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Impressive solo, I practiced to copy the best elements of it for more than tow years and it blows any "common" audience away. Thanks for all those great ideas, fills, breaks, soli, improvements, Louie. Give them h... in heaven, hehe!
3 years ago 2
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fkn wow
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I first heard this in London UK at Christmas 1946 when AFN played it on my crystal set - thus was my love for Jazz born.
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Master drummer and consummate artist/musician.
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This is just about the very best drum solo you are likely to hear........next best is gene krupa 'sing sing sing' with Benny Goodman'
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I'm a rocker at heart and I LOVE this song. What great drumming action !!!
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Technically somewhat better than Rich!!
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About why Louis gets the credit for bass drums:
Louis made a drawing of a double bass drum kit in 1938. That means, unusually, that he has documentary evidence that he had the idea pre WW2. It was a few years before he got Gretch to make him his first double kit & Ray McKinley may have beat him to it - but it would have been so easy for any drummer after the pedal was introduced around 1900 to drag two bass drums together, someone must surely have tried it for a laugh, before Ray?
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One of the greatest drum solos on record ever. Excellent sound quality on the drums especially since it was in the 50's.
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My first Snare was a Remo PTS.. Thanks Louie!!
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This is and always will be my favourite drum solo, and I've seen some of the great rock drummers of today such as Neil Peart (Rush) and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
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thankyou very much!
jazzart1 3 years ago