John Bonham RARE Drum Solo 1977

This was filmed at the Seattle Kingdome, July 17, 1977; it's from Led Zeppelin's last US tour. This is rare footage of Bonzo. Notice how his solo starts with "Out On The Tiles". This is only 5 min of the orig. recorded 20 min solo. My friend saw them in '77 and he's had this ever since. Bonzo lives!!

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[kevsnight1]

@bgj150 you suck dude

[Altair0313]

@bgj150 u_u' someone's jealous!!!!!!! hahahahaha

[EZCreepin]

@loufromperu65 Yes you are correct. I think people also over look potential. Most of the drummers you hear about have peaked their potential and maintain it (unless you are neil peart). Aside from neil, i think bonham was the best drummer to play rock music. Considering his age and how well he played really shows that he could have been something special at this point in time. People compare bonham to all the greats, but bonham is dead, and the others arent or were older. One way to look at it

[crackerz99]

Cool guy, but he dressed like he was a fucking hill billy. lmao

[hitskin666]

what is this footage from?

[drumminginchicago9]

In reality he could play a coffeecan ,or a pot or pan or a bucket, plastic or metal and make it groove !!!!!RIP JOHNNY

[ledzeppelin4304]

bonham is the best!!!!!!!!

[loufromperu65]

@bgj150 In reality, John Bonham played better live, than he ever did in the studio. It depends on the show. I'm fairly certain, you haven't come close to hearing everything that he played. He was actually quite inventive - and he had to be - especially with Jimmy Page playing and going off on tangents.  You can't rehearse that stuff, you either have it, or you don't. That being said, John could've played with anyone. Unfortunately he died and we'll never know how much better he would've got.

[loufromperu65]

The truth as I see it: who the best drummer is will always be in debate. It depends on your age and level of emotional attachment to a particular kind of music. I suppose, if I was a teenager, or someone in my twenties, I might think that Travis Barker is the fastest drummer ever - but I know better. The Dynamic Loonies, Mr. Buddy Rich, Ian Paice, etc. were easily as fast, if not faster than Travis Barker - for instance.

[loufromperu65]

The big 3 of drummers for me will always be Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, and Mr. John Henry Bonham. Also on that record I previously mentioned, you hear Keith Moon grabbing the mic and saying: "Go John go, whip Buddy Rich's ass. That tells me that the "Dynamic Loonies" were very aware of Mr. Buddy Rich, whom I believe to be the true master of the drums. I am, however also a huge fan of Ian Paice from Deep Purple, and Mitch Mitchell from The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[loufromperu65]

Some of the best drumming I've ever heard in my life on record was from John Bonham and Keith Moon. It came from this very tour in 1977. I got a bootleg on multicolored vinyl called: Live in the LA Forum: For Badge Holders Only. On this recording: Out On The Tiles into John Bohham's solo, introduced by Keith Moon. It appears that Keith Moon joins in on the kettle drums. You talk about amazing. For sure, there is no one drummer that can pull off what these 2 did on that record.

[GalaxyRover1020]

@poochiepooh - Might of been the smack he was fond of too :P