Street Drumming in D.C.

[nishjaxx]

Maybe the SAAB dealership pays him for this...lol

[dcincdsr301]

gotta love the go go

[ajayfuller]

Ayeeee

[lafterl]

proud to be from the DMV! love this vid, true gogo. wish i had this on a cd so i could bump it in my car for real.

[DCMOCOFLOW]

where GOGO originated from

[DCMOCOFLOW]

i <3 DC

[culvre]

this is amazing. that beat is so sophisticated.

[niverent]

that was fuckin' awesome

[404unused]

I keep a copy of this for when I start missing home.

[zikoHHS]

Why Black People are so talented ? (with my respect to them)

[BeeNicia]

@zikoHHS Awww Ur Sweet. . .i Wish EveryBody Respected EveryBody : )

[zikoHHS]

@BeeNicia Of course i respect him because of his skills ;)

[hunkpit]

drum orgasms

[kakachinawa]

Oo



[kylem1112]

Beautiful

[TheLincolnGuy]

If all D.C.s politicians would get off their asses and sit out and watch these guys for a few hors a week, maybe they could get the poles out their asses.

[echoman]

who said white people have no rhythm? lol the 2 of them combined makes it sound awesome.

[scottjinx]

Nice set of concert tomz :) Awesome vid, that guy iz funky az :)

[eugene7434]

that's rapper D he be cranking I know him

[artpal]

@eugene7434 You know rapper D? I'm trying to contact him to play in a gogo symphony - that is with a whole orchestra! How can I get in touch with him?

[eugene7434]

@artpal I seen him in a long time I don't even know if he stills play.He usually be playing up DuPont circle.I haven't ran to him personally I don't know were he live but I use to watch him play alot.

[turdlinger5000]

this video puts a smile on my face every time

[ThrashEagle]

Badass. Music is a form of language that this man has obviously mastered.

[4our1ne0h]

So that's what happen to Bobby brown.

[moneymaker1231]

is he a hobo?

[discohunter12]

THAT WAS FREAKING AWESOME

i was totally getting into the groove of that!

[pinguimpk]

He rocks!

[tehmike76]

"Type PRIZE before youtube and hit enter"

[Allplussomeminus]

He should have kept on singing... Or someone else should have came in and started freestyling with the same flow the drummer was doing. 

[bonnyjishop]

10 out of 10 !! I thought it was good with just the 1st drummer then when the other guy started WoW ! Wish i lived in your part of the world ! where i could see this stuff daily , They say that small children are content with the simplest of things to entertain them, but when you put together a sound like that from used paint buckets WoW!!! I must be a big kid But i love it ! Keep uploading clips like this !

[RikJamezBich]

Check out this go-go D.C. swagger, only cats from D.C. really have. Chocolate City in the houze.

[50cal6]

now here are some skills,and this guy is cleary enjoying in what he is doing...imagine that you are going home from work all tired and all you can hear is sirens of police,ambulance and other cars....isnt it better to walk down the street listening to music and enjoying the day

[JakdHax]

@50cal6 totally agree, i think streets should be filled with music and art

[50cal6]

@JakdHax there is art on the streets its called hip hop...graffiti are still hot,B boy not anymore,Mc battle on the street didnt see that in a long time...but good to see there are new stuff...

[slidzak1973]

After he stops rapping he really gets down on thoses buckets.

[0justBETHANY]

how did he attatch those cones to his buckets? that's awesome! :D

[ThaddeusJardine]

@0justBETHANY He use the handles of the buckets, so when placed over the cones they jam in place.

[0justBETHANY]

@ThaddeusJardine oh ok cool! thanks for the info :)

[shayla1986]

LOL it's GOGO!! :-) Love my birth place, and the old school beat is the best.

[movilesunlock]

este hombre tiene mas ritmo que muchos de los bateristas huecos y sin sentido del tiempo que hay por todo el mundo!

[XcRaZySh1tX]

3:08 kinda looked like Jay-z lol

[joeyakabert]

I saw him last year but he had a nother guy

[VeeDubTDI2]

Home sweet home! Gotta love DC.

[OmriDrum]

WOw som1 need to give this man a real kit :P

his good for Street drumming with buckets so why wont he be the same with real kit drumming? :D

[cedarman19132]

This Cat is killing it. Gotta respect his passion.

[SteveOBrian]

I like it ... go on with it!

Steve from germany

[crazylilman7]

people always say people who play drums on the street had no goal in life...WELL LOOK AT THE MUTHA FUCKUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHSSSSSSS!!!

[adrianadio]

I would chill with this guy every fucking day, he's so chill haha

[Indojackal]

dude i was there at chinatown at night in dc i saw a dude drumming on buckets this is awesome!

[TheCapton96]

to good

[Carmel99]

yo they killed dat shit da white dude had some skills

[722erodz]

cool : ]

[RGBLackson]

so fucking sick dude... i would love to jam with this guy!!

[fund4ment]

NICE!

[Melodibfly]

omg. Wendell is doing it. Dam! Dam! Dam!

[Melodibfly]

Yeh! I saw him playing with the Funketeers. We always enjoyed his skills.

