RARE VIDEO: The Perfect Date // Steve Smith
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Here’s some fairly rare footage of Vital Information’s “The Perfect Date” live from 1988. Tom Coster, Dave Wilczewski, Kai Eckart, Mike Miller, and Steve with a ripping solo at the end.
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The Perfect Date · Steve Smith · Larry Schneider · Tom Coster · Frank Gambale · Larry Grenadier · Vital Information
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℗ 2012 Drum Legacy Records
Released on: 2012-01-31
Music Publisher: KimTom Music
And Gregg Bissonette on saxophone.
omg.
My favorite era of Steve Smith. I love the birch Sonorlite kit. 👍👏
Yup. The good ol days
@@howtobeatadrumwhen men were men and sheep were worried lol
One of the best sounding drum sets I’ve ever heard
He left Journey to go on an incredible odyssey. We are all blessed by it.
Being a professional drummer for many moons I can always learn many things especially from one of my favorites Steve Smith. I love everything he played with Journey! Very tasteful drummer.
Salt & Light on THIS Journey.
Never underestimate a musician's abilities. The same guy who drummed to Open Arms would never have been thought of as someone who could pull off complex jazz like Steve does. The man is amazing as are all these stupendous musicians.
...keeping in mind he was/has always been a jazz, jazz fusion drummer long before joining Journey
People act like being in one of the most popular bands was no big deal, come on if anyone was able to play on that epic song then that alone is incredible.
Would never have been thought by you, simp..
@@metzillathank you! I remember my brother practicing to Jean Luc Ponty long before he joined Journey. When he started taking lessons from Freddie Gruber and playing traditional grip he started playing a lot more relaxed and turned The Professor onto Freddie! Steve’s hi-hat trick is sick and his channel is so cool! He plays these old kits from the 1920’s that are beautifully restored!
Any actual drummers would never doubt Steve’s abilities.
Man, Steve Smith never fails to astound me. Ideas, execution, time...simply one of the best we have. And still pushing the envelope!
I would kill to take a lesson or two from him. Such a beast. One of my all time favorites.
Two dislikes. They broke their drumsticks trying to keep up.
No they are two female people, who think that this video give them perfect date tips, and then disappoint.
For my money THIS is The Smith Machine at The Apex of his Powers.. this is beyond rare Thank You Ben !
Steve Smith…just incredible…those fills were just sick! Transitions so smooth! I’m running out of words…
What a gem! Steve has marked an epoch in drumming history. Great precision and substance is his drumming. Thanks for sharing . Cheers
Absolutely. A Masterpiece !!
Damnit man, Kai Eckhardt is killin' on bass!
I was a huge fan of Steve Smith in high school and after. Once he left journey and no internet it was hard to follow him. I did manage to buy his LP orion back in the day. It was black with stars on it i believe.
The power of a mullet....
We Mullet Men RULED the 90s
It had a hold on me. I was in a trance looking at that thing.
@@markmullen9919 holy moley you won the comment section with that
I once knew a talented guitar player who dismissively referred to him as Journey's old drummer ... yeah, he's only been ranked in the top 100, if not top 10 drummers on the planet for over 30 years. Journey's old drummer indeed.
Drummer not Guitar player
Before Steve Smith even joined Journey he'd already played JazzRock Fusion with Jean-Luc Ponty (Frank Zappa/Mahavishnu Orchestra) in the 70's!
Just check out that Jean-Luc Ponty 'Enigmatic Ocean' album.
Steve Smith also played Metal together with guitarist Ritchie Kotzen on his 1989 self titled debut album and layed down some fat grooves on tracks like Strut It.
Twice removed hahah
Yes. And there's a reason he can still play. Drummers can always learn about proper techniques for staying a healthy and fluid drummer in the older years
Steve Smith might be the most popular member of the band
i need to go listen to more Vital Information. this may be the best display of Mr Smith's talent. drums sound tight and clean. fantastic video
Met him on a Journey/Babys tour layover in Baton Rouge in April of 1980. Great cat, helluva playah.
He is a playah hatah
We’re blessed to have Steve and his skill, discipline and commitment to his art and drumming with us. Inspiring generations of musicians for decades
I have always loved Steve Smith! Thanks for letting me see this wonderful performance!👍✌️
The mullet on my man playing sax. Whoa.
And he acts like it’s no big deal!
EXCELLENT DRUMMER ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💜💜💜💜💜
I've been a fan of Steve for around 20 years. I think he's a fucking genius. Probably the best drummer of our generation.
This has always been a personal favourite
I didn’t know he could play like that. Great composition
I went to Mars and I came back, man that sounds fantastic 💥💥💥
Smokin'!
I always knew Steve Smith had exceptional skills even when playing with Journey! There are very few drummers that can make that conversion from playing with a successful Rock Band, to Jazz Fusion…and do it well! Amazing drummer.
He was playing Jazz / JazzFusion long before he was playing with Journey. Why he went back after the first time still mystifies me🤷🏼♂️. He’s in his element playing this. (Look up Jean-Luc Ponty and Steps Ahead…..)
