Bands I Wish I’d Made Up #2 – Bernard Purdie
April 30th, 2012
This is a new feature here on Figment News where I’ll highlight a real band that I wish I’d made up. You know, as a fake band. Make sense? No? That’s half the point. Stop thinking and start rockin’!
Okay, so Bernard Purdie is not a band per se, but he’s one hell of a musician, and when you hear him play it certainly sounds like there is more than one person playing – that’s how good he is. Here’s “the most recorded drummer in the world” playing the 16th Note Shuffle. Take it away Bernard!
And as an added bonus here’s Bernard talking about his long career in the music business.
May 2nd, 2012 at 4:44 pm
His heart beats in SMPTE! Amazing stuff.
May 2nd, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Wow, great stuff.
Also, I love me some drum solos. Here’s another one I recently received.
http://links.larry.org/axfvf
Rock and roll!
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:30 am
thehoseman – SMPTE – love it!
Larry – that was great. Flashy too!
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:50 am
Both of those drummers are great. I love Bernie’s style; it’s just so smooth, but it has groove to it. And the other guy is flashy as hell. I love a drummer that can also give you a show. One of my all time favorite drummers is Robert Sweet from Stryper. Not only is he a great drummer, and he has POWER, but he’s also entertaining to watch. There’s a reason he was credited as Visual Timekeeper in all of the liner notes.