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Tommy Aldridge is not only a hard hitting stadium drummer, but he's also one of the last of the "old style" drummers. His drumming is firmly planted in the 70'es and up to the mid 80'es. And that's a GOOD thing. He mastered that style. His pocket, his flare and his quirks are SO perfect for that style of music. I just have to take my hat off and give a gracious bow to this EXCEPTIONAL drummer. Man, what a pleasure to hear him just sing out on the drums. Wow...
Back in 1972, I was a student at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. At the time I was heavily involved in the TV production courses. A group of fellow students formed a project in coordination with a St. Louis TV station. We produced a weekly 30-minute show featuring St. Louis area musicians. We taped the show at the SIU studios, and it ran on that station late every Saturday night. One week we really got lucky when the head of our department convinced a touring rock band to come over to our campus and record a 30-minute show with us. The band was Black Oak Arkansas, and their drummer at that time was Tommy Aldridge. The day of the taping I ran one of the studio cameras, but I also helped with lighting the set beforehand. As I was up on a ladder hanging lights, Tommy Aldridge was in the studio kind of "warming up." I didn't know who he was or how respected he would become in the rock community, but I remember thinking just from his "warm-ups" that this guy was a special drummer. Black Oak was the only band that had a national following that we managed to get on that show. But I've always remembered how impressed I was that afternoon by Tommy Aldridge. He really gained his great reputation after leaving Black Oak, so it's cool to know that I saw and listened to him "close-up" in the early days of his career. By the way, the band members of Black Oak Arkansas were cool guys. They treated us like we were "pros" instead of just college students. Great to see Tommy still making it happen since I'm the same age as him. A fun memory from so long ago!
Let's give a big up to Lee Kerslake who did the original drums on the studio version of this track. Tommy did his usual double kick beef up later of course. Tommy's stick free solo in Black Oak Arkansas from the early 70's has to be seen mate! Also listen to the Pat Travers live album Go For What You Know, 4 musicians @ the top of their game as a live band, Tommy 1 of the 4!
Go For What You Know is a live rock band masterpiece. The bass playing and drumming are as good as it gets. Then top it off with two killer guitar players
And a big BOO to Ozzy for disrespecting Kerslake and Daisley! He jaked them out of their royalties for the first two albums. Then he got in a lawsuit with Daisley. Then he started misspelling his name "Daisy" on album cover notes. Then he rerecorded the bass and drum parts for those two albums using other musicians (although Daisley and Kerslake co-wrote the songs!) rereleased the albums, and even had the label recall all the original copies that were on the shelves! I blame Sharon but still... No class!
I've heard Tommy is one of the nicest people around, and you can hear that when he speaks. He used to play with a band called Black Oak Arkansas for quite a while. I saw him on one of the late night shows back in the day, and his solo work is so innovative. Truly a GREAT Drummer !! At 72, still cranking !!!
you need to see tommy play live, to truely appreciate him. he is insane, and the ultimate showman. seen him play with thin lizzy in dublin many years ago, and everyone just talked about the drummer after.
Tommy Aldridge is the Second Drummer for Ozzy's Solo Band he Replaced Lee Kerslake during the Diary of a Madman/Blizzard Promotional tour and recorded a Few more album's before joining Whitesnake to replace Cozy Powell
Actually, Lee Kirslake never toured with Ozzy. He played on the first 2 albums but Aldridge started the live tours with Ozborne for the first 2 and recorded Bark at the Moon. Tommy also recorded the 2 Ozzy live albums Speak of the Devil and Tribute (to Randy Rhodes).Tommy was temporary replaced by Camine Appice for the Bark at the Moon tour, but Aldridge recorded the album.Then Aldridge came back for 1 more tour and then moved on to much better things.
Aldridge is criminally underrated in public eye but deservedly very well respected in the drummers circles. Danny Carey mentions him in the conversation of being one of the best drummers ever. Aldridge is incredible.
I met Tommy at his mom's house in Pearl, MS back in the 70's when he was with Black Oak Arkansas. I was dating his sister at the time and she never even told me about him until the whole band showed up one afternoon, being a lead guitarist in a garage band, I was in awe meeting them because I happened to own an album by them, a double live album. They were really cool and even then you could hear the genius in Tommy's playing that would later come. Great guy!
Lee Kerslake Left Uriah Heep in 1979 and then joined the First Blizzard of Ozz Lineup featuring Ozzy Osbourne Bob Daisly and Randy Rhodes for the first two Album's then he got fired after Sharon Arden didn't pay his royalties and that's when Aldridge stepped in on drums for a few more album's
Aldridge is an absolute BEAST...hard to believe we haven't seen him on the channel until now. Should do another one in the near future, as others have mentioned, there is some great stuff with Black Oak Arkansas, and he also did five albums with The Pat Travers Band. We need to find another good track for you to check out!
Back in 1987 I saw him with Whitesnake, and it was incredible. It was my very first live show at a very young age.. That show inspired me to become a musician..
I met him once in about 1983. I was a Front Desk Manager at a Marriott Hotel and I was checking in a line of people and he stepped up next. He said his name and I looked up at him and got really excited. It was busy, but I told him I was a big fan and discreetly asked for his autograph on a piece of paper. HE was super cool and gig that. I lost track of that autograph over the years, but will always remember him.
Came back to watch it again. When he does his one handed cymbal chokes, he guides the stick on the cymbal before he catches it...giving it almost a reverse cymbal "shoop" sound. I really wish that you would react to Tommy's "Over The Mountain" drum instruction video. It's absolutely amazing!
A long time ago, when I was a budding drummer, I accidentally bumped into Tommy Aldridge (literally) after a Black Oak Arkansas show. I asked him some technique questions about his playing and he was very generous with his time in talking with me, and encouraging me to continue playing. Since then he’s always been one of my favorites.
Tommy is one of the great journeyman rock/metal drummers of the last 40 years. He has played with TONS of people, including Ozzy, Whitesnake, and even Ted Nugent. An absolute monster!! BTW, the other great journeymen drummer was Cozy Powell (RIP). You should definitely check him out as well.
Important to note that Aldridge didn't play on the original record, but he was playing along here to a live recording he DID play on. Something he talks about in the extended videos (some of the best I've seen on Drumeo) is that Randy Rhoads ASKED him to play even busier live, because as a one-guitar band - especially one where Randy is playing so many fills and lead licks throughout the song - they needed to make up for the lack of a rhythm guitar that was on the record. That couples with everything you said about the different energy you want to bring to a live concert, where everyone's screaming and jumping around (both Ozzy and the audience).
Tommy is, and has always been the drummers drummer. As mentioned above he’s was highly underrated for most of his career. Only now, at his age is he finally getting the play he deserves! We love you Tommy ! Rock on !
@@AndrewRooneyDrums We can all thank Ozzy, Tommy included, for choosing to leave a hand written note on his local music store message board, 50+ years ago, simply stating- "Ozzy Zig needs gig." And here we are.
Talk about some great syncopated footwork on the double bass! Not only is Tommy a real solid professional drummer, great with double bass, but at the end of the day he is one of nicest well, mannered people you could ever meet. Plus the fact he's in his early 70's and still touring speaks to the man taking good care of his health while still rocking!
Grandpa works at 10 points. What a reaction! And the sense of rhythm is just super! It is pleasant to bow low at the feet of such a musician and mentally kiss his musical heart!
Tommy Aldridge was the first drummer I ever heard really elevated the approach to double kick drumming. Loved him with Pat Travers and Project Driver in the mid 80's. He still kicks a lot of butt for a 70+ year old rocker!!
Tommy's best playing is on The Pat Travers Band - Go For What You Know - Live Album ( the track Gettin' Better is a great example of his unique individuality ) .... With Black Oak Arkansas he was incredibly innovative , especially on tracks such as Hot 'n' Nasty / Full Moon Ride / Mutants of the Monster / Hot Rod .
Great job on the live Black Oak Arkansas album. I love his solos. Also if I'm not mistaken , I think I saw him drumming for Ted Nugent one year. Been to a lot of shows so hard to keep em straight
Tommy Aldridge is a Legendary icon. He started a whole revolution of double bass playing and you really need to experience one of his legendary drum solos
Sick! I had watched this before I saw your reaction, and let me tell you Tommy used to be even better, he used to spin and throw the sticks while he played it. There is also a section that he usually played in the song that was all choked symbols at lightning speed, he shows this at the beginning of the full video where he breaks the song down. Very humble genuine guy. Great reaction video man.
First time I saw Tommy with Black Oak Arkansas, 1974 Kansas City, MO along with Kansas and Foghat Arrowhead Stadium stage set up 50 yard line and they put him on the instant replay screen. Blew me away
Tommy Aldridge, started drumming with Black Oak Arkansas, has stints with Ozzy, Thin Lizzy, but has spent the majority of his career with Whitesnake and working with David Coverdale. A good section of his Drumeo performance showcased some of the tracks from Whitesnake. He has though only appeared on very few studio albums of their’s considering his time with the band. He joined to tour the 1987 album, but it was Aynsley Dunbar that recorded the drums for the studio recording. He appeared on Slip Of The Tongue and then a big gap until The Purple Album and Flesh & Blood. His drum solo during Crying In The Rain on the Live in the still of the night video (also on UA-cam) is something to behold.
Tommy is definitely an amazing drummer and showman. I saw him with Whitesnake back in 2016 and he blew me away with his drum solo. He played with his bare hands around the kit and the cymbals. I was floored. An incredible display he put on. Legendary
I saw him live with Ozzy in the 80's and even with Pat Travers in the later 70's. you can listen to live recordings he made with Black Oak Arkansas back in the early 70's and he was just as hard hitting back then. was one of my biggest infliunces in Double bas drumming. he was one of the first that i saw in the 70's that featured a lot of douible kick work within the beat of a song, not just for endings and solos just mind blower hes been able to keep up that hard-hitting intensity for over 50 yrs.
You really want to listen to and see his extremely incredible drum solos... from any era, Black Oak Arkansas, Ozzy, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, his own Project: Driver with Tony MacAlpine and Rudy Sarzo and the last 37 years with Whitesnake... Talk about master class. Tommy Aldridge is the absolute best at what he does because he is the only one who can do what he does. His particular and very dynamically original drumming style adapted to all 5 decades of music he performs. My favorite drummer of all time... Total package.
All the Tommy Aldridge stuff on Drumeo is a must-watch for all rock drummers as far as I'm concerned. His insight, style and energy are one of a kind, and he's a fantastic story-teller to boot.
He finishes the track. It cuts he comes back with " its very simple" best line ever. Check out his hand drum solo What an amazing player and top gentleman
Tommy Aldridge has the cleanest one hand cymbal choke ever, it's like one of those "Most Satisfying" videos. Tommy Lee of Motley Crue is a huge Aldridge fan and uses the same one handed mute he learned from the elder Tommy.
He's been around since the crack of dawn lol! First seen Tommy in the late 70s when he drummed for the Pat Travers Band, (still doin' the same solo!!!!) and back then he was an immediate Fav, with his dynamic showmanship! And killer looks, bouncing 'fro, hawk nose, spinnin' sticks, wicked Orge!---then I seen him w Ozzy, once with Randy, once w Jake E. Lee...he's been doin' it All. This song is an example of upping the tempo when playing live, too. ⚡️⚡️⚡️ It Up! Big time influence w his double kicks, and solos🤘🏼...more peep can comment on his longtime career
LEE F'n KERSLAKE ... !!! What an influence for rock drummers, because of those two amazing first OZZY solo Records that LEE recorded... !!! ... Come on, Rooney Man !!!
Tommy Aldrige is nothing but GENIUS!! I'm blessed I saw him with Whitesnake in 1987. This guy is crazy, nuts, totally wild but Oh so talented.!! He's my top 2 drummers. He's most amazing drummer, case closed.!!!
Aldridge has also played for Black Oak Arkansas & Yngwie Makmsteen, but he's most famous for his time Ozzy & Whitesnake as their longest tenured drummer playing for the band off/on for 30+years
The look on your face watching him play… priceless! I saw Tommy live with Ozzy on the Speak of the Devil tour (1981?), right after Randy Rhoads died. It was basically all Black Sabbath tunes with Tommy on drums and Brad Gillis (Night Ranger) on guitar. It was amazing! Nothing against Bill Ward, but I bought the Speak of the Devil live album before I heard the original Black Sabbath versions. Let’s just say that Tommy did them more than justice. You should check out that live album. It’s incredible! The double bass work on The Wizard is off the charts, especially for the time 👍🏻
Never saw him with Ozzy, but did see him with whitesnake in 1988 when Vivian Campbell, Rudy sarzo (he is the bass player in this video), Adrian Vandenberg. Lee kerslake recorded this song on blizzard, so although Aldridge isn't credited with the original recording, he still kills it, as with anything he plays
Tommy was insane and still is! I honestly after watching your channel for a few months think that drummers except for a few(Pert,Moon, Bonham...) are so underrated. I'm not saying all are technical like some othe GOATs of drumming, but yall really have so much to do and I don't think people understand that. I sure didn't! Yall the real MVPs!
So funny watching your reaction to an old guy tearing up the kit to one of the GREATEST songs to ever hit the airwaves! 😂😂😂 Tommy Aldridge is making us all feel ashamed of the dwindling of energy as we get older... He's just unreal!
Have a listen to Tommy on the Pat Travers song "It Makes No Differance" from the live album "Live Go For What You Know". My favorite Tommy Aldrich. The whole album kicks some serious ass.
SO glad to see Tommy on the channel! One of my biggest and earliest influences for his playing, mindset and just his overall vibe. True legend!. Definitely check out Black Oak Arkansas live with his solo from the early 70's - the stuff he's doing is killer and when you remember it was from '73, the holy shit factor goes through the roof. Also, check out the full Drumeo session - the playing is fantastic and his humble outlook is inspiring.
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Tommy Didn't record Crazy Train.
Tommy Didn't record Crazy Train. No interest in what Tommy did to imitate the track
Tommy turns 73 August 14
Aldridge is criminally underrated and doesn't get nearly the amount of credit he deserves!!
Agree
No he is not! And his double bass work is considered revolutionary. So no.
@Rock_Snob you have your opinion, and I have mine. So... Agree to disagree
@Rock_Snob and yes, while you're correct, his douvle bass work is, indeed, revolutionary. He still deserves more credit.
Tommy Aldridge ,Black Oak Arkansa
Tommy has always been a hard hitting Rock Monster , 72 yrs young and still killing it. Live Long Tommy
Yes. Skill, attidude & rocknroll.
He turns 73 in 2 months, 15 aug.
Jeez, he was hitting those drums like they banged his wife
And Long Live Tommy!
Slow doesn't happen to Tommy
One of THE greatest drummers in rock history...Tommy Aldridge.
Thank you for that post. Been following Tommy since Black Oak Arkansas. Lives every minute of Tommy for years now!
Tommy Aldridge is not only a hard hitting stadium drummer, but he's also one of the last of the "old style" drummers. His drumming is firmly planted in the 70'es and up to the mid 80'es. And that's a GOOD thing. He mastered that style. His pocket, his flare and his quirks are SO perfect for that style of music. I just have to take my hat off and give a gracious bow to this EXCEPTIONAL drummer. Man, what a pleasure to hear him just sing out on the drums. Wow...
Yup it's old school. Hard hitting stadium rock.
Can't beat it
Lee Kerslake was the Brian on drums in the Fist two Ozzy albums !!!
@@emilioangeles5283Tommy would be the first to give credit to Lee(R.I.P) too, which is another reason he’s a legend, his humbleness
We stand on the shoulders of drummers like Tommy. Forever young.
Well said
Back in 1972, I was a student at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. At the time I was heavily involved in the TV production courses. A group of fellow students formed a project in coordination with a St. Louis TV station. We produced a weekly 30-minute show featuring St. Louis area musicians. We taped the show at the SIU studios, and it ran on that station late every Saturday night. One week we really got lucky when the head of our department convinced a touring rock band to come over to our campus and record a 30-minute show with us. The band was Black Oak Arkansas, and their drummer at that time was Tommy Aldridge. The day of the taping I ran one of the studio cameras, but I also helped with lighting the set beforehand. As I was up on a ladder hanging lights, Tommy Aldridge was in the studio kind of "warming up." I didn't know who he was or how respected he would become in the rock community, but I remember thinking just from his "warm-ups" that this guy was a special drummer. Black Oak was the only band that had a national following that we managed to get on that show. But I've always remembered how impressed I was that afternoon by Tommy Aldridge. He really gained his great reputation after leaving Black Oak, so it's cool to know that I saw and listened to him "close-up" in the early days of his career. By the way, the band members of Black Oak Arkansas were cool guys. They treated us like we were "pros" instead of just college students. Great to see Tommy still making it happen since I'm the same age as him. A fun memory from so long ago!
I’ve been friends with Tommy for over 20 years. He is truly a very genuine, kind and caring human.
Let's give a big up to Lee Kerslake who did the original drums on the studio version of this track. Tommy did his usual double kick beef up later of course. Tommy's stick free solo in Black Oak Arkansas from the early 70's has to be seen mate! Also listen to the Pat Travers live album Go For What You Know, 4 musicians @ the top of their game as a live band, Tommy 1 of the 4!
Go For What You Know is a live rock band masterpiece. The bass playing and drumming are as good as it gets. Then top it off with two killer guitar players
Yes, major props to Lee and his stellar playing on both of Ozzy's first two albums.
@@markstoudenmire4935Daisley & Kerslake. Rest In Peace Lee ✌🏻👍🏻
And a big BOO to Ozzy for disrespecting Kerslake and Daisley! He jaked them out of their royalties for the first two albums. Then he got in a lawsuit with Daisley. Then he started misspelling his name "Daisy" on album cover notes. Then he rerecorded the bass and drum parts for those two albums using other musicians (although Daisley and Kerslake co-wrote the songs!) rereleased the albums, and even had the label recall all the original copies that were on the shelves! I blame Sharon but still... No class!
I've heard Tommy is one of the nicest people around, and you can hear that when he speaks. He used to play with a band called Black Oak Arkansas for quite a while. I saw him on one of the late night shows back in the day, and his solo work is so innovative. Truly a GREAT Drummer !! At 72, still cranking !!!
Super nice guy and an awesome drummer. Beats the crap out of them.
That warm really generates from him
@3:51 What a slick fill. I love when Tommy adds double bass to anything.
you need to see tommy play live, to truely appreciate him. he is insane, and the ultimate showman. seen him play with thin lizzy in dublin many years ago, and everyone just talked about the drummer after.
I bet!
same with Pat Travers Band in 79 at the Hammersmith Odeon, David Coverdale described him as a most thunderous octopus 👍
Tommy Aldridge is the Second Drummer for Ozzy's Solo Band he Replaced Lee Kerslake during the Diary of a Madman/Blizzard Promotional tour and recorded a Few more album's before joining Whitesnake to replace Cozy Powell
Actually, Lee Kirslake never toured with Ozzy. He played on the first 2 albums but Aldridge started the live tours with Ozborne for the first 2 and recorded Bark at the Moon. Tommy also recorded the 2 Ozzy live albums Speak of the Devil and Tribute (to Randy Rhodes).Tommy was temporary replaced by Camine Appice for the Bark at the Moon tour, but Aldridge recorded the album.Then Aldridge came back for 1 more tour and then moved on to much better things.
@@KDragon-7 incorrect as there is audio off Kerslake Early For the tour on UA-cam
I saw Aldridge in Black Oak Arkansas in 1975 or 6. I was 13 or 14. Lost my shoes, but remembered Tommy Aldridge.
Aldridge is criminally underrated in public eye but deservedly very well respected in the drummers circles. Danny Carey mentions him in the conversation of being one of the best drummers ever. Aldridge is incredible.
I met Tommy at his mom's house in Pearl, MS back in the 70's when he was with Black Oak Arkansas. I was dating his sister at the time and she never even told me about him until the whole band showed up one afternoon, being a lead guitarist in a garage band, I was in awe meeting them because I happened to own an album by them, a double live album. They were really cool and even then you could hear the genius in Tommy's playing that would later come. Great guy!
WOAH!
His double bass on that live album is awesome.
Tommy pioneered the double kick drum movement in the 70s.
I love that powerful staccato style.
Lee Kerslake Left Uriah Heep in 1979 and then joined the First Blizzard of Ozz Lineup featuring Ozzy Osbourne Bob Daisly and Randy Rhodes for the first two Album's then he got fired after Sharon Arden didn't pay his royalties and that's when Aldridge stepped in on drums for a few more album's
Aldridge is an absolute BEAST...hard to believe we haven't seen him on the channel until now. Should do another one in the near future, as others have mentioned, there is some great stuff with Black Oak Arkansas, and he also did five albums with The Pat Travers Band. We need to find another good track for you to check out!
Tommy was one of my biggest influences. IMO Ozzy's band with Aldridge, Rhoads and Sarzo was one of the best lineups in music history.
the part in over the mountain when the guitar solo ends and they go back into the verse is the best of the best, man
Back in 1987 I saw him with Whitesnake, and it was incredible. It was my very first live show at a very young age.. That show inspired me to become a musician..
That's so inspiring. Thanks for sharing
I met him once in about 1983. I was a Front Desk Manager at a Marriott Hotel and I was checking in a line of people and he stepped up next. He said his name and I looked up at him and got really excited. It was busy, but I told him I was a big fan and discreetly asked for his autograph on a piece of paper. HE was super cool and gig that. I lost track of that autograph over the years, but will always remember him.
I’m 58 and I get winded walking to get the mail. Tommy is a true inspiration for doing this perfectly at his age.
He was killin' it over the whole kit but, Tommy was straight up punishing that snare! 🤘🏼🥁🤘🏼
Tommy giving the teacher lessons! Long live Tommy Aldridge! The true rock drummer!
Came back to watch it again.
When he does his one handed cymbal chokes, he guides the stick on the cymbal before he catches it...giving it almost a reverse cymbal "shoop" sound.
I really wish that you would react to Tommy's "Over The Mountain" drum instruction video.
It's absolutely amazing!
Thanks for the tip. I’ll get to it 🤘
I've seen Tommy live with Whitesnake. The dude just doesn't get old.
AMAZING
I've seen Tommy play twice with whitesnake and just one of my favorite top five drummers of all
A long time ago, when I was a budding drummer, I accidentally bumped into Tommy Aldridge (literally) after a Black Oak Arkansas show. I asked him some technique questions about his playing and he was very generous with his time in talking with me, and encouraging me to continue playing. Since then he’s always been one of my favorites.
Tommy Aldridge has been a drum hero for me for over 40 years.
Tommy is one of the great journeyman rock/metal drummers of the last 40 years. He has played with TONS of people, including Ozzy, Whitesnake, and even Ted Nugent. An absolute monster!!
BTW, the other great journeymen drummer was Cozy Powell (RIP). You should definitely check him out as well.
Tommy plays more progressive and aggressive on Pat Travers' live album Go For What You Know. You should definitely check that one out.
You're right. Tommy is the drummer on that iconic live version of "Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)"
Important to note that Aldridge didn't play on the original record, but he was playing along here to a live recording he DID play on. Something he talks about in the extended videos (some of the best I've seen on Drumeo) is that Randy Rhoads ASKED him to play even busier live, because as a one-guitar band - especially one where Randy is playing so many fills and lead licks throughout the song - they needed to make up for the lack of a rhythm guitar that was on the record. That couples with everything you said about the different energy you want to bring to a live concert, where everyone's screaming and jumping around (both Ozzy and the audience).
Awesome video. Tommy kills it. And that damn pocket, and those feet. Calves of steel.
YES!
My favorite drummer. NO ONE hits those skins harder than Tommy. He's a drumming monster.
Absolutely outstanding!! 72 years young and he wears me out just watching him. The top view from Drumeo is amazing
The best thing about Tommy Aldridge is that he taught himself to play drums, natural god given talent.
Tommy is, and has always been the drummers drummer.
As mentioned above he’s was highly underrated for most of his career.
Only now, at his age is he finally getting the play he deserves!
We love you Tommy !
Rock on !
Tommy Aldridge is the most humble and the most underrated drummer.He one of the greats. Go see his version of Over the Mountain on Drumeo.
I’ll check it out! 💯👌
Tommy tearing it up. Ozzy has lots of great post-Sabbath material.
From the get-go he was always accompanied by the very best.
Love this!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums
We can all thank Ozzy, Tommy included, for choosing to leave a hand written note on his local music store message board, 50+ years ago, simply stating-
"Ozzy Zig needs gig."
And here we are.
Mr. Aldridge, 72 years of pure class 👌
Talk about some great syncopated footwork on the double bass! Not only is Tommy a real solid professional drummer, great with double bass, but at the end of the day he is one of nicest well, mannered people you could ever meet. Plus the fact he's in his early 70's and still touring speaks to the man taking good care of his health while still rocking!
Grandpa works at 10 points. What a reaction! And the sense of rhythm is just super! It is pleasant to bow low at the feet of such a musician and mentally kiss his musical heart!
That dude is a BEAST. His his so damned hard and his precision is off the charts. He is ridiculously underrated
Tommy Aldridge was the first drummer I ever heard really elevated the approach to double kick drumming. Loved him with Pat Travers and Project Driver in the mid 80's. He still kicks a lot of butt for a 70+ year old rocker!!
Tommy's best playing is on The Pat Travers Band - Go For What You Know - Live Album ( the track Gettin' Better is a great example of his unique individuality ) .... With Black Oak Arkansas he was incredibly innovative , especially on tracks such as Hot 'n' Nasty / Full Moon Ride / Mutants of the Monster / Hot Rod .
Tommy is an amazing person. And an amazing drummer. Played with some big names
Yes this is super
Great job on the live Black Oak Arkansas album. I love his solos. Also if I'm not mistaken , I think I saw him drumming for Ted Nugent one year. Been to a lot of shows so hard to keep em straight
I saw Tommy when he was touring with Ozzy in 1983 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, epic drum solo then he went bare handed on the solo!!
Nobody has ever sent more drums to the hospital than Tommy Aldridge! Living legend!!!
🤣🤣👍
Tommy Aldridge is a Legendary icon. He started a whole revolution of double bass playing and you really need to experience one of his legendary drum solos
Check out Tommy on Pat Travers band Go For What You know live. Definitely one of the best live bands ever.
I'm thouroughly impressed with his skill, even at his age. LOVE the kickdrum!! Amazing drumming! 🤩
Sick! I had watched this before I saw your reaction, and let me tell you Tommy used to be even better, he used to spin and throw the sticks while he played it. There is also a section that he usually played in the song that was all choked symbols at lightning speed, he shows this at the beginning of the full video where he breaks the song down. Very humble genuine guy. Great reaction video man.
One of the best that has been underrated. He's a monster! Rock on my man.
First time I saw Tommy with Black Oak Arkansas, 1974 Kansas City, MO along with Kansas and Foghat Arrowhead Stadium stage set up 50 yard line and they put him on the instant replay screen. Blew me away
GRETA IS PISSED!!🤣🤣🤣🤣. And Tommy is an absolute BEAST!!
She was extra angry today!
A living legend
One of the greatest drummers ever...Period.
Tommy Aldridge, started drumming with Black Oak Arkansas, has stints with Ozzy, Thin Lizzy, but has spent the majority of his career with Whitesnake and working with David Coverdale. A good section of his Drumeo performance showcased some of the tracks from Whitesnake. He has though only appeared on very few studio albums of their’s considering his time with the band. He joined to tour the 1987 album, but it was Aynsley Dunbar that recorded the drums for the studio recording. He appeared on Slip Of The Tongue and then a big gap until The Purple Album and Flesh & Blood. His drum solo during Crying In The Rain on the Live in the still of the night video (also on UA-cam) is something to behold.
The one handed choke is a Tommy signature.
Tommy is definitely an amazing drummer and showman. I saw him with Whitesnake back in 2016 and he blew me away with his drum solo. He played with his bare hands around the kit and the cymbals. I was floored. An incredible display he put on. Legendary
I saw him live with Ozzy in the 80's and even with Pat Travers in the later 70's. you can listen to live recordings he made with Black Oak Arkansas back in the early 70's and he was just as hard hitting back then. was one of my biggest infliunces in Double bas drumming. he was one of the first that i saw in the 70's that featured a lot of douible kick work within the beat of a song, not just for endings and solos just mind blower hes been able to keep up that hard-hitting intensity for over 50 yrs.
You really want to listen to and see his extremely incredible drum solos... from any era, Black Oak Arkansas, Ozzy, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, his own Project: Driver with Tony MacAlpine and Rudy Sarzo and the last 37 years with Whitesnake... Talk about master class. Tommy Aldridge is the absolute best at what he does because he is the only one who can do what he does. His particular and very dynamically original drumming style adapted to all 5 decades of music he performs. My favorite drummer of all time... Total package.
I first saw Tommy play live with Pat Travers in 1978. Great chops for his age. I can't believe he still has the same hair!
Hit and Stop the symbals...Eric Singer does this often and great 😮😊😂
First concert ever
He was playing for Black Oak Arkansas
I think he was 20 at the time
They opened for Humble Pie
All the Tommy Aldridge stuff on Drumeo is a must-watch for all rock drummers as far as I'm concerned. His insight, style and energy are one of a kind, and he's a fantastic story-teller to boot.
Aldridge is a fkn legend bro. Music knows no age!
I don’t even play but I had already watched the original Drumeo take before. He really seems like a humble dude. More of him on this channel please!
Yes his warmth really comes through
He finishes the track. It cuts he comes back with " its very simple" best line ever.
Check out his hand drum solo
What an amazing player and top gentleman
Tommy Aldridge has the cleanest one hand cymbal choke ever, it's like one of those "Most Satisfying" videos. Tommy Lee of Motley Crue is a huge Aldridge fan and uses the same one handed mute he learned from the elder Tommy.
He's been around since the crack of dawn lol!
First seen Tommy in the late 70s when he drummed for the Pat Travers Band, (still doin' the same solo!!!!) and back then he was an immediate Fav, with his dynamic showmanship! And killer looks, bouncing 'fro, hawk nose, spinnin' sticks, wicked Orge!---then I seen him w Ozzy, once with Randy, once w Jake E. Lee...he's been doin' it All.
This song is an example of upping the tempo when playing live, too.
⚡️⚡️⚡️ It Up!
Big time influence w his double kicks, and solos🤘🏼...more peep can comment on his longtime career
Travers always had great drummers. Nikko McBrain played with him before hooking up with Maiden.
Snortin Whiskey!
🤘🧙♂️🤘
@@richpeltier9519 and seen Travers w drummer Sandy, forgot his last name..will🔎it edit: Sandy Gennaro
LEE F'n KERSLAKE ... !!!
What an influence for rock drummers, because of those two amazing first OZZY solo Records that LEE recorded... !!!
... Come on, Rooney Man !!!
Old school drumming and heaviest grooves🔥 Tommy is a beast 🔥
Tommy Aldrige is nothing but GENIUS!! I'm blessed I saw him with Whitesnake in 1987. This guy is crazy, nuts, totally wild but Oh so talented.!! He's my top 2 drummers. He's most amazing drummer, case closed.!!!
Had the privilege of seeing randy rhoads and tommy July 4th 1981 what a concert
Tommy such a down to earth gentleman....love this man...no drama just a great drummer and a total sweetheart!
Tommy Aldridge is 74 years old and absolutely one of the best hard rock Metal drummers ever.
It’s unbelievable
His kits are specially crafted the hardware is very strong because he hits CRAZY Hard!!!
I'd believe it
Aldridge has also played for Black Oak Arkansas & Yngwie Makmsteen, but he's most famous for his time Ozzy & Whitesnake as their longest tenured drummer playing for the band off/on for 30+years
Phenomenal job covering this epic performance by TA. Great work Andrew.
The look on your face watching him play… priceless!
I saw Tommy live with Ozzy on the Speak of the Devil tour (1981?), right after Randy Rhoads died. It was basically all Black Sabbath tunes with Tommy on drums and Brad Gillis (Night Ranger) on guitar. It was amazing!
Nothing against Bill Ward, but I bought the Speak of the Devil live album before I heard the original Black Sabbath versions. Let’s just say that Tommy did them more than justice. You should check out that live album. It’s incredible! The double bass work on The Wizard is off the charts, especially for the time 👍🏻
I'm sure it's been mentioned by now but you've got to see his BARE HAND solos. Primal drum beast territory.
Can't wait to see it!
Tommy's work on Vinnie Moore's "Minds Eye" album is incredible!
That's one of the best sounding kits I've ever heard. The snare, the bass, the toms....just perfect. What a monster sound
Yes that kit sounds wonderful!
Never saw him with Ozzy, but did see him with whitesnake in 1988 when Vivian Campbell, Rudy sarzo (he is the bass player in this video), Adrian Vandenberg. Lee kerslake recorded this song on blizzard, so although Aldridge isn't credited with the original recording, he still kills it, as with anything he plays
If only we could be as cool as Tommy.not many of us can do what he does at half his age
100%!
The first live concert I ever saw was Black Oak Arkansas, Tommy Joe Aldridge was their drummer!
Tommy is 72 years old in this video. He's always been a beast.
Tommy was insane and still is!
I honestly after watching your channel for a few months think that drummers except for a few(Pert,Moon, Bonham...) are so underrated. I'm not saying all are technical like some othe GOATs of drumming, but yall really have so much to do and I don't think people understand that. I sure didn't!
Yall the real MVPs!
All of the drummers I feature are exceptional in their own way! Agree
So funny watching your reaction to an old guy tearing up the kit to one of the GREATEST songs to ever hit the airwaves! 😂😂😂 Tommy Aldridge is making us all feel ashamed of the dwindling of energy as we get older... He's just unreal!
You have to see his bare hand drumming live with White Snake quite a few years ago, hammer fistin even the symbols
Nice!
He is a. Complete machine.
Yup!
Love Tommy!!! An all time best! Always beat them drums like they owe him money! ✌🏻👋🏻
Have a listen to Tommy on the Pat Travers song "It Makes No Differance" from the live album "Live Go For What You Know". My favorite Tommy Aldrich. The whole album kicks some serious ass.
Original drummer on “CRAZY TRAIN” is LEE KERSLAKE (also from URIAH HEEP) Rest In Peace Lee😔❤️🙏
Tommy Aldridge is one of the best drummers on the planet. Period.
SO glad to see Tommy on the channel! One of my biggest and earliest influences for his playing, mindset and just his overall vibe. True legend!. Definitely check out Black Oak Arkansas live with his solo from the early 70's - the stuff he's doing is killer and when you remember it was from '73, the holy shit factor goes through the roof.
Also, check out the full Drumeo session - the playing is fantastic and his humble outlook is inspiring.
I saw Tommy Aldridge with Whitesnake in 2003. Great drumming, great band and a great show!
Absolutely one of the best drummer !!