Obscure Audio 1: Buddy Rich Cursing His Band

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  • Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer and bandleader, billed as "the world's greatest drummer", heard here in his later days, castigating his band, the majority of whom are, apparently, much younger then him.
    "Whaddaya play? CLAMS?!?!!"
    Notes: (from Wikipedia): The Bus Tapes - Rich's temper, mercurial attitude and imposing personality are documented in secret recordings that pianist Lee Musiker made during some of his tantrums on tour buses and backstage in the early 1980s. These recordings, long circulated in bootleg form, have done much to fuel the reputation of Rich's personality. The tapes were popular with comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, who used three quotes from them more or less verbatim on Seinfeld:
    "If I have to tell you again, we're gonna take it outside and I'm gonna show you what it's like!" ("The Opposite")
    "This guy -- this is not my kind of guy." ("The Understudy")
    "Then let's see how he does, up there, without all the assistance!" ("The Butter Shave")
    On one recording, Rich threatens to fire Dave Panichi, a trombonist, for wearing a beard. Days before Rich died, he was visited by Mel Tormé, who claims that one of Rich's last requests was "to hear the tapes" that featured his angry outbursts. At the time, Tormé was working on an authorized biography of Rich which was released after Rich's death, titled Traps, The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich.
    Although Rich was usually helpful and friendly, he had a short temper. While he threatened many times to fire members of his band, he seldom did so, and for the most part he lauded his band members during television and print interviews. Dusty Springfield allegedly slapped Rich after several days of "putting up with Rich's insults and show-biz sabotage."
    In the Beastie Boys song "Sabotage", the lyrics "I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle," referred to Rich's temper. Buddy Rich held a black belt in karate, as mentioned in a CNN television interview with Larry King, c. 1985.
    Band member and lifelong friend David Lucas says that "Rich had a soft heart underneath it all. His favorite song was "It's Not Easy Being Green".

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  • @metallicarocks911
    @metallicarocks911 8 років тому +1147

    For all of those who don't know:
    Clams = Wrong notes.

    • @tearsofsoy4091
      @tearsofsoy4091 8 років тому +9

      +metallicarocks911 or clammies

    • @metallicarocks911
      @metallicarocks911 8 років тому +37

      Lenin Luna Not just drummers are like this. Charles Mingus, a known upright bassist and songwriter, had a hot temper as well.

    • @CaseyVan
      @CaseyVan 7 років тому +2

      Thanks. I thought it was when your Sax squeaked. That would drive a band leader nuts.

    • @michaelmattice4986
      @michaelmattice4986 7 років тому

      FUNNY CUZ IT'S TRUE:)

    • @acidmardigras6235
      @acidmardigras6235 7 років тому +6

      Did not know that seriously. Thanks.

  • @amherstguitar
    @amherstguitar 9 років тому +664

    This is my favorite Buddy Rich album.

    • @Damonm68
      @Damonm68 3 роки тому +17

      Definitely one of the most entertaining and insightful albums.

    • @willmurray222
      @willmurray222 3 роки тому +31

      Yea especially his hit. Get off my f***ing bus.

    • @amherstguitar
      @amherstguitar 3 роки тому +1

      @@willmurray222That was the bside to You Wanna Fuck With Me on the Bandstand?

    • @ericme4767
      @ericme4767 3 роки тому +12

      He'd make a good rapper.

    • @amherstguitar
      @amherstguitar 3 роки тому +7

      @@ericme4767 MC Get Off My Fuckin' Bus

  • @bufordteejustice1119
    @bufordteejustice1119 9 місяців тому +49

    I met a sax player who played with Buddy for 2 years. He said Buddy yelled a lot but wasnt wrong. He would compliment you if you played well and this is what you get if you didn't. A real legend.

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon 5 місяців тому +1

      makes sense. he is saying something here. it's not just a bunch of ad hominem.

  • @Pickinbuddy
    @Pickinbuddy 7 років тому +153

    "Buddy's Greatest Fits"

  • @bratsampson
    @bratsampson 10 років тому +949

    Most impressive part is how he keeps that drum roll going the whole time too.

    • @glennzornig4978
      @glennzornig4978 5 років тому +16

      Those are the 3 bass drums.

    • @caseyplooy1696
      @caseyplooy1696 5 років тому +47

      bratsampson .......I don’t hear a drum roll, I hear a running diesel engine and he does say “now get off my fuckin bus”. ....Not a drum roll.

    • @Bobpopsiculs
      @Bobpopsiculs 5 років тому +21

      theyre on a bus........

    • @jashley4
      @jashley4 5 років тому +7

      LOL

    • @jim62000
      @jim62000 5 років тому +40

      just sitting there screaming his head off and still doing his drum roll consistently

  • @MrPatricioG
    @MrPatricioG 7 років тому +1076

    I shared the stage with Buddy when I was 5 years old and he was much nicer to me than he was to his band. lol Was at his show sitting in the front row when he fired (jokingly) his piano player during the concert, asked if there were any piano players in the audience and I raised my hand 'cause I started taking lessons when I was 4. He called me up onstage, asked me what song I knew and I told him, "Tiny Tiger!" He told me to "hit it" and I started playing and the band jumped in. Everyone got a kick out of it. He invited my whole family backstage after the show and was super cool. He also lived in my hometown (Palm Springs, Ca.).

    • @shapeshifter8986
      @shapeshifter8986 7 років тому +51

      wow what a story!

    • @wildishbrandino4732
      @wildishbrandino4732 7 років тому +27

      That is a neat story:)

    • @kengibson4054
      @kengibson4054 7 років тому +28

      that's way too cool daddio.

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 7 років тому +10

      Man, I wish I lived in Palm Springs!! Do they still have all the pools, chicks in bikinis, parties, etc?? Sounds like fun.. If it gets 130 degrees, you can always jump in a pool, or something!!

    • @MrJoeythebabykangaro
      @MrJoeythebabykangaro 7 років тому +10

      That. Is. AWESOME.

  • @MrGb4ever
    @MrGb4ever 5 років тому +354

    Buddy have a Snickers!

