Ian Paice is one of the truly great drummers of our time. He could have been an elite jazz drummer had he gone into that genre. His technical skills are top-notch and his playing style and touch are brilliant. His scense of swing and groove is intuitive and spot-on. I am a hard-core Carl Palmer fan and like Palmer, Paice has aged well. Both are still playing at a world-class level into their seventies. Paice is a genuine master percussionist and a fine and humble person as well.
Agreed you can tell Ian cut his teeth listening to the great Big Band drummers, as the influence of Rich, Krupa et al are prominent in his playing. Ian Paice and Ginger Baker are my favorite rock drummers.
Ian is by far one of the top rock drummers ever, and part of what made him great was his ability to swing! I have been a fan since I first heard Machine Head as a 13-year-old in 1973. I was a lefty playing a right-handed setup until I saw him and realized I should turn my set around.
Thankyou Ian. Don't worry about the camera angle ... it shows the HANDS and particularly the mighty Right one. Magical ! I was able to see the amazing Mr. Rich in Birmingham a few months after his heart surgery. That was a lifetime ambition for me. He was still in recovery but his and the orchestra's performance was something I will always remember. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us ... Always a special thing to receive.
Wow! I enjoyed watching a young Steve Ferrone play this on youtube and I thought 'I bet my favourite drummer, Ian Paice, can do this justice'. Boy, didn't you just, Ian. Thank you for sharing.
Caught DP in Ottawa a few years ago. IanP and RogerG were definitely the stars of the show. Morse was very good, but the smooth rhythm section is the reason that he gets to do his stuff. They are simply incredible and slick partners.
Mr. Ian Paice looks so cool with grey hair, and not matter his age, he's still one of the baddest southpaw drummers alive today. On another note, we would never doubt that it wasn't you, because all we have to do is listen to your signature style, and see your hi-hat on the right to know it is you. Keep swingin' Mr. Paice because we love your excellent drumming skills, and more so your charming English demeanor.
Thanks, Ian. And I'll add that the call and response bit looks even cooler with a lefty and righty drummer. Love the drum cam over the FT...even if you lost your head :-). I'm about 10 years younger than you..and "Made in Japan" made me a fan. I had a great drum teacher who was swing, big band all the way, not really a rock guy. When I made him listen to Deep Purple....he was impressed. "This guy swings"- True story. Thanks for almost 5 decades of inspiration. Love the channel.
Fantastic! I've been playing this since high school (trumpet then bass)! Your drumming is STILL gorgeous in every way imaginable. Thank you for decades of perfection.
An album's worth of swing versions of DP songs like Wring That Neck from the Concerto/RAH CD or any other songs would be a real treat! It's about time for the first album with the name IAN PAICE in BIG letters on it. It might not sell millions of copies ...but it will surely last and make a lot of people happy as can be seen on this very site here. Thanks for everything, Ian!
You are one of the main reasons I picked up the sticks. I nicked some stuff from you, your rolls are phenomenal. I've been listening to you for 50 years. Thank you, Paicey!
when my brother was alive, it was listening to and watching you that made him take up drumming and it was trying to emulate you that made him such a good drummer, so on his behalf and in his memory, i sat Thank You
Met Ian once. i was working at the St. Kames hotel in Edinburgh around 1979 and met Ian in the hallway. We had a nice chat and and I mentioned my own inspiration in Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. I doubt if he remembers me though.
Mr. Paice i've always considered you one of the top 10 ALL TIME Rock Drummers! I have 5 drummers, that i always go back listening to,.....You of course being one! The 4 others, Pierre Van Der Linden from the 1st three Focus records and the 1974 Trace album he was on after leaving Focus in 1973, he is and was a brilliant player. Then there is Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson The Allman Brothers Band...It is the first "Sea Level" Album where you really could tell how a great a drummer he is and was! Even live he was also Brilliant. Yes there is some Live footage of the Sea Level Band on RU-vid. Bobby Caldwell; Johnny Winter And "Live" The first and third albums of Captain Beyond, and arguably his best playing with the band Armageddon, featuring lead singer from the Yardbirds, the late Keith Relf. Lastly Carmen Appice, Vanilla Fudge, the Great Band....CACTUS! Those are the records he really shines on. Diggin your channel !!
Nice to see someone give a shoutout to Pierre Van Der Linden. I have always loved Focus, excellent band - the great Jan Akkerman on guitar, Thijs Van Leer on keys, flute, vocals, great stuff they did. It's a shame they are not mentioned more often.
Being from Chicago and knowing Greg Potter through the typical music scene there, it must have blown his mind sitting down with Ian???? Greg you are a great drummer! Once in a lifetime experience there my friend.
I find it insane that there aren't tens of thousands of views for these vids - they are fun, instructive, inspiring and addictive. And headless drummer or not I think I'd pick the Chief out of a bunch of drummers just by his bass pedal work. Thanks for these uploads - they're a highlight of the day they're released.
Speaking as a bass player, I think you can judge a drummer by the bass (kick) work. In so many cases, when they go into a fill, or especially a solo, the bass drum loses their attention and wanders off... so it's hard to keep the rhythm section locked in. The GOOD drummers keep the pattern tight!
