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Originally Posted by drummer2783 ok my suggestion number one....
john blackwell
technique, groove and showmanship...  |
i have a few more of his videos, but i don't think i'd be allowed to put them up. he used to be prince's drummer, in fact he's playing with prince at the montreux jazz festival on thursday, and the last time prince played live he did 3 gigs in one night in LA with a different band each night, and john was drummer during one of the shows. prince said he was like an octopus as he drummed like he had 8 arms. he drummed for justin timberlake on his last tour, and cameo and patti labelle in that past, which is what drew his attention to prince
i was asked by him to set up some drumtech things in the uk a couple of years ago, but was to involved with other things at the time
personally i preferred michael bland as prince's best drummer, but prince has his people pull down all his videos from youtube so i'm not going to bother trying to find an example, but the undertaker video was a great example, just drums, bass and guitar, a live rock/blues jam for 40 minutes at a rehearsal. he was asked to drum for madonna and michael jackson
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