Eddie, don't get me started on drummers.

Yes, a drummer is the single most important element for a tight band with the bass player coming in a very close second. When the two of them are working together it's a freaking awesome thing to be a part of.

On more than one occasion, I have had the occasion to be in a band that was auditioning drummers when one left or got fired. One guy showed up with a huge kit.... cymbals and toms and this and that.... heck it took up nearly half the rehearsal room's floor space. The kid was really proud of his kit and told us so several times that night. Problem was, he thought he was Neil Peart which is fine if you're playing with Rush, but we were playing Walyon and Willie. Keep a freaking beat. He didn't work out.

One of the other guys that showed up had a small kick, a high hat, a snare and one floor tom. That was almost hilarious until he started to play..... nothing fancy but a more solid beat I hadn't seen in a long while. The band was instantly tighter with him playing.

Then there was the drummer I played with at church.... two of them to be precise. Drummer one led from behind. What a whimpy sounding beat. The other one.... every time you came out of the chorus back to a verse, he'd drop a beat and instantly speed up the tempo. He was the one they wrote the old joke about..... How do you know when there's a drummer at the door? The knocking gets faster.

Despite those drummers who give others a bad name.... I have been blessed to have been in several bands with really good, solid, drummers.

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