Gail Louise at the 2008 Chicago Drum Show

[CrushTheKingAndQueen]

Initially intrigued by her beauty and not so much the music, rather unfortunately to admit; but then utterly infatuated by her talent and musical genius. Thankfully her brilliance undermined my conviction. Beautiful.

[killerofmygeneration]

guys who talk shit about this chick are immature pricks shes fucking great and hot at that haha hm if only i could date her oh well

[TheJazzdr]

she plays great, I wish I could hear the track better.

I was going to say it sounded exactly like buddy's solos but then I could hear the "west side story medley" track so I knew why. no small feat. nothing really original but she's attractive, plays great, what's not to love?

[stevietire71]

this chick rocks!!!

[DREWSKIBOY1]

she is sick...she can roll pretty well...i know alot of guys are watching this and cant believe what this chick is doing but she. guys dont hate. shes got it

[whokeithmoon]

girls belong in the kitchen., or the bedroom, she couldnt hold a candle next to me.

[roffee]

@whokeithmoon Let's see what you're made of you fuckwit. Don't see any of your vids here. Just your half-arsed comments and vitriol (look it up - it's in the dictionary. That's a big book with words for grown-ups). If she did hold a candle next to you all the bile and shit you excrete would go up a treat - she'd be doing the world a favour. Cock off you sad loser. Oh, and don't take Keith Moon's name in vain. Mind you, I bet he couldn't hold a candle to you either . . .

[santrackjuggalo]

@whokeithmoon This guy is the biggest dumbass, your mom needs to learn how to cook. Bitch an't even boil water.

[torpedoboy4]

solid

[87cadillachearse]

Never heard of her. Great player though. Traditional grip none the less. She has great control over the left hand. I respect any good player but, I play TG and I really respect masters at that. She's one.

[jellyrolldixie]

fuck me !! awesome snare sound !!

[Holygasoline]

I LOVE great girl drummers :0)

[spear711]

She is not putting on a fashion show but rather a drum clinic (and doing a mighty fine job I might add). Jeff Beck should hire her and have an amazing female rythym section. That would be coool.

[giggie]

great !

[M0ofi32012]

Girl drummers are awesome, and this one is no exception. Really great work. She is really digging into it. Wow!

[testfoecho]

I don't care if she looks like geddy lee, any chick that can play like that is hot

[Icandrum2]

i like a girl who can play a mean groove :)

[whitejack73]

shit hot

[SSS8837]

grooooveeeeeeeeee. thats all we wanted and thats all u gave.

Unique.

Relaxed.

Controlled.

Damn i'm lost, u did it all. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox.

[stem110]

Nice...

[fardrum]

Finally a woman showing some grace on the drumset, without the usual "lesbian truckdriver attitude", i agree the instrument itself doesn't help, it's not a harp...

[fardrum]

@Matthewkilb And the need remains unsatisfied after your comment... Mine was only a compliment to this lady. I mean, if the movements involved in playing percussion tend to collide with the elegance of the female body it's no one's fault, it's nature.

[fardrum]

@Matthewkilb it doesn't matter as far as the quality of what's played is concerned it may as far as the aethetics of what's seen in a video are concerned. And since I am looking at a video right now, and I am not bounded by the absurdity of political correctness, I simply resort to a metaphor to express my appreciation to a woman for not looking like a man while she plays the drums.Is that a value? who cares, it's just more appealing to me ;-).

[RFRCR]

eat your heart out Hannah Ford. This drummer actually HAS style.

[TLGDrum]

She is awesome. Great chops.

[elendiel000]

holy shit didnt know chicks could play drumms xD

[McJohnGr]

Nice snare!!

[livedinlegend]

so uh.. she single?

[drummerguyx]

@GavlarSmit good old pete init lol\

[itsadeepburn]

that snare drum sounds sweeeeet with those rim shots

[BigBandSwingJazzz]

Great job Gail!!! I love the traditional way you hold the stick in your left hand... instead of on top - YEAH!!!! I also loved the over the hand to hand drumming, as well as, your speed, and timing!! Great job!!! Only suggestion... a smile every so often to let us know you are enjoying what you are doing!

