Ardent15 wrote:Man, one of my favorite songs lately that I keep going back to is Josie by Steely Dan.
The WHOLE song is such a hip, funky, downright interesting piece of work. But a big part of that is Jim Keltner's drumming. Those grooves and fills-what possessed him to play like that? Performances like that are few and far between. The FEEL that Keltner oozes with every ghost note, snare drag, hi-hat flourish...everything lives and breathes groove. It literally makes me want to dance, since Keltner is dancing on the drums in this performance.
So anyone else feel this way about Josie? Which songs or performances ooze feel and musicality to you, at this point in time? Which songs, like Josie for me, do you listen to many times and pick something out new each time?
Agreed 110%!
No one can touch Jim's performance. It's perfect. If you're a long time Steely fan, you've heard the song hundreds of times before you heard a different drummer play it...so it's etched in the brain, so to speak...
Not to take anything away from those great players, of course...but IMO it's just one of those stellar peformances that was captured in time and will never be duplicated.
Dennis was great with Steely, but those 12" hi-hats really didn't fit in with the music, IMO...
To answer the second part of your question, John Robinson's playing on "Back in the High Life" album., namely 'Split Decision' and the title track...