ever wanted to watch stevie wonder kick some ass?
the man is spring-loaded.

I saw someone mentioned Seb from Trans Am. I'm all for him, Kevin Coultas from Rodan, Loz from Ride and, seriously, my drummer, Pete Nuwayser. At almost every show we play I can hear people cheering as he pulls out these insane fills he drops like easter eggs in the middle of my li'l ol' pop songs. The brilliant fills used to distract me, to the point where I'd forget what I was doing, but I've acclimated. -E

PS And Than ... I don't know his last name. He was just on tour with Adam Franklin and his feel was IMPECCABLE. Real sweetheart of a guy, too.

Once went to the House of Blues here in Cleveland to see Ernie Krivda's Fat Tuesday Big Band. The drummer was no older than 15 and he did a massive solo for their rendition of "Sing, Sing Sing." Not sure if he still plays with them since that was three or four years ago, but that kid has a future in drumming.

The best drummer I have seen in real life is Cheshire Agusta from Stinking Lizaveta. Absolutely rock solid performance. She drummed like she was possessed.

I saw them at a small local venue, and before they went on Cheshire was sitting down in a quiet dark corner of the venue doing what looked like Karmic Yoga. This with the hustle and bustle of a venue seemed to require some amount of discipline and concentration.

ringo
much maligned, but the coolest weird feel and great parts

bonham
the best rock drummer of all time

levon helm
amazing feel...check the groove on "revolution blues" by neil young
http://hypem.com/search/revolution%20bl ... 20young/1/

james gadson
amazing soul drummer...check out the bill withers band on "old grey whistle test" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzcfz9CD ... ed&search=

bernard purdie
perfect marriage of feel and technique. cocky, but good.

I've been blown away by many great drummers live

The dude from Helmet rocked pretty hard as did the guy from Jawbox back in the day.

Not on the level of Bonham or Grohl but i've only seen those guys on vids, grohl only plays guitar now

Matt Walker- Saw him w/Morrissey recently and he fucking killed.

Gerald Dowd, from Robbie Fulks' band is the most naturally gifted drummer I've ever seen. So good is his drumming that it becomes lucid, way beyond the role of a 'timepiece'.

Glen Kotche was almost impossibly good when I saw Wilco at the Prizker Pavilion.

Holy shit, Keko! I almost forgot. Please forgive me master!

sharko wrote:Gerald Dowd, from Robbie Fulks' band is the most naturally gifted drummer I've ever seen. So good is his drumming that it becomes lucid, way beyond the role of a 'timepiece'.
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i played with this dude once. he had never heard any of my songs before and he nailed the whole set. badass.

Peter Irvine from Cordelia's Dad. Frame drum, full kit, punk, jazz... everything.