    • @kf4cln
      @kf4cln 5 років тому +10

      You know how you get when you see a beard.

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 5 років тому +4

      "Don't point that beard at me, it might go off!!!!" --Groucho Marx

    • @tabbbasco_sauce4545
      @tabbbasco_sauce4545 4 роки тому +2

      hahahahahahahahahaha

    • @dabunnyrabbit2620
      @dabunnyrabbit2620 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud 4 роки тому

      YeahNaaahhh that was for when he was calm...
      ...not feeling himself :-/

  • @cjsligojones5101
    @cjsligojones5101 5 років тому +77

    Send away for the Buddy Rich motivational tape today!

  • @Suprematista
    @Suprematista 8 років тому +310

    60 fpm (fucks per minute).

    • @YukiGibson
      @YukiGibson 8 років тому +7

      Genius comment

    • @RandomlyDrumming
      @RandomlyDrumming 8 років тому

      +Suprematista hahaha! Good one! :)

    • @reri5111
      @reri5111 8 років тому

      +Suprematista made my day

    • @stepitupandgo67
      @stepitupandgo67 8 років тому +1

      +Suprematista accurate assessment....

    • @fogtownmike
      @fogtownmike 7 років тому +1

      The moral: speed was reaaaly good in the 60s. Don't do speed and play music, is.

  • @Catsincages
    @Catsincages 8 років тому +915

    I like the story where Buddy Rich once called Dusty Springfield, "a fucking broad" so she slapped him in the face so hard his toupee flew off. Then afterward his band gifted her a pair of boxing gloves as a thank-you.

    • @BassForever44
      @BassForever44 8 років тому +18

      LOL

    • @drumtravelfun
      @drumtravelfun 7 років тому +36

      Then she ended up fucking him. Oh the irony.

    • @SwingingCreeper
      @SwingingCreeper 7 років тому +10

      drumtravelfun no. He wasn't her type.

    • @fredglave8864
      @fredglave8864 7 років тому +50

      Dusty wasn"t in to guys.

    • @myroseaccount
      @myroseaccount 7 років тому +45

      She was a lesbian. She gave Mr Rich a good slapping.

  • @archstanton1628
    @archstanton1628 4 роки тому +84

    Buddy talked like 1920's Hollywood gangsters 😁

    • @Mr-ep2qi
      @Mr-ep2qi 3 роки тому +14

      He was from Brooklyn lol

  • @aten55
    @aten55 4 роки тому +86

    “You’re breaking my heart out there!” Every line is gold.

  • @mattmoves5920
    @mattmoves5920 7 років тому +164

    I've heard more swearing in 5 minutes of Buddy Rich talking to his band than in two hours of movie with Samuel L. Jackson. Now I am impressed. This guy was really talented.

    • @cbrockbishop1566
      @cbrockbishop1566 11 місяців тому +2

      Good one! I was thinkin of Pulp Fiction while listening and then saw your comment

    • @josekuykendall5592
      @josekuykendall5592 10 місяців тому

      He was an asshole he has no right talking to grown ass people like that I would have told go straight to hell buddy rich or no buddy I don't give a shit if he was a Star kiss my ass

  • @themuulen
    @themuulen 9 років тому +777

    is he still tremolling on the snare while he is cursing them?

    • @liampointing9051
      @liampointing9051 9 років тому +5

      themuulen haha top comment

    • @andresrojas22
      @andresrojas22 9 років тому +26

      themuulen that's the proper way to curse at somebody, it's even better with a crescendo

    • @Ash_Hudson
      @Ash_Hudson 8 років тому +7

      Hahaha I hear that

    • @TheFourBrothers18
      @TheFourBrothers18 8 років тому +6

      +themuulen nah he's doing Triple Ratamacue's

    • @creepshowcrate
      @creepshowcrate 7 років тому +9

      Either that or a violent air conditioner.

  • @1bIgFaTsOnOfAbItCh
    @1bIgFaTsOnOfAbItCh 5 років тому +181

    I know some of these musicians that suffered this personally. You want to know how much of a perfectionist Buddy was? All of these guys he's lambasting are bonified prodigies.

    • @james12erby43
      @james12erby43 2 роки тому

      DEEP

    • @rmo52
      @rmo52 2 роки тому

      “Prodigies” = 90% spoiled brats who thought they knew it all already.

    • @RoboSlaughter
      @RoboSlaughter 2 роки тому +12

      Just fyi it's "bona fide" lol

    • @american_cosmic
      @american_cosmic 2 роки тому +7

      @@RoboSlaughter nobody cares.

    • @danielwang7793
      @danielwang7793 Рік тому +12

      @@american_cosmic They should.

  • @brookiestorer5231
    @brookiestorer5231 5 років тому +272

    Every young musician should listen to this on the way to every gig...

    • @binkydrumms
      @binkydrumms 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah

    • @michaelmurphy987
      @michaelmurphy987 4 роки тому +13

      why

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 4 роки тому +17

      There's at least one UA-cam video of compilations of band fights onstage. That's also a good reminder of the dark, sleazy side of things.

    • @davidpellow4877
      @davidpellow4877 4 роки тому

      @@michaelmurphy987
      Maybe so they won't suck (like you must).

    • @markdemell3717
      @markdemell3717 3 роки тому +1

      No!

  • @mattbjorn8889
    @mattbjorn8889 7 років тому +97

    Buddy rich lines are used as some of the funniest Seinfeld lines ever! "Step outside and I'll show you what it's like!!!!!" Outstandingly vague and hilarious.

    • @stevenhandzel5929
      @stevenhandzel5929 4 місяці тому +2

      “No one could write that! Only Buddy Rich could have threatened physical violence with that particular terminology.” --Jerry Seinfeld.

  • @GuitarBassCigar
    @GuitarBassCigar 8 років тому +549

    Sorry, I thought I passed out and was remembering my childhood at home...

    • @crumbb_m
      @crumbb_m 8 років тому +8

      slow clap

    • @clarkewi
      @clarkewi 7 років тому +22

      Geniuses are usually assholes.

