Sash, is that the REAL Sherrie in the video?
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Sash, is that the REAL Sherrie in the video?
That is,in fact,her. One of these days I'll tell you some funny shit about that! Put it this way,she's a f'ing directors nightmare. Steve insisted on her being in that video..primadonna's.
The "I'm Steve Perry's girlfriend and my poop don't stink" paradigm, huh? The girls in my office back then used to nauseate me talking about him. But I'm done rippin' on the guy, Fuse & Five were just having a little fun.
Thanks for the info, duders. Got any more neat Weckl stories? I've listened to that new CD all afternoon and WOW!!
Unfortunately,I don't have anymore COOL Weckl stories...just bad experiences after that [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img] .I'll always love his playing and that is all that matters...great musical memories... bad personal ones.
Weckl in sting would be a nightmare.
It would be like Garabaldi in the beatles, doin the oakland submarine.
http://www.sabian.com/english/upload/WecklSnG_84.jpg
Circa '84...somebody had to! [img]redface.gif[/img]
Here's my DW story (imagine if he really played them type of skins!)
A few years after this photo, with Chick, & Patitucci, the boys played at my college. I was the senior rep for shows and stuff. I had no idea...just another gig at the time for me.
Hours before the show, I had to help get things in order. I was driving around with one of the guys on Chick's team. He started talkin' about this new drummer, "Wait til you see this guy...he's really somthin'"
I decided to call my drum teacher at the time who was studying with Jeff Hamilton. Last minute, there was a problem with the sound and we jammed to get Chick some type of cable he needed. I got there late but my seat was front row center. I hooked up with my drum teacher and looked around. The hall was packed and all these rock head drummers in LA showed up. "Hmmmm, maybe this is the place to be???"
Dave played and all my instructor could say is, "This guy played some of the most intense music and never dropped a bead of sweat! Can you believe that man?" He also thought JP was the best thing in the band.
Time slipped by, maybe ten years, and then I got into Weckl. It dawned on me that it was that guy I helped set up back in college!
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 19, 2003 12:22 AM: Message edited by: PocketPlayer ]</font>
Know what's funny? That young, whipper-snapper in that picture was bustin' some serious a** even way back then!
Hey Stavis,
you wouldn't happen to be drummer Steve Davis of Lynn Arriale fame would you? If so, you're a beast and I love the record you did on double-time with Richie Beirach and Francois Moutin!
Talking about Weckl, I recently spoke to the manager of the drumshop who brought Dave for a Sabian clinic a couple months ago. He told me about the 2 weeks of headaches he had before the clinic working with what he called "the insane and infinite list of gear and special requests" that Dave wants for a clinic.
Dave doesn't carry anything for a clinic and he needs his exact same setup with the exact item numbers and year of fabrication: drums, heads, sticks, cymbals, hardware, bells, percs, mics, electronics, ear monitoring...
A store doesn't have all the brands and stores in my area don't have large inventories of high-end pro equipment . He had to shop alot to get each and every little piece of gear.
I understand that Dave is sponsored but is he obligated to do so.
It also extends to the brand, size and number of water bottles, towels and temperature of the hall. Dave said: "The hall is at 31 degrees and I asked for 30 degrees, get me a fan!" They finally found a fan. "Not enough, get me 2 fans!"
Well, the results for us Weckl fans attending the clinic is an amazing sound and performance but the drumshop manager said: "You don't wanna be the guy spending all day trying to please him".
It's not like Dom who's a "no problem" guy and who's only request for a sabian clinic is: Sabian cymbals.
But now being an international drum star , I think Dave deserves the right to get what he wants just like a diva singer. I just wish that someday I could do that or maybe I'll remain a "no problem" guy, who knows.
Dave was totally satisfied with how it went, but you only know it at the end of the clinic.
P.S.: It's not finished. After the clinic they went to a good restaurant and, not surprisingly, nothing on the menu pleased Dave. So then again he asked for special orders with this but not that and a little bit of pesto...
I'll stop, it's gettin into gossip. [img]graemlins/shhh.gif[/img]