Thank you robcookrebeats for the video!!! Well done!!!

[gshdrums]

Girl drummers make it into the industry so much easier than guys though lets be real, this girls great but shes not mind blowing, if it was a guy you would be like meh....

[drummerguyx]

@gshdrums GET REAL M8 u aint near as good as she is buddy

[localpm]

Brilliant Gail as always!

[trendyjon]

great stuff,, keep it up

[inaglasscage]

sounds better than a lot of guys i've seen.

keep it up girl.

[dvision23]

Really excellent hand to hand groove.

[ajmonster1]

cooooool

[youmilkpack]

i loooove the sound of the drums!!! <3

[Tarck452]

i want to fuck the drumer bitch

[Offensus]

That snare is orgasm inducing.

[Drumz4real]

From 4:20 she is doing the "Buddy Rich" hi-hat fanning technique, playing underneath with the left hand...also the finishing piece is from "West Side Story" a famous Buddy tune...nice job

[ChemoTherapy87]

I love the snare sound.

[syntheticfly]

no goood tın tın tın :(

[67636763]

godzuki444/ thank you for being honest there is another girl/gail louise same thing good drummers not great both are singhed people think i am mean or sexist this is not the case you can do the job or not. womens rights okay. i will treat you the same as a guy. same playing field thats how you whant it or do we have double standards for playing drums?

[67636763]

keep trying good job lot more to learn

[67636763]

viper dosnot play drumms

waste

[bcwdrums]

Nice drumming.....

[godzuki444]

I know some people gonna say that I´m a sexist but I`ve never seen any Girl that let me astonished playing drums . This girl has very good technique , but I´ve see many guys playing same things . On the other hand I´ve seen many unknown guys on YT playing very innovative thinks . Sorry girls , I love you but .I think so ...

[Lifesucksdie123]

she's seriously good!

love to hear her on some recordings.

[67636763]

airmetal drummer

viper668 is 17 and into the johannas

bros

should i say any more

no weight with her comments

[67636763]

viper668 you do not shit 17year old

that likes a disney fake band

hope you have youre panties

on lindsey,brittaney,

[67636763]

if this was a man playing you would

be all over his shit

vinny,steve;buddy,gene,

but its a girl so everything changes up

its like sports these days

no team looses everebody wins

not i dont think so

but we have to be politicaly correct

[67636763]

stop using buddys name she or cindy

are not even close

#1 you cant see his sticks in some of his

solos

lets start there

regarded as the best in the world

and probobly never be another like him

how long you people been playing

anyways a week /1year

amatures

[fastpick]

Hey!She should be good.Her Dad is Pete James.His" little B"still blows me away everytime we work together.Pete's sons and brother play as well.

[PlanetGemini]

Her playing is great but the star of the show by FAR is that SNARE! Her technique is flawless!!!

[bcwdrums]

Nice...................

[AirmetalDrummer]

I like her a lot better than Cindy Blackman. Gail has a lot more groove than Cindy. In Cindy's solo's it's just wanna-be buddy rich stuff. That's just me though. I like the groove solo's better i guess.

[Viper668]

Fuck you Cindy Blackman is God! Buddy Rich was a wannabe Cindy Blackman! Word.

[AirmetalDrummer]

You didn't explain why. If you want to have an honest discussion about our opinions, then maybe you should think why you like Cindy so much instead of just saying she is better because you think so.

Just because you like her better doesn't mean that you are correct. Explain why and then I can see if I agree or disagree with your opinion.

[Demetriwalker]

Haha this takes the cake for funniest Youtube phrase of the year.

[dankgeetar]

good phrasing

[ScruffyMagic]

Very reminiscent of buddy Rich to me, and I love it. Her ghost notes in the section at 1:30 are so freaking awesome.

[RadioJack]

man, that snare sure does have some crack.

