but what's funny though is that, as good as these drummers are, they can be replaced in a heartbeat and the band basically retains its identity because for 95% of the time they do nothing more than provide a back beat for the rest of the band. It's generally the same with the bass player as well.
I can tell you as a musician that the sign of a great drummer in a band is one that can lose their ego at the drop of a button and understand their role as mere support for the rest. I've been working hard on getting that message to my 14 year old who thinks he should play his drums at full volume all the time. He's starting to get it. I tell him he should practice his wild solos for those rare times the band will grant him one but more importantly is practicing how to keep the beat in any number of styles and not overpowering the band.
Still, they're great frigging drummers.
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Fleetwood's awesome