I saw Steve's band, Vital Information a few years ago and was absolutely blown away by the entire band but more pointedly at how fantastic Steve's drumming was. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen!
I saw Vi opening for Jeff Lorber in downtown Portland before it turned into an insane asylum. What a show. Frank was playing guitar on the second show a year later down on 2nd street by the river
Great to hear Kai Eckhart. Another amazing player who mysteriously disappeared from view...
Steve one of the best in the world. A Massachusetts native and schooled at Berklee school of music in Boston. He left school to go on the road with Jean Luc Ponty which spearheaded his career and the rest is history.
He developed into a world class jazz/fusion drummer over the years.
Exceptional skill set.Loved his linear interpretation at that time, pure brilliance. Met him in Montreal at L' air de temps where he performed with Buddy's Buddy's. Only a handful of individuals at this Masterful performance level. Super chill, very professional, Great human being.
Steve "Animal" Smith, yeah, the jazz fusion guy who joined Journey, one of the best-selling rock bands of all time, but still, jazz and fusion will always be his genre. 🥁
Kai Eckhardt is an amazing bass player! He was at Berklee when I was there. Amazing back then too!
Incredible..........
Epic mullett footage
More of skullet if u ask me 😄😂😂😂
The mullet totally stole the show
How a bass player shines during a keyboard soli.
Amazing! That's the Steve Smith I remember back in the day. Thank you so much for putting this up!
That bass player ,,Solid!! Lov it!!Cheers! ;-)!!
Loved Steve's work w/Vital Information, almost as much, or more so, as his Journey output! And, if am remembering right, this was before revamping his technique, courtesy of Freddie Gruber!... OUTSTANDING
Steve is like a hybrid species combining Dave Weckl and Vinnie Colaiuta.
I just wanna say wow!
If I didn't know this was Steve Smith, I'd swear with my eyes closed it would be Weckl or even Colaiuta...
loev it!!
Steve Smith played on Kit Walker's "Fire In The Lake"..I literally have played that CD thousands of times mostly due to Steve's fiery drumming...
Also on Kit’s ‘dancing on the edge of the world’ album.. the whole album us just sublime
Kit walker is so underrated! The whole album is great! 😊
Nice bass groove. I'm a big Steve Smith fan
I AM ALWAYS HYPNOTIZED BY THE SUPERB MUSICIANSHIP IN THIS BAND ❤️💜💜💜
Even in 1988 Steve Smith was a fantastic Jazz drummer. Love it!
He was originally a jazz drummer.
Steve's playing was incredible in this band
I much prefer Steve's technique here than after studying with Freddy. To me, this looks more natural. More ballsy.
Agreed- I think the sound is better; I also think the same with Dave Weckl. I still like Mr. Gruber though!
Yep. He plays less stiff and his drums sound WAY better back in these days.
No wonder he never gains any weight! Steve Smith has the smoothest burn of any drummer I know!
What can I say this is Absolutely Incredibly Amazing and Smooth as👏💎👏🥁🔥🥁🎸🔥🎸🎹🔥💯🎺🔥🎺🎷🔥🎷💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
... And Steve Smith, bon of a sitch! When cats like that can throw down on rock n roll, n then jus lay down the lumber/pound skins, like that on Jazz, free form Jazz... then u know they are world class. Non musicians as well as alota musicians don't understand how difficult it is to have the tech ability to play different genres of music at a master level.
Thank you for posting this video. This tune was the first one I get to hear Steve Smith.
Amazing solo within the tune! Crazy!👌
Steve Smith had hairs !!!! 😲 ... what a so fantastic band !!
Video edited by the three blind mice. Steve is ripping through the solo and the camera is resting on the comping guitar or sax. Ughhh!
It would be great to piece together a drum cam video from this performance, Steve is absolutely burning.
It's the worst I've ever seen. Not only is it a great solo, but it's Steve's band. What an idiot
So amazing !
Awesome! Steve rocking the Sonorlites.
still love your Work!!
I watch a lot of his covid practice videos. He’s got this incredible drive to improve. I would like to think that he sees the results and it’s the excitement of self improvement that drives him. I’ve seen my kids experience the same thing with weight lifting. How far can we take this thing?
His covid period instruction videos are a free gift to the drumming community, really generous and really great
I put flower for the water make grow and beautiful. life like pedal of the roses
YES YES YES!!! I have been looking for this particular tune for eons!!!! And this is the closest I come
❤❤❤ , "*" STEVE SMITH "*" IS STILL ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMER'S AROUND , AND , WITH "*" JOURNEY "*" HE WAS
STILL , WITH , "*" ROSS VALERIE , STEVEN PERRY , JOHNITHAN
CAIN "*", AND ALL OF THE OTHERS WHO JAMMED WITH SOME
OF THE BEST EVER , ❤❤❤ ,
Steve introducing the world to the perfect Prog kit.
That don’t show enough of Steve 😢
~ 4:55 & that's when the cameraman lost all credibility ... Otherwise, this is a FANTASTIC performance from Mr. Smith.
