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Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:01 am
by langmick
Maybe she got Buddy's temper. Don't ever ride on a bus with her.

Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:42 am
by bored at work
treeinrock wrote:I wonder what Cathy was slagging off about Steve Smith ? Just stirrin' the pot ! ha


Because he was playing at a Buddy themed event that she hadn't licensed. She called him a karaoke drummer.

Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:42 am
by bored at work
Morgenthaler wrote:But she has no problem putting her poor-excuse-for-a-drummer-deadbeat-husband on any bill with her father's name...


Cruella Deville?

Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:07 am
by Odd-Arne Oseberg
bored at work wrote:
treeinrock wrote: She called him a karaoke drummer.


While Steve isn't exactly my personal favourite, this karaoke drumming stuff doesn't sound half bad to me.


Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:48 am
by Morgenthaler
I feel Steve Smith has a much more tangible respect for Buddy than she does, I am sorry to say.

Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:56 am
by Odd-Arne Oseberg
Yeah.

Narcissism and entitlement among people who belong to a group and themselves have no skills or understanding of what it takes would very much related to the stuff I sometimes talk about. It does a lot of harm, not just to those individuals, but to all who cold benefit if that wasn't the issue. That's why it's such a serious matter.

Of course. Most of the big name drummers in that generation, after Ringo opened their eyes to drumming, Buddy was their hero.

Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:41 am
by bored at work
Morgenthaler wrote:I feel Steve Smith has a much more tangible respect for Buddy than she does, I am sorry to say.


Some friends of mine played with Dave at the BR tribute at Ronnie Scott's late last year, they said that Gregg was just a horrible man to be around. Apparently Cathy was taking the piss about how his timekeeping was so poor.

Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:07 am
by langmick
Welp, just watched him in that performance...weird and wacky stuff.


Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:20 am
by Odd-Arne Oseberg
langmick wrote:Welp, just watched him in that performance...weird and wacky stuff.



Yeah. That's really the first time I heard Gregg play, based my comment on and why I said just skip ahead when I shared this in the Dave thread. Night and day. Horrible night.

Jazz sensibility?

Yah. Not so much.

Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:28 am
by langmick
Not sure what is going on with that whole thing...wow, odd dynamics. So wrapped up in it they can't see what others see. People gotta make a living, I guess. Smith a karaoke drummer? That's bonkers.



The comments...brutal.



A palate cleanser.

Along with the musicality discussion, Buddy repeated a lot of phrases in his solos, as well as his comping. Since he used dynamics, and mixed them up a little, they don't sound like exercises.

Great recording here.