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Best Rock Rhythm Section

#61
Suprise Panda! said:
Juan Alderete/Thomas Pridgen


TMV!!
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Indeed.




However Jon Theodore and Juan were stupid, stupid, stupid tight. I love, love Pridgen's spastic? playing, but Jon would off on wild tangents and ALWAYS come back on "1". It's ridiculous how good a drummer he is.




Danny Carey + Justin Chancellor.

On the heavier Tribal Tech songs G. Willis and Kirk Covington.
 
#62
I went through all the posts just to make sure. And it's cool to see all the suggestions. So many good sections through the years.

One of my faves. Under the radar for many reasons I think.
Maybe too much commercial success. Definitely underrated:

McVie/Fleetwood
 
#65
Illinimax said:
Great nomination. Not a still bone in the house when the J. Geils Band was playing :)
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Thanks. I saw them several times back then, including the last night at the Fillmore East (with the Allman Brothers Band and Albert King). But one show that I'll always remember was a bill made in Talk Bass heaven: at Gaelic Park in the Bronx, in the summer of 1972, they opened for ... [drum roll]... Yes! (A rather odd lineup, I know.) I was there for Geils and my buddy was there for Yes. Squire & Bruford were extremely impressive (in a prog, Stonehenge sort of way), but Klein & Bladd made the hairs stand up on my neck. Great, swinging, gritty, rock and roll and blues.
 
#72
millsbass5 said:
commerford/wilk they sound so f*%^in HUGE!! lee/peart-two words~swiss timing. j.p.j./bonham~f#@!in HUGE(IN A SORTA PREHISTORIC,YESTERYEAR KINDA WAY.)not meant in a bad way zep fans!! flea/smith~4 words-BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIC AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.....(THIS SHOULD DEFINATELY START A DEBATE!!) wooten/futureman [in a mechanical but swinging drumming kind of way.]
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Since this was posted about rock rhythms sections, I don't think Wooten/Futureman apply. I certainly wouldn't discount them in any way, except that they really don't play in the genre of rock. (FYI - Vic's my favorite player so no disrespect here, just stating facts).

Just take the qualifier of "rock" out of it and then it's a whole 'nuther matter.:cool:
 
#73
NWB said:
Since this was posted about rock rhythms sections, I don't think Wooten/Futureman apply. I certainly wouldn't discount them in any way, except that they really don't play in the genre of rock. (FYI - Vic's my favorite player so no disrespect here, just stating facts).

Just take the qualifier of "rock" out of it and then it's a whole 'nuther matter.:cool:
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See my previous post as to how we define 'rock'. For example does 'rock' include James Brown, pop, TOP, Motown, Stax, Blues, etc.?
 
#74
Sort of reminds me of that Supreme Court justice when he was talking about pornography - "I know it when I see it."

I don't know that I can offer a real definition of rock, but "I know it when I hear it."

Can't really include JB since he's already claimed the title of Godfather of Soul and not the Godfather of Rock!;)
 
#75
IMO all of the following are nothing less than spectacular rhythm sections but do they qualify as ‘rock’ for purposes of this thread? In no particular order

• Tower of Power
• The Meters
• Funk Brothers
• Booker T & MG’s
• King Curtis and the Kingpins
• Backing band on Donny Hathaway’s live album
• The Beatles
• Wrecking Crew
• The Band
• Little Feat
• Allman Brothers Band
• Various incarnations of James Brown’s band especially Bootsy/Stubblefield
 
#76
NWB said:
Sort of reminds me of that Supreme Court justice when he was talking about pornography - "I know it when I see it."

I don't know that I can offer a real definition of rock, but "I know it when I hear it."

Can't really include JB since he's already claimed the title of Godfather of Soul and not the Godfather of Rock!;)
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Understood but keep in mind that to many of the early rock pioneers I would expect that many things considered 'rock' today is something else.
 
#78
pedro said:
IMO all of the following are nothing less than spectacular rhythm sections but do they qualify as ‘rock’ for purposes of this thread? In no particular order

• Tower of Power
• The Meters
• Funk Brothers
• Booker T & MG’s
• King Curtis and the Kingpins
• Backing band on Donny Hathaway’s live album
• The Beatles
• Wrecking Crew
• The Band
• Little Feat
• Allman Brothers Band
• Various incarnations of James Brown’s band especially Bootsy/Stubblefield
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I agree that those are some of the best rhythm sections ever. All of them deserving of significant merit. Whether or not they would commonly be called rock is something else. I suspect that most folks consider rock to be fairly guitar-oriented with a strong rhythm behind it. I doubt there are clear distinctions here though. For example, The Allman Brothers can be considered rock or blues depending on your views.

I think I'd put James Brown right at the top of the soul/funk category.:)
 
#79
NWB said:
I agree that those are some of the best rhythm sections ever. All of them deserving of significant merit. Whether or not they would commonly be called rock is something else. I suspect that most folks consider rock to be fairly guitar-oriented with a strong rhythm behind it. I doubt there are clear distinctions here though. For example, The Allman Brothers can be considered rock or blues depending on your views.

I think I'd put James Brown right at the top of the soul/funk category.:)
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Guitar oriented? What about Jerry Lee Lewis or Little Richard? What about The Nice or ELP? Elvis? Anyhoo, these types of discussions are interesting even if the criteria is somewhat nebulous (sp?).
 
#80
pedro said:
IMO all of the following are nothing less than spectacular rhythm sections but do they qualify as ‘rock’ for purposes of this thread? In no particular order

• Tower of Power
• The Meters
• Funk Brothers
• Booker T & MG’s
• King Curtis and the Kingpins
• Backing band on Donny Hathaway’s live album
• The Beatles
• Wrecking Crew
• The Band
• Little Feat
• Allman Brothers Band
• Various incarnations of James Brown’s band especially Bootsy/Stubblefield
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It's probably best to go with what you feel is appropriate, Pedro.
 

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