Great musicians who should have been famous except....


I'm throwing this out there as an example. My 16 yr old aspiring drummer son asked me if I had anything in the vinyl collection tonight... apparently the U Tube video tutorials finally got boring. He is really good and practices non stop but it was refreshing when he asked about ideas for sound. In a moment of 30 years past clarity I put on the B side of Van Halen 1984… Is Alex Van Halen the most under rated rock drummer of all time? And is there a better lead in to ANY rock vinyl side than that???
telemarcer
How about B.J.Wilson from Procol Harem? Check out "Power Failure" from the "Broken Barricades" album.


TISH

B.J. Wilson seconded from me, also as an example of kick-ass drumming to start out a classic rock LP - mainly "A Salty Dog"

Ditto to Mickey Waller as well, particularly on "Every Picture Tells a Story" for Rod Stewart.

Best of all, IMHO, is Steve Gadd's drumming on Steely Dan's Aja, mind blowing, absolutely mind blowing.