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by Merrill Conn
Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:42 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Official Virgil Donati thread
Replies: 861
Views: 564444

Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

So many greats are SO NOT hip to sport... Sorry, Rodge...I wasn't really talking about sports...I was referring to exercising. Doing cardiovascular exercises (as well as watching what one eats) will do wonders for stamina. Of course, Virgil might be a freak and just have natural stamina without wor...
by Merrill Conn
Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:25 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Official Virgil Donati thread
Replies: 861
Views: 564444

Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

Rodge wrote:His stamina, INCREDIBLE !!! :o
Ronald Bruner Jr also has an incredible stamina, I really don't know how they do... :o


I wonder if they are "gym rats". The right type of work-out would help with stamina.

Jeppe may know the answer to that one.
by Merrill Conn
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:56 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Official Virgil Donati thread
Replies: 861
Views: 564444

Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

^^^ YIKES!!! That was some display of raw chops!!! He is truly amazing...the power, dexterity, control...the whole package

Looking at the hole in his left sleeve reminds me of Bruce Banner morphing into the Incredible Hulk :D
by Merrill Conn
Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:25 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Terry Bozzio
Replies: 2
Views: 2256

Re: Terry Bozzio

Seems like a good place to to put this. I'm assuming almost everyone has seen it .
by Merrill Conn
Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:41 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread
Replies: 58
Views: 58285

Re: ...The BUDDY RICH Thread

Every tune here is tight and swingin' Buddy's time on a few cuts really kept me on edge... To prove the point...catch how Buddy "kicks it up a notch" after the tenor sax solo for the shout chorus. Sax solo starts @ 2:46. (The whole thing is worth listening to because some of the images th...
by Merrill Conn
Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:14 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Mr. Gadd
Replies: 182
Views: 190480

Re: Mr. Gadd

Anyone use those rubber tips Gadd loves and promotes? Link? Id like to try them... I haven't used them (I'm a traditional practice pad kinda guy)...but here's the link to the VF page https://vicfirth.zildjian.com/gear/accessories/practice-accessories/universal-practice-tips.html . They're $5.99 for...
by Merrill Conn
Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:18 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Mr. Gadd
Replies: 182
Views: 190480

Re: Mr. Gadd

New user here. As they say on those radio call-in shows: "Long -time listener...first-time caller". Anyway...the book that Steve Gadd has been working on for the past year is going to be released soon. Here he is talking about it. If I'm correctly interpreting what he's saying, it seems it...

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