In 1972 I saw him at Disneyland. At the break, I was standing in a line behind a couple of his horn players and I said to them “it must be great playing with Buddy Rich.” They both laughed and launched into all of the problems. One thing they said was Buddy would never give them a song list, he would just start playing an intro and they would all frantically flip through the song book trying to figure out the song.
Standard operating procedure back in that time. If you didn’t know the lead ins, you didn’t know the music. Really happy the culture of music has changed a bit, but I do sometimes wish standards were kept this high.
I saw him at Disneyland around the same time. On one tune he played an intro and the band flipped through their book. Then Buddy switched up his intro and the whole band jumped to flip the page to a different song. I had no ide how he queued the songs.
Sometimes buddy would make a mistake and just if he didn't yell at anybody, then you knew it was him that made the mistake and then he would just restart. As far as I know, Basie was known for that always the same never really changed much, you know what the tune was going to be. Different dates Bay she did not use a setlist. For television he would have a set list but not in the exact order that would play. It was up to the assistant director and the TD to get two cameras on board based on the intro. Yes even they read music. I know there were some days that buddy dead where he would shout numbers out do the song numbers but I don't think it was that often. Typically mothman leaders then and now just shout out the number of the tune. Usually during the applause at the end of a tune. They might call out the next two or three. If you got a dancing crowd you had to do that.
My favorite Buddy Rich story involves an old friend of mine who not only was a musician himself, but so was his brother and their dad. Their dad was a sax player who played in the number of bands including Buddy's and because Dad was a professional musician, it was understood that Dad slept during the day and unless the house was on fire you didn't wake him. Well, the phone rang one morning and my friend, who was all of about 12 (and a drummer as well) and the man on the other end of the phone asked for his dad, to which he was informed that his dad was sleeping; the man said "well go wake him up and tell him Buddy, Buddy Rich is on the phone". My friend nearly died at the prospect of speaking to Buddy Rich on the phone and ran to his dad's bedroom and started shouting for him to get up. His dad quickly explained the house rule about waking him but he told him "Dad you don't understand, Buddy Rich is on the phone!" and the response was "Tell that @ssh@le I'm not here!" and rolled over and went back to sleep.
@@paulsteezo1772 ....unknowingly (by most) immortalized by Seinfeld on his hit show. My jaw dropped when I saw that episode, and he confirmed it years later.
He gave a workshop at Ohio State when I was a senior in college. I was a drummer in marching band and the entire drum core from all bands showed up. He was very humble, patient and stayed for almost 4 hours demonstrating, answering questions and just jamming.
Never knew this. Fellow buckeye and lifelong fan of the band. Always heard about these workshops back in the day and it must have been transformative for so many young musicians.
In the 1960s, a letter began circulating amongst the top drummers of the day. It was addressed to "The World's Greatest Drummer" and it first arrived at the home of Gene Krupa. He thought "this can't be for me" and sent it to Woody Herman, who said the same thing. Woody forwarded it to Buddy Rich, who immediately thought "ah, this is for me" and opened the letter, which began "Dear Ringo..."
Ed Shaughnessy has a 2 minute tutorial on youtube explaining how Buddy does and taught Ed to do the press roll. It works by moving your sticks in a circular motion rather than up and down.
He once started a drum solo, had a heart attack in the middle of it and continued playing until he finished the solo. The greatest drummer ever? Certainly right at the top of the mountain of drummers.
Saw Buddy in South Windsor Connecticut approx 1970. It was called a Dinner Theater. Probably $14 per ticket for dinner and the show. I was about 16 yrs old. Put on a suit and tie. My date wore a gown. My mom drove us to the show and picked us up after. A different world we lived in back then, f'sure.
@@stephenj8576 It was a very high class place. I put those details about the venue in the comment in case anyone was familiar with the location. I'm glad you responded. I'm in the Smoky Mountains of TN now. Left Connecticut in late 90's. How bout you?
@@larryfilkoff124 Hi! Still live in CT, my mom still lived in Darien until she passed last year. She lived there for 52 years! That's why my sister worked there. I think it's some sort of religious joint now.
