b-b-b-but what about the break right around 2:30!
― tylerw, Friday, 25 May 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite purdie record is king curtis, "live at fillmore west".
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 25 May 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
I voted Dan reflexively but instantly regretted it - "Man's World" is kind of hard to hear as a song instead of an iconic sort of thing but the drumming on it is fucking psycho great.
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeahhh, like Purdie says about Man's World - "Even though it's a ballad, it had to pump."
― tylerw, Friday, 25 May 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
"She's Gone" should not be overlooked, that is an incredible studioscape right there.
― but he go's to a resturang and then die in a toilet (Jon Lewis), Friday, 25 May 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
I think maybe Purdie has Ringo confused with Pete Best?
Rock Steady
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 May 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
he plays some nice stuff on one of those Don Cooper records... i forget which one. the track i love most is 'fat love birds' i think?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 26 May 2012 02:58 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vo0HSNsnIw
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 26 May 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
voting Rock Steady, let's call this poll exactly what it is (what it is)
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Saturday, 26 May 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
not EXplain; 'splain:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8DsNo4KB6Y
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 26 May 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Shiiit, I never knew he drummed on "Rock Steady". I'd vote for "Rock Steady" over aaaanything. "Rock Steady" vs my mom's apple pie? Fuck you, I'm voting for "Rock Steady".
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
I watch that Purdie clip for hours. He should have a TV show.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
"Rock Steady" is such a jam.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i didn't think i'd be voting for it when i started this poll, but after jamming it about 30 times in the past week, i sure as hell voted for it.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 02:43 (eleven years ago) link
tbh, my longtime obsession with Aretha's "Rock Steady" was supplanted by this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is5qD06DZps
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 03:26 (eleven years ago) link
I love everything Purdie does. Would rep for other Steely Dan tracks over "Home at Last" even if it is the protypical Purdie shuffle. "Babylon Sisters" never quits, and "Kid Charlemagne" is the balls. Also check out the cymbals on "Deacon Blues." Beyond Aretha and James Brown I'm still getting acquainted with his other stuff. Dude is so funky it hurts. Went with "Rock Steady".
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking the same thing. He did a clinic at my high school in the 80s, and was similarly entertaining/educational. He also talked about how drummers (himself included) always quit Ray Charles' band because of the absurd slowness of Ray's "death tempo."
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
rock steady
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 04:47 (eleven years ago) link
My theory on the Beatles stuff..
I reckon he dubbed drums onto some live recordings where Ringo hadn't come over on the tape enough.
I know there was some discussion about issuing a live album back in 1965 or so, maybe the tapes that eventually got issued, maybe not.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 06:39 (eleven years ago) link
i thought this poll would be about roxy's cat in diff outfits
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:02 (eleven years ago) link
purdie apparently dubbed new drumming over the tony sheridan stuff ('my bonnie,' etc.) when it got an american release -- but he was dubbing over pete best, not ringo.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:28 (eleven years ago) link
my fave purdie shuffle is on 'think i'll call it morning' by gil scott-heron (w/ ron carter on bass!)
also love his drumming on 'morning dew' by tim rose - not so much pumpin' as crackin'
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:43 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that whole G S-H album - pieces of a man - is ace
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
oh wow didn't even know he was on that gil scot album! man, purdie was a busy dude in the 70s. everyone on this thread should read the 33 1/3 aretha amazing grace book -- a whole lot of bernard in it.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
OK, will do
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Damn, might have to go make a pilgrimage in April:https://greenmilljazz.com/calendar/?ajaxCalendar=1&mo=4&yr=2024&full=1
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 17:50 (three months ago) link