Earl Palmer was my model. As a student, after my daily practice session of the rudiments and whatever my reading assignment was for my weekly lesson, I'd pull out my stack of 45s. Most of them were Fats Domino and Little Richard hits and other Imperial and Specialty R&B tunes, so of course, the drummer would be Earl Palmer. To this day, I wish I could have met him and thanked him for being my 'other' drum teacher.
What about 1951's "Rocket 88" which Ike Turner wrote/produced. It is the fist record to feature a distorted guitar sound, laying the foundation for rock n roll
I was thinking that too. Most people would credit that as one of the first rock records. I guess he chose Rock Around the Clock because it has more of the drum feel that he's talking about, but it's definitely not the first rock song.
+Werner van der Plas Yeah cuz he has the cymbal mounted on the bass drum old school style. My first drum kit that I got had that and that happened a few times. If you wanted to play it hard and lay into it you had to play it a certain way or it would just tip like that. I'm sure the kit he is playing in the clip is a modern kit but they are trying to go with that old time look.
+Dave Kingsland Actually, chalk it up to crappy old vintage hardware. Is tough to play that stuff at modern volume/energy levels, which is why I'm always MORE impressed with the older players, because they did what they did on gear that is vastly inferior to today's stuff.
Daniel Glass I watched this whole series. I don't think there was any mention of Buddy Rich but not sure. Trying to get my students to watch it but maybe I'll just insist that we watch some of the 6 minute clips per lesson because I think it's just so important o see how the drum set and the also the music evolved. One of my first record albums my mother bought me maybe 45 years ago called Drums. Are you familiar with that? Way before youtube lol. On the Impulse label. That was my history of the drums back then.
All of the elements combined became a totally unique and revolutionary new sound that had never been heard before? it ' s not true.Bill halley has recorded this song in the best studio, the sound is clear,it' s all and the only difference, and the song is a jump blues style, the way of siging a rhyme(rock,rock...)the same structure,chords,solos ...Drummers of jump blues,blues,bepop,jazz invented this style of drums,and binary...Drummer of Bill haley has just imitated.There are a lot of audios and vidéos testimonies in You tube( 1947-1954) of jump blues drumming...
+Paul TheSkeptic The guy with the accordion was Bill Haley's keyboardist. My suspicion is that he generally played piano, but got out the accordion if the venue did not include one. This is also a publicity shot - there may not have been a piano available, so rather than have the keyboardist do nothing, he put on his accordion. In general, I've never heard any accordion in Bill Haley's music.
Daniel Glass Wow, have times changed. It must be so nice for a keyboardist to take home his entire rig nowadays, organ piano and all in one unit maybe. We should all appreciate the sacrifices of those who came before us. XD
I think this the very first video documentary that i have ever seen , nice tribute to the drums
Earl Palmer was my model. As a student, after my daily practice session of the rudiments and whatever my reading assignment was for my weekly lesson, I'd pull out my stack of 45s. Most of them were Fats Domino and Little Richard hits and other Imperial and Specialty R&B tunes, so of course, the drummer would be Earl Palmer. To this day, I wish I could have met him and thanked him for being my 'other' drum teacher.
I sincerely hope I get to play music for 5 minutes someday with Daniel, he's very inspiring :)
I look forward to these videos soooo much
the drum parts in Rock around the Clock are killer the snare shots at the bottom of each verse are all different very cool
Thank you very much. Very informative. You did a great job with these video's.
What about 1951's "Rocket 88" which Ike Turner wrote/produced. It is the fist record to feature a distorted guitar sound, laying the foundation for rock n roll
I was thinking that too. Most people would credit that as one of the first rock records. I guess he chose Rock Around the Clock because it has more of the drum feel that he's talking about, but it's definitely not the first rock song.
I would say rocket 88 has more of a shuffle feel than a backbeat
Hey, there's my old boss John Hatton on bass!! Dig!
The part at 4:37... my sides are still in orbit.
Ha, his cymbal falls over at 3:31.
I know how he feels. It's easy to miss tightening all those things.
+Werner van der Plas Yeah cuz he has the cymbal mounted on the bass drum old school style. My first drum kit that I got had that and that happened a few times. If you wanted to play it hard and lay into it you had to play it a certain way or it would just tip like that. I'm sure the kit he is playing in the clip is a modern kit but they are trying to go with that old time look.
+Dave Kingsland Actually, chalk it up to crappy old vintage hardware. Is tough to play that stuff at modern volume/energy levels, which is why I'm always MORE impressed with the older players, because they did what they did on gear that is vastly inferior to today's stuff.
+Steve Percoco All the drums and hardware I used in "The Century Project" were vintage and period specific, except the final drum set at the end.
Daniel Glass I watched this whole series. I don't think there was any mention of Buddy Rich but not sure. Trying to get my students to watch it but maybe I'll just insist that we watch some of the 6 minute clips per lesson because I think it's just so important o see how the drum set and the also the music evolved.
One of my first record albums my mother bought me maybe 45 years ago called Drums. Are you familiar with that? Way before youtube lol. On the Impulse label. That was my history of the drums back then.
What’s the song at 5:38?
All of the elements combined became a totally unique and revolutionary new sound that had never been heard before?
it ' s not true.Bill halley has recorded this song in the best studio, the sound is clear,it' s all and the only difference, and the song is a jump blues style, the way of siging a rhyme(rock,rock...)the same structure,chords,solos ...Drummers of jump blues,blues,bepop,jazz invented this style of drums,and binary...Drummer of Bill haley has just imitated.There are a lot of audios and vidéos testimonies in You tube( 1947-1954) of jump blues drumming...
this new demographic known as... 'the teenager' lol
Teenagers were a big demographic in the '40s, that's why e.g. a 17-year-old played Frankie Sinatra's biggest fan in his movie Higher And Higher, 1943.
Who's the guy with the accordion? Was there an accordion in that song?
+Paul TheSkeptic The guy with the accordion was Bill Haley's keyboardist. My suspicion is that he generally played piano, but got out the accordion if the venue did not include one. This is also a publicity shot - there may not have been a piano available, so rather than have the keyboardist do nothing, he put on his accordion. In general, I've never heard any accordion in Bill Haley's music.
Daniel Glass Wow, have times changed. It must be so nice for a keyboardist to take home his entire rig nowadays, organ piano and all in one unit maybe. We should all appreciate the sacrifices of those who came before us. XD
Paul TheSkeptic Indeed! We would be a lot more appreciative of what we have today if we had to "walk a mile in their shoes."
Instead of "TtTTTtTT " hr goes "TttTtTTTT" and then you have "TtTTtttTT" which replaced "TTtTtTT"
it also put the devil in the children lol