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    Nature's intent is neither food, nor drink, nor clothing, nor comfort, nor anything else in which God is left out.

    Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, secretly nature seeks, hunts, tries to ferret out the track on which God may be found. . .

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    Super Cool! Well deserved Big Al!

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    Al its ok to go to award shows in person. Buddy didn't like rock. It's well documented. But rock loved Buddy!
    10-6-2020 RIP King of sixstrings.

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    Loved the shout out to Ed and Buddy!
    Nature's intent is neither food, nor drink, nor clothing, nor comfort, nor anything else in which God is left out.

    Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, secretly nature seeks, hunts, tries to ferret out the track on which God may be found. . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by James in New York View Post
    Loved the shout out to Ed and Buddy!
    Yeah, that was cool!!

    Congratulations to my all-time favorite drummer!!
    Remember the Heroes - 9/11/01

    In 2012, the phoenix has risen!!

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    Congratulations to Van Halen as part of the Class of 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

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    Dude could play a little back in the day ...

    "It's so lonely at the top because it's so crowded at the bottom" - Diamond David Lee Roth

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    Certainly Al deserves it. It is ironic to give an award named after Buddy Rich to a rock drummer. Buddy Rich couldn’t stand rock ‘n’ roll.
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    "It's so lonely at the top because it's so crowded at the bottom" - Diamond David Lee Roth

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    Quote Originally Posted by I Coulda Hada VH View Post
    That was pretty cool. I never watched the show so thanks for sharing this clip.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Raldo View Post
    That was pretty cool. I never watched the show so thanks for sharing this clip.
    I highly recommend watching Freaks & Geeks. You'll be crushed there are only 18 episodes of this masterpiece but it's still worth the heartache.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bugs Meanie View Post
    I highly recommend watching Freaks & Geeks. You'll be crushed there are only 18 episodes of this masterpiece but it's still worth the heartache.
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    Quote Originally Posted by James in New York View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett View Post
    Certainly Al deserves it. It is ironic to give an award named after Buddy Rich to a rock drummer. Buddy Rich couldn’t stand rock ‘n’ roll.


    I don't know if I would say he couldn't stand it, there were just a lot of gimmicks that he hated. He did like "rock" drummers that were more jazz influences such as Danny Seraphine or Steve Gadd. I saw an interview with Cathy Rich, Buddy's daughter where she said she took him to a Led Zeppelin concert in 1977. Buddy was complaining about John lighting his gong on fire and that he thought it was pretty silly. I find that ironic as I'll bet John Bonham rarely ever lit a gong on fire. John actually loved drummers like Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and Max Roach. John's set up was close to Buddy's too so I don't think John or Buddy were all that far removed actually. I think I saw where Led Zeppelin and Buddy Rich both played the Newport Jazz Fest on the same bill in 1969. Now that is something I would have killed to see.

    Of course Alex loved both Buddy and John but I would bet that Buddy would have likely hated the amount of drums Alex was using. Especially around 1981 when he had all those vistalite drums with a giant flaming gong at the end. I get where Buddy is coming from but I also know that when someone went to see Buddy Rich, you went to see Buddy and his otherworldly chops pushing the limits of a big band. VH was all about the show and while those guys all played their hearts out every night, they also knew that the visuals of the show needed to match the music. One thing I think Alex and Buddy had in common was the work ethic to play at top level at all times. I can't ever really recall seeing or hearing about Alex having a bad show. Even when Edward was at his worst, Alex still played great. I also find it ironic that some of Buddy's heroes were Chick Webb and Sonny Greer. Sonny was known for having over the top drum sets with lots of extra percussion and bright sparkle finishes. Often times Sonny's name would be highlighted within the sparkles and Sonny would be doing all kinds of flashy tricks. Not that far of a stretch to link Alex Van Halen and a lighted gong to Sonny and a flashy set full of percussion. Clearly both Soony and Chick could swing the pants off of a band but they also played it up for the show.

    There is a cool comment from Edward in one of those 2005-2006 clips of him jamming with Wolfgang and Alex at 5150. You can't see Alex but he is doing some fills and stuff just messing around. Edward at one point asks him if Buddy Rich could take a break and Alex could be present. I thought that was funny. Drumeo has done some cool things lately. The Phil Collins episode with his son Nic was awesome. Hopefully with this award, this connection and the recent videos with Wolfgang on drumeo, maybe we can get a real in depth interview with Alex about everything drum related. Would love to see this happen. Would also love to see Rick Beato have a conversation with him.
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    On one of his many Carson appearances Johnny informed Buddy that Keith Moon twirls his sticks while playing. Then he asks Buddy if he ever twirled his sticks like Moon? Buddy looks around like what a dumb question. Then he tells Johnny no I never twirled my sticks but I can play. Dead silence.......
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