Drums on Family Ties

[Jean-Paul]

Who is playing drums on the TV theme from Family Ties? Very tasty!!! Jean-Paul

[Randy walker]

1 of 2 stand out, either Steve Schaeffer or Ralph Humphrey.

[PocketPlayer]

Only Randy would know that!

[Randy walker]

LOL

[numeroUnoHODfan]

I'm surprised he didn't list the drums/cymbals/mic's/mixing board and studio monitors used in the recording, down to the make and model of the blade used to splice the reels... LOL

j/k, Rand-Man!!! [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

[Randy walker]

Fine I am keeping my info to myself from now on........Play on. [img]graemlins/angel.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/angel.gif[/img]

[FuseU1]

"no. ... No! ... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"....

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ May 12, 2003 08:37 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>

[Clintuplet]

Yeah, Randy don't hold back. I wish someone would come up with a website that listed stuff like drummers on theme songs, ghost drumming, etc.

Clint

[PocketPlayer]

Hey Clint
Right on! I've been bugging Rick Van Horn for ten years to add to MD's "update" telling us who's doing all them commercials. When I hear a snare solo on a Nissan commercial, I want to know who did that gig! Theme songs, movie scores, etc., are also wanted info.

Here's one for ya...Who were the cats playing on the CHIPS TV series? I've alwyas loved the snare stuff on the original Mission Impossible series. Remember that snare & cymbal interplay?

I also love 60's TV comedies and DIG the snare sound on Batman, The Munsters, just to name a few. Give me that "boxy" pop anyday!!!

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ May 12, 2003 09:07 PM: Message edited by: PocketPlayer ]</font>

[Randy walker]

If memory serves, Emil richards and Joe Porcaro did Mission Impossible. But there so many cats doing htis stuff.
David Crigger, Steve Houghton, Gregg Bissonette cut his teeth doing double drums with Houghton on the Knight Rider show.
Steve Scheaffer who first played drums in The Tijuana Brass got into sessions/jingles/shows. Alan Estes-persussionist. Mike Baird, even Vinnie was doing some of this stuff.
It's all Union work but not heavy on the credit side, very tough to even steal charts from the gigs, charts are handed out like 5 minutes before downbeat and picked up right after the last cue is cut.