Double Bass Drummers new and old

[benrand]

Pete, I think I heard dbl bass first from Clive Bunker.

An underrated drummer FOR SURE.

[drumgod1]

Does anyone know if Blue Tav is still available commercially?

[FlamTriplet]

Originally posted by Jeppe Morgenthaler:
Of oldschool DB drummers I find Louie Bellson, Simon Phillips, Bobby Rondinelli and Mike Portnoy to be some of the best.
The new school of DB drummers were led at some point by Tim Alexander, but now guys like Marco Minnemann, Thomas Lang and ofcourse the maestro Virgil Donati are worth checking out. Virgil is lightyears beyond the others as far as imagination and execution goes.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh yeah, Marco. How could I forget?

[Flarobstix]

There's a Steve Tavaglione CD which I don't remember the name of where Vinnie plays the sickest dble bass I've ever heard. Nothing crazy fast, just tasteful and lot's 4 over 3 phrases. It's a brisk shuffle.
Anyone know the CD i'm talking about?

[peter c]

Clive was awesome too, Benrand!

As a matter of fact, I will sample
some of his stuff soon, so we can all
appreciate him and the beginning of
the incredible Tull legacy in drums.

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[PocketPlayer]

Here's a guy you NEVER hear of...Les Binks! The Live in Japan Judas Priest is awesome with Les. He is a machine on that LP--smooth and refined, he plays well orchestrated DB parts.

[LDGuy]

Originally posted by benrand:
Vinnie's playing on that Megadeth album is awful.

Too poppy, not metal enough. He can play wierd changes better than most, but that band had Gar Samuelson, Menza and other crazy drummers. He didn't take it out enough, like he can.

I was just listening to it today...bleh. Why did he decide to use that ride?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, i bet. I haven't listened to it. It was kinda a joke to show the amount of stuff Vinnie is involved - fusion to metal. Yeah, but he can't be that versitile... hehehe

Flo Mounier
Thomas Haake
Virgil Donati are my favourites...

[Blue Tav]

Originally posted by drumgod1:
Does anyone know if Blue Tav is still available commercially?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.audiophileimports.com/cgi...vaglione&SUBMI

Every 'Vinnie' fan should own this one.
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[benrand]

Haake is pretty damn sick.

I listened to more of that Megadeth disc and it sounds like the drummer from Sting's band played on it...too damn poppy. But, that's probably why he was hired.