Most under-rated drummers

**mja61** · August 21st, 2004, 09:23 PM

Yeah, I just got "Romantic Warrior" and have been digging it....some great drumming on there....and a killer drum sound considering it was mid/late '70s.

I'll have to add Bill Gibson to my list. A great pure rock drummer with jazz influence. From what I've seen, he's a legitmate traditional grip player.

**FuseU1** · August 21st, 2004, 09:53 PM

Sorry if I repeat anyone...

Nate Townsley [Zawinul]
Cornell Rochester [Zawinul]
Rodney Holmes
Sherri Maricle [Diva]
Dave King [the Bad Plus]
Sean Rickman
Jeff Sipe [ARU]
Sean O'Rourke [ARU]
Eric Gravatt [McLaughlin]
Tom Knight
Pat McDonald [Charlie Daniels Band]
Ray Massey [Wooten Bros./Tanya Tucker/Pearl Corp.]
Scott Hoffman [Nashville/Jms Taylor-Gadd drum tech]
Jeff Donovan [Nashville tour/session]
Greg Morrow [Nashville session]
Randy Cooke [CAN touring + session ace]
Gary Moffat [.38 Special]
Billy Ashbaugh [In Sink ;c) ]
Mario DeCuitiis (Radio City Music Hall, NYC)
Efrain Toro
Derek Roddy
Lee Venters [everyone used to think he was Vinnie because of his looks]

Some local FL tour/session boys:

Michael Aurijemma [BAD-a**!]
Joe Murphy
Dave Dix [formerly of the Outlaws]
Dave Reinhardt [Jeff Berlin, Richard Eliot, freelance-Temptations, Osmonds] [BAD-a**!]
Kenny Suarez [Black Bean Soup, Dick Rivers Group, Al DiMeola]
Rusty Riley [Busch Gardens, Tampa]
Bobby Ohanesian [Chateau; The Connection]
David Hardman [Woody Shaw, Woody herman, FL Symphony Orch, Red Rodney, Ira Sullivan, the Hurricanes]
Joe Vencomo

Guys that are known, yet not WELL-known:

Sonny Payne
Gene Lake
Mike Bland
Brian Frasier Moore
Rithie Morales

Some of the guys here in HODhb ;c) - you know who you are, like Pedro Gallindo, Alex Sanguinetti, Tombo, Stv, Derek, Pete C, Roy C, etc etc. I'm "missing a few" here AW.

Agreed on CARLOS V, R Humphrey, Scheuerell, Jeff Hamilton, B Stewart, TLC, Nusbaum, Motian, & Larry Bright - he's one of Dennis C's Baltimore 'homies'...his '94 solo CD is rippin' - with Gary Grainger, Gambale, & Haakon Graf ...on the more uptempo tunes, he's like a frenetic mix of some Cobham, Tommy Campbell, a lot of Chambers, & a bit of Rodney Holmes...altho he has a tendency to "overplay" ;c)...& he loves to play a lot of those similar sounding fast 16th trip & 32nd single stroke licks from snare down the toms at the end of a bar progression; but still, check out the tunes Hypertension, Rice Kryspies, Alka-Salsa, & Garfield!

And Lenny, how could we forget about him?! Like Cob, a legend. RTF's album "Where Have I Known You Before" was another ba**buster like Rom. War. The tune 'Vulcan Worlds' off WHIKYB busted my a** when I first heard it in the early 80's!!

Uh...oh yeah, and...uh, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Wreckl, Virgkill DoneKickedYoIce-T, Stv Smith, & Dennis Chambers [around HERE sometimes, anyway!!] ;c)

There's really a LOT of "underrated" cats out there, guys we've never heard of...yet...

OH yeah. I spent WAY too much time on this.

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**mja61** · August 21st, 2004, 10:41 PM

Whoops! Forgot about....Rufus "Speedy" Jones....catch him on the newer Hudson DVDs ("Classic Drum Solos vol. 1 & 2).

How did THIS guy fly under the radar?!?!

