Ronnie Verrell with The Ian James Big Band 

U played with this guy, ??holy sh#t

Is that you on the other kit behind Ronnie

I always loved Ronnie’s drum tone. It sounded always like a rich maple drum kit on the Muppet show perhaps with the bottom resonant heads removed.

Here’s to another thirty years!

I do think that Verrell lived up to Buddy's standards one bit

When you get to 78 like myself, you need friends to carry it all !

indeed sir

Buddy Rich

@@newking70 Louie Bellson

I had the honour of being a pupil of the great London drum teacher Max Abrams for a while during the 1970s . ( Jack Parnell was one of his pupils, as were several well known top drummers including film comedian / comic Norman Wisdom ) I used to travel from Newcastle upon tyne once a month to Max at his home in Knightsbridge for a three hour lesson during which time I was playing with the 15 piece Northumberland Fusiliers volunteer ( later the Dominiques ) swing dance band six nights a week for seventeen years ! ---- wonderful memories ! My best lessons were never missing Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Ronnie Verrell out front with the Great Jack Parnell Big Band ! I am now 80 years of age and would still be playing if not for Covid .

@@Copper3T Much to envy in your story. Stay safe.

yes indeed

My gran lived in John street in Rochester. Her neighbour was a jazz drummer called Don Barnicott. Ronnie was a friend and also Dons teacher.

Check out the Ted Heath band at New York`s Carnegie Hall concert on CD. It`s fabulous from beginning to end. Just amazing.

Yes! Even Buddy Rich loved his playing.

What about Phil Seaman?

You mean ARE !

@@Copper3T Yes...I have a 70s Premier kit. I’ve never had a chance to play the new ones. A bit hard to come by, in Australia, unfortunately.

@@roybeckerman9253 I'm sure you would love the 80s Resonator Kit which I play. The thing I found with Premier isthat you can tune them to produce the sound YOU like. Keep The Beat Roy ! regards Sid.

@@Copper3T I have the B303 Premiers from the 70s. 👍🏿

@@roybeckerman9253 The B303 was /is a good set. I had the same during the 70s and still have the superb bongoes bought at the same time . They have the perfect original white velum heads.

One of the Big Band drummers in Heaven, there are just too many greats

Ronnie Verrell was a great drummer no doubt,but I regard the late,great Kenny Clare to be Britains best

Dont forget AJAX (from Boosey And Hawkes) still got mine bought new in 1955. Still playing them at 83 !!

I remember how good Ronnie`s snare & toms sounded at the famous USA Carnegie Hall Concert in 1957. Incredible band performance. I wondered if he was playing Premier then? It sounded so amazing. Miss you Ronnie.

I'd rather heard him play solo but that was business as usual back then when you had a guest musician. Classic BG song they did, of course Gene Krupa had the first honors for that one.

I think it's a premier projector kit, I have one similar.

logan paul What year/s What Metal or wood snare ?

@@roybeckerman9253 my kit is around 1985, 12, 16, 22,finnishl birch shell, I have 400 sd, I don't know what Ronnie's was,

No animal era de rock el es jazz, Keith Moon si

Nooo Keith Moon él era de rock

20019 -- I am now 78 and still playing a 1980s Premier kit using my ( 1st and only ) Royal Ace C.O.B. ten lug snare.

@@Copper3T wow sir,amazing

sing sing sing.

73

Not true.

YES TRUE !! and please explain why you think otherwise!

It was a kids puppet show? Er... Animal was supposed to lose? Is that a real test of Buddy Rich's ability to 'crush' an opponent? Lighten up...

What about Phil Seaman Jack Parnell and Eric Delaney?

@@SAHBfan Kids show or not, i seriously doubt that Verrell could play even half the chops Buddy Rich played. I used to watch the Jack Parnell big band show in the 70's with Verrell behind the drums, he never played anything like Rich, also he had a reputation of playing with the fastest arms in drumming world. Infact i would say that Jack Parnell himself was a better drummer than Verrell.

Birch with beech hoops

@@darrenproctor1687 Thanks 👍🏿 Love his snare...not sure what it is.. Ronnie has his ride cymbal very tight..it barely moves..

@@roybeckerman9253 premier a premier royal ace snare very popular or a 2000 share if had a few preferred them to Ludwig snares if am honest

Maybe not but Ronnie did.

@@grayswood1962 Obviously.

You can only be be American !

Foul

Yes - BOTH drummers did so wonderfully well to remember exactly all the right notes from the score.............................although I think Ronnie missed an Eb in bar 969.........

@@richardanderson7986 If you look again Richard, you'll see the 'back up' drummer was reading the score from a stand on his left.

He had fused vertebrae following a car crash after which he couldn't play for 10 months. It was a miracle he returned to playing and playing whilst in terrible pain.