That's what I love about Band in The Box musicians. They never show up late, they never show up drunk or high, they know their part, and they don't try to flirt with the ladies in the studio.

All that aside.... I'm spoiled.

I do recall those days of trying to start a band, or fill the position of someone who quit. Auditions for various parts. Drummers included. One kid showed up with a kit that would make Neil Pert envious. This was for a country band audition. OK.... so, we started into a few tunes.... the kid was trying to impress and played everything in his kit on every song. We hit a little uptempo rocker and he threw in a fill and every time he did, he came out of the fill at a noticeably faster tempo. It's a pain to sing while trying to put the brakes on, to slow it down to the original tempo. By the end of the song, we were blazing down the road. He didn't work out.

Another guy comes in and he has a kick, snare, one tom, a small crash, and a HH. It looked kinda like those kiddie kits. When he started to play... oh my, talk about a solid groove. He was only wanting a PT gig and we were a full time band. UPS driver career topped stardom and fame..... lol.
Word was out that we were looking a drummer and one from another band that was having drama and was about to crash and burn heard and contacted me. We hired him. He worked out well.

With a drummer and a bass player who know how to play together, you don't hardly need anything else. I was in such a band for a number of years. It was a joy to play in that sort of situation. It was magic.

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