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by BennyAndTheSkins
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Zach Danziger Master Thread
Replies: 318
Views: 277298

Re: Zach Danziger Master Thread

I was taking lessons from Wes Little (he's producing in Nashville now) in Raleigh back in '95.... I remember him mentioning a new guy (Zach) that I'd never heard of before, who Weckl and everyone else said was "on the level" as the new guy. So fluid, and so mature in his ideas, even as a 2...
by BennyAndTheSkins
Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:02 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Omar Hakim interview
Replies: 63
Views: 63739

Re: Omar Hakim interview

Omar was a monster from the beginning. His "I Burn For You" solo on Bring On The Night was a seminal moment for me in '85, right around the time I discovered Vinnie on Zappa's Tinseltown Rebellion. That moved me from my Kansas/Yes/Rush phase into Jazz/Fusion stuff.
by BennyAndTheSkins
Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:46 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: VINNIE - The thread about Colaiuta
Replies: 2731
Views: 1642239

Re: VINNIE - The thread about Colaiuta

^^^^^^^^
Ultimate Facility...... no delay from feeling to idea to execution.... effortless....

Is that a wood hoop snare he's playing on?
by BennyAndTheSkins
Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:11 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Steve Smith
Replies: 60
Views: 26861

Re: Steve Smith

https://youtu.be/4nKyjbUU0UU Those were the days - The first time I saw him was in '86 in Upstate NY, at a hotel ballroom clinic, right after VI's "Global Beat" came out. He was playing a beautiful 6pc Signature kit. I was in the middle of my transition out of playing Rush, had just disco...
by BennyAndTheSkins
Tue May 09, 2023 5:53 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Steve Smith
Replies: 60
Views: 26861

Re: Steve Smith

Plus, he seems to be playing ahead of the beat, while Janek is laying back in the pocket. Feels a bit unsettled to me......
(Coming from a guy who reveres SS as much as any other drummer....)
by BennyAndTheSkins
Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Jazz Martyrs
Replies: 36
Views: 26505

Re: Jazz Martyrs

^^^ Wow... that knocked me out..... tears welling up thinking about Wayne, and how much of an impact he had on us all......
by BennyAndTheSkins
Wed Dec 21, 2022 11:36 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: VINNIE - The thread about Colaiuta
Replies: 2731
Views: 1642239

Re: VINNIE - The thread about Colaiuta

Love that press roll fill at 1:39..... and the beast, Nathan East.....
by BennyAndTheSkins
Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:12 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: VINNIE - The thread about Colaiuta
Replies: 2731
Views: 1642239

Re: VINNIE - The thread about Colaiuta

I see Josh and Manu are on Sting's new album.... Is Vinnie not working with him anymore, or did the timing just not work out this time?
by BennyAndTheSkins
Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:30 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Zach Danziger Master Thread
Replies: 318
Views: 277298

Re: Zach Danziger Master Thread

Looking at that video of him in '89..... I'm surprised he wasn't in Modern Drummer earlier, Weckl clone or not.
I didn't hear about him until '95 when I was taking lessons from Wes Little in Raleigh, and he said, "Check out this guy.... Weckl says he's the next great one"
by BennyAndTheSkins
Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:42 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Official Stewart Copeland Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 7845

Re: Official Stewart Copeland Thread

Also, there's a cool documentary about Cold War espionage featuring Stewart's mother, father, and brother Miles
(No mention of Stewart, though)


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