#1 best Keyboardist and Drummer?
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Topic: #1 best Keyboardist and Drummer?
Posted By: Oberon
Subject: #1 best Keyboardist and Drummer?
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 15:22
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KEYBOARDIST: 1. Richard Wright (Pink Floyd). 2. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin). 3. Jon Lord (Deep Purple). 4. Daniel Melero (Soda Stereo). 5. Ara Tokatlan (Arco Iris). 6. Charly Garcia (Sui Generis). 7. Fito Paez. DRUMMERS: 1. Roger Taylor (Queen). 2. Stewart Copeland (Police). 3. Porl Thompson (The Cure). 4. Hermes Calabria (Baron Rojo) ------------- Hello, I visit this interesting site a year ago. |
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 19:00
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Wait a minute. In what way is this topic different from the other one about best keyboard player and drummer? |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 19:06
Looks the same to me |
Moogtron III wrote:Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 19:16
That's exactly what I was thinking -------------  |
Posted By: Arfa
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 08:41
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There are so many good keyboardists and drummers out and about, you cant really determine the best ones... evreyone has a different taste in music. ------------- Mugali Wa! |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 10:12
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I agree^^ ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 12:49
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Bemused why this subject has come up so quickly after an identical thread in last couple of weeks; do a local search: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/search.asp?KW=keyboard+&SM=1&SI=TC&FM=0&OB=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/search.asp?KW=keyboard+&am p;SM=1&SI=TC&FM=0&OB=1 and at this point of time, same thread title twice in top 5 strikes.
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Posted By: walrus
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 13:52
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Did you heard keith emerson and wakeman?? or bill bruford and dany carey??
*sorry about my bad english ------------- you and whose army? |
Posted By: ShaggyMcShagg7
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 14:58
| This is a prog forum bro. Those guys are respectable, but nowhere near most talented. John Paul Jones was a member of the best hard rock band of all time, but he is nowhere near the best keyboardist. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 15:13
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Posted By: Semprini
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 15:57
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FYI: Porl Thompson is a guitarist not a drummer. Though I
would say Boris Williams is in my top ten... |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 16:14
Of course there is no doubt about who the best keyboarder and drummer are: Jeanine Greifswald-Tolleson and Friederike Greifswald-Tolleson, the keyboarder and drummer of the Bald Angels, the band of my wife and me.     (Take that as tongue in cheek).-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 16:18
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 17:44
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Why is this thread still alive? Maani should delete it I say!
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Posted By: carlostarkus
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 18:15
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Don´t cry for me Argentina.
You are a perfect madonna.
You are an agent provocateur.
I´m sure that your prefered keyoard player, is the one that plays on the Ramone´s albuns.
and the drummer is the one that plays on the Ritchie Blackmore´s night.
Am i wrong?
I´m not gona gave you names , because you know who are the best. and you behave like a virgin.
A moog riff on the ass
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Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 18:18
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Peart and Bardens ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: carlostarkus
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 18:20
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Best keyboardist ? Joey ramone.
Best drummer? Pete Sinfield.
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 18:20
Yes, but this combines best keyboardist and best drummer into one super poll.  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: carlostarkus
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 18:25
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Your opinion is a sh*t.
Those guys are from the second division.
Best team? Bolton.
Best Keeper? John Pierce.
You know that you don´t understand nothing from rock music?
Why don´t you go to the forum of disco sound?
Or dismantle Michael Jackson make up.
From what country or galaxy do you came?
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 18:32
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Ok, Mr. Carlos Tarkus... I read 2 posts from you and both were provocative. A nice way to find friends here.
One more and you're out... ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 17:53
| Jordie & Mike. |
Posted By: Hat of Truth
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 05:13
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I like Rick Davies from Supertramp. But drummer is Nick Mason. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 14:02
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Lets take this literally, best drummer and keyboardist , i.e in the form of one person. The following come to mind as multi-instrumentalists who have played both on albums Gary Husband Jan Hammer Jack DeJohnette ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: December 27 2007 at 17:22
Jack DeJohnette is one of my absolute favorites, talk about a consummate musician... Does the "keyboardist" tag apply to keyboard percussionists (players of vibes, marimba, etc.)? If so, I must add Pierre Moerlen to the list!  |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 28 2007 at 15:38
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr-spb0SETE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr-spb0SETE |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 14:49
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If separate, I'm going to have to go all-Genesis on this one. Tony's keyboards are a cornerstone of their sound and after listening to all of "Selling England by the Pound" last night I was amazed. Phil's drumming is another of those little things that go such a long way. He can hold a beat, he can show off, and best of all he's killer when the band go into jazzier territory. But if we're talking about the best keyboardist/drummer, I'm going to have to say Yoshiki from the famous Japanese metal band X-Japan. He's a virtuoso at both instruments (which ought to be pretty rare I'd think) and a great songwriter. Plus he's fun to watch on drums because he reminds me of Animal from The Muppets. I think many people here would like this band since they definitely have their prog moments (especially on the almost 30-minute "Art of Life") and for people who like classic heavy metal since they also channel Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 02:17
| the Supersilent 'duo' of Stale Storlokken (keyborads/synths) and Jarle Vespestad (drums/percussives) for their amazing ability to listen to one another and create beautiful tones n' textures.......... |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 23:33
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 19:20
Jarle Vespestad is an amazing drummer, especially his work with Farmer's Market which is absolutely stunning!
