You know what's wild? With most top-shelf drummers, you eventually find the limit to their "bag of tricks." You listen to them over and over again, and you kind of lose that sense of awe that you had when you first discovered their playing. But not Dave. The other night, I watched an entire concert that he did with Mike Stern and Chris Minh-Dokey. I had good studio headphones on, so I could hear pretty much everything Dave was doing. And I gotta say... the guy still, to this day, after thirty-some-odd years of listening to him, makes me go, "How in the hell does he do everything so RIGHT?!" It's like he never, ever plays the wrong thing. He has some kind of superpower that places practically everything he plays right in the sweet spot; not just in terms of WHAT he plays, but also HOW he plays it. I really despise people using the word "genius," because they tend to use it whenever they feel like it. But when it comes to Dave, that word starts looking pretty good. The guy's just special.
I really enjoy listening to Dave playing the drums. He’s one of my favorites.🥁
Weckl is one of them guys u can hear a single measure and KNOW it's him.
“Them” guys?
The same for Patitucci and Corea, 3 geniuses
You know what's wild? With most top-shelf drummers, you eventually find the limit to their "bag of tricks." You listen to them over and over again, and you kind of lose that sense of awe that you had when you first discovered their playing.
But not Dave.
The other night, I watched an entire concert that he did with Mike Stern and Chris Minh-Dokey. I had good studio headphones on, so I could hear pretty much everything Dave was doing. And I gotta say... the guy still, to this day, after thirty-some-odd years of listening to him, makes me go, "How in the hell does he do everything so RIGHT?!" It's like he never, ever plays the wrong thing. He has some kind of superpower that places practically everything he plays right in the sweet spot; not just in terms of WHAT he plays, but also HOW he plays it.
I really despise people using the word "genius," because they tend to use it whenever they feel like it. But when it comes to Dave, that word starts looking pretty good.
The guy's just special.
Dave, His Talent and That Mullett. I Love Him.
....the control, musicality, and evenness of the whole kit....
Yep - I am hearing allot of Gadd here also. I think over time he developed his own voice
Agreed. Lot of Gadd & Colaiutta on this particular time period
he has a better technique now... AMAZING TALENT!
I miss the hair.
Song title????
Quartet #1. Amazing record, one of my favorites ("Three Quartets"). No wonder Dave has a Gadd-y feel here, it's Dr. Steve on the original :)
Hearing a lot of Gadd in this
Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Gadd was his idol!!!!
@@sticktrik I should've known that. Makes sense 😃 👍 👊
Steve Gadd played on the original recording (Three Quartets), so that makes perfect sense :)
Modern Steve Gadd kopie.