Buddy Rich is a Grandpaw!!!

the particular video is from "The Tonight Show" starring Johnny Carson, and is from the 80's when his daughter Cathy Rich had her baby, a son, and thus...

Buddy became a grandfather....
my how time mellows one.

The tune is the great Bill Holman arrangement of "Bugle Call Rag", a staple of Buddy's bands over the years and a marvel to hear the band and Buddy tear through it..

Wonderful solos by Conti Candoli on trumpet, Ernie Watts on tenor sax, and of course the great Bernard "Buddy" Rich on drums.

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[soulbol]

Notice that he mainly plays snare, bass drum and cymbals throughout the song, and hits those taped toms maybe less than 10 times during the song.

The solo is all on snare. He pretty much ditched playing the toms and used what he deemed to be of use w/that house kit.

[GimmeKitty]

Best drummer ever to have picked up sticks!

[icame2dance1]

When he plays it looks fake. Like the video is sped up or something. His speed is unreal.

[TheDustyspears]

I credit Buddy Rich to what is probably my biggest flaw... If you could call it that. When i play even though I usually play Rock and Punk music, my fills, and breakdowns are all on the snare. I very rarely use the toms.

[patton303]

This is probably the only band he didn't have to yell at.....

[timothyissohot]

Do you have the interview that came with this particular show? I would really love to hear it.

Thanks!

[saxmac]

@cadillacdude1975

No this was in 1984. Cathy had Nick, making him a grandfather on September 22 1984. This was in November right after the Europe tour with FS. He did the show a couple more times after this.

[drumuitar]

@soulbol those Ludwig kits that he had to use on the Tonight Show always sounded horrible, like they had just dragged them out of 10 years of storage

[Johnaram]

@Kafedus you shouldn't admit that you are dumb, keep it private

[cadillacdude1975]

this was 03/27/86. sadly, Buddy's last Tonight Show appearance.

[maryted]

@soulbol The kit they set up for him was a joke. I like Ludwig drums but come on! The bass head wasn't even on the kit straight and that tape was on everything. Really a poor job of setting a set. It probably made him turn away from Ludwig.

[Natalya1sFit]

bugle call rag