Keith Carlock videos (right here!)

Check these out (bottom of da page, featuring "Uncle Will"):
http://www.dandom.com/carlock/
and tell me what they're like 'cause I don't have broadband [img]graemlins/sleepy.gif[/img] , DOH! [img]eek.gif[/img]

Juicy?
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Thank you for the link! Sorry you can't see them, cuz they are OOOOZing with feel and groove. I haven't heard Keith play before, let alone see him.

Thank you!
Danny

I can't watch the guy, he sets up way too strange for me. He sounds good on the new Steely cd. But thats about it for me.
Keith had a teacher back when he was younger named George Lawrence, GL is always gushing over Keith as if he made a huge impact on how Keith plays, come to find in the MD interview that Keith went to North Texas State.

Heck Steve let your opinions rip Man. You are as entitled to what you think as anyone else. As long as we do not start ripping someone as a person( which is very wrong ) it is O.K. to state what you get and do not get from someone's playing. And it is cool when one is able to state an opinion with knowledge, insight and clarity into one's playing(as you and others do and can do) rather than making old stale generic statements like: It was just to over the top for me, it was unmusical,I scratch my head waiting for a little more detail than those bland statements.

Digital

I thought his drumming was good but maybe a little one-dimensional. It doesn't help that I didn't like the music....I liked him better when all I'd heard him on was the Dan stuff.

By all means Steve, give us your opinion.
I would freak out if I had a site like yours and felt like I could let it fly.

He has a rather unique style. Not the style that gets me going, but it IS different.

His poor rims!...lol

Reminded me a little of
Steve (Jordan), when he
first came up in NYC. I
dug Jordan alot more.

Look, he's with one of
the greatest bass players.
It's to sound bad with
Will, let me tell you.

He gets one of the most
sought after gigs in SD.

He gives them what they
want - straight groove
with the high-end cut.

There's no fault in what
he does. Perhaps, we've
just seen it before.

Kudos to the dude, with
good wishes.

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 18, 2003 10:56 PM: Message edited by: peter c ]</font>

I'm repeating myself, but I think Keith is the most original drummer out right now. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

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I'm repeating myself, but I think Keith is the most original drummer out right now. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Derek....i think keith should have your words at the bottom of each page of his website. (If he has one). [img]smile.gif[/img]
And i agree his does have an originality to his style.

Keith is just as ugly as Kirk Covington but is also an unconventional drummer. [img]wink.gif[/img] (Reminds me that I've wanted to say this a long time ago: Where are the lady drummers on this forum???? We do not want ugly men but hard groovin ladies who doesn't look like Keith or Kirk [img]eek.gif[/img] ) Maybe it takes a while to appreciate what Keith is doing but his groove is more than just OK but I'd rather buy the CD then the DVD.

His poor drum throne!...LOL [img]graemlins/shhh.gif[/img]

funny someone should mention kirk covington......i wanted to buy some tribal tech but didnt know of the drummer........wots he like?

He's built like an NFL lineman, huge guy. Saw them in Detroit and I dug his playing a lot but sometimes on record he sounds a bit "thin",like on the Holdsworth CD. I don't like the 12" splash, maybe a ten, too much anyway.

Wow......this is the first time I've ever seen/heard Keith, and I have to say that even if you don't like him, you HAVE to admit there's certainly something unique there. He has a hell of a feel, and certainly shows it. I'm very interested to hear more!

Kirk Covington is a killer. His drumming is unorthodox but I have seen him four times live in Amsterdam with Tribal Tech and he is getting better and better. Madness with groove and yes he is ugly [img]eek.gif[/img] but he drives the band and that's what he's been asked for. Check him out!!! All Scott Henderson cd's are great anyway and Joey Heredia kicks major but Kirk too. What I like about Tribal Tech is that it is a band. Not a blues band or a fusion band but just a band playing a lot of styles with good tunes some night better then the other. We are talking about music here. Once again check him out!!!

What I found interesting was that he tilts his snare inwards, ala Buddy, Freddie, and Steve Smith, but his traditional grip left hand holds the stick WAY back at the end. Seems like that kinda defeats the whole Gruber/Buddy concept of letting the stick to the work.......

Yeah, he was painful to look at, but I'll tell ya what, the grooves on GodWhacker, GreenBook, and Lunch with Gina from SD's Everything Must Go speak for themselves.......

Best of luck to the lad. It was cool seeing Will Lee playing barefoot(?). He's a monster. Kinda makes you wonder how challenged he really is with the Letterman gig, other than the sight reading. (Lotsa steady money though, eh?)

I was watching closer and he has got some SLICK hip drum shit goin on with his left hand...solid drummer.

Kirk is a great player IMHO.
He is unconventional, but it works.
He is also a very nice and funny guy.
Good ole Texas boy.

He can play the keyboards and sing with the best of them as well.

Keith IS a very original player.
I think I need to see him play (other than the video) to get a better grasp on what he is trying to do.

Kirk is a great player... sometimes he sounds a bit forceful & manic on all that live boot TT stuff, but what the hay! Controlled manic-hysteria! Gotta luv it. Met him in Clearwater, FL on a TT gig a coupla yrs back... he was indeed a nice chap... & he IS built like an NFL lineman... & yes he IS an exceptionally good bluesy, soulful singer & pianist! He should have his own blues/r&b contract thing happenin' like Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Chris Duarte, Jeff Healey, & whatnot...
Kirk, Brian Blade [another excellent drummer, altho different & unique], & Carlock [from what i've heard] are often painful to watch play the instrument... somewhat physically unorthodox-looking playing styles... but the sounds they make more than compensate....

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 20, 2003 05:46 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>