Words can't do it justice...it's just a pleasure to watch him play...to see those sticks flying so effortlessly.

**Terry B** · August 21st, 2004, 11:15 PM

Yeah man, Tom Knight! TOTAL Badass!

**beat Hit** · August 21st, 2004, 11:48 PM

Ed Uribe...

http://www.pearldrum.com/e_uribe.asp

I've mentionned him before... Seen him with Tiger Okoshi as he had replaced Robbie Gonzalez. Actually, I went to the gig expecting Robbie to be the drummer, I had heard so much about him...

Ed Uribe did not disappoint AT ALL. This guy's got a pocket, Fusion-like Chops, strong funk backbeat and an outstanding knowledge of Afro-Cuban and Brazlian rythms, wrote two books on the topics.

[img]eek.gif[/img] Just noticed that Ed recently collaborated to the Second Edition of Rick's Licks by Rick Gratton.

A Quicktime clip of Ed playing the KAT Electronic kit HERE

Ed also owns a recording studio, multi-media production, Web designs... www.dancingplanet.com Hudson Music being one of his clients... Lots of Drummer World short clips (if not all) were edited by his company.

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**matricks** · August 22nd, 2004, 02:54 AM

Sipe, Gravatt, & Ashbaugh!!! Yeah, right there with ya! I knew a guy, when i lived in MN, who is a drummer in Minneapolis and he played percussion on a gig with Eric Gravatt. Said when they traded, people literally put their instruments down and just watched Eric. The word was that he could have been one of the baddest cats ever but circumstances didn't go that way. He now works at a prison in the Twin Cities. T Bozzio said he probably influenced him more than anyone else ever. Underrated for sure.

**r_navega** · August 22nd, 2004, 02:58 AM

Hi guys, I'm a drummer from Brazil and this is my first posting here. My favorite underrated drummers:

WOLFGANG HAFFNER (from Metro) - I love the way he uses splashes and crashes and his very clean technique.
HARDY FISCHOTTER (from Susan Weinert Band) - german monster drummer, Colaiuta-influenced.
ALBERTO D'ANNA - great drummer from Italy. Check out "Ricardo Fassio Tankio Band Plays the Music of Frank Zappa"!
TOSS PANOS - I love his drumming in Fire Merchants' Landlords of Fire and Mike Keneally's Half Alive in Hollywood and Sluggo.
MARK BRZEZICKI - nice drummer from rock band Big Country.
MARK WALKER - an American drummer who plays Brazilian music superbly.
JOJO MAYER - powerful playing with Screaming Headless Torsos.
GENE LAKE - Screaming Headless Torsos' live album and Fiuczynski/Medeski's Lunar Crush have some bombastic fills.
JOEL TAYLOR
MARK CRANEY
CLAUDIO TROTTA - some serious drumming with Deus ex Machina, an Italian prog-fusion band.
JOEL ROSENBLAT
BARRIEMORE BARLOW - great drumming with Jethro Tull.
JOEY BARON
CASEY SCHEUERELL
PACO SERY - very musical drummer from marvellous french band Sixun. Jaco Pastorius asked him: What planet did you come from???
ANDREW GANDER - virtuoso drummer from Australian band Sonic Fiction (that includes members of Chad Wackerman band).
RALPH HUMPHREY

Maybe I could include more three drummers: GARY NOVAK, ZACH DANZIGER and CHAD WACKERMAN.

**WecklsMechanic** · August 22nd, 2004, 08:36 AM

I think the guys name is Curt Covington??

Saw him play one night at La Ve Lee here in Studio City with Scott Henderson. This guys was a Mofo!!!! Tons O'Chops. Threw the kitchen sink and then some to us all night.

**JDouglee** · August 22nd, 2004, 09:55 AM

Michael Bland (aka Michael B) eats John Blackwell for lunch...maybe even literally! [img]rolleyes.gif[/img]

Ralph Humphrey is another one of my "unsung heroes". His versatility & odd time command are pretty badass.