Simply wow
Great
Steve’s a beast
I just watched an older video of Steve with Jean Luc Ponty before his Journey stint. Some great stuff but I like his technique here so much better. He really matured.
Love those Sonorlite drums! That snare drum is fantastic.
Great stuff. Thanks for posting it!
Can you please tell me why Sonor is so expensive? Is it that they're hand made? Do they sound THAT much better? I never got that brand.
@@DrJ-hx7wv Ya know, that’s a good question. I just saw a 3-piece SQ2 set for sale - from a major retailer - for over $4,000. Its nuts. Best live drum sound I’ve ever heard was Emmanuelle Caplette playing a Sonor Vintage Series kit; her playing and the drums’ sound knocked me right out. That show was a 4-drummer marathon of clinic/performances, so it was easy to hear the contrast between her kit, a Gretsch/Frankenstein kit, and DW drums. Her sound blew everyone else’s away.
They are great drums and well made, but unquestionably really expensive. Warranted? Hard to say. I know for a fact the cost of DW drums is way out of hand, almost unethical. There’s nothing special about them at all.
@@DrJ-hx7wv Sonorlite drums were made completely in Germany using a special type of metal not ordinary pot metal, the lugs also have the snaplock feature that uses special tension rods that are flattened on two sides along with metal clips. Sonorlite drums also use Scandinavian birch wood so it's the quality of materials, design elements and craftsmanship that costs. Good sound is a little different for each person but generally speaking, with good heads and careful tuning, they sound wonderfully good a little like the Yamaha Recording Custom drums except with a little more brilliance to the sound. Hope this helps and happy drumming!
Very ❤
Funny story I met Steve Smith and Tom Coster in a bathroom standing at the urinals We were all pissing and talking Steve couldn’t find the door to leave the bathroom We were laughing our asses off This was at a clinic he was doing with Tom coster at Sam Ash Great players !!
This is Gold! Thank you!! Please post the entire concert, and Fiafiaga
[ Celebration ] if possible.
Wow !!!!! Thanks for posting !!!!! Like !!!!!
Raw energy
HOLY CRAP what a solo
Smith saw the Discipline era King Crimson in its early days and was blown away by Bill Bruford's playing. Saying something to the effect of "Ah, so that's what drumming is!" he finished a Journey tour and then never looked back. Quite impressive. Cheers!
Steve was playing fusion in the early to mid 70s. Journey was just a departure into rock and roll...which he did very tastefully. If you listen to Journey songs he plays on? There are nuances that are tasty with massive pocket.
I don’t know but some people are saying that drummers like Smith and Dave W. Now playing more natural and lighter. To me 90s that’s a best time. I love the way Smith played at that point as well as Dave W. And others. Guys like Denis Chambers , Vinnie Colaiuta and so on. And yes, camera men who captured that don’t understand anything in music.
This was the 80's though...
Hey, I have an idea: when Steve is soloing lets pan over to the guitarist..?
WOW
love it!!
Killer!
Steve Smith heads up the Jedi Knight round table of drum gods..always thought Jim Gordon would be doing this type of stuff now..
I agree completely; Steve is one of the very best and Jim is so tragic it hurts.
@@williamkleitsch1153 i still try to learn from Jim Gordon music..Steve Smith has instructional stuff out there that i practice to..i started in 1978..12yrs old..still just love to practice..Jim Gordon became a legend fighting a horrible mental illness..sad tragic real life story..i think there is a Joel Selvin book due out in February about Jim Gordon..
For anyone that hasn't listened... the first couple of Journey's albums, before they got Steve Perry as the front man, are absolutely amazing. Their debut album in particular.
Smith didn't play on those though.
Oohh man!!! Kai and Steve together!!!
Steve was always a great drummer... but it *astounds* me how much better he got in just a couple of years after leaving Journey.
He was Always a Phenom.. check out Jean Luc Ponty's Enigmatic Ocean
Steve Smith already was an incredible Jazz Fusion drummer in the 70's and actually dumbed down his playing for Journey's more commercial sound.
Steve is the best.
Journey 's other old drummer, before Steve Smith, was Ansley Dunbar a really fine, polished and unique drummer.
back when Steve still had all his cymbals high & rack toms tilted ...now .he has cymbals lower & toms lower & flat ..nothing wrong with it though ...it happens..
Thanks!! 💖 it!
Steve cut his teeth playing with Jean Luc Ponty Fusion Jazz Band! including Allan Holdsworth! Naturally when the Journey opportunity arrived Steve was on his way as long as you don't get on Neal's bad side
A real wizard 🪄
Believe it or not, back when they first used to rehearse this tune at Tom's house, they (or at least Tom) used to call it "Fart in a Space Suit." It was such a cool tune, that I guess the goofy title just didn't seem appropriate for public consumption.
That sax player’s mullet tho
Someday that drummer might make something of hisself......juuuusst keep training there fella! Steve gets better every day because he practices daily with passion!
No band is complete if there is no drummer. Way u go Steve Smith.
If the drummer doesn’t show up...the gig is canceled!
This is not Vital Information. It is Mullet Man and the Dad Bods
This has that spiro gyra feel.
MULLET