    • @weselyhyatt89
      @weselyhyatt89 7 років тому +2

      Buddy was at new Windsor music shop many yrs ago.l was about fifteen then. he showed me for different beats at same time! what a day for a drummer like me.

    • @pb12661
      @pb12661 7 років тому

      lol....me too.

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 7 років тому +12

      No, he is NOT an ass!! Try being in a band, doing all the writing, organizing, composing, all the effort, while some lazy musicians you are working with, show up sometimes, play like they dont give a fuck, and show no enthusiasm, but expect full pay, but they act like they dont give a fuck, and put in the bare minimum effort. He is not being a dick, think how much bullshit he may have already put up with! Imagine you had a business and your workers did the bare minimum, or even less.. while you did everything!! He is the employer, he has a right to bitch about it..

  • @earlgarcia6106
    @earlgarcia6106 5 років тому +41

    “I can hear everything, fuck what you hear..”
    That shit is awesome

  • @kdfan
    @kdfan 6 років тому +27

    I first heard these in 1998 when on tour. We drove across the country listening to these over and over. Still amazing 20 years later.

  • @jawkneeG
    @jawkneeG 7 років тому +527

    The Gordon Ramsay of the drum world haha

    • @jamesfitzgerald6636
      @jamesfitzgerald6636 5 років тому +4

      johnny_schwifty.soundcloud ... he had talent not the asshole Ramsey

    • @zombywoof9188
      @zombywoof9188 5 років тому +5

      Nope. Buddy was truly talented. Not some twat with an over-bloated ego.

    • @winkcrittenden6011
      @winkcrittenden6011 5 років тому +9

      @@zombywoof9188 Is it not possible that he was a truly talented twat with an over-bloated ego?

    • @GamingDrummer89
      @GamingDrummer89 5 років тому +21

      Not sure where a couple people here are getting their impression of Ramsay, but I doubt you've watched, read, or heard enough about him to make an accurate call. A lot of what you see from Ramsay on Hell's Kitchen USA, I believe, is contrived to a degree, and I remember reading that Ramsay himself admitted that he adds a little bit extra to spice it up for the audience. If you watch any other show with him on it, he doesn't come off anywhere near the same way a vast majority of the time...he's got the same demanding standards, but it's done in a much more calm way. I've also heard he's quite nice in person; not what I'd call egotistical, and he certainly has a gigantic amount of talent (albeit in food, not music).

    • @edgardogarcia9686
      @edgardogarcia9686 4 роки тому +10

      No Gordon Ramsey is the Buddy Rich of the food world

  • @mamachip
    @mamachip 7 років тому +466

    Buddy had a hard time pulling good players in his later years, and an even harder time keeping them.
    Anyone wonder why?

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 7 років тому +43

      yeah, because they sucked, and were lazy!!

    • @youreright6627
      @youreright6627 7 років тому +19

      maybe this is the inspiration for the maestro in the drums movie

    • @youreright6627
      @youreright6627 7 років тому +16

      whiplash

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 7 років тому +3

      Whupplash!!

    • @youreright6627
      @youreright6627 7 років тому +12

      Michael Craig right, this audio really made me remember JK Simmons...

  • @doggod86
    @doggod86 3 роки тому +64

    6:01 "you all... you're not my kinda people" quasi-Seinfeld line (The Understudy)
    6:40 "up there without all the assistance" Seinfeld line (The Butter Shave)
    11:20 "or I'll show you what it's like" Seinfeld line (The Opposite)

    • @chefjdog
      @chefjdog 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you sir.

    • @narutobroken
      @narutobroken 3 роки тому +6

      Classic, love how Jerry reused these lines

    • @LameGeneration91
      @LameGeneration91 3 роки тому +1

      I stumbled upon this video after searching “this guy .. this is not my kind of guy” 😂

    • @bedmanokc
      @bedmanokc 3 роки тому +1

      Seinfled loved these tapes for sure/

  • @marcusholmeswright
    @marcusholmeswright 5 років тому +23

    Bottom line, Buddy was one of the most amazing drummers in the history of music. He was astounding every time he played. He had a big heart, and championed young musicians like myself. He had one of the quickest wits you would find anywhere, and a great sense of humor to boot. All this far outweighed the periodic temperamental outbursts (which were also very funny most of the time). I am forever grateful for the opportunity to play in Buddy’s band.
    Bob Mintzer, March 25, 2013

  • @cast390
    @cast390 7 років тому +249

    What do you play, CLAMS????

    • @BfSkinnerPunk
      @BfSkinnerPunk 7 років тому +3

      What is a clam?.....(what is a burn note?). Not finding the answer through googling

    • @hoz49
      @hoz49 7 років тому +11

      an off note, out of tune, not on the chart.

    • @BfSkinnerPunk
      @BfSkinnerPunk 7 років тому +4

      ha! Ok, that makes sense, of course. Just never heard of clams. Thanks. I am officially, more hip!

    • @shadow48668
      @shadow48668 7 років тому +3

      The entire time I thought he was saying, "flams."

    • @tommyembrich
      @tommyembrich 7 років тому +1

      glad im not the only one

  • @kerokerobonita
    @kerokerobonita 9 років тому +517

    It was not quite his tempo :/

    • @piknictable_
      @piknictable_ 9 років тому +2

      Lololol

    • @joedomingo6962
      @joedomingo6962 9 років тому +12

      He said, "What are you trying to play, clams?!!!!"
      Classic. LOL

    • @tunefultonyjohnson4100
      @tunefultonyjohnson4100 9 років тому +3

      Joe Domingo Mmmm....Interesting... How do you actually play clams?? -- Aren't they something like, err.... shellfish??

    • @caycug1
      @caycug1 8 років тому +3

      Samdara L I wonder if Buddy was pushed to perfection as a child prodigy, so that either his parents or the vaudeville theatre owners could make more money. As they say "He who is bullied becomes a bully." "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition." (1 Timothy 6:9)

    • @joedomingo6962
      @joedomingo6962 8 років тому +14

      Buddy was known to be a really self-absorbed and a very mean band leader just like the music director in the movie Whiplash. Apparently both the student and the professor in the movie are character traits of Buddy. It is what happens when you have too much passion for what you do. This is from an old friend

  • @Mrius86
    @Mrius86 6 років тому +46

    "You're breaking my heart out there!"

