lukeee33 (July 4, 2008 at 5:48 am)

i agree great inspiration then and now and the practicing on pillows thing...i think i'll try that my rolls need some work and i could always use some more speed thanks

DrummerMan1966 (July 1, 2008 at 11:01 pm)

How can you not be awed by his playing? I remember seeing Buddy on The Tonight Show with Mr.Carson. He is what inspired me to play the instrument. He said in an interview that by playing in a pillow you get really fast hands..He must have torn up many pillows in his day!For example playing singles is a great warm up in the pillow then try it back on the snare.Amazing difference. Play on drummer! RIP B.R.

verifito (July 1, 2008 at 6:57 pm)

Es Fnatastico, una maravilla, una Verdadera obra de Arte del Maestro Rich... Magnifico...

ou812rh (July 1, 2008 at 12:02 am)

When he was 6 yo , he was the highest paid performer at the time. He came from a wealthy background.

mustangmonk (June 30, 2008 at 9:36 am)

does that comment transfer over to things ither than music like politics

aryus220 (June 30, 2008 at 12:16 am)

It's Massive...no have words to coment!

bogota99 (June 29, 2008 at 6:49 am)

Buddy Rich sounded the best when he used Slingerland drums! WOW!!!

vandal357 (June 28, 2008 at 2:19 am)

so much control and technique..its insane

av40229 (June 26, 2008 at 6:01 am)

i have to dis-agree with the foot techique reason i say this is at Buddy' time how many drummers can you say had dubble foot bass or duel petals? plus yes now en days there fast but about 70% sounds like crap .. they've got away from as the man said "pure inspiration" not being negative towards you friend.

YanusDV (June 26, 2008 at 2:29 am)

Buddy´s legendary and Jazz kills (Most complex style) but i have to respectfully disagree with you; at least in foot technique, the fastest drummers belong to metal. And in single strokes, I would bet for them.