Drummers I should I care about

[Richard E]

Clyde Stubblefield
Ringo Starr
Keith Moon
Stewart Copeland
... who else?

[AnsleyL]

Art Blakey
Elvin Jones

[Alain L]

Max Roach !!

[Anthony P]

Billy Cobham
don't know if Jimmy Chamberlain is still playing
Narada Michael Walden

[Richard E]

any Jaki Liebezeit fans here?

[AnsleyL]

Jaki Whazzitnow?

[Richard E]

Jaki is from the band Can

[AnsleyL]

I like the album Ege Bamyasi and Tago Mago.. Is that him?  Good drums.

[Richard E]

yes he is the drums/percussion on all their albums

[Neil C]

Tomas Haake from the extreme metal band Meshuggah is doing some cool stuff.
Also, check the current version of King Crimson. They play live with 3, sometimes 4, drummers and it's unreal.

[Richard E]

I foolishly left Maureen Tucker out of my first post

[AnsleyL]

I've been in a big Lou Reed/VU phase lately.. I usually go through one every decade or so..

[Richard E]

I've been in a big Lou Reed/VU phase lately.. I usually go through one every decade or so..

Did you read the Lou Bockris bio of him?
Have you read "Edie" by Jean Stein?
What do you think of the Paris 1974 performance I posted here?
Lou is top-5 all time for me

[AnsleyL]

I've read Edie maybe 50 times over the course of my life since I was a kid.. one of my favorite books of all time..

Love that 74 performance

havent read the bio.. you recommend?

[ginchy]

Pete Thomas (The Attractions/Imposters)
Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil)