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The Thrill is Gone...

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I learned all the fundamentals of how to play 'the blues' on a drum kit listening to the ABC Paramount Records album "B.B. King Live at the Regal". The performance is a classic masterwork and stands the test of time. All interested in 'how to play a shuffle', 'how to use dynamics and accents', 'how to "swing" on ride cymbal', 'how to use dynamic volume changes to affect and create mood and emotional release in a musical setting', 'how to perform tight, precision, driving rhythms in all tempos on drum set', 'how to construct a live performance set list to greatest effect', etc., need look no further than to this monumental recording.

If it was a Ph.D thesis I would title it, "The recording "B.B. King Live at the Regal": Musicological and ethno-historical analysis of the combined influences of West African mictrotonality and stringed instrument technique, with the call-and-response vocalizations of the anti-bellum and post-Reconstruction Southeastern plantation workers, as heard in a modern American blues performance."

Posted on 10 years ago
#11
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Our band Timetrip did this tune to honour the great on friday..

Bop iT / Til U Drop iT.

ROGER's
1964 Cleveland,.18/14/12 in WMP
1966 Cleveland, 20/14/12 O'natural.
Fullerton,...20/16/13/12 Silver Glass

WFL
1957 B/R Super Classics In WMP

Snares..
Wood & COB Powertones,
Wood & COB Dynasonics,
57 Jazz Festival

Zildjian avedis cymbals.
40s/60s era.
Posted on 10 years ago
#12
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Here it is... we lost a beloved American icon of the Blues and we all lost a well-loved drum brother. My heart bleeds.

Open the video up full-screen and crank the volume.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fk2prKnYnI"]B. B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (Live at Montreux 1993) - YouTube[/ame]

John

Too many great drums to list here!

http://www.walbergandauge.com/VintageVenue.htm
Posted on 10 years ago
#13
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With the best now jam in peace now amen bb

April 2nd 1969 scarfed pink champagne holly wood and 65/66 downbeat snare, and , supra same year very minty kit old pies
66/67 downbeat with canister
Super 400 small round knob
1967 super classic obp





once the brass ceases to glitter, and the drum looses its luster, and the stage remains dark, all you have left is the timbre of family.
Posted on 10 years ago
#14
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I'm realising when I'm playing with a big band a lot of the stuff I get to play is highly blues influenced, I know that sounds like a cliche. And people like him are the pure purveyors of it.

I love the jazz era
Posted on 10 years ago
#15
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From Purdie Shuffle

Here it is... we lost a beloved American icon of the Blues and we all lost a well-loved drum brother. My heart bleeds.Open the video up full-screen and crank the volume.B. B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (Live at Montreux 1993) - YouTubeJohn

this made me cry like a baby.

Stay Wiggly,
Robyn
Posted on 10 years ago
#16
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From Olddrumgeek

I'm realising when I'm playing with a big band a lot of the stuff I get to play is highly blues influenced, I know that sounds like a cliche. And people like him are the pure purveyors of it.

Even some drummers don't realize that the Blues is a 'form' all unto itself, with its own rules and vocabulary. The Blues has infused itself into every iteration of American created music since the beginning of the last century. As a drummer, having a good knowledge of Blues drumming and fills is invaluable. They are useful tools that can be applied to almost every music situation. Familiarity and comfort-zone ability with shuffles, half-time, swing and funk rhythms is mandatory, but it's a knowledge base that makes the difference between a 'tasty' drummer and a 'mechanical sounding' one. The Blues is all about Feel. BB was one of the ultimate Masters of the form.

John

Too many great drums to list here!

http://www.walbergandauge.com/VintageVenue.htm
Posted on 10 years ago
#17
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RIP"Blues Boy King" and thank you for inspiring so many greats that came in your wake and for so many greats yet to come...

Wayne

1967 Rogers Cleveland Champagne Sparkle
20,16,13,13.
1967/68 Rogers Dayton Champagne Sparkle
20,16,13,13.
1966 Rogers cob 7 Line Dynasonic Snare.
1967 Rogers "Humberto Morales" Timbales.
1980 Ludwig B/O badge 14x 6.5 Black Beauty Snare.
1980 Ludwig B/O badge Red Cortex
22,22,18,16,15,14,13.
1988 Sonor "Horst Link" HLD 590 14x8 Bronze Snare
Posted on 10 years ago
#18
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Now that they're all gone, may as well make this a little tribute to The Three Kings:

Freddie King

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNv2P5cCDfg"]Freddie King - Going Down - Dallas, TX 1973 - YouTube[/ame]

Albert King

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKY8KIt9kqc"]Albert King - 1981 - Born Under A Bad Sign - YouTube[/ame]

B.B. King

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLAAzOBoBI"]BB King Calls This One Of His Best Performances - YouTube[/ame]

Enjoy...

John

Too many great drums to list here!

http://www.walbergandauge.com/VintageVenue.htm
Posted on 10 years ago
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