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Tony Levin on drummers
- Thread starter Crackle
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Bruford.. Bruford... Bill Bruford...Bruford ..Bruford vocalise is my favorite. I hope Bill is proud.
All I can say is what goes on in the mind of Tony Levin?
Bruford.. Bruford... Bill Bruford...Bruford ..Bruford vocalise is my favorite. I hope Bill is proud.
All I can say is what goes on in the mind of Tony Levin?
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Nevermind, Pat Matelotto is right there at 0:14. I didn't catch it on the first few listens.
I saw Tony and Pat on tour as "Stickmen", Tony on Chapman stick. Bass and drums and Bob's your uncle.
Only 15? You must be amazing.My brain does similar things (not with drummers tho). The difference between Levin and me is he doesn't have a day job (and is 15 times more talented)
I had to wipe myself up after listening to that! My bud is a big-time drummer and I can't wait to hear his feedback.
Did Tony get Joe LaBarbera in there?
Did Tony get Joe LaBarbera in there?
I know this is a joke (right?), but I'd say Tony Levin might be one of the hardest working bass players around. The guy is 78yrs old and just embarked on a 65-date bus tour. I saw him about 13yrs ago on a Stickmen tour, driving around the USA in a Ford passenger van (being his own roady)! This is the same guy that has flown around the world on private jets with Peter Gabriel, and he's still driving across the country on a bus to play music every night.My brain does similar things (not with drummers tho). The difference between Levin and me is he doesn't have a day job (and is 15 times more talented
Never mind that he just released (edit - is releasing) his new album right as he headed out on tour with BEAT. And his ability to sing and play complex rhythm parts and basslines on the Stick, while also playing key-bass mixed in with all that, is just incredible.
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I would love to see Tony with Julie Slick and Adrian Belew do a show. The original Power Trio ( sans Tony Levin ) with the Slick kids was the bomb.
To be Tony's age and still be able to play the crazy bat-stuff that he does is absolutely killer. Hat's off.
To be Tony's age and still be able to play the crazy bat-stuff that he does is absolutely killer. Hat's off.
I saw the Power Trio and Stickmen together in a tiny venue years ago (with Danny Carey subbing for Tobias Ralph). It was pretty cool when both bands did about a 45min set together with Julie on bass and Tony on Stick (plus the rest of both bands). They did quite a bit of KC stuff in that set.
The almost reverential way he sings "Steve Gadd" is so indicative of how humble Tony still can be, despite having played with ALL THOSE DRUMMERS!!!!
Tony has been blessed to have played with so many of the great great drummers, as well as so many other "real" musicians.
If I were a drummer, I’d definitely want to play with Tony Levin.
One of the things I always love in old 80s KC footage (and new BEAT footage) is all the little glances between Tony and the drummer, like “we’re cool with where 1 is, right?” He doesn’t seem to do that with Manu Katche (Peter Gabriel’s tour drummer) but they’ve been playing together for 40 years so maybe it’s just telepathic by now.
One of the things I always love in old 80s KC footage (and new BEAT footage) is all the little glances between Tony and the drummer, like “we’re cool with where 1 is, right?” He doesn’t seem to do that with Manu Katche (Peter Gabriel’s tour drummer) but they’ve been playing together for 40 years so maybe it’s just telepathic by now.
Not a Tony story, but the last post reminded me of something. I was hanging out with Pat Mastelotto outside a Stickmen/Power Trio concert years ago, and a kid comes up and says that he hated to interrupt, but he just had to tell Pat how cool he thought a recent Crimson DVD was – especially the communication between Trey Gunn and Pat, where Trey kept walking over and talking to him. Pat thanked him, and when the kid moved on, he told me he didn’t have the heart to tell him, but every time Trey walked over it was to shout “Where the F is the one?”