[colonelcorn56]

Dang this girl is good!!!! West side story no less!!!

[firstmusic00]

Will you marry me?

[kaljaadelfiineille]

She makes it look SOOO easy!! Should have her arms broken. Hahahaha!

[PhukkOfff]

she really is lacking that pizzaz, chops but no energy

[rcbuzz]

you play how ever the music moves you ,a real musician would know that

[PhukkOfff]

i'm not a real musician, not that i care about your opinion, but for all the other names who played at the 2008 chicago drum show she should have put together a better/more memorable performance

[rcbuzz]

really if you think about these shows aren't about showing off its learning and watching you can't help but to respect it

[PhukkOfff]

that makes no sense

[rcbuzz]

ok I'll make it easier for you drum shows and clinics are workshops for drummers trying to learn new things usually in the middle of the show they will breakdown rudiments and stuff like that so you can you use them on your own go to one and see for your self

[jmr2master]

Phukkoff, your getting some things mixed up.

1) Not every drummer is all about solos.

2) Just because 'YOU' did not understand a performance does not make it bad.

3) But this drummer did some 'sick' things on the kit, but you have to be a drummer to understand what things she did were 'sick'.

[fess04]

from the first note.......nice and relaxed.....SWEET GAIL!!!!!

[gojan0]

soy el único q se aburrió con esto?

aún así el tambor suena muy cool

[Psycho9263]

Gail Louise is FANTASTIC!!!

[DimeCrisBag]

AWESOME snare sound!

[richie649]

dig her playin!

[cruide88]

shes soooo great... i really like the grove..

[wowsheen]

this is good, nothing better than hearing a good groove

[67636763]

lisa get over it theres good&great

when you think you know everything

about drumming or any other instrument

my teachers told me to hang it up. so you know everything stay were youre at.

you can never stop learning.

if not you must be god

[67636763]

freddy smith whos the drummer you

have on youre site great chops

and brush work this guy is killing it

this guy should have been on the

chicago line up

[67636763]

grooving/soul i wasnot making fun of gail just stating facts cindy blackan great royster at age 12 great you have a great u tube website for the best drummers/it goes up my ass side ways to compare her to like buddy/rich/ dennis&vinney/and simom what i am saying is there is a lot of great players out in the clubs over the years that are unreal and do not get noticed by the way i have been playing for 35 years

[freddysmith66]

sure man, but why do you write and post your comments like a spaz?

[groovingsoul]

She has good Groove.

[67636763]

another average player shes good

but not great

but this is 2009 thy will sighn up anybody

example,american idol english version

the lady that was not so pretty

cant think of her name.

could sing her ass off /lost

if she was hot she would have won

put this girl in bekley men&women

she would be a dime a dozen

[groovingsoul]

IDIOT.

[drumstar]

her bass drum and snare drum tune is just PErFEcT... great technique by the way

[Nootherlove1]

real good.....she studied with the best instructors.....yea I am jealous.......

[meetmac1]

Girl take those drum sticks and just SLAP yourself upside the head. This CRAZY!!! I am SUCH a HATER!!! WHen I grow up, I want to beat JUST LIKE YOU! This is just awesome!!! Save you to my favorite..

[TheBeatSmith]

Damn....with a capital....Damn....

[ransisua]

snare sounds awesome. IMHO

[skaterboi257]

it sounds like buddy rich

[mumumumusikman]

i think it souds abit like the Alien Antfarm drummer

[Demetriwalker]

I hear what your talking about.

[emeraldeyez13]

Wow, the playing in this video is very smooth. I really enjoy Cindy Blackman, and Gail Louise shows she is right up there too. She deserves more props in drum magazines. Blackman was also excellent at this same show. Louise sounds more fluid and musical in this particular performance. (Not that it's a solo contest, just an observation). Great dynamics, jazzy feel. Reminds me of Buddy Rich at times.

[jmr2master]

Going on my favorite list of -336 videos - now lol!!!