RUSH - La Villa Strangiato - Drum Cover - Adam Johnston
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- La Villa Strangiato Drum cover was a HUGE challenge for me. This instrumental by Rush has so many time changes, breaks, dynamics, drum fills and even a little jazz it took me weeks to finally get it right. It's not perfect but it's pretty close.
This album really takes me back to my roots. Truly inspiring and magical. I played to this album everyday after school and then played this song at the 9th grade talent show. What memories. I wish I had I still had the super 8 film recordings of this.
Neil has so many nuances and flavors he brings to this album it is a blast to play. After a couple of takes I think I got it. I hope you like it. Enjoy!
Special thanks to my wife the cinematographer : )
Drum cover by: Adam Johnston
Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute.
Tom's 2x 8”, 10”, 12”, 14”, 16”, 18" Tom’s
Kick 22” x 19”.
Tama superstar 14” x 7” Snare.
6” , 8” roto Tom’s.
Cymbals right to left...
14” Paiste hi-hats (I've had for 40 years)
14” Zildjian crash
16” Zildjian crash
17” Zildjian China boy pang
10” HHX Splash
5 1/2” Bell (Lathed from old 14" Camble hi hats)
14” Zildjian fast crash
8” Zildjian transformer sound effect splash
18” HHX Crash
8” AAX Splash
18” Zildjian Ride
12” Paiste thin China
10” Zildjian ZBT splash
16” China Boy Pang
Pearl double bass pedals.
Rush: Hemispheres
Label: Anthem
Producer: Rush Terry Brown
Released: October 29, 1978
Alex Lifeson: 6- and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars, classical guitar, Roland guitar synthesizer, Moog Taurus pedals
Geddy Lee: bass guitar, Minimoog synthesizer, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Moog Taurus pedals, vocals
Neil Peart - drums, orchestra bells, bell tree, tympani, gong, cowbells, temple blocks, wind chimes, crotales
Rush fans are the best and dedicated.
Yes they are.
Mother of god that was impressive. And you even somehow found time to flair!
Thanks man!
This was a fun one to cover.
WOW.. just Woooow. This is one of my absolute favourite pieces from Neil and this was by far the closest representation of it I’ve seen. Amazing job!
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it. Super fun to cover. What a challenge. But at this point Rush is in my blood : )
UNREAL! In case ya'll didn't catch the stick twirl in the middle, here it is... 5:37
Thanