Two great gentlemen. I was Buddy’s secretary that set up his gigs. He was a great gentleman and is very much missed. Did any of you ever join the free classes he gave for young drummers? He would go to different colleges and jam with the kids. Well I got tears in my eyes so keep on drummin. My Dad had Jerry in his cab back in the 50’s. One night Jerry had him take him from one club to another after several clubs my Dad told him I love bar hopping with you but tonight is my anniversary and I promised to be 🎉 where he got the biggest bunch of roses you ever saw and said ok go home, I’ll get another cab. He also gave my Dad the biggest tip he ever got.
Jerry Lewis was not a "great gentleman". In real life he was an cranky, difficult, misogynistic jerk, according to pretty everyone who knew or worked with him. And he was a horrible father and husband.
That is incredible. I never got to take any of his clinics, but I wish I had! I'm so happy he was a gentleman to work for, and I also love the Jerry story. Both of these guys have reputations as being hotheads so it's important to hear stuff like that. And all I can say is it's 2024, and people are STILL watching Buddy. Have you seen all the reaction videos to his clips? Young drummers who have never seen him watching him for the first time? Just go look up Buddy Rich reaction video, you'll get a million!
I guess you didn't hear what Jerry Lewis did to his first wife and daughter. He left his first wife and daughter for a PRETTIER wife and daughter and cut them completely out of his will!
Thanks for sharing this. My brother was a drummer. He was very good - even had his own band. But when he finally MET Buddy Rich, my brother learned what true greatness really was. Both of them are gone now, but I gladly tip my hat to them both.
The talent Jerry Lewis brought to this one little bit is astounding. He's playing decent drums while doing comedy and keeping them both on point. Bravo.
I met Buddy when I was in high school. I went onto his tour bus and he was sitting there in his robe. I told him I was a guitarist, a music was everything to me. He signed my program and said--Keep the music going. Good luck kid! A great moment I will always remember.
@@SplendidCoffee0 That's interesting. As you feed your food to the world, so shall it one day come to use it against you. I learned the hard way, but I did learn.
Wow, that’s a night you’ll always treasure and thanks for sharing. I saw Humble Pie at the London Palladium and was my first rock concert. It was electrifying with singer Steve Marriott, this skinny ginger guy, play his Gibson Les Paul whose chords hit my soul and he belted out out vocals so powerful whilst spanking his plank of wood and string made a wall of sound whilst he pogo’d about the stage backwards hitting a chord with every jump! It’s only Rock & Roll but I like it. A very good friend of mine was married to the daughter of Ginger Baker who was and is a highly rated drummer. I rate Ian Pace, last remaining member of Deep Purple. He had amazing syncopation skills.
Wow!! Awesome memories🤗🤗 I saw Buddy Rich in my teens..15-ish/16 the mid '70s in Vancouver, at the Commodore Ballroom, what a show! I took my cousin Treva and we had a blast! we were just 4feet away from Buddy's floor toms ..the excitement that night everyone was up dancing..you see the Commodore dancefloor was made up of shiplap/2x3 boards, tires stuffed full with horse hair, that's what gave the floor it's legendary spring to everyone's step, you could dance all night there..it was cool, my Mom used to go all the time in the '40s and saw all the Big Bands, ...ifn' we could go back in time..for just one night eh
Whoever the producer was that had the idea to do the split screen at that time must’ve felt like a damn genius! What a tremendous effect, and I don’t think Jerry realized it at the time because he stood up.
I'm about 95% sure that was Jerry's idea. He was a masterful director and cinematographer. He actually invented new processes in set design, film-making and directing, and pioneered the on-set video camera beside the film camera to get "dailies".
My late father was a lifelong member of the federation of musicians who played at some events along side the Buddy Rich band an I grew up listening to his records at home. Fast foward to 1970 at the first performance ever of ELP if you listen to Carl Palmers drum solo you can hear just how much he copied from Buddy! Both are amazing drummers but Buddy was surely the original and the king!
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Jerry Lewis was/is one of the most talented comedians/actor of the era in which he was a predominant figure. Mr. Lewis you brought a lot of fun-n-e into my life when I was a young lad. Thank You.
@@ElliottMichaels56 He was a dancer, pianist, singer, songwriter, producer, director, ....and comediant, humorist, actor, entertainer, showman,...and an average drummer. So It was Sammy Davis Jr. also.
Jerry Lewis was a man of many talents. I discovered Buddy Rich in the mid sixties when I was a teenager and to this day still consider him the Best ever. He influenced many who followed him, such as Dino Danelli. Keith Moon etc.
For that type of music, there was no one better than Buddy.. Later in the 60's and 70's I went more for Rock Drummers.. Greats like Ginger Baker of Cream, Earl Palmer, and Ronnie Tutt, who played on all Elvis 70's concerts.. All greats in what they did.. The TCB band featuring James Burton, Jerry Scheff, Ronnie Tutt, and Glenn D Hardin.. Master on their instruments..
I saw Buddy play in a dinner/music theater in Windsor, CT. I'm gonna say it was probably around 1969. Tickets were maybe $12 and that included a fine dinner. The place was righteous. My mom gave me and my date a ride to the show and picked us up after the show. My date wore a gown and I wore a suit and tie. We were about 15 years old. What a different place the world was back then. Approximately 55 years ago but a whole different world. Eons and lightyears have slipped by. As I explained to my wife this morning, the only thing that is constant in this world is change. Ben Franklin said "death and taxes". I would add change to that list. The saddest thing to realize is that THESE are the good old days.
I'm a former drummer myself. I can remember watching some of the classic movies where Jerry would play the drums and yes Mr. Lewis was very good on the drums as well as a pretty good singer . But when we look back and see the incredible work that BR. Did on the drums with his Big Band stuff ? It was simply for at that time ? Mind blowing eye hand coordination with speed and accuracy. But Buddy Rich was also very hard on his musicians . Anyway now those two great entertainers are gone and when Mr. Lewis past the media didn't give Jerry Lewis better coverage. In close my very first movie matinee as a 7 year old i saw ? Was Jerry Lewis as both Buddy Love and the Nutty professor. What a great and funny film it was and Jerry Lewis was superb in that classic comedy . R.I.P. to both Buddy Rich and Jerry Lewis.
Ok but a lot of people don’t realize how much timing and genius goes into being that much of a comedic talent. Yes he fell, and groused, and yelled, and teased, and DONT LICK IT!!!! But he had to do it all on cue and I sync with a partner, or a dance, or an orchestra. It was actual work, and his mind had to be just as sharp as any other talent of the day sometimes more so.
Those people still exist there just not valued as they were so many less of them are known well it at all and the ones that are we only focus on one of the things they do
I grew up loving every Jerry Lewis movie. Was so upset when they stopped. Looking back on them I understand how silly they were but at that age incredible
As impressive as his legendary solos were, I appreciated his playing most when he was driving the band. I remember, when seeing him live, how I could hear the melody of the song coming through the drums. I’d never experienced that before.
Supremely impressive technically. But Ringo Starr was a better musician, with better taste restraint, and creativity, even though the egotistical rich called him merely adequate. I shudder To think how this showman Would have ruined Any beatles song he played on, and I certainly cannot imagine how we would have improved them.
@@Patrickjohnphotography I'm not dissing Buddy Rich I think he is one of the best. But when you say he's the best and no one even comes close my opinion is it's not true. I have seen guys just as good and a few of them that I think are better. It's my opinion I take nothing away from Buddy Rich. But there are some phenomenal drummers out there for you to say that hey no one comes close that's just ignorant. So time for you to get your shoe box. Later
I was always aware of the fact that Buddy Rich was a very talented musician from the Big Band Era who also drew a lot of attention to the drums and drumming in general. This is largely due to the fact that television was so new at the time and for many people being able to actually see with your own eyes how a Drummer is able to produce sounds like this was a really big achievement, technically speaking. After all, most people back then were never able to actually go to a Big Band performance like this. If they were lucky they might only hear it on the radio. The one thing about this video that actually did surprise me, that I didn't know before was a small observation I made of Jerry Lewis. That detail was: At the very end of this video and after all of his very funny comedy exchanges with Buddy Rich, Jerry actually did show that he too had some degree of drumming experience. His drumming strokes and timing on that final ending musical number were too well executed for him to be a total novice. He definitely showed signs of having some basic knowledge of drumming or at the very least some good coaching. He actually did a pretty good job of drumming at the very end of the video.
@@fancy39 Thank you very much for your information. I was totally unaware of that. It is very interesting to know that now. I will need to research that a little. That will be fun to watch. Thank you Fancy.
@@John-rw2zf you might also enjoy seeing Karen Carpenter play drums. She was a supremely talented drummer. YT has some great videos of her playing drums!
This skit is not only hilarious and special in many ways, but it also gives us a very rare view of Buddy's bass drum technique from 3:51. Most non drummers will focus on the incredible speed of his hands, but drummers may want to take a look at his amazing skill with the bass drum, incorporated WITH those hands!
One of the greatest humanitarians that ever lived? How so? Because he hosted a telethon? Even though he refused to actually meet with any of the kids he was "helping", and only showed crippled kids to evoke pity. He also constantly cheated on his wives, thought of women as nothing but breeding machines, and was a horrible father.
The effortless control and melodic expression in this performance is so captivating, mesmerizing. It’s very different from the tedious bashing you get from a typical rock drum solo.
Saw Buddy twice, near the last of his time with us. First was in May of '83, Michigan Theater, Jackson, Michigan. He started playing a melody on his Zildjians, brushes closed at first, using the rings on the end of them to "tickle" the cymbals. During the tune, brushes were opened for a bit, then, "POOF!". The brushes had just vanished, and he was holding and playing with sticks. I cussed the sly ol' boy under my breath, swearing to myself that if I ever saw him again, he wouldn't get away with such a move in front of my eyes. I was pretty far away from him that show, to be honest. Flash forward to after his stint in U-M's hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, getting his heart worked on---Jamie's On Seven, in Livonia. Nice little nightclub, the perfect intimate venue to see the Master "at work." They played two sets; he acknowledged the Nurse who had been his main caretaker while he was recovering from his surgery between sets, as well as her parents, all of them V.I.P.'s that evening, of course. 2nd set, out come his brushes, and I'm like, "Ahhh,' I've got you now, sucker!" I was within 50 feet of him, maybe a bit closer. Watching, watching, watching--DAMN--He tricked me again! Knowing they were coming put, I STILL DID NOT SEE it happen--absolutely AMAZING, and it blew me away to hear Deep Purple's drummer, Ian Paice, (a favorite of mine since like 1972) has toured with Buddy's band not that long ago. Ian is an absolute powerhouse, (was, years ago!) something little known outside of musician circles...
I live in Lorain,ohio, and was playing at the palace theater, starring Frankie Avalon, we were the warm up band of rock back then , his bass player got lost and was late, well, Mr. Avalon asked if i could sit on the basd till he arrived, well fir song was Venus and so on, simple 3 chord progressions and i was on cloud 9 after that ,i was sure at first it was lip singing ,but it was all live music n singing from the old singers and drummers of the best years of our Time!!!
@@ghostexits they were both professionals in their own right, even more than that , entertainers have love in their blood and can play with their hearts for the public, music is universal ,i said that about Frankie to let you all know i also met an icon like buddy, that's all ,just half hour of fame and it felt good ,sorry it didn't meet your terms.
@@nadyarossi5102 it was sad to learn all these bad things about him after he died. It's like I remember an interview he did where he compliments his wife, calling her the glue that holds the family together. He said she was a good wife and, mother. The kids later said about him, they didn't know who'd be coming home at night. It was said he was more the t Character he played in the nutty professor as the good looking guy.
ya but i wanted to see him drum in the 1940's when he was young in his 20's, seems like the earliest footage i could find was in the late 1950's. Perhaps, drumming wasn't a big thing in the 1940's, i'm assuming he was drumming since a teenager.
Legend has it that, when The Who appeared on the same bill as his orchestra in Chicago in 1969, Rich told Keith Moon, "You can't drum, but you sure put on a great show!"
@@bramleydragon How is being able to play drums with both a matched grip and traditional grip being a hypocrite? He just was mentioning his preferred method.
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Used to let my very young son stay up late when Buddy was on Johnnie Carson. He was glued to screen. I made him small set of sticks from dowel rods. He beat on oatmeal boxes, old pots, pot lids, buckets, etc and was starting to keep time. As he got older got him more sophisticated stuff. He was a great drummer and percussionist in high school. It was long ago but it all started with fascination with Buddy's playing.
I had a great honor of going to see Buddy Rich I was young it was at a club and restaurant in Massachusetts & I got to meet him afterwards I got his autograph 8x10 Glossy photo I was on his tour bus. Interestingly before seeing him I had seen several rock band shows saw many drum solos that I’d thought were amazing but the comparison Buddy was on another level It was astounding how amazing he was. This video is amazing but he was unbelievable his orchestra was just off the charts freaking awesome and There’s nothing else you can say the guy was amazing. I’m so grateful I got to meet him. He’s also gracious and I still have that autographed picture and I have his business card autographed as well. I’m definitely lucky and privileged to have had the chance to see him
A shame we have no music or comedy stars of this caliber these days. The world clearly is going to heck in a handbasket. I also note I never realized what great teeth Jerry Lewis has.
I'm guessing you are very old if you think Jerry Lewis was the peak of comedic talent. He played the same character in everything he did. That doesn't take an enormous amount of talent.
@@modoc97405 Are you talking to me? I never said Jerry Lewis was the height of comedic talent. I've mostly hated his stuff over the years. I like comedy, but I'm not a fan of any particular comic. I do admire drummers, though. Drummers are magic.
As a non-drummer, it is interesting to see Buddy's footwork around the 4 minute mark. I always figured at least one foot would always be tapping out time, but I guess I was wrong!
Great observation. In this case he is probably using everything to embellish the accents. The time is in the subdivisions, which are being chosen on the fly by Buddy. Also consider that the clave "taps out time" but not in regular intervals like quarter notes.
Nells, if you can find the sheet music for a song you already know, and then locate the percussion sheets, while listening to the song you should be able to get the idea that percussion is the punctuation of music. Now getting back to your observation about the kick drum, he is creating the only music you hear, so the punctuation becomes a syncopated bass "kick". I knew what I was looking for and I had to watch it three times. I can't imagine what that solo would look like, nor do I know if there is anyone left alive that could play it.
axiomist drummagazine.com/one-handed-roll-a-buddy-rich-trick/ An approximation...basically Buddy is using a left hand buzz roll whilst using his free right hand to play hits on cymbals and toms. He’s playing a such speed that our ears fill in the gaps and it sounds like he’s playing a continuous roll
He was the GREATEST drummer but his personality was garbage. Expletives, rudeness and nastiness were a part of his relationship with fellow musicians and his commentary on musical genres other than jazz.
Jerry was indeed talented.....keeping up quite well with Buddy! And Jerry was, in Hollywood, the fastest quick draw.....Sammy Davis Jr was #2,...and was also talented beyond belief!
Buddy Rich showcases all of the technical skills that a truly great drummer must have: Speed, timing, discipline, mastery of rebound, precision, physical strength, and endurance: bravo!
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@@johnalexander9855 Buddy and his Big Band came to the U.K. in 1968 , I saw their show on a Friday night, drove 2 hours to Bristol, Saturday drove to London, 4hour to see the same show, bought his album, Mercy, Mercy there , I still have it, favourite track is Channel One Suite , really long drum solo .
