"the greatest drummer that ever lived"

[pippa]

true - Brian Eno says so.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Allen_%28musician%29


he played alongside Fela Kuti and Manu Dibango.
more recently he was the drummer in 'the good the band and the queen'.

[stevehendrix]

Sorry it has to be Ginger Baker

I've no idea how to embed videos but here's the link to his performance of "Toad" about 5 years ago.

Shame he looks like a grandad!



Thanks Pippa!

[aquatic]

FFS, what's wrong with Grandads?

[pippa]

Sept 6, 2010 0:36:49 GMT stevehendrix said:

Sorry it has to be Ginger Baker

I've no idea how to embed videos but here's the link to his performance of "Toad" about 5 years ago.

Shame he looks like a grandad!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXkLjgEztz0&feature=related

hello Steve

without doubt an exceptional drummer and a very fine 'toad'. thanks for the link. i'd definitely go along with Ginger Baker being one of the greats. i saw him play at the LSE many moons ago.

i wonder whether Ginger Baker would have ever played alongside Tony Allen. Nigeria being the connection, which Tony Allen is, although i believe he spent many years since the 60s in New York.

btw, while in compose message mode you'll see various buttons above the text box. one of them is youtube. copy and paste your url between the two brackets, like so: [ youtube ] url [ /youtube ] without the spaces. also when signed in you can modify your post.

[aubrey]

No, No - God bless you, but it has to be Dave Mattacks out o fFairport Convention (and about 3,000 others).

[pippa]

(and about 3,000 others) ? ahhh, and thanks for the blessing request.

is that 3,000 others before Tony Allen or Ginger Baker or both? in eiher case, rotfl.

DM's discography includes albums with Elton John, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Sandy Denny, Chris Rea, XTC, Jethro Tull, Joan Armatrading, Nick Drake, [“Procul Harum’s”] Gary Brooker, Peter Green, John Gorka, John Martyn, The Proclaimers, Cat Stevens & Loudon Wainwright, and Brian Eno. quite comprehensive i agree, but, Brian Eno being in a league of his own compared with some the former mentioned, would hardly claim Tony Allen as being the best in the world if he thought the title could possibly be DMs. with all due respect.


following on from my post above, Ginger Baker has drummed with Tony Allen. this from wiki says:
"Baker with Kuti travelled into Africa in a Land Rover to learn about the continent's rhythms. The fifth and last song features a 16-minute drum duet between Baker and Africa 70's drummer Tony Allen recorded at the 1978 Berlin Jazz Festival."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_%28Fela_Kuti_album%29

i'll see if i can fish it out.

Tony Allen has a myspace page where you can hear him and read a biog.
www.myspace.com/tonyallenafrobeat

edit: sorry i cocked up the link which should be ok now.

[aubrey]

No, I meant about 3000 other groups that Mattacks played with.

look:


Joan Armatrading ("The Shouting Stage", "Love and Affection" Title tracks plus others on both); Gary Brooker ("Fear of Flying"); Elkie Brooks ("Pearls 2"); Liane Carroll ("Clearly"); Mary Chapin-Carpenter ("Place in the World", "Time*Sex*Love"); Beverley Craven (Debut CD); Sandy Denny; Barbara Dickson (several recordings including "Dark End of the Street"); Nick Drake ("Bryter Layter"); Brian Eno; Everything but the Girl ("Amplified Heart"); Georgie Fame; "Feast of Fiddles" Debut CD; Peter Green; George Harrison; Juliana Hatfield "Gold Stars"; Jethro Tull ("A Little Light Music"); Elton John (tracks on "Ice on Fire" and "Leather Jackets" including the single ‘Nikita’); Micky Jupp; John Martyn; Paul McCartney (tracks on "Run Devil Run", ‘We got Married’ from "Flowers in the Dirt", ‘Long and Winding Road’ from "?Broadstreet", "Pipes of Peace", "Tug of War"); McGarrigal Sisters; Ralph McTell; Alison Moyet (‘That Old Devil Called Love’ single); Bill Nelson ("Red Noise"); Jimmy Page ("Death Wish 2"); Martin Phillips & The Chills; Proclaimers ("Hit the Highway" and "Sunshine on Leith"); Chris Rea (four CD’s including "On the Beach" and "Stainsby Girls" singles); Kimberley Rew; Jennifer Cutting: "Ocean"; Steeleye Span: "Bedlam Born"; Cat Stevens; Linda Thompson "Fashionably Late"; Richard Thompson (various recordings including "Hand of Kindness", "Mock Tudor", "Action Packed"); Chip Taylor-Carrie Rodriguez "Let's Leave This Town"; Susan Tedeschi "Wait For Me"; Loudon Wainright; XTC "Death Wish 2"; "Give my Regards to Broadstreet"; "Say It Ain't So"; "Sunshine State"; "Band of Gold" (ITV) ["Love Hurts" - Barbara Dickson]; "Time Bandits"; "McVicar"; "Lisztomania"; "Hearts of Fire"; "Alternative Hogmanay" (House Band for Billy Connolly, Midge Ure, Gallagher & Lyle, Maggie Bell and others); "Your Cheatin’ Heart" (‘Tutti Fruiti’ follow-up)