Originally published at: This fellow invented thrash metal drumming back in 1948 (video) - Boing Boing
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[ article posted by Allan Rose Hill ]
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A reminder, regarding discipline:
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Drum Boogie
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OK, but he needs to work on his hair grease techniques.
The concept of the drum kit/ trap drums is one of the coolest musical inventions, it ranks up there with the piano and electric guitar.
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Gene with Benny Goodman, Harry James back in back in the 30’s
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love the energy. glad someone recorded it.
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Ha I forgot about Benny Goodman. Thanks!
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His style is immediately recognizable from audio alone. One of the greatest eVAR.
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And here’s Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich doing a drum battle on the Sammy Davis Jr Show
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They made this point on Freaks and Geeks.
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Buddy Rich vs Animal. Because anyone who performs alongside Muppets is automatically awesome.
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You know you can praise one of music’s greatest drummers without making wildly exaggerated statements like that.
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came here for this. thank you for saving me the trouble of posting it, lol
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Im kinda partial to Tommy Dorsey and Buddy Rich meself…
God bless Ziggy Elman all over the place.
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Ah, Harold Weir. To find a better TV dad, you might have to go to Bandit Heeler.
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Just dropped in to say this has been my favorite BB post in a long time. Wonderful stuff, especially the comments!
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So Animal is 2 degrees of separation from Gene Krupa? (And 3 from Benny Goodman?) Pretty cool.
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Krupa was a huge influence on Peter Criss, as well. Say what one will about KISS, but Criss was an underrated and very tasteful drummer.
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Had no idea how many drum duels Buddy Rich was in. 
Here’s a couple more.
…The straight-ahead master Rich vs the abstract non-linear master Max Roach. Really neat hearing their completely opposite ways of approaching drums. Rich is in the left channel and Roach is in the right.
Buddy Rich vs. Jerry Lewis.
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