I have nothing against drummers - why, the Grateful Dead employed two of them (both still alive - it was the keyboard players that had the Spinal Tap death curse) and they are fantastic. In fact Tom's tablas were influential for a good chunk of the Coombe Lodge entertainment value and he was also the hardest working seeing as he featured in two thirds of the acts performing.
Sadly you are wrong about Mark Knopfler and his Direst Straits as he has no soul. The headband was really to disguise the furrowed brow as he worked out what to play as there was no link between heart and hands. (These are admittedly the words of someone who has no idea which strings make what notes but that's not the point.) And that could bring us to Head, Hands and Feet which was the excellent Albert Lee's first(?) band and he certainly has soul rippling around the place.
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The blog IT department have added a link for Albert Lee.
But clearly it would be a step too far to add links on Mark Knopfler
Now about good drummers - what was the name of the drummer with Seth Lakeman - wonderful sight sorry sound
I can't believe I have just read that comment on Mark Knopfler. I well remember waking up one morning to hear on the radio, for the first time, Sultans of Swing. What a remarkable sound!!
Come on Andy's Bandies, just a wee bit harsh??
captain pugwash - where have you gone wrong. Yes of course Sultans of Swing was good fun when you first heard it. And waking up to it was probably better as you were less conscious. But you have to admit that after you had heard it endlessly there was nothing much going on in it and the other tracks weren’t much better. Although I will concede that the allbum had a track about Shaftesbury Avenue which I did enjoy – until you realised it was also fairly void.
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