Steve:
I set my PVR. Way past my bedtime.
It would be nice if it became a regular thing.
There are so many great drummers. Next time it should be Anton, Steve Gadd,
Virgil D. Tony Royster Jr, Weckl, Erskine, etc.
They could do a week of Rock drummers, then Funk then Jazz etc.
A week of female drummers would be amazing:
Cindy Blackman, Evelyn Glennie, Terri Lyne Carrington, Meg White, Stephanie
Eulinberg, Mercedes Lander, and Shelia E of course.
Jim
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Post by Jim DwyerPost by d***@is.invalidOn Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:58:25 -0700 (PDT), anonymous
Post by anonymousThose who saw the Sheila E. performance, will
probably understand when I say - "I can't think of
a better time and place to have used a nice big
clear set of Vistalites" <bg>
http://youtu.be/TwvhtXjzVWQ
Was it just me, or did that whole sordid event just reek? Playing kick
pedals in spikes? Legs splayed around a snare in a gold lame mini?
Sorry. Her Hi-Hat cymbals were sweet though.
So they had Anton Fig, and now Sheila E., whose coming next?
Dave
Dave
It must have been just you.
I thought it was the sexiest performance I have ever seen!
And the best out of all of all of the drummers that were on for the entire week.
Jim
I kinda preferred Anton Fig's performance over all the rest, but Sheila E.
was
second for me. I saw her and talked to her at a clinic here in Austin last
year, and she was very sweet and likable. She's pretty much self-taught,
and
her chops (while not bad) are not quite what Letterman's team could easily
have
sought for this event, she's got the music in her and she puts on a good
show.
Check YouTube for her performances with Ringo Starr's All Star Band; she
did
a great job in that context.
Neil's solo http://youtu.be/EAy8d5bk46Y didn't do much for
me,
and I wasn't quite sure what to think about Roy Haynes
http://youtu.be/UgyEg01MU-c mainly because I couldn't
imagine
actually playing the drums the way he has them set up. :-) I did enjoy the
whole series though, and it would be cool if it became a regular thing on
Letterman's show, but I ain't staying up that late to catch it when it airs.
I'm quite content to watch it on YouTube after the fact. :-)
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