(Yardbird/ Renaissance) Jim McCarty's drum instruction video (part 1)

[eddiemarasco]

It might be old fashioned rock and roll, but I still can't get my right to play sixteenths at 92 (or so) bpm the way you did on "For Your Love". I still watch the video from the Shindig performance and am blown away at how laid back you look. Nice stuff.

[Coppola63]

any idea what exact kind of cymbals they were?

[JimMcCartyandCo]

@Coppola63 Cymbals would have been Zildjian - although I use a nice Sabian as a ride now!

[uncutaces]

I suck at Rockband drums...Can you help?

[ledhead1000]

i drum now im not very good but im starting to put songs together like dazed and confuzed and black dog and now i want to learn for your love

[Yardbirdsfan]

Watching this makes me wanna be a drummer.

[JimMcCartyandCo]

REALLY?!?!... I call your bluff!!! ;-D

[mosttiptoptopcat]

my fave drummer! he's so in the groove. i like hugh grundy too. he's why the current yardbirds still sound like the yardbirds. think he's simple? yeah maybe but he's GOT IT

[funkrock94]

ouaaaa he cann't sing, that's horrible

[PeterVonRock]

Hmmm.....I'm afraid I don't have any part of a Robert Wyatt drumstick laying around.....not even a splinter of Phil Collins.....so therefore I will wander off to a guitar lesson video and brag about my incredible guitar picks;-)

[PeterVonRock]

I've got a drumstick from this legendary drummer. Aren't you jealous?

[snusmumriken3]

Not really...;-) I've got both my drumsticks autographed by him! :-P

[PeterVonRock]

Oh No! There I really got owned!:(........But also I have a second drumstick up my sleeve......by LEE KERSLAKE of Uriah Heep!!!:) Aren't you jealous???

[snusmumriken3]

Nope! ;-) Do you have even half a drumstick from Robert Wyatt??? Now, that would REALLY kill me! %-)

[troubleontheline66]

I am! Uriah Heep is one of the most underrated band of all time.

[PeterVonRock]

AT LAST... An admirer of my precious drumstick of Lee Kerslake!!! :)

[PeterVonRock]

And Jim... my drumstick of yours will always be my special precious too!!!

ROCK ON!!! ;)

[JimMcCartyandCo]

@PeterVonRock I hope so!... ;-D

[kamenpankov]

this guy cant sign :D

[snusmumriken3]

He certainly can sing better than you can spell! ;-D Check for instance the "tribute to Jim" vid from this same channel!...

[Yardbird68]

Thats so cool!!! I really enjoy Jim McCarty's

drum playing. And its great to actually get the inside know how from the man himself even though I don't play the drums myself, but guitar. I just love the Yardbirds!! Plus, I also have the same surname as Jim = ) hmm, I wonder if were related! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[snusmumriken3]

Oooooh, Yardbird68, you *must* be related to him, as your comment is SOOOOO nice!!! ;-D

It means A LOT to me, especially for the fact that you are a guitarist at heart in the first place!...

(More to come soon!...)

[Yardbird68]

Thanks! I hope your going to put up the other parts of this vid. Watching Jim playing make me want to take up the drums.

[snusmumriken3]

Well, I hope the 2nd part will make you want to take up the drums *even more*!... ;-)

(It's on now!)

[richardhigonsby]

I've met Jim a few times. He's a really nice guy.

[Yardbird68]

That really cool!! Never met him myself but I always thought from seeing interviews from him that he would be really nice. I hope someday to see the Yardbirds live.

[snusmumriken3]

You're telling me!!! He's absolutely gorgeous, adorable, delightful... you name it!... (speaking from a female point of vue! ;-)