold the front page huh. In 43 yrs Ive not used a single pedal.. and I sound darn good, P bass, dead flats, punch and grind for days....technique. Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted January 30, 2024 Posted January 30, 2024 On 03/08/2023 at 15:47, 2pods said: Unlike the version with Ringo, and Steve Lukather (sp ?) there. I felt it was a bit plodding too... 1 Quote
stewblack Posted January 31, 2024 Posted January 31, 2024 On 01/08/2023 at 22:50, Happy Jack said: yes, that IS Ringo Starr Um, he's the only one I recognise 😂 Quote
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