Bernard Purdie "The Hitmaker" Studio Drumming in the 60's & 70's 

i can listen to him drum and talk, alone, and enjoy it.

If we don't get Purdie Day when he passes, we riot.

@@adjoho1 I will be shoulder to shoulder with you.

I was born in March 1971… 😃

@@mitchweiner so we can assume you weren’t at the gig

I wish they would have brought that up but seems to be the forbidden question these days.

Totally! And some of the music he has played is really difficult. He always seems to avoid the subject of charts. He MUST be a great reader -surely?- to have done the Steely Dan albums for example.

Already been on this is an excerpt

There's a link to the full interview in the video description

@@sandybarnes887 cheers!… I must have missed it.

@@GIBKEL it was about 8 months ago

It’s in the description

@@rickbeato2 Thanks!

That's really interesting that you say that. I've heard several interviews with Purdie and although he always comes across as very likeable (he is happy to admit that he might have been difficult to get along with at times; maybe similar to Buddy Rich in that respect) but there seems to be a chasm between his spoken word and his ability, not necessarily behind the kit, but in the studio- to produce such incredible parts that sound so natural, but are often deceptively (very) difficult. For example his playing on The Royal Scam- his musical intelligence is off the charts!

Amen!

Before there was pro tools, there was Pros… like this guy. Awesome.