lissa walles benefit

**gf2564** · September 14th, 2005, 01:59 AM

Originally posted by Randy Walker:
lastnight's show was awesome.........highlights include; Carmine and Dom Famularo's drum duet, got a standing ovation.
Danny Seraphine, awesome.........he sounded really good.

Ken Mary, what can you say? amazingly underated drummer, came out and did a solo then played to a track, same did Billy Ashbaugh.

Chad Smith just ripped it up on the kit backing Glenn Hughes on the tunes Burn and Whiter Shade of Pale.

Jimmy DeGrasso was another great performance backing the amazing Ronnie Montrose with Dave Elefson on bass.

Steve Ferrone did Badge with the house band, but what was killer about it was this, we had 2 kits set front of stage, he did not want to be in 'front' of the band, so he opted to sit on Troy's acrylic kit, first off, the rack tom is 14" and the floors are 16" and 18" AND Troy sits much lower........
Ferrone sat down and did his thing.

Garibaldi along with Larry Bragg (vocals TOP) did what is hip with the house band.......tore it up.

look for the dvd. it was a great time and just inspiring because everyone really was so easy to work with. no worries about having the 'right' brand name kit and so forth.......

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Randy, I am new to the forum but read, with interest, your comments about Danny Seraphine playing in the benefit. Danny is probably my all time favorite drummer.

I read all the horror stories about his departure from Chicago, but I really admired him as a drumming influence from the very first time I saw him play back in 1972.

I know he has been producing plays and I had read he had done a free clinic a month or so back. Do you have information of him planning on playing anymore in the future?
It was great to hear he had not lost his chops like some have claimed! Any more updates you could provide me would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for your help!