  • @floydpattersonii4996
    @floydpattersonii4996 Рік тому +51

    Ive been leading bands all my life and Im embarrassed to say that years ago I used to equate being an asshole with being a good bandleader. So grateful I finally saw the light. In no way shape or form is anyone ever deserving of this kind of verbal abuse. Im the luckiest person to share the stage with such great people/musicians today and could never go back to being the ungrateful person I was.
    Every one of these musicians shdv walked rt the fk out on Rich. Integrity is everything. I dont care who you are.

    • @stewartfenton7660
      @stewartfenton7660 5 місяців тому +2

      I absolutely agree. I don't care if he's right or wrong in what he's saying. People should not be treated like that,and I would have been gone the first time, preferably if he did it on stage.

  • @BarnsleyTimelord
    @BarnsleyTimelord 7 років тому +68

    It might just be me, but I don't think he sounded too happy.

  • @davestone983
    @davestone983 8 років тому +70

    Now we know where the heart attacks and brain tumors came from.

  • @Twotontessie
    @Twotontessie 5 років тому +81

    I saw him live when I was about a 12. He kicked one of the sax players off the stage and made him sit in the front row. Yikes.

    • @maziu27
      @maziu27 3 роки тому +2

      Jeeez

    • @iansolo3402
      @iansolo3402 3 роки тому

      Good Fuckin lame ass jazz players compared to Buddy

    • @iansolo3402
      @iansolo3402 3 роки тому +10

      He was just mad people calling him buddy all the time

    • @Gregbaltzer
      @Gregbaltzer 3 роки тому +5

      @@iansolo3402 He's not your buddy guy

    • @spockboy
      @spockboy 2 роки тому +1

      @@Gregbaltzer I'm not your guy buddy

  • @ryanparoline2281
    @ryanparoline2281 4 роки тому +26

    "WHO PUT THESE HOLES IN MY BELTS!!!?"

    • @gosteronlinecourses
      @gosteronlinecourses 3 роки тому

      How is this not the top comment!?

    • @regretfully77
      @regretfully77 3 роки тому +1

      Lol!!!!!! I was late to this party..... i was busy building a fort

    • @kev3d
      @kev3d 4 місяці тому

      @@regretfully77 Great job, NONE OF YOU!

  • @ChoperBrian
    @ChoperBrian 9 років тому +122

    I've heard these tapes many times. I was a student of Buddy's back in the early 80's, and had a conversation about this with Steve Marcus. I was about 21, Steve I believe was 40 or so, and Buddy was about 60. From what I understand, Buddy went through these rants as his way of trying to discipline his band when he did not feel they were tight, as he did not know how to otherwise handle them. He would pull everyone back onto the bus and go at it. I can tell you that from my time with him, he had a temper as he was impatient, but I never heard anything like this while with him. I do know that if you review clips of the band, you will see that whenever Buddy soloed, the players had their eyes peeled on Buddy. I was told that he had ordered this, as the players were not always watching or paying attention as the solos ended, and were otherwise missing their entrances. This is what I know about that. Brian Choper

    • @johnnyskinwalker4095
      @johnnyskinwalker4095 9 років тому +3

      Was my impressions as well

    • @denverdanoreno
      @denverdanoreno 7 років тому +10

      Brian Choper
      Try his disiplin today with the 'Snowflakes' and you'd be sued by the fashist police.
      Buddy is one of my favorite percussionist because he was self taught and flamboyant with confidence nobody could match. Just an observation from afar.

    • @kaijietee3151
      @kaijietee3151 6 років тому

      what was your first impression when you were in his band for the first time

    • @arame29
      @arame29 5 років тому

      You say you were one of his students
      When did Buddy teach??

    • @bruzote
      @bruzote 4 роки тому +15

      @@denverdanoreno - Confidence does not require rudeness and lack of empathy. The latter two demonstrate a clear shortcoming on his part that is the opposite of admirable.

  • @omenoflaherty1294
    @omenoflaherty1294 5 місяців тому +5

    This is exactly how James Taylor spoke to his band before he mellowed out and went solo.

  • @TromboneRockGod
    @TromboneRockGod 6 років тому

    The comic strip “Buddy’s Habits” was published in Graphic Story Monthly #6 by Fantagraphics in Seattle WA in June 1990 and was created by Australian musician and artist Lindsay Arnold. www.baznold.com
    You can purchase a copy of Buddy’s Habits together with dozens of Lindsay’s other comic strips and original artworks in a brilliantly funny and wonderful, 288 page full colour book entitled “Empanelled Book Two: Frivolous Fables”.
    Simply go to: baznold.com/buy/ and pay via PayPal or Credit Card.

  • @prema9878
    @prema9878 3 роки тому +18

    Buddy’s best spoken word album

    • @larrystroh233
      @larrystroh233 Рік тому

      Worthy of a Grammy for spoken word category.

  • @SinAsTheTic
    @SinAsTheTic 7 років тому +34

    he's performing even when he's not playing drums

  • @WilliamRyland
    @WilliamRyland 3 роки тому +73

    This is exactly how every school band director acted from 5th to 12th grade. Now, I don't tolerate raging drama in a band. If I'm not smiling and loving the peeps I'm playing with, then I just can't do it. I won't play with assholes no matter how good they are. Music is Love.

    • @kennytesta9312
      @kennytesta9312 2 роки тому +5

      I’m sure you could admit Buddy Rich’s situation is a lot different it was much more than just having a good time.

    • @michaelvenezia9673
      @michaelvenezia9673 10 місяців тому

      shut up wiliam and just come back to the band..we had something special....

    • @turnupthesun81
      @turnupthesun81 7 місяців тому +3

      My high school band teacher was like this. Your Freshman year everyone was intimidated. By your Senior year you were like “fuck this mother fucker” and you knew he couldn’t do anything to you. It really was a mess.

