Acid Truth by Don Menza - Buddy Rich 1968 "Live at Caesar's Palace"

[newsmanbluesman]

menza must have sat through tour bus chew-out by buddy

[TheDrkKnght1988]

Smokin' hot song!!!! Go, Bud!

[patrickwinslow]

Hey, those concert photos are from Gabriel Navarro's collection on Flikr. I know him. He took those photos at the 1979 Concord Jazz Festival when Menza was with the Louie Bellson Orchestra.

[722erodz]

groovy jam  : )

[hawkrider88]

Menza is just killer of course and SO IS Stepton.

[wa1ufo]

Great !!!!

[phase901]

Let us not also forget the great and legendary Rick Stepton on lead trombone!

One of the greatest tenor sax solos ever constructed !

[guitarpilot1]

can someone lead me in the right direction? I think it was live at ceaser palace. Buddy was in the middle of a hot solo, and, someone from the audience shouts, "Go buddy", not missing a beat in the solo, Buddy shouts, "ah, shut up". Is this on the web. If you know it is please send me a link. I have always told this story to people when describing what I loved most about Buddy.

[MarkR1957]

@guitarpilot1 The video you seek is here on YT. It's called Buddy Rich Drum Solo. Buddy is wearing a black Tee shirt with a white emblem on the front. The person who uploaded the video is under the name of "ishredu".

Check out his videos and I'm sure you'll find it.

[roccovaselino]

I watched Buddy castigate Menza in front of an audience at the Club Laurel in Chicago in 1968. "What's with all the birdies?" Rich asked. Apperently, Don's upper register stuff pissed Buddy off. It was an embarrassing moment, and a shame because Menza played his ass off that night, and Rich was not sharp. Buddy's musicians were scared to death of him. One of the greatest drummers of all time, and often an asshole. Thanks, Don...great stuff.

[saxmac]

WTF? Are these insurance pictures for Menza's horns?

LOL!!

[DYNODRUM]

Thankyou VEERY MuchachoMod.....what a piece--------