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Posted on 3/25/21 at 4:12 pm to boxcarbarney
The brothers were some talented mofos.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 5:18 pm to boxcarbarney
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Jeff Porcaro
He played on SO MUCH stuff that folks don't even realize.
If you ever wondered why Nick Mason sounded so tight and in the pocket in Mother, it's because it was Jeff Porcaro.
He was on the short list of guys Don Henley would let play drums for him.
Think of the great drummers Fagen had play on Steely Dan albums - Porcaro was on that list.
Warren Zevon, Carly Simon, Jackson Browne - your usual suspects in the 1970s who would either use folks like The Section or call elite tier session musicians like Porcaro.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 8:36 pm to Ace Midnight
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He played on SO MUCH stuff that folks don't even realize
True. He might be second only to the great Hal Blane in that category...
Posted on 3/25/21 at 9:32 pm to Larry Lobster
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True. He might be second only to the great Hal Blane in that category...
And might not even be second to him, if he hadn't died so young.
Posted on 3/26/21 at 8:59 am to boxcarbarney
Watched a pretty decent Taylor Hawkins interview that was mainly for drum geeks. He said this was something he struggled with as a kid. Or that Fool in the Rain was what he struggled with?
Can’t remember which until he listened to the other and realized Toto was just doing zeppelin in half time.
Can’t remember which until he listened to the other and realized Toto was just doing zeppelin in half time.
Posted on 3/26/21 at 9:35 am to LSU alum wannabe
Or they both listened to the Purdie Shuffle on Home at Last off of Aja.
Posted on 3/26/21 at 9:42 am to Ace Midnight
I thought I remembered him in the credits from my Steely Dan albums. There is a great quote from Rick Marotta about Steely Dan: "It wasn't like they played musical chairs with the guys in the band. They played musical bands."
Posted on 3/26/21 at 9:21 pm to Larry Lobster
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Hal Blaine
Was a fantastic drummer - just ask him.
In all seriousness, "The Wrecking Crew" (kind of a retconned thing by Blaine), "The Section" and "The Swampers" consist of about 20, 25 of the best musicians of that 1960 through 1990 era of music, that most fans of pop and rock music of that era have heard hundreds of songs featuring and don't know their names, much less anything about them.
In the Roger Hawkins vs Hal Blaine debate, I usually come down on Hawkins, but Porcaro was outstanding as well. Those 3, as session musicians, were almost unmatched. Most other great drummers end up in bands - and obviously, Porcaro did in The Porcaro Family Musical Project (aka Toto).
This post was edited on 3/26/21 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 3/26/21 at 9:22 pm to DaleGribble
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And might not even be second to him, if he hadn't died so young.
From a pop/rock standpoint, those are probably the 2 most recorded drummers in history.
(ETA: Roger Hawkins might have gotten ahead of Porcaro at some point, though.)
This post was edited on 3/26/21 at 9:26 pm
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