  • @bigbass421
    @bigbass421 3 роки тому +15

    I used to play this in my workshop at a music store in the 90's. A friend who also worked there, would come by and hang- and after a while, we'd memorized this word for word.. first- for our amusement, we'd lip synch it, and then, after we got tired of doing that- we'd recite it in Lou Ferrigno voice.

  • @braviafeed
    @braviafeed 5 років тому +40

    My Dad talked to my brother and I like that daily. Especially when mowing the lawn. OUR LAWN WAS IMMACULATE. Thx Dad!

    • @stevemoore457
      @stevemoore457 3 роки тому +3

      Ours too, but it wasn't a good approach. It worked, but it wasn't good.

  • @speezer22
    @speezer22 9 років тому +23

    J.K. Simmons studied these rants I'm sure

    • @hoz49
      @hoz49 2 роки тому

      "Not my tempo" is strokin' compared to this.

  • @kilawattkidd
    @kilawattkidd 7 років тому +140

    What was scary was that there was NOBODY in the room when he was cursing them out.....he was by himself!!!!!

  • @SirWinstonBeech
    @SirWinstonBeech 4 роки тому +21

    This sounds like me talking to my phone or computer. I don’t talk to people like that.

  • @jangtheconqueror
    @jangtheconqueror 7 років тому +19

    Gordon Ramsay must've learned from Buddy Rich.

  • @Pheminon1
    @Pheminon1 8 років тому +43

    He reminds me of my highschool choir teacher. He always expected the best from us, no exceptions, and if we screwed up badly he would call us out just like this.

    • @michaelmurphy987
      @michaelmurphy987 4 роки тому +14

      you can get the same quality without having to resort to being an unhinged dickhead.

    • @vgr112261
      @vgr112261 3 роки тому

      @@michaelmurphy987 your feelings get hurt that badly? Really?

    • @ernestoescobar1967
      @ernestoescobar1967 3 роки тому +4

      lol i sense Whiplash

    • @pawlpoche8736
      @pawlpoche8736 3 роки тому +8

      If your high school choir teacher was like this, he was insane

    • @jacuhb8445
      @jacuhb8445 2 роки тому +5

      Its different when it is in the professional realm and the school realm with kids.

  • @chubrock46
    @chubrock46 7 років тому +30

    I met him when I was 7 or 8yrs old...he gave me the sticks he used in the show! it made the local paper (I have that pic/article) ...but I wish I still had the drum sticks..

    • @Bryan_Kay
      @Bryan_Kay 4 роки тому

      Ouch...

    • @petepoulos
      @petepoulos 4 роки тому +4

      I have them I grabbed them from you and I stole your lunch money too..haha

    • @amosungar5248
      @amosungar5248 3 роки тому +3

      3 years late to ask: what happened to them?

    • @stevemoore457
      @stevemoore457 3 роки тому

      He did the same with me....I was 14 and still have mine. :)

    • @AmrakDoda
      @AmrakDoda 2 роки тому

      He also did the same with me 3 years ago

  • @wcc128
    @wcc128 5 років тому +18

    The Bobby Knight of music....

  • @blueflagmusic
    @blueflagmusic 5 років тому +53

    I worked as a stage hand for Buddy once as a kid.
    He screamed at us the whole time.
    It was amazing,he was my hero.

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 4 роки тому +2

      Certainly the best drummer in the world.

    • @dibaz1
      @dibaz1 3 роки тому

      Huh 🤔

    • @rudolphguarnacci197
      @rudolphguarnacci197 Рік тому

      ​@@dibaz1 wha?

    • @sbonamo
      @sbonamo Рік тому

      You must enjoy being belittled. Might want to see a shrink...

    • @michaelvenezia9673
      @michaelvenezia9673 10 місяців тому

      i know this is a joke because an old boomer wouldnt have a sense of humor to write this comment in such a way...funny story though

  • @creedadamtate
    @creedadamtate 7 років тому +40

    This is hilarious. It's easy to understand why Larry David was so fascinated.

    • @lockerroomtalk1981
      @lockerroomtalk1981 7 років тому +3

      i agree. it is hilarious. i wouldn't have taken it personally.

    • @stevenhandzel5929
      @stevenhandzel5929 3 місяці тому

      “Keep your mouth shut, or I’ll close it for you!” - opposite George.

  • @NerismaStudios
    @NerismaStudios 8 років тому +64

    Here's the thing. He was a true vaudevillian who demanded nothing less than perfection. Also, some instances he did this to try and motivate his band (whether it works or not). Sometimes it was to try and impress his wife when she was walking by, or maybe it was due to him not getting a smoke.
    Also, that trombonist worked for a year more after this instance, because he was an Aussie who didn't shirk away from Rich's rant. Actually gained a ton of respect from Rich for not backing down.
    Lastly, Buddy really was a great person under it all. The only time he EVER got violent was when defending some of the saxophone players in a band when Sinatra ripped them a new one when, in Buddy's words, "they weren't at a level to take that kind of criticism." And then Sinatra threw a water pitcher at Rich, and the fight happened.

    • @kiopl2003
      @kiopl2003 7 років тому +4

      haha she msut be a piece of work if she found this impressinve!

    • @firearms-explosives
      @firearms-explosives 7 років тому +1

      Michael Ozayu don't you mean nothing less than perfection? you have no business on this comment board, none, get the fuck off . Now. !!!we are professionals having intelligent conversations and you are talking like a child. You don't even know your clichés. how dare you? Do you know who your talking to, and so on

    • @NerismaStudios
      @NerismaStudios 7 років тому +2

      You having fun?
      I'd rather trust the word of Mel Tormé, one of Buddy's closest friends, than anyone else. Just saying.

    • @rickanderton4406
      @rickanderton4406 6 років тому

      Er...Michael Ozayu is right, he couldn't tolerate drinkers & preferred the herb. I hope your playing is better than your command of diction...
      This child's a professional the last 25 years - you?

    • @rickanderton4406
      @rickanderton4406 6 років тому

      Well said, sir!

  • @rocktonmusikschule
    @rocktonmusikschule 5 років тому +45

    Imagine Buddy Rich and Ginger Baker in the same room.🤣🤣

    • @rollastoney
      @rollastoney 4 роки тому +2

      Bruh they would throw hands foshizzle

    • @timstanford3220
      @timstanford3220 4 роки тому +1

      It would come to blows , Buddy , how dare you play that kind of sh## on stage !! Ginger , what , I'll tear you limb from limb.

    • @frankspikes7858
      @frankspikes7858 4 роки тому +5

      That's a fight I'd pay to see. They were both jerks. If I had to favor a winner, I'd go with buddy. Faster hands and feet in general, and a black belt in karate. I don't know if ginger Baker had any kind of martial arts training.
      I could see it already. Budweiser presents along with Don King promotions: the fight of the century... Hailing from England in the red corner Ginger Baker. And in the blue corner Hailing from Brooklyn new York. The drum wonder: Buddy Rich. They step to the center of the octagon. Alright men, I want a good clean fight. Obey my instructions at all times. Protect yourself at all times. We went over the rules in the dressing rooms. Are the fighters ready. Are the judges ready. Air horn sounds. We all know that rest.

    • @krisscanlon4051
      @krisscanlon4051 3 роки тому +1

      God almighty lol

    • @cosmic687
      @cosmic687 Рік тому +1

      oh no!

  • @KCNYC
    @KCNYC 3 роки тому +13

    In all fairness, 50++ years of leading a band and playing night after night, this is bound to happen with almost anyone!

    • @KB4QAA
      @KB4QAA Рік тому +4

      Of course not.

  • @misterfunnybones
    @misterfunnybones 7 років тому +166

    I worked with Beethoven. He was a bit irascible at times.

    • @herbertwells8757
      @herbertwells8757 7 років тому +14

      Yeah, remember the time he was conducting the premiere of his ninth symphony, and he kept waving his hands after the piece ended? Wasn't that a thing? And then we took him to dinner afterward to celebrate and he threw a fit? Ah, those were the days.

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 7 років тому +14

      Yeah, me too.. he got mad and said I was just a Bach and Roller!

    • @megatronsroyalemissary382
      @megatronsroyalemissary382 7 років тому +9

      I met him during my campaign, I asked him to sign my violin and he bit the strings off. Dude's a dick.

    • @MichaelD8393
      @MichaelD8393 5 років тому +2

      Yeah rage makes anyone exaggerate.

    • @magnumpiercedrumming4744
      @magnumpiercedrumming4744 5 років тому +1

      Me too. Ol’ Ludwig could barely hear me when I told him his music lacked a back beat and some feel. It was just a myriad of string runs with nice dynamics...however, I had to move on. I wanted to play a dance groove and he broke his foot trying to move along to it. Ol’ Ludwig.. Music is still around, but just old folks about to die listening to it. Oh well.

  • @quinnrollen
    @quinnrollen 7 років тому +24

    I never knew Buddy Rich was in Terminator Salvation....

    • @chrisgross5409
      @chrisgross5409 4 роки тому +1

      Quinn Rollen Ooohh Good for YOUUUU!!!! 😂🤣

  • @tomleyden5631
    @tomleyden5631 4 роки тому +31

    I heard he was a motivational speaker on the side

  • @zackzallie8735
    @zackzallie8735 3 роки тому +27

    "Sir, this is a-Wendy's"

  • @Versul1
    @Versul1 9 років тому +113

    Were you rushing or were you dragging?

  • @LyricLegendz
    @LyricLegendz 9 років тому +10

    I don't care about this. His level of musicality was much higher than anyone he could have possibly played with, so it must have been frustrating for him. Yeah, he was a jerk and maybe he took this a little far...but this is him reaching for PERFECTION for everyone just like he does for himself! How do you think he got to be so god damned talented? Probably because he beat himself up when he made mistakes just like he's doing to these guys. This does not lessen my opinion of him...just reinforces how passionate he is about playing GOOD QUALITY music.

  • @hankkingsley2976
    @hankkingsley2976 2 роки тому +6

    I had the "pleasure" of meeting him once in Savannah GA when he did a show on River Street. Though he was polite, you could sense the energy and anger boiling within him.

  • @interstellarcontroller5043
    @interstellarcontroller5043 8 місяців тому +3

    After Buddy died one of these oppressed musicians phoned his widow and asked "can I speak to Buddy please".
    "Buddy's dead" she replied.
    A few minutes later he phones again, same thing "can I speak to Buddy please?"
    "I've just told you, Buddy's dead".
    Minutes later and he phones again "may I speak to Buddy please?".
    "I'm telling you for the third time, Buddy's dead, he's dead! Why do you keep ringing and asking the same thing over and over again?".
    "I just like hearing you say it" was his reply.
    Not a joke ... a true story btw.

  • @spidersjohnson6853
    @spidersjohnson6853 7 років тому +18

    I thought you meant he would use some ancient jazz ritual to curse his bandmates

  • @ElizabethNadler
    @ElizabethNadler 10 років тому +63

    This is exactly what he was like. I worked for him for about a year. He used to yell at people on the band stand in front of the audience, too. Ego and an anger problem. I did hear some great music, but whoa...

    • @tempowars534
      @tempowars534 5 років тому +1

      What year did you work with him?

    • @georgekilroy2670
      @georgekilroy2670 5 років тому +7

      Hey Nadler, name the dates and places you worked with Buddy...never saw your name on a record with B or saw you live.

    • @IVant2BAlone
      @IVant2BAlone 7 місяців тому

      I think it is a shame when we condone the bad behavior of people who are considered to be "somebody", when we would scorn the same behavior in a "nobody".

  • @Fatalist42
    @Fatalist42 3 роки тому +7

    9:37 “I got a right hand to your fuckin brain if you want it” lmaoo this dude

  • @randysemenak2439
    @randysemenak2439 5 років тому +12

    Buddys personality perfectly mirrors his drumming and his drumming perfectly mirrors his personality

  • @jasonlee8497
    @jasonlee8497 7 років тому +97

    IN the big band world this is called quality control.

