I rewatched Sting's Bring on the Night last evening. I had forgotten how good Omar is. I wonder why drummers don't talk about him much. Any ideas why?
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I rewatched Sting's Bring on the Night last evening. I had forgotten how good Omar is. I wonder why drummers don't talk about him much. Any ideas why?
Omar has kept a low profile, he went thru some personal stuff. Did a new solo cd called The Groovesmith. Worked with Madonna, Chic.
Seems to be out of the spotlight more than in.
When weather report hit town with him he was catapulted into the limelight as most are, as the new hotshot. I hate the way magazines do that, its as if the guy has just come from the womb. He hadnt!
He a great player and fantastic guy.
I love his playing on the DOTB turtles album and the weather report stuff. Money for nothing intro is classic stuff.
He's underestimated definately.
We've discussed him a couple of times awhile back in here... phe-NOM-enal player...
...& if u liked that [Sting], then u need to march out & get [if u don't have already]:
John Scofield's "Still Warm," &...
Weather Report's "Domino Theory"...
...for starters [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] !!!
Somewhere around here [like i say about all my "search/rescue mission" VHS'laying in boxes/piles around here] i also have a VHS of him live at Carnegie Hall[?] in an all-star band [McCoy Tyner & a bunch of other jazz legends]... i 4get the name/date/occasion [img]eek.gif[/img] ....
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 10, 2003 03:50 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
Omar is bad!!! He kills on BOTN (both movie and CD) I wish we could sign a petition to:
A)Have BOTN the movie released on DVD.
B)Have Omar's killer solo put back in to 'I Burn
for You' on the CD.
What personal Stuff did Omar go through? His web site has been "under construction" for 3 years now.
He went thru a divorce..........He has 2 kids. I don't know all the circumstances but divorce sucks in general and can take the life out of a person.
Definitely... witness Weckl's change from Zildjian to Sabian, and getting rid of Buzz Feiten, to save $$$.....
I hope Omar didnt get as fleeced as I heard Dave did. But you are right, the kids are the biggest casualty of the whole deal.
Our dear Mr Vince went thru that too [img]redface.gif[/img]
Omar is a completely incredible player...I cant get over why Sting would omit Omar's 5 minute drumsolo from Bring on the Night CD....(Ok,time constraints and ego aside.)
I've heard a few boots from that tour and Omar actually plays and long unaccompanied drumsolo after Darryl's bass solo...After about 5 minutes of pure Omar shreddfest....The band re-enters with the vamp and Omar goes f'ing nuts.....
My boot originated from Winmx....The song itself is about 15 minutes long.....
I have only the version of "I burn for you" from this boot which was recorded in Amerstdam.....The whole set is available but on my dial-up it would take way too long....