Back in late 2010 (or early 2011) my younger brother Tom---who played drums professionally for more than two decades---sent me a drum track that he recorded in some studio in Colorado Springs back in the late 1990s. (He apparently was just screwing around while the band was taking a break...)
When my old Mac crashed back in late 2011, this track---along with several other gems---was lost to me. To my great joy I was recently able to recover it, and I decided to jam with it old school style.
It features some mighty fine “drum hero” soloing by Tom!
For some odd reason this has been exceedingly difficult for me to mix, even though there are only Tom's drums, along with my guitar, bass and vocal. Go figure...
Anyway, I hope some of you can enjoy this slightly indulgent sampling of fraternal REVELRY (not “rivalry”).
🙂
PS: The photo is of me (left) & Tom (right) at the Oregon Coast when he visited about four years ago...
Sibling rivalry and fraternal music… the cat can play, as evidenced by the track… Good show!
Daug
Tom was a fine drummer back in the day. He no longer plays. Too beat up physically…
It was fun to finally get to collab with him after all these years…
obviously he still has the knack to thump times ten + – has the youthful approach and unbridled yearn to play like iron butterfly’s “My Mirage” (Sung like) – wide timbre~vocal
Amazing snare work. Nice recovery. The mix sounds good on my end and the guitar jam was great. You are both very talented brothers. I call it a tie. I’d pay the ticket price to jump into a time machine and go back to 1990 for awhile.
THX for the thumbs up guys… Tom will be very pleased!
—Mike
cool collab with your brother…
My brother was a professional musician too in his younger days
enjoyed!
KC
Just a quick comment off the top of my head. This percussion track reminds me somewhat of some of the energy that Mic Fleetwood put into his. Of course, minus all the grunts and other odd vocal sounds.
THX K.C.!
Rich: Tom will be very pleased with your Mick Fleetwood comparison. He was very hesitant to let me post this because he feels his playing was somewhat sub-par! Can you believe it!
Oh well…
I love the totally 70s vibe of it.
I’m in the wrong century, I’ve decided.
The late 60s and early 70s were when Tom and I began to take music seriously. Everyone has an era of primary influence it seems. So I’ll take your comment as a real and discerning compliment!
🙂