Ian, please think about. I follow you since 1973, it means the most part of my life listening to you play the drums. You are a special person and a lot of kids like me keep listening to you. Do you have any idea how important these videos from your RU-vid channel are being?
Awesome. Thanks for the video. I'm always amazed at how Ian Paice makes his playing look easy. It feels like he can play whatever he wants to play. I was always wondering how cool it would be, if Ian (together with Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore) would do something jazzy, something like Jimmy Smith or Wes Montgomery. Unfortunately, it's not possible anymore.
Ian. As a high school kid 1976 Grad. playing drums in our High school stage band out here in Southern California. We would listen your your drumming with Deep Purple and be in amazement at how well you would play the rudiments of drumming and how proficient you were as a player. How knowable you were to music. and your drumming. You really inspired so many of us here. Thank you for all your inspirations and thank you for not being a stuck up musician. Take care old friend and long may you Play. We love you here in SoCal.
Head or not, you've always had great hands and this video is a perfect chance to get a closeup of those hands at work. We could use an "Ian's Hand Cam" on a DP video!
Thank you for sharing Ian. We catch the BR Orchestra every time they are in LA. Cathy is wonderful and Greg is a terrific guy. What is sad is that there is sooo little support from younger people to their gigs. Maybe you can speak to the issue of sparking interest in jazz/ swing for younger audiences. I fear for the future of this music if people don't act!
Without looking at the video I recognize Ian's playing. Its fantastic, the other drummer is great as well , but the way Ian grabs the stick , plays and hits the drums big difference between both drummers. Great video
Ian, it's time for your to get published with a book. My shelf has John, Cozy, Carmine, Jerry Shirley and many others. Ian, The Rock Drumming Master needs to tell his story and have a writer put it down in word. I volunteer if no one better will do it.
I was 10 year old and get my drums mrk lefima, play Deep Purple from tandberg taperecorder in headphone and learn to play drums by listen to Mr Ian Peace, allways my hero
Mr. Pace, I’ve been a fan since 1972. Even as a kid who knew nothing about drumming, I knew you were something special. You, Bonzo, and Bill Ward are the triumvirate of heavy drumming. Your solo on the Made in Europe album made a great impression on me. This video caught my attention because last year I was watching a video from Australia of a mature drum instructor who for some reason had gotten that far without ever hearing your music reacting to a live DP performance. He watched just a minute or two before pausing and comparing you to Buddy Rich. That was an aha moment for me and validated the notion that I might indeed know what a special drummer sounds like. Thank you for a lifetime of inspiration.
Ian, You are my favorite drummer of all time. You have seamlessly interwoven all the best aspects of Rock and Jazz drumming and you continue to surprise and amaze me to this day.
Finally some clips the master himself with the Buddy Rich group.. Ever since I saw that picture of him in a2012 concert they played, I've been itching to see some actual footage. I love it! 🔥🥁
This is your fan from🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾. I like you because you're playing with soul and feeling. I got that since i'm just a kid. The way you stroked all that fill in DP songs all comes from your heart, its pure. I knew bonham but i still love your playing more.
Thank you for picking up these pieces for us, Ian! For the next time you play in London (fingers crossed...) I hereby volunteer as AV recordist :) It's such fun to watch Ian Paice (sans head, but still!) playing funky jazz!! I guess (but I may be wildly out with that guess!) that your tour sound checks are very brief and you all have nicer things to do than to play to echoing empty places... but you must have done thousands of sound checks, often with a) good friends, b) exciting new musicians you needed to gel with and/or found yourself flowing with creative energy while having some time to kill before a gig... I wonder what kind of tunes you might have played in hard rocking bands like Deep Purple or Rainbow that might be similarly uncommon - at least for us, who have no idea?
Love your work Ian life long fan from N. Ireland, Thanks for coming in2010 I know I was a bit F***ed up but it was a great show for all the Purple fans that waited so long. I was watching Buddy Rich on RU-vid he plays his snare facing away from himself like he's gonna spill pasta, I don't think you mention this in your lovely blogs.
Dunno about "Pick up the Pieces" more like "Pick up the Stick" at 10:52. He even shouted in time! Even the greats drop a stick now and then, it reminds us they are human!
I was in the audience as I remember the great recovery from the stick drop. I think it was a Wednesday evening. There is a strict ban on filming but I got a snap of Ian just as he sat behind the kit. Ha! If only he’d asked me I could have filmed him and the sound was great/well balanced where I was sitting. In general at a small club it’s intrusive to film in the audience so I agree with the rule.
Gregg Potter is a blast from the past.....that hair! I haven't seen that style since "Lilly" on the Munsters. And "Pieces"- haven't heard that since the 70's by the Average White Band.
Very enjoyable to watch your performance! The camera angle works for me especially being able to "see" all the grooving grace notes. Thanks for posting this!!!
The difference in quality to the band in the performance portion ist amazing. The drums swing and groove so smoothly and the others are just not (yet?) in the pocket, all edgy and rough.
