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^^^^^ Christ yes !! Bloomin ace. Is that in 5/4 time ? A bit out of my league !

One bloke who played in the band I was in had a "Tokai". I really couldn't tell it apart from a Strat, really nice sound (I thought). Anyone ever had one of these ? Are they still about ?

1 hour ago, mjmooney said:

No. John Shepard is of 'our' generation, but he's Leeds born and bred (big LUFC fan, and a vegan, but I forgive him). Fantastic drummer, btw. 

Cheers . Great kit btw

11 hours ago, mjmooney said:

John's got about 9 or 10 kits, he's done a lot of pro drumming. He bought that snare off the Tears For Fears drummer. 

Is "John" from the Birmingham area ? Just wondered if I knew him - although I have been away from the music scene for some years now.

7 hours ago, chrisp65 said:

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I’m a good Methodist background that flirts with Quakers. .

I realise that many people on here don't believe in formal or indeed have any time for it but .... didn't Quakers do quite a bit for Society ? Decent work conditions ,housing etc particularly where they were factory owners/employers ?.

Bloomin 'ell ! That is an ace kit. From memory  - the 9000 was the top of the Yamaha range - possibly maple shells. I looked at a kit of those in Musical Exchange , but opted for Pearl 'cos a) it was cheaper and b) I really didn't warrant such a kit . You will be really interested to know that groove master Steve Gadd uses 'em. There are various 'Black Beauty' models (I think) but they are top quality bits of kit. Some Black Beauty   are about £500+  - just the snare drum. Very interesting !!

Wasn't the original idea that Tele's were used as rhythm  guitars whilst the Strat was for lead guitarists ? I remember 'Harmony' guitars had a similar product (many on here may not have heard of them due to my advanced years). In the original Spencer Davis Group, Spencer Davis had a twin pick up, single cut away whilst Steve Winwood, on lead, had 3 pick up twin cutaway. Might have been called The Meteor - not sure now. 

If this England performance is not bad enough - what the hell happened to Warwicks last night !!!

N.B. As a student of Classic English Literature , I'm afraid I pinched the "definitely not  a toy" line from ..... "MAD" magazine. (What, me worry !!)

Back in the 60's , Ibanez guitars were advertised in Mail Order catalogues and came with a note saying "definitely not a toy" !! They then seemed to re invent themselves and became really desirable  - our guitarist had one. I know a bit more about drums though and Pearl drums were a similar example. There was a large music store in Broad Street called George Clay (who was a big Villa fan incidentally). He got in a kit of Pearl and they were in the front of the window for months and eventually shifted to the back. Later became one of the best kits around (IMO) and were used by the great Jeff Porcaro. (He could have made biscuit tins sound good though!!)

2 minutes ago, bickster said:

This was announced on 6Music News this morning...

Guardian

My reaction was who, what?

Never heard of them or those songs

Shame on you ! You've never heard Summer Breeze, later covered by the Isley Brothers. This was a great era of soft Rock   - Seals and Crofts , England Dan and John Ford Coley etc.

17 hours ago, mjmooney said:

That and the bloody Yamaha DX7. Ugh. 

A bloke I played with was instrumental in programming that !!

Warwickshire !!! Flatter to deceive; how on Earth could they lose to Leicestershire !

On 29/05/2022 at 09:39, mjmooney said:

Yeah, I assumed he was long dead, too. 

 

I can exclusively reveal that his funeral will be next Wednesday at 20/1 

Yep , Stirling a very good signing for Warks. However, I'm still recovering from the Commentator (might have been PSL) describing him as standing at "one and a half slip'.

The only plus side could be that the radio dedicate several hours to playing "Yes" numbers. That being the case, let's hope Oasis live forever !! 

25 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said:

Alan White, drummer in Yes has died. I could never get into Yes, even though I tried, but he was a very good drummer indeed and a bit more streamlined than the incessantly experimental Bill Bruford.

Also famous for drumming on John Lennon's Imagine.

Indeed ! All the musos in 'Yes' were damn good IMO but I couldn't get into them either (liked Roundabout though). i thought their stuff was quite complicated with some difficult tempo and time changes (difficult for me anyway !!). I think I could have played most things on Lennon's album though :). A great drummer RIP

3 hours ago, mjmooney said:

Were they any good (as compared with Ludwig, Premier, etc.) ? 

Hmm , subjective I suppose. They were better than the Premier I had in the rock band but probably not as good as the Ludwig i had before - shouldn't have swapped 'em really. However neither were as good as the Pearl DLX I had before I packed it in. I used to change kits quite regularly in order to minimise tax liability. Yardleys/Musical Exchanges must have loved me  . Our keyboard player did the same.

I think he was an extremely astute business man and rumoured to be as wealthy as The Beatles. The band I played in supported Roy Castle and his drummer told me the "Rogers" drums paid him a fortune to use their kit 'cos everyone wanted Ludwig - as per Ringo. I had Rogers drums at the time.

23 hours ago, mjmooney said:

Not just ska. Most pro touring and session players in the late 50s would have been jazzmen at heart, but they did rock'n'roll/pop sessions because the music was laughably easy to play and paid well. 

An example from my book Roots of Rock Drumming; ace session player Bobby Graham was asked to play on a record by the God awful Dave Clarke Five . Clarke , who could hardly actually play, kept telling him to simplify it so Clarke could play it. He ended up just playing "4 to the floor with everything ,hi hat, bass drum and snare drum" Clarke said that was perfect.

If you like Vangelis' theme to "Blade Runner' , have a listen to the version by 'Morrissey Mullen'. The late Dick Morrissey and ace guitarist Jim Mullen.

Rick Price, Birmingham born bassist with numerous Birmingham bands . Perhaps most famously Roy Wood's Wizzard. Think he was married to the female half of Peters and Lee (Diane?).

Don't know if anyone is planning to fly out of Heathrow shortly. I took a mate down there yesterday who is flying to New Zealand (via Los Angeles). He passed through check in and Customs with very little trouble and said there were no significant problems. Hope this might reassure any one using LHR.

No I didn't know but Wild Angels looks like it ! They were really big on the University circuit ; I once played a small gig at Manchester University and they were in the main hall. Excellent Rock and roll band I thought. We were never good enough to break into that scene.

23 hours ago, rjw63 said:

Drummer Ric Parnell, 70.

Former member of Atomic Rooster and also appeared in Spinal Tap. 

His Dad was Jack Parnell, an excellent  big band/jazz drummer who (I think) was the Leader of The London Palladium Orchestra. Some talent in that family !