@larryfilkoff124 I used to see Buddy and his big band at Lake Compounce in Bristol/Southington every year in the 70’s! I sat spellbound every time, as I was an aspiring rock drummer at the time!
I saw Buddy and the Killer Force at Disneyland in 1974. He was crushing it, pressed pause, and pulled a young guy in high school who was visiting the park as part of the Electrical Parade and let the young man sit in the seat and jam with the Killer Force. One generation reaching out to the next.
My grandmother was 72 and she asked me to put this song in her deathbed. She died, the Richie stopped, she resurrected, and then died again when Richie started over. Bless you, Richie!
As a drummer Buddy is The absolute best ever. Those chops, those accents he puts in his rolls, his timing, his energy, everything about his drumming has influenced many.
I geard him play live in 1980 in veeery northwest Montana at a little whistle stop gig in a room justlarger than the average kitchen, enough to keep gas in the bus as they traveled to greater things. He still gave it his all and was amazingly smooth and talented and... Hes the reason i became a drummer (i knew of him long before). 😊
Met him in Chicago in his dressing room and saw his plastic t shirt with elastic sleeves and neck. It keeps the sweat from being seen. Cannot say he was humble, but you don't need to be humble when you are the best
Indeed... Sad part is that people like Fletcher are more common than you think... That toxicity is something that permeated so much into society that now some people think that is NECESSARY to be that much of an asshole.
Buddy Rich and two musicians were having some beers. The bartender said "Who gets the bill?" Buddy said "I'll drum ya for it." The piano player said "I'll sight read ya for it." The trumpet player said "I'll high Z ya for it." The bartender said "Play a press roll." The musicians said "Hey! Why'd ya pick that?" and the bartender said "I never seen a drumer pay a tab *yet*."
My Dad was a Merseybeat drummer and he played Liverpool University in December 1969. My Mom went with him 7 mths pregnant with me! Dad said EVERY DRUMMER including the famous tutor Red Carter was there. So I guess. I get some of my licks passed the vibration. My dad said his snare was tuned to the sound of a rifle! Definitely head the Lionel Messi or Micheal Jordan of the Drum Kit. I still have the Ludwig Slingerhand black oyster kit he used…
It is difficult when the idea of a band/group is channeled through just one person. I appreciate that we each have our expectations but it is the coming together as a whole, through thick and thin in the moment, where chemistry is made. Outside of that, everyone is on eggshells pandering to the commander in chief, who are eager to please for a quieter life lol
Wow. Nice clip. Hah! My dad knows horn players from buddy’s old band, I’m sure they got this chart down after this gig… But also, as a drummer- his cymbals look and sound different here like his ride has a lot of curve in the bow towards the edge, I think maybe they’re heavier cymbals than I’ve seen him use at other times.?.. Snare sounds great what’s he playing here I wonder….. thanks!
You can say what you want about Buddy, but he was a drummer with a band that bore his name... can you believe it, a drummer managing musicians? One of a kind.
Yeah, he really did put a lot of tension on those drum HEADS.! I saw him at Disneyland once, and after the gig when everybody went home, I asked his roadie if I could go up on the stage and just check out the drum set. He said yes and I went over. It was that “Slingerland radio king” he played at the end of his career. And he had.:…REMO WEATHER KING JUST STANDARD WHITE, FROSTED HEADS THEY WERE ALL” DIPLOMATS” on both tops and bottoms of his TOMS ! His snare drum Batter head was also a REMO diplomat standard white frosted head, CRANKED UP REALLY HIGH TABLE TOP TENSION! Couldn’t believe it was an eye-opener that was!
'When asked if Rich could read music, Bobby Shew, lead trumpeter in Rich's mid-1960s big band replied, "No. He'd always have a drummer there during rehearsals to read and play the parts initially on new arrangements. Buddy would just sit in the empty audience seats in the afternoon and listen to the band. ... He'd only have to listen to a chart once and he'd have it memorized. We'd run through it and he'd know exactly how it went, how many measures it ran and what he'd have to do to drive it." '
In 1972 I saw him at Disneyland. At the break, I was standing in a line behind a couple of his horn players and I said to them “it must be great playing with Buddy Rich.” They both laughed and launched into all of the problems. One thing they said was Buddy would never give them a song list, he would just start playing an intro and they would all frantically flip through the song book trying to figure out the song.
Standard operating procedure back in that time. If you didn’t know the lead ins, you didn’t know the music. Really happy the culture of music has changed a bit, but I do sometimes wish standards were kept this high.
We saw him a couple of times in the 80s and, yeah, and we saw that. The show was great!
I saw him at Disneyland around the same time. On one tune he played an intro and the band flipped through their book. Then Buddy switched up his intro and the whole band jumped to flip the page to a different song.
I had no ide how he queued the songs.
yea dudes a narcissist
Sometimes buddy would make a mistake and just if he didn't yell at anybody, then you knew it was him that made the mistake and then he would just restart.
As far as I know, Basie was known for that always the same never really changed much, you know what the tune was going to be.
Different dates Bay she did not use a setlist. For television he would have a set list but not in the exact order that would play. It was up to the assistant director and the TD to get two cameras on board based on the intro.
Yes even they read music.
I know there were some days that buddy dead where he would shout numbers out do the song numbers but I don't think it was that often.
Typically mothman leaders then and now just shout out the number of the tune. Usually during the applause at the end of a tune. They might call out the next two or three.
If you got a dancing crowd you had to do that.
My favorite Buddy Rich story involves an old friend of mine who not only was a musician himself, but so was his brother and their dad. Their dad was a sax player who played in the number of bands including Buddy's and because Dad was a professional musician, it was understood that Dad slept during the day and unless the house was on fire you didn't wake him. Well, the phone rang one morning and my friend, who was all of about 12 (and a drummer as well) and the man on the other end of the phone asked for his dad, to which he was informed that his dad was sleeping; the man said "well go wake him up and tell him Buddy, Buddy Rich is on the phone". My friend nearly died at the prospect of speaking to Buddy Rich on the phone and ran to his dad's bedroom and started shouting for him to get up. His dad quickly explained the house rule about waking him but he told him "Dad you don't understand, Buddy Rich is on the phone!" and the response was "Tell that @ssh@le I'm not here!" and rolled over and went back to sleep.
Whats your friends father name?
@@danielcaputo8043
Darude - Sandstorm
@@danielcaputo8043Miles Davis
@@b2meb2meb2me And the boy who woke him up? That was Les Claypool
Later, Buddy gave a pep talk on the bus ride after the gig......
I will take you outside and show you what it's like 😂
I'll turn off the microphones and let's see how you do up there....WITHOUT ALL THE ASSISTANCE!
🤣
THAT guy...he's NOT MY KINDA GUY!!!
@@paulsteezo1772 ....unknowingly (by most) immortalized by Seinfeld on his hit show. My jaw dropped when I saw that episode, and he confirmed it years later.
Saw him in 1974. Sat front row right in front of his kit. Am sure a lot of my tinnitus is the result of that show. Best experience ever. 😂
I did the same...towards end of show he invited fans to come up on stage and watch!! I stood 4 feet behind him during his last solo
losing your hearing to buddy rich is just an offering to the drum god!
Worth it
He gave a workshop at Ohio State when I was a senior in college. I was a drummer in marching band and the entire drum core from all bands showed up. He was very humble, patient and stayed for almost 4 hours demonstrating, answering questions and just jamming.
Never knew this. Fellow buckeye and lifelong fan of the band. Always heard about these workshops back in the day and it must have been transformative for so many young musicians.
@@calebm9000 Without a doubt, there are some moments in life that you never forget. This was one of them for me.
The guy was not humble. He put up a facade if he acted like that when you met him. The guy was unlikable to the bone.
@@antibulletdodger101Absolutely, one of the most loathed people in show business. Husband own bands hated him.
Go Bucks. O-H
In the 1960s, a letter began circulating amongst the top drummers of the day. It was addressed to "The World's Greatest Drummer" and it first arrived at the home of Gene Krupa. He thought "this can't be for me" and sent it to Woody Herman, who said the same thing. Woody forwarded it to Buddy Rich, who immediately thought "ah, this is for me" and opened the letter, which began "Dear Ringo..."
😂😂😂😂😂
Ah yes Woody Herman, drumming legend
Woody Herman means Dave Tough.
And Ringo....wellll
😂
lmao that's very cute! Imagine thinking Ringo Starr is anywhere even remotely close to the level of Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich 😂😂😂😂
That snare sounds beautiful, and his press rolls were butter smooth. Total beast.
Ed Shaughnessy has a 2 minute tutorial on youtube explaining how Buddy does and taught Ed to do the press roll. It works by moving your sticks in a circular motion rather than up and down.
He was one of the best. There's an old video of him when he was in his 90s I think. I could never even dream to get that good.
Those are the legendary 6-ply "star maker" shells and a bronze Super Sensitive. Best I've ever heard recorded, right in this short.
The greatest drummer that I've ever heard. However, he never drank deeply on the milk of human kindness.
I think when you choose to stay where buddy was on the spectrum of greatness, it doesn't leave a lot of room for feelings...
He forgot one big thing..he made a big mistake in music...He forgot to enjoy it And smile!
He drank plenty, what he didn't do was produce any from those teats of his.
@@TheLarryBrown ew!
Good. You don't become great if you waste time on people.
His rolls are smooth AF.
Fuck was never smoother.
The Buddy Rich bus tapes are the BEST 👍 "I'll show you what it's like" 😂
Uh oh...Buddy is going to have a little "conversation" on the bus afterwards.
The man always looks like the drums owe him rent when he plays.
The way he drums through the horns playing the theme is even more impressive than the drum intro. So much swing and dynamics.
He once started a drum solo, had a heart attack in the middle of it and continued playing until he finished the solo.
The greatest drummer ever? Certainly right at the top of the mountain of drummers.
That may qualify him for "most foolish."'
@@TheLarryBrownnot really, dying doing the thing you love seems like a dream for anyone…
One of the rare moments that my 2 year old demanded to see the video I was watching.
Buy him drums
Sure 😂
LOL my 6yo just did the same thing, he heard it from the other room 😂🎉
Saw Buddy in South Windsor Connecticut approx 1970. It was called a Dinner Theater. Probably $14 per ticket for dinner and the show. I was about 16 yrs old. Put on a suit and tie. My date wore a gown. My mom drove us to the show and picked us up after. A different world we lived in back then, f'sure.
I remember that place, my sister worked there for a while...cool joint!
@@stephenj8576 It was a very high class place. I put those details about the venue in the comment in case anyone was familiar with the location. I'm glad you responded. I'm in the Smoky Mountains of TN now. Left Connecticut in late 90's. How bout you?
@@larryfilkoff124 Hi! Still live in CT, my mom still lived in Darien until she passed last year. She lived there for 52 years! That's why my sister worked there. I think it's some sort of religious joint now.
Fantastic!!!
@larryfilkoff124 I used to see Buddy and his big band at Lake Compounce in Bristol/Southington every year in the 70’s! I sat spellbound every time, as I was an aspiring rock drummer at the time!
I saw Buddy and the Killer Force at Disneyland in 1974. He was crushing it, pressed pause, and pulled a young guy in high school who was visiting the park as part of the Electrical Parade and let the young man sit in the seat and jam with the Killer Force. One generation reaching out to the next.
Snare sound is incredible
That ride cymbal is absolutely DYNAMITE sounding as well!
My grandmother was 72 and she asked me to put this song in her deathbed. She died, the Richie stopped, she resurrected, and then died again when Richie started over. Bless you, Richie!
and now ladies and gentleman we present the worlds greatest (jazz) drummer, buddy richhhhhh
Was fortunate to meet him in 78 when he brought his jazz band to my college
I was lucky enough to see him with Sarah Vaughan and Headliner Tony Bennet at Westbury music center,
Greatest drummer period
You're right, that swing period was the greatest for drummers!
As a drummer Buddy is The absolute best ever. Those chops, those accents he puts in his rolls, his timing, his energy, everything about his drumming has influenced many.
And,... he was a complete dick.
Nobody's perfect I guess.
No one had snare drum chops like BUDDY RICH! no one!…. not then….. AND NOT NOW!
I geard him play live in 1980 in veeery northwest Montana at a little whistle stop gig in a room justlarger than the average kitchen, enough to keep gas in the bus as they traveled to greater things. He still gave it his all and was amazingly smooth and talented and... Hes the reason i became a drummer (i knew of him long before). 😊
Met him in Chicago in his dressing room and saw his plastic t shirt with elastic sleeves and neck. It keeps the sweat from being seen. Cannot say he was humble, but you don't need to be humble when you are the best
What an amazing musician!!! Wow!!🇺🇸👍🏻🥁
Truly one of the GOAT.
I guess he was likely the inspiration for the teacher in Whiplash.
Indeed... Sad part is that people like Fletcher are more common than you think... That toxicity is something that permeated so much into society that now some people think that is NECESSARY to be that much of an asshole.
The part I hate most is that I love the power in his band
Maybe but I think probably not because Buddy is not a University teacher. That is a different type of power and leads to a different type of sadism.
Half him, half R. Lee Ermey.
Never heard anyone play with so much energy. He knew his axe .❤❤❤
Buddy Rich and two musicians were having some beers. The bartender said "Who gets the bill?" Buddy said "I'll drum ya for it." The piano player said "I'll sight read ya for it." The trumpet player said "I'll high Z ya for it." The bartender said "Play a press roll." The musicians said "Hey! Why'd ya pick that?" and the bartender said "I never seen a drumer pay a tab *yet*."
Trumpets definitely got chewed out for that one
BY FAR THE GREATEST EVER TO DRUM
Maybe this should be qualified a little more.
That time he "did it" without showing anger. He was my first "drum god".
Buddy " THE G.O.A.T" Rich
Heads were rolling that day ...
I think at 00:20 he said "now I'll do it right" meaning he was off, not the horns
Playing in a sportcoat is amazing on its own.
Indeed!
Just takes practice I'm sure. Hundreds of musicians have done it.
I haven’t seen him play for many years…thanks for showing this video!❤
Saw him a lot on the tonight show.
RIP 🙏 Buddy.
That Ludwig kit he is playing in this concert is sweet!
he just wanted to play the intro again...
My Dad was a Merseybeat drummer and he played Liverpool University in December 1969. My Mom went with him 7 mths pregnant with me!
Dad said EVERY DRUMMER including the
famous tutor Red Carter was there. So I guess. I get some of my licks passed the vibration.
My dad said his snare was tuned to the sound of a rifle!
Definitely head the Lionel Messi or Micheal Jordan of the Drum Kit.
I still have the Ludwig Slingerhand black oyster kit he used…
"😅They'll get it in the bus in the way home"
The best hitter in the history of music.
There's always time for Buddy
You could say that about any drummer.
Through all of his faults (we all have them), Buddy was the greatest jazz drummer to ever have played a swing beat.
Buddy was one of a kind, awesome player, a freak 🥁 🥁 💯 🔥🔥
I love the bugle boy rag.
I love hearing him play!!
It is difficult when the idea of a band/group is channeled through just one person. I appreciate that we each have our expectations but it is the coming together as a whole, through thick and thin in the moment, where chemistry is made. Outside of that, everyone is on eggshells pandering to the commander in chief, who are eager to please for a quieter life lol
Whipping the cream! The GOAT!
AMAZING VIDEO, REMEMBER VIDEO WELL. MAGICAL DRUMS 🥁 🪘 ✨️
THE MASTER
I studied jazz drumming material that he wrote. One of my favorite all time travelers
The sound of this snare is incredible.
Genio TOTAL!! Maneja a la perfección los TEMPOS!!😮
Greatest of all time on the snare
I screwed up, you're all fired.
Good player. Outstanding diva.
Wow. Nice clip. Hah! My dad knows horn players from buddy’s old band, I’m sure they got this chart down after this gig…
But also, as a drummer- his cymbals look and sound different here like his ride has a lot of curve in the bow towards the edge, I think maybe they’re heavier cymbals than I’ve seen him use at other times.?..
Snare sounds great what’s he playing here I wonder….. thanks!
The master ❤
Yea ❤ you can feel the passion
Saw Buddy 6 times!! Not many big bands left that can cut it like Buddy!!!
I could watch buddy play 24/7. What a beast on the kit
There's no such thing as a "seventh" note.
He was great👏👏👏👏👏👏
If you love your rudiments Buddy was the man to learn from.
You can say what you want about Buddy, but he was a drummer with a band that bore his name... can you believe it, a drummer managing musicians? One of a kind.
Ringo Starr and his All Starr band. The Gene Krupa Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, The Carpenters, Phil Collins, several others.
@@TheLarryBrown It's just a joke man, but anyway I meant telling the musicians what to play. So you can take a few off your list.
❤buddy rich . NOBODY CAN PLAY THE SNARE LIKE HE!!❤
Freaking AWESOME!
The master!👏👏👏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Screwed it up twice. They must have got a good ear full after.😂
Imagine being world class and having some hack horn section.
Oh dear those rolls..👀👀👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Both sounded great
The original 🐐!!!!
Gracias por compartir 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎼🎶🎶🎼🎶🎼🎵🎵🎵🎼🎼🎵
Love the way Buddy Cranks Up that Snare Head!!
Yeah, he really did put a lot of tension on those drum HEADS.! I saw him at Disneyland once, and after the gig when everybody went home, I asked his roadie if I could go up on the stage and just check out the drum set. He said yes and I went over. It was that “Slingerland radio king” he played at the end of his career. And he had.:…REMO WEATHER KING JUST STANDARD WHITE, FROSTED HEADS THEY WERE ALL” DIPLOMATS” on both tops and bottoms of his TOMS ! His snare drum Batter head was also a REMO diplomat standard white frosted head, CRANKED UP REALLY HIGH TABLE TOP TENSION! Couldn’t believe it was an eye-opener that was!
@@nealsausen4651I'm thinking you can't put your thumb on a drum head and differentiate between "tight" and "medium" or even "low tension."
@@TheLarryBrown : I would agree!
Excellence.👍
Masterpiece
My favorite drummer of all time !!!
✌🌻👊💨
Awesome R.I.P buddy guy
Buddy Guy is Blues musician…
he’s class buddy rich
His beats are so crisp!
'When asked if Rich could read music, Bobby Shew, lead trumpeter in Rich's mid-1960s big band replied, "No. He'd always have a drummer there during rehearsals to read and play the parts initially on new arrangements. Buddy would just sit in the empty audience seats in the afternoon and listen to the band. ... He'd only have to listen to a chart once and he'd have it memorized. We'd run through it and he'd know exactly how it went, how many measures it ran and what he'd have to do to drive it." '
Probly the very best of all time
BEAST! 🔥
The Snare Buzz tone is a killer .
Awesome😊
Beautiful ❤
Straight Fire 🔥
El mejor en toda la historia de la musica
He's buttering that snare like a piece of toast with those rolls.. damn.
Burned it up!
Buddy was a perfectionist and it made him #1
That snare! 🔥🤤
Saw his band a bunch of times. Ya gotta try !!
A Legend
Saw him about 50 years ago... in ottawa
At the NAC.
Legend
Ohhh, they're going to hear about that on the bus later
He is the only one!!
Buddy was the King and still is ! I' very bin playing for over 70 years, so I'm Not talking shit !
King of of shit mountain maybe. Dude just liked being on the tonight show.
The legend