[happyfeet555555]

YOU SEE HIM AT 2:48 ON YOUTUBE IN THE FUNKETEERS VIDEO!

[happyfeet555555]

THE VIDEO IS ON YOUTUBE (FUNKETEERS)

[happyfeet555555]

THE GUY IN THIS VIDEO ,WENDELL IS PLAYING WITH THE FUNKETEERS BAND.

CHECK IT OUT!!!!

[happyfeet555555]

The guy on the buckets, Wendell is paying congas in a band (Funketeers)

[SHNetnis]

In polish Woodstock , there are an event that peoples are making drums from pipe's, empty PET bottles, steel and plastic barrels with membranes from old baners etc.

Everything that is usefull to make some instrument as a 'recycling'.

[SHNetnis]

Guy ownz. My cousin want to buy a drum-set i'll send him this video and he make something like that for sure :D.

[Goremajor]

Ziemlich geil!!!

[Doublecowbell]

i actually got to see this same guy when i was visiting my uncles in DC. he is so freakin awesome!

[drumking8t9]

did he steal those road cones

[lavaviper63]

that is fucking awesome.

[herndonboy13]

damn this makes me want to go to dc more often

[jeffreycristovive]

omg so good !!  dO.Ob

[brianhogan2007]

anyone from d.c knows this guy. he has been posted up there near the museums for years

[SkinnyDude07]

i like the very end of the video....dude was like "Yu Jus now Played gogo!! " mannn gotta love DC

[xx7Kid7xx]

damn sick .... the white guy was a beast wit it...... love it

[take50productions]

do these guys use base pedals?

[guitarbasslover]

These are the people that really need to be professional musicians.

[SWEATY97]

heyy haha i saw that guy when i went ther!!

[slipkorn6]

@jojacarl- you ignorant . at that is talent. Just because he dosnt have a job dosnt mean he is worthless . You on the other hand - your just another brick in societys wall. Great way to be arroant asshole:)

[TheSpeedySky]

Very - very nice !!! :-)

[Rayjbady]

I <3 the collab work ^_^

[joeyakabert]

i think i saw this gut and nice truck behind him

[joeyakabert]

i think i saw this guy

[july7thcancer]

4real??.... That was some awesome drummin right there..! PPL could do this if yall got a hard time fingding a job lolz.... I NEVER SAW THAT WHEN I WENT TO D.C LAST YEAR but o well.... GOOD DRUMMIN WHITE DUDE!!!

[spugioaan]

good!!

[msgilsification]

joejacari??????hahahahahahahah­ahahahahaha u fool!! for my own sake im gonna pretend ur pullin the piss...

[JoeJacari]

Ha, ha! This guy is a big goofy silly dilly head. Why do I say this? Well, he looks like someone who's wasting his life banging away and making noise while he could be doing something useful with his life. I know, I know, you love him! You're probably the ding dong that thinks going up to the mountains to smoke weed everyday and live off the land like a Bigfoot or fabled Yetti monster is a cool idea. Stop encouraging this yo-yo to look silly. Don't be foolish with your life. Real...

[imenz93]

@JoeJacari

You sir fail at life...

[bjornarnerolf]

Nice and cool rhytms=) He is a wery clever music man=)

[jericko512]

Who is Brendan Polmer?

[allinllachu]

sound of DC in the summertime, i can smell diesel, asphalt n printer toner you only smell in dc with this

[jesusneverexisted300]

Beating on buckets begin with the Junk Yard band in DC back in 1978. They were a go-go group and one of the best. They made the commercial song Sardines & Pork and Beans. Salt and Pepper sampled this song and others from this go go group. By the way, I see this guy all the time down in Gallery Place. Wow that guy who just joined him has rhythm!

[manhunter2006]

This is the fucking SHIT! Straight up funky motherfuckers right there

[manhunter2006]

Now that's some funky motherfucking beat right there...

[BulkAmount]

this is awesome!!!!

[oooSPANDAU20ooo]

imagine him with a sonor ..... o.O

[TacticalDomination]

amazing

[theguardianreturns]

God I grinned from ear to ear watching this. This was just awesome!

[PenisUndHodenFolter]

hammering !!!!

[rockshadow4]

wow this guy made my day

[mannny69]

man....tahts the beat we love

[jiska111111111111111]

the most people with buckets are better than people with real drums xD!

not all, but some.... he is one of them

[TheHOmac]

Its just differents. Some of these guys dont play with their feet, that means that ina real drum set they can have difficulties, but their are great musicians and "hand players" if we can call them this way. Some of the best musicians in the earth.

[Streetking412]

@jiska111111111111111 You should try puting one on your head....and than try to play the guitar....;)

[wanderbatera]

Hey man, very bealtiful setup, you play very very good. I'm impressed!

I would like to play like that ...

[MattSpradlinG]

haha the black guys better than you

[OtootheZ]

wow :D

[chuey352]

damnnn!!! hes got the perfect set up!!!

[highawareness]

Awesome.

[born2begawlin]

lol this is sooooooooooo much better than those stupid line of bucket drummers here in chicago

[MillerLitePint]

@born2begawlin dont b hatin on the bucket boyz

[TheBuckster3D]

It's a dc thing y'all wouldn't understand . Classic pocket beat old and new !

[janOdobrOxd]

tqwo worlds... one, is our... two, is drum's... haha

[dumadave10]

loved it

[nikpogi]

2 words..

Holy shit!

fckng gr8

[RichHelu1]

That s that good right there

[ChaiVat]

Nice man, sounds so tight...I love it. Wish I could jam with you.

[StageNine]

This is the theme song for when I go to basketball games at MCI/Verizon center. The only song you hear. No matter what day you go you only hear this song.

[jgpwlcs36]

wow i didnt even notice that he is sitting right behind the verizon center

[jgpwlcs36]

im pretty sure ive seen this guy out side of the verizon center

[russojr12]

THats that DC go go right there! hell yeah man keep it goin

[benjsy]

at least it is givving him something to do:D

[137steve1373]

i think thats fucking SWEEEET. you rocked that man! good job

[zeekarone]

"Silly DIlly" ?? hahaha

[Bieji]

Please burn in hell.

Just because he doesn't sit at a desk and be a corporate drone and waste away his life doesn't mean it's dumb.

I could go my entire life without ever working; does that mean I didn't fulfill my life?

I could move to the mountains and smoke weed every day all day; if I'm doing what makes me happy, is there anything wrong with that?

[randomfreak09]

@Bieji AMEN

[leroyblyden]

@Bieji true dat... i hate workin but i would love to sit and play my drum all day every day

[RyanK222]

@Bieji Same thing I couldnt afford drums ......did this as a kid with other house hold items...... do what makes you happy and everything else follows.... and thats goddamn right bieji!

[NancyRocks2424]

@JoeJacari omfg... the word silly makes me want to punch a kitten in the face

[Rayjbady]

@NancyRocks2424 but please don't ^_^

[underoath12789]

@JoeJacari you obviously have no eye for talent, if he's a "silly dilly" you're a dick wad

[killakrosover]

they rockin like....

[feiwien28]

his arms must hurt so bad because of this large sticks^^

but man his the best drummer i´ve ever seen on street!!!

[arcassells]

this guys awesome. I see him everytime before and after caps games

[hotandfilthy]

fuckin sick

[ogitchida207]

nice man nice

[africanmaan]

what is this guy set up

[douglass991]

THEY CRANK!!!!

[MsBeautifulgirl97]

good job

[DCpunkMike]

Hells yeah I love me some DC go-go! Old school 80s go-go representin'!

[BR3WM4N]

amazing

[bobbyalu]

shoulda left him he was rockin the solo ... boo ya

[Glory4Real]

I like when he hits the side of the bucket it sounds cool

[8bitSLiVeR]

sweet!

[Ben5128]

awesome

[Wack013]

not bad, hope he got alot of ca$h

[Niebxz]

damn even on buckets it's a good sound :d

[Mrsully51693]

how does he get them to stay mounted?

[W4RW017]

The handles?

[Weze22]

lol at the end he says " YOu just now played GOGO"

[PlatinumDonJuan]

That is some of the best drumming I seen on some buckets. Rhythm can be made from anything.

[verstwo2]

I think this deserves more then 5 stars!! Damn youtube limitations!!

[DeStryke51]

i was thinking about making a set with the white buckets liek his, i jsut dunno where i can buy them

[hgflores]

home depot like 3 bucks each

[G00rdill00]

Tecnico .

[bjornarnerolf]

nice music

[bjornarnerolf]

Fantastic

[JohnMKing78]

solid!

[thepeenut]

GOGO. Anyone else from DC knows this

[soccamaniac121]

haha this is awesome

[killerdrummer69er]

4:14, you can see a cop car in the far background lol.

[roxfan11]

cool...

[W4RW017]

This is seriously the best street drummer I've ever heard. He actually composed something, instead of randomly beating on the fucking buckets. SHOW that these simple objects can be used to create some very impressive pieces like this man does instead of just beating randomly.

[dinoantimental]

Mike Portnoy in its infancy

[todoz11]

imagine mike portnoy drumming on the streets like this, he'd make millions lol (just like he does already)

[deweythomson]

haha...

he´s comming with a supermarket trolley for the money :)

[Primevil393]

everything is upside down o no!!!

[mikeleza]

If this guy had a cd I would buy it!

[mikeleza]

Love it... love that sort of groove!

[h35t4r]

that white boy is good. he has some skillz too 4:18

[Vistalavista123]

he's good..he got the rhyme..

[woodxx12]

wow amazing drumming

[chriscrazydrumer]

very nice sound and skillz!!!! well done man!!!

[GanjaLuka]

why just black dudes can do this ^^

[CrestedPaingod]

4 second hand buckets - $5

3 road hats - $7

Watching a someone make a decent beat with them - priceless.

[popsizcrazy]

give dat nigga sum money biatches

[RoC1909]

Guy is amazing!!

[av13ace]

were r u egzactly

[Grennie7]

Give him some cashh cashh...wow!!!

[dabycle]

that's amaziiiiing!!!!! he is incredible!!

[2bobdrummer]

This is the best street drumming vid on utube

true...