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You can still hear this used for Yankees radio broadcasts. When I hear this song - I can still remember sitting on the living room floor as a kid watching a game on WPIX (in the late 80's). I miss those days! I actually have this theme recorded on VHS from WPIX from the '89 season somewhere. ( I...

This song, from the first time I heard it, became very special to me - the last few lines of the song mean the most.. As a little leaguer, I couldn't hit to save my life, not that much better as a fielder, either. When I became a teenager - I discovered pitching. Now at 36 years old - I'm gettin...

@slingerlandcraig : This is slingerlandcraig , now going by my new screenname. My son, now 6 years old, is now learning to play. The songs from this concert are what he is learning as his first songs. Buddy's music WILL live on - at least in my family.

April 2, 1987 - One of the saddest days in my life. For my grandfather and I (both drummers) it was like losing a member of the family. I was 10 years old, and already a big fan - It was one of the first deaths "close to me". We spent many Saturdays listening to BR's albums and playing the drums...

You play ok. Dont be hard on yourself. Keep working on it - you'll get better.

Buddy would be smiling, too.

Nice Job! Great Drumming (I thought I was actually listening to Buddy!) Awesome rendition. Oh, yeah and NICE DRUMS!!!!!!

@wtfpeopleiloveyou What do you mean funny? Does he amuse you, like a clown? What do you mean, funny? :)

@ss4david - yup - ypur right - got my math wrong. Died in '87, he was 69, so yeah - this was in , what 79 0r 80 so about 60 yrs old.... :)

@WeaselSqueezingFagot You know something? Your a scumbag. Why dont you go pop down a few, and take nice drive on a country road on an icy night.

Even in slo-mo, this song sounds awesome! Gene, Benny, and Harry are the reason this song still lives on today. I would give my left arm to have seen Gene at this time of his life.

And a young Gene Krupa on Drums. Awesome!

I can remember my grandfather playing the drums to this on a scratchy 78 record (clay) back in the 70's when I was a kid. One of the 1st songs I ever learned to play. Thanks for uploading! I always loved this version of the song.

After seeing this guys name pop up on almost every Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa posting - I figured I'd check him out. I am not all that impressed. I've been a drummer for 30 years, and have seen my share of "good" drummers. He does not rank in the top 10. Sorry guys.

@DJOTCUTS I believe on You tube there is an interview with his daughter (Cathy). I know he was having chest pains, but I dont know if it was an actual heart attack.

I used to live just off this corner at 9 America Street (Across from Piccolo Mondo/Leo's Parking Lot)in the late 80's, down Atwells by Valley street before that. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

I can smell the sausage cooking - oh, man!. The old neighborhood. The way I remember it. The Italian Flag painted as the stripe down the middle of Atwells Ave. How things have changed. Awesome video.

The song is "Love for Sale" and was a song ofen played by the late Buddy Rich and his Band. Seems Neil does this a lot lately....Good for Him!

The tune he used is "Love For Sale" and it appears to be the version performed by the Buddy Rich Big Band.

The music for this appears to be performed by the Buddy Rich Big Band (possibly taken from the Live on King Street recording?) Awesome!

When Steve Thomas left the show (thankfully) I had really hoped that they would have brought Bob back. He wasn't the most knowlegeable, but he usually asked the question that those of us at home were thinking. I learned a lot from this show in the 80's (when I was 6-15 years old). They really ne...

I will say this - since the end of New Yankee Workshop, it has been nice to see Norm more often on This Old house. I wish Norm was my next door neighbor....Gee, I wonder if he would loan me tools?

I would kill to have that set of Slingerlands!!!!

I would have loved to been able to see Steve Marcus on the soprano for this song w/ neil at the drums..

This was a thrill for me. I am a drummer, and growing up I loved this RUSH song -- but I was preferential to Buddy Rich's stuff --- to have these two worlds collide in this rendition of this song was AWESOME!!!!!

@TheSeattlehawk94 I also heard this the first time at that world series. I had recorded that game, and transcribed it from the screen. I have it hung up on the wall in my hall. I see it each day. And I too, read it when the season ends. This poem i hope will be read at my funeral when I die (as ...