    • @2Chron20
      @2Chron20 5 років тому +1

      J'Mac ! Amen to that!

  • @GrothendiecksWish
    @GrothendiecksWish 7 років тому +148

    I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle.

  • @nightfrightshow
    @nightfrightshow 6 років тому

    for some fun new road stories: Google: BUDDY RICH / LOUIE BELLSON TRUE ROAD STORIES by protégé & personal valet Alan Dale Brent Holland

  • @mr.bluesky4130
    @mr.bluesky4130 5 років тому +10

    “I’m a swell guy, I’m a reasonable guy”

  • @xx-mreba-xx4051
    @xx-mreba-xx4051 5 років тому +20

    Haha now we know why Buddy was the ONLY person who could shut Frank Sinatra up

    • @timstanford3220
      @timstanford3220 4 роки тому +2

      I believe him and Frank almost came to blows when Buddy was working for him. I heard they had a bad argument one night on the bandstand.

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 4 роки тому +3

      @@timstanford3220 Quarreling with Sinatra could be bad for your health. Even joking with him could get yer ribs broken.

    • @nealsausen4651
      @nealsausen4651 Рік тому

      @@timstanford3220 : Buddy NEVER Worked for Frank Sinatra!The incident you were referring to was when Buddy and Frank both worked together as featured members of Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the 1940s!

  • @garyweaver5398
    @garyweaver5398 5 років тому +12

    This is what happens when you're constantly under a lot of pressure, real and imagined. Walk a mile in my shoes

  • @bigstef2010
    @bigstef2010 3 роки тому +10

    He was a real perfectionnist. He was really demanding towards himself and towards his musicians. Not tolerating any mistakes or flaws.

  • @jamescaliendo1030
    @jamescaliendo1030 8 місяців тому +1

    Lolol i had to come back to this 2 years later!!! Never gets old. Love you Buddy, give em hell! Lol

  • @eaglestrike1000
    @eaglestrike1000 8 років тому +12

    Just remember, Charles Mingus used to punch out his sidemen. Benny Goodman used to "glare" menacingly at his band. Glenn Miller used to be real "rough" on his band.

    • @arame29
      @arame29 8 років тому +3

      +eaglestrike1000 mingus threatened to punch out Oscar Peterson, but when face to face he asked Oscar why they never played together
      drugs--you are not dealing with a rational being

    • @brucekuehn4031
      @brucekuehn4031 5 років тому +1

      The Dorsey brothers fought with each other. Before becoming a full time arranger, Nelson Riddle played trombone with them and sometimes had to physically stand between them. And they were blood brothers. They later, of course, went their own ways - Tommy and Jimmy.

    • @johnrobinsoniii4028
      @johnrobinsoniii4028 2 роки тому

      And in the Euro-centric Classical Music World, don’t forget Maestro Toscanini’s famous temper tantrums.

  • @TREW24
    @TREW24 7 років тому +89

    sounds like my daily conversations with my kids

    • @markwegner6100
      @markwegner6100 7 років тому +15

      TREW24 An unintended consequence of that type of talk may be that they grow up to hate you.

    • @yourhandlehere1
      @yourhandlehere1 6 років тому +8

      Nah...they hate him already.

    • @isaaclim3348
      @isaaclim3348 6 років тому +4

      probably because you are a piece of shit

    • @IdFightMyDad
      @IdFightMyDad 5 років тому

      Your kids sound like jerks.

    • @GetzGoth
      @GetzGoth 5 років тому +1

      Thats sad. Maybe you get lucky and child protective services takes them from you.

  • @frenchmarky
    @frenchmarky 11 місяців тому +1

    He didn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed, he woke up between the box spring and the mattress.

  • @rick1450
    @rick1450 4 роки тому +3

    Back when I was in music college , my roommate got called to play with Buddy Rich's band . He was gone for a couple of weeks then one day he just returned to the apartment. I asked what happened , he said it was just a short term gig but he heard him flipping out on the bus .

  • @valsuarez
    @valsuarez 7 років тому +28

    he was a phenomenal drummer but I would have slapped the total shit out of him if he ever talked to me like that

    • @ehmiguel7602
      @ehmiguel7602 7 років тому +4

      Val Suarez yah right

    • @salviadivinorum1762
      @salviadivinorum1762 7 років тому +4

      i think partly he was so bold because held a black belt in karate

    • @valsuarez
      @valsuarez 7 років тому

      Salvia Divinorum yeah, he would prolly whip the Crap outta me!!!

    • @valsuarez
      @valsuarez 7 років тому

      EH Miguel true, but I would quit for sure

  • @dks3982
    @dks3982 10 років тому +5

    Also wanted to add that I think Buddy Rich was the type of guy that thought "If you're not going to do it the right way, then don't do it at all." That's just my opinion though.

  • @jimlaregina
    @jimlaregina 6 років тому +12

    This reminds me of the story Rupert Holmes tells about turning down the chances to be introduced to Cary Grant and John Lennon, as he did not want to risk a bad encounter spoiling his appreciation of their art. You don't want to meet public figures you love!

  • @2Chron20
    @2Chron20 5 років тому +9

    My band director I had 20 years ago said this and I never forgot it.. “Every band needs 2 drummers just in case one ends up in jail...”
    Buddy was quite the tyrant.. it’s funny to hear these audio clips, but I’m not so sure Buddy was disappointed exclusively with their playing. It’s likely he clammed a couple times too. I mean nobody is perfect. It’s also possible he did these rants, in part, simply to spew out all the negativity he had welled up inside. None the less, these clips are extremely entertaining. He definitely kept the egos trimmed down while he worked on puffin his up.

    • @sirjohnmara
      @sirjohnmara Рік тому

      Haha. Very Good. that drummer - jail stuff.

  • @markmahoney5630
    @markmahoney5630 6 років тому +35

    Buddy really needs to speak his mind once in a while, holding in his frustrations just isn't healthy.

