DAVE WECKL - The thread about Dave

[treeinrock]

WOW great angles behind Dave on the Rumble intro on this one!!

Now i see why Dave had to have physical therapy on his shoulders especially on his left shoulder with all of the artillary percussion and high up cymbals he used to play on his left side with traditional grip. That's a lot of jerkiness and akwardness to get that left arm to go in those directions with TG. He sounded great back then though. He was really going for it. Now he's refined his physiology on the kit and is now blazing in his mid 60s. He even said repetetive stress using a computer can mess with you so he's making us aware how ergonomics is important to stay healthy.

[Steve Holmes]

^^Yeah but I think the real damage was when he had the little bongo's on his left. That was a fun little era.

[Rodge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2hw1eThdUk

[Rodge]

BEAUTIFUL !!!
My favorite DW's song with "Island Magic" on Contemporary Drummer + One, GREAT take by David.

PS : Is this because I'm a terrible reader that I don't understand why people have to read a song so simple ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAl7zK2uzmA

[bjdrums]

Had absolutely no idea that was Sheryl Crow on vocals on Rainy Day.

[Steve Holmes]

Man I would really Love to see Dave just play interrupted groove here for a change. All the HH embellishments and stabs every two bars/four bars. Not playing that stuff is its own skill.

[bored at work]

BEAUTIFUL !!!
My favorite DW's song with "Island Magic" on Contemporary Drummer + One, GREAT take by David.

PS : Is this because I'm a terrible reader that I don't understand why people have to read a song so simple ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAl7zK2uzmA

The drums sound is immense. That 10" tom is a killer!

[Rodge]

I hear you Steve, it's DW being DW.

Yeah bored At Work, DW never disappointed sound wise.

[drumpal]

Man I would really Love to see Dave just play interrupted groove here for a change. All the HH embellishments and stabs every two bars/four bars. Not playing that stuff is its own skill.

Exactly! I always thought that Dave does that way too much on way too many tunes, and it really worsens his groove and feel. I think his groove/feel would be way better it he were to just simply stop doing that.

[Steve Holmes]

Who's going to call him out on that stuff though? No one that hires him because they want the Dave stuff.
I remember joking with a friend about not being able to find any recording of Dave playing 5 or more identical bars. I think I found one or two examples ...maybe.