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Supreme Being
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| | Ive been listening to Chris Layton (double trouble) on the SRV tracks alot lately. I love this guys' groove and style. also his drums were always recorded well. they sounded great. Tama drums i guess? I know he plays fibes now but that switch was after stevie died |
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| | "Whipper" is/was a solid player who salient talent was always keeping his eye on the bandleader (SRV, Malford Milligan, Doyle Bramhall II, Charlie Sexton, et al). I dearly love my "Live At The El Mocambo" DVD since it captures what I believe to be the absolute apex of SRV's, Chris', and Tommy's playing careers. The three of them work up quite a righteous sweat in front of a roomful of drunken (yet appreciative) Canadians. And to think that, back in the day, we used to have flame wars around here about whether Layton could adequately shuffle, etc. Just as SRV will split a room of blues-purists right down the middle, so will any mention of Chris Layton apparently.
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| | Chris was SRV's Bonzo. He never really turned my head like a Mitch Mitchel but he was so right for Stevie. I cant think of anyone who could have driven the Vaughnmeister any better. |
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| | A mitch mitchell fan??? I could never get into him. you would think a musical virtuoso like Jimi hendrix would have been paired up with somebody a bit more skilled than mitchell. dont get me wrong he could keep the beat but any track i've heard or seen him on has left much to be desired |
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| BBgretsch (2/17/2008)
A mitch mitchell fan??? I could never get into him. you would think a musical virtuoso like Jimi hendrix would have been paired up with somebody a bit more skilled than mitchell. dont get me wrong he could keep the beat but any track i've heard or seen him on has left much to be desiredManic depression?, Freedom?. Those are just a couple J.H. tunes where i thought Mitchells playing was very cool. Ive never patterned my own playing from his but he did turn my head. Ian and Bonzo?, now there are two guys that caused me some loss of sleep. |
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| | True, manic depression is a cool tune, and its even kinda tricky to play, also "fire" was a cool track with straight through drum fills, but I was just basing my opinion on the fact that he could have been so much better. for a guy that plays with hendrix you'd thing the bar would get raised a bit. I get frustrated watching those dudes back in the 60's playing the double bass kits and not even using the 2nd kick. |
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| Moonie at least never had that problem. No high hat = a free left foot = maximum fugga-dugga!
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| | My recollective skills are waning. Wasnt Mitch a single bass guy?. I never thought Moony was a fugga dugga guy.....not in the sence that Appice was. What sticks in my mind about Moony was his focus on cymbal usage. |
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| | alot of old films ive seen of the who have shots of moon playing back there with two bassdrums but the 2nd one had no pedal |
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