    • @maziu27
      @maziu27 4 роки тому +9

      Bro he dead lmfao

    • @eutytoalba
      @eutytoalba 4 роки тому

      He needed to take up boxing then, not try to box his musicians.

    • @Damonm68
      @Damonm68 3 роки тому

      Hahaha

    • @tompethic887
      @tompethic887 2 роки тому

      Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

  • @tonybell7
    @tonybell7 7 років тому +5

    My dad took me to a concert back in about 1975. I was about 10 years old. He fired a tenor player right off the bandstand in the middle of the concert. Unreal.

    • @caseyplooy1696
      @caseyplooy1696 5 років тому

      tonybell7 ....🤘🏻Bad Ass 🤘🏻

    • @noahmay7708
      @noahmay7708 11 місяців тому +1

      @@caseyplooy1696 that is far from badass dude

  • @40colby
    @40colby 3 роки тому +6

    Where's the part where Buddy discovers he's being recorded?

  • @culturalconfederacy782
    @culturalconfederacy782 3 роки тому +1

    These tapes are so relaxing.

  • @modalrecords
    @modalrecords 7 років тому +35

    Like Ginger Baker; an unpleasant human being.

    • @lenini056
      @lenini056 4 роки тому +13

      I'm real glad that Ginger and Buddy didn't end up in a drum battle. Someone would have died there.

  • @purplemirror6440
    @purplemirror6440 7 років тому +5

    He makes Chef Gordon Ramsay sound like a sweet kitten.
    I've heard that Tommy Dorsey was really tough as well.
    Anyone think that Buddy had a mood disorder (BP), perhaps?

  • @michaelmattice4986
    @michaelmattice4986 7 років тому +6

    Whenever I'm having trouble sleeping, I put this on...Works every time...Of course, the nightmares are a bit of a problem.

  • @michaelmattice4986
    @michaelmattice4986 7 років тому

    Is there a transcript of this available?...It would go along way toward helping me finish my one act play BUDDY BEATS the BAND!

  • @itstrolltime9499
    @itstrolltime9499 7 років тому +17

    Pfft... He's an angel of mercy compared to my mom when she yelled at me... true story. :)

  • @thomasmoje5926
    @thomasmoje5926 5 років тому +79

    Buddy Rich was blessed with incredible talent. One of the best drummers ever. Unfortunately not so much as a human being. I have no respect whatsoever for 'leaders' who cannot lead without expressing themselves in this manner. I had management responsibilities over my working career and one of my principles was never to dress down or correct subordinates in front of the rest of the group. True the musicians in his bands were paid to do their jobs but that is no excuse for the disrespect and temper outbursts Buddy was infamous for.

    • @creamydistortion
      @creamydistortion 2 роки тому

      Ha, in your country management refuses to talk to working men at all... They just take all the money, and ignore the people who do the actual work.

    • @AzlanValentine
      @AzlanValentine Рік тому +3

      Buddy’s behavior is always justified he’s simply a god and deserves to have a band that can match his greatness

    • @KaaneDragonShinobi
      @KaaneDragonShinobi Рік тому +15

      @@AzlanValentine Abuse in a professional setting is never justified. If he's upset with a band's performance he could have just fired any problem members, there was no shortage of musicians at the time that would rip their nuts off to play for Buddy Rich.

    • @joseantoniocondecorrales7906
      @joseantoniocondecorrales7906 Рік тому +1

      Estiendo su postura, pero estos músicos además de tocar tenían vicios, alcohol, drogas, etc, normalmente en una fábrica la gente no va drogada o bebida a trabajar, por eso usted tuvo un trato educado con sus subordinados, pero en la música es otra cosa, mire la historia de los grandes artistas muertos por la droga.

    • @kiwiangeldust6912
      @kiwiangeldust6912 Рік тому

      @@AzlanValentine You're completely delusional

  • @jbOneEarth
    @jbOneEarth 2 роки тому +1

    so many favorite lines here i can't possibly choose... :(

  • @DustinBlythe
    @DustinBlythe 7 років тому +6

    "Try me!"

  • @theflyingties
    @theflyingties 7 років тому +3

    This is really amazing recording. - the bus and the barrage of verbal tirade - i imagine being on that bus.

  • @erikkillmonger5624
    @erikkillmonger5624 4 роки тому +26

    6:01 Seinfeld
    6:40 Seinfeld
    11:19 Seinfeld

  • @joey1127
    @joey1127 5 років тому +8

    This is what happens when you're a true perfectionist...it's never good enough!

    • @ChrisStoneinator
      @ChrisStoneinator 4 роки тому +5

      This is what happens when you're a true asshole

  • @analognoir7398
    @analognoir7398 2 роки тому +3

    One of my all time favorite videos.
    From wikipedia: Rich's temper was documented in a series of secret recordings made on tour buses and in dressing rooms by pianist Lee Musiker, who concealed a compact tape recorder in his clothing while on tour with Rich in the early 1980s. On one recording, Rich threatens to fire trombonist Dave Panichi for having a beard (can be heard at 9:10)

  • @LHondrums
    @LHondrums 8 років тому +7

    1:52 "you're not doin me any fucking favours, you're breaking my heart up there!!!"
    see. He had a heart. It was beating for music. Big heart.

    • @jacobnyer
      @jacobnyer 5 років тому

      LHondrums quintessential New Yorker...

  • @CopywritingLessons
    @CopywritingLessons 9 років тому +5

    I still love him and his playing

  • @pipestud3corncobpuffer785
    @pipestud3corncobpuffer785 5 років тому +35

    Buddy Rich's delivery is flawless. His tapestry of four letter words extraordinary. And his cadence, ah, exquisite. It's a rare talent to cut people down to size the way Buddy Rich does. He's no longer the master of the beat, he's the king of verbally beating others to a pulp with his floriant words.

  • @aarond23
    @aarond23 5 років тому +5

    Imagine all the stuff that was said before someone decided to start recording :)

    • @xx-mreba-xx4051
      @xx-mreba-xx4051 5 років тому +2

      I just wish someone recorded his arguments with Frank Sinatra... Dude would beat his drums to the max just to piss off Frank