For all time favorite drummers, I'd say Mark Zonder, Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Pierre Moerlen and Daniel Denis have certainly influenced me a lot.
As for keyboardists, Keith Emerson and Kerry Minnear are particular faves. Theres many others too though, I just can't name them all.
------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 06:17
Pierre Moerlen was an excellent keyboarder too, by the way; he was a classically trained piano player before he took up drumming. The following anecdote about him (taken from the Gong homepage) shows that: Jonny Greene I first met Pierre in 1990 when he came to stay at the house I shared with Daevid in Somerset. The three of us went out to eat at a local café, The Blue Note, which as it's name implies often had live music in the evenings. Two very good local jazz musicians, John Cartwright & Jackie Whitren were playing, and as a happy Pierre got into what they were doing he started to play along using just his hands on the table top. In fact he got so into it that after a while, on the appreciative nod of John Cartwright at the electric piano, he even took a solo. And when he came to the end of the solo the whole, full café, who had no idea who he was, burst into loud, prolonged spontaneous applause - he'd been that good! He was always that good. I'll remember him and the times we had on tour with much fondness. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Ursula
Date Posted: April 21 2008 at 15:39
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There is only one Keyboard King and that has to be:-
TONY BANKS!!
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: April 23 2008 at 12:20
Richard Wright? Roger Taylor? Urgh i hate sounding snobby, but this was asking for it  ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 23 2008 at 12:33
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Huh? John Paul Jones primary instrument was the bass dude. He played keyboards with one finger.
I choose OTHER (Rick Wakeman by a hair over Tony Banks, and Bill Bruford)
edit---wow, I just realized that someone decided to resurrect this 3 year old thread. Never mind. Half of the people here weren't even born then.
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Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: April 23 2008 at 13:43
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Posted By: nahnite
Date Posted: April 24 2008 at 14:23
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Hmmmm...
Drummer?
Neil Peart, with Lars Ulrich & Mike Portnoy a close second.
Keyboardist?
Tony Banks.
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Posted By: Prof.
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 02:14
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Geddy Lee and Neil Peart?
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Posted By: cesar polo
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 03:30
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Best keyboardist: 1-RICK WAKEMAN (Yes) 2-KEITH EMERSON (E.L.P.) 3-PETER BARDENS (Camel) 4-JON LORD (Deep Purple) 5-KEN HENSLEY (Uriah Heep) Best drummer: 1-CARL PALMER (E.L.P.) 2-IAN PAICE (Deep Purple) 3-NEIL PEART (Rush) 4-PHIL COLLINS (Genesis) 5-ANDY WARD (Camel) |
Posted By: cosmic_owl
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 10:05
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Thank you for saying Andy Ward and Peter Bardens Cesar. I was about to. And don't dis Rick Wright too much everybody. He may not be the most talented, but he and Gilmour are the two that really gave Floyd their sound musically. This whole poll's kinda screwed up. Is there really a "best"? It's all a matter of opinion. If you put most of these guys up against each other, they'd probably come out even is a far as talent and technical prowess goes.
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Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 16:01
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Vangelis can play some mean keys and hammer on the drums. He gets my vote as keyboard/drummer. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 16:28
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Best keyboardist: Dave Stewart (Khan, Egg, Hatfeild and the north, National health)
Best drummer: Michael Giles (KC, McDonald & Giles)
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 16:44
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best? or fave?
These polls are always misunderstood, or maybe bad told with the title. These are my faves: Keyboardists: #1 Jon Lord #2 Rick Wakeman #3 Tony Banks #4 Richard Wright #5 John Evans Drummers: #1 Bill Bruford #2 Carl Palmer #3 Ian Paice #4 Billy Cobham #5 Phil Collins |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 16:49
interesting highly.. hahhahahhahha.. highly frickin inter...hahhahahahhha..esting. I couldn't have come up with a ....hahhahahhah.. list like that if I tried hahhahahhah. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 16:53
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little girl: Mommy, where do bad threads go when they die? mommy: Oh, they never die, dear. They're brought back to life, again and again and again. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 17:47
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Ha. I'll see what I can think of to continue the evil tide: Keys: Keith Emerson (generic) Rick Wakeman (generic) David Sinclair Gianni Leone Hugh Banton Drummers: Carl Palmer (Generic) Bill Bruford (Generic) Mike Giles Jon Hiseman Billy Cobham Bwahahaha! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 17:56
nice list.. in fact damn near exactly what I would put.. you nailed the drummers.. and were pretty close on the keyboardists... two I would change not a fan of the group.. but give the man his due. that Ratridge dude from Soft Machine in the 3 spot..as much as love Leone... would take Toni Pagliuca from Orme. Bigger body of work.. and his work on Felona e Sorona is just as impressive as YS.. just obviously a different flavor. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 17:58
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I very cleverly don't know that The RPI bug hasn't quite caught on yet.
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Posted By: chemo
Date Posted: May 31 2008 at 11:35
| I don't really like too many keyboardists, but Derek Sherinian would have to win for me, and for drummers, not prog, but Flo Mounier. He's unnatuarlly good. |
Posted By: Soulsiick
Date Posted: May 31 2008 at 12:00
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Keyboards: Keith Emerson and....(keyboardist of Eloy,i dont remember his name :D )
Richard Wright
Drummers: Bill Bruford
Carl Palmer mark portnoy !
i also like pat mastalleto ! ------------- When the dogs are looking For their bones And its raining icepicks On your steel shore Im gonna break Im gonna break my Im gonna break my rusty cage and run |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: May 31 2008 at 15:27
Ratledge, Micky, Mike Ratledge........not Ratridge
.......this is the guy on your left on my avatar. However as you put him in your top 5 , the gods of prog will forgive you, sinner At least you're the first to mention him
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 31 2008 at 17:06
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In no real order... Keyboardists: Keith Emerson John Paul Jones Jon Lord Bo Hansson Dave Stewart Dave Sinclair Drummers: John Bonham Robert Wyatt Billy Cobham Bill Bruford I bet i forgot some important ones, but... |
Posted By: FoxClass
Date Posted: June 04 2008 at 05:09
Glad to see Bill Bruford in there  ------------- 
Who would believe me now that my hands are free, that my hands are free. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 22:01
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ARE YOU CRAZY?!?!?!? WAKEMAN & BRUFORD!!!! (Sorry, Bonham fans.) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 22:12
sh*t... well.. my heart was in the right place... the god of prog will forgive me.. for the gods of the English language have already damned me to hell.. The good old southern education of mine wait.. sinner.. did someone say Sinner! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s-cBPn31ys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s-cBPn31ys ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 22:36
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Ratridge? Now that proves that you were electrocuted once and it frizzed your mind, Micky, your mind! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 22:40
hahahha... once... I wish.. I didn't tell Linus about catching my hair on fire last fall when I bucked phase in a meter I was working on.. Melted my channel locks... a damn $30 pair  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 22:44
What are channel locks?  ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 22:49
man's best friend ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 22:57
Somehow I knew you would do that ! Picture and all , your PC probably looks like Emerson's Zoukra Moog module!  I just wasn't familiar with the term. In Canada , we call it something else! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 23:00
yep.. that's why I went for the picture... funny how the same tool can be called all kinds of different things ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 23:06
Thankfully a synthesizer can only be a Cinthia Size A , nothing more! A mellotron is a mellowtron and an organ , oops , different names for that  ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 23:11
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BTW Emerson-Bruford and Wakeman-Palmer are obvious
Otherwise Tomas Bodin - Gavin Harrison look pretty decent too. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 23:13
Keuyboardists:
Drummers:
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 23:21
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Yaye Tony Fernandez ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 23:45
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Five Best Keyboardists: 1. Keith Emerson 2. Rick Wakeman 3. Jon Lord 4. Tony Banks 5. Ray Manzarek Five Best Drummers: 1. Neil Peart 2. John Bonham 3. Keith Moon 4. Carl Palmer 5. Phil Collins (OK, maybe not, but I felt like putting him up here because he's so awesome) ------------- 
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Posted By: St.Cleve Chronicle
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 10:19
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Keyboards: Tony Banks & Keith Emerson Drums: Neil Peart, Phil Collins and Carl Palmer |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 10:24
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Tim Blake and Pierre Moerlen ------------- 
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Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 09:53
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If you answer the post literally, my choice for best keyboardist who is also a fine drummer is: Jan Hammer Listen especially to Jeff Beck , There and Back, Track 1: "Star Cycle." That is Hammer on the drums doing quite a fine job! |