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#18,921
Always thought percussion was interesting on Raising Sand.

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

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Michedelic said:
Arrogant? Why yes, that was his stock in trade. But not a dumb statement necessarily, in terms of how he appraised things…Ginger considered himself first and foremost a jazz drummer, that was his criteria in terms of technique. I'm sorry, but while either of those two might have been great rock drummers, and Bonham had a certain swing to his style, neither of them were going to approach Elvin Jones.
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Yes, by all accounts the guy was generally difficult to get along with, and willing to argue/fight often, which generally doesn't improve your life (not smart).
He did play in the rock genre, and he was comparing himself to two other famous drummers in the rock genre.
Those two drummers got a lot of attention from a lot of people and for good reason, and Ginger was obviously miffed about it.
I love the way Bonham played and do not care for the way Keith Moon played, but both of them fit perfectly in the bands they were members of.
I think it was dumb because he puts himself in a no win situation when he makes that comment, he just sounds jealous and he is not going to convince anybody of anything/change anyone's opinion by saying what he said.
SJLee said:
Yep. This is a common feeling among jazz players regarding rock music.
James Jamerson felt this way about the music he played at Hitsville U.S.A. as well as how Charlie Watts felt about the Stones music.
They just weren't as vocal about it.
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Which is often smarter.
 
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58kites said:
Yes, by all accounts the guy was generally difficult to get along with, and willing to argue/fight often, which generally doesn't improve your life (not smart).
He did play in the rock genre, and he was comparing himself to two other famous drummers in the rock genre.
Those two drummers got a lot of attention from a lot of people and for good reason, and Ginger was obviously miffed about it.
I love the way Bonham played and do not care for the way Keith Moon played, but both of them fit perfectly in the bands they were members of.
I think it was dumb because he puts himself in a no win situation when he makes that comment, he just sounds jealous and he is not going to convince anybody of anything/change anyone's opinion by saying what he said.
Which is often smarter.
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Jack Bruce, another from a jazz background who fell into rock by default, didn't have anything positive to say about Zeppelin either, so was he dumb also?
The appeal of Zep seemed to be divided by age at that time; it hit teens on down, while the hipsters in their 20's were appalled by them as some sort of bad Cream or Jeff Beck Group derivation.
Yeah, Ginger could be quite full of himself and nasty, still, through his filter, his criteria, I can see how his point would be valid…to him at least. To my knowledge, he didn't badmouth Mitch Mitchell, another with serious jazz chops.
 
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Michedelic said:
Jack Bruce, another from a jazz background who fell into rock by default, didn't have anything positive to say about Zeppelin either, so was he dumb also?
The appeal of Zep seemed to be divided by age at that time; it hit teens on down, while the hipsters in their 20's were appalled by them as some sort of bad Cream or Jeff Beck Group derivation.
Yeah, Ginger could be quite full of himself and nasty, still, through his filter, his criteria, I can see how his point would be valid…to him at least. To my knowledge, he didn't badmouth Mitch Mitchell, another with serious jazz chops.
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No, I would not say he was dumb, but ragging on about your competition is never a great move.
A lot of jealous musicians in the rock world ragged on Led Zeppelin and I can understand to some extent why they would.
Led Zeppelin took a lot of blues recordings and plagiarized without giving proper credit where credit was due, but they also made amazing records.
They are still legendary and will be for some time to come. Same with The Who.
John Bonham and John Paul Jones (and the other two) were definitely playing well on some great recordings and nothing Jack Bruce or Ginger Baker or Ian Anderson or anybody else who wished they had done as well, diminished their accomplishments.
Jazz guys can be pretty snooty about what is what, same as a lot of prog and metal guys these days.
 
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Bass V said:
you just know this cat had it already going on
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So, I don't know who this bassist is (Perhaps I should, unless it is some sort of Joey Arkenstat thing Joey Arkenstat??....Help me out here folks!!) But that bass. I know that bass.

I started playing bass somewhere around 1974-1975. Got myself a $60 piece of crap dept. store short scale because, hey, I was a broke high school student. Yes, I still have it:

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I think it's the same model! Only difference I can see is a slightly different pickguard shape in the upper horn. Never thought I'd see another one of those anywhere. Have no idea what kind of bass it is.
 
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Milo Spleen said:
I've got this picture in my mind of Alison Krauss being about the sweetest creature on earth.
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Back in the early 90s, the distributor I worked for had just acquired Rounder Records (her label). She was supposed to do a 45 minute set at our little HQ stage we had during the day. We got a phone call prior to this. Her tour bus had some trouble so it delayed her she couldn't fit us in before her evening gig. She did make the driver pull off the river and drive the few miles to us so she personally apologize. She hopped off the bus alone and came in by herself and at least did a walk through and hello to us. Did a few autographs before she had to split. She's really petite. Didn't have the glamorous look and not quite so thin as now. But she WAS the sweetest artist we ever had coming through our doors. Looked you right in the eye when you talked to her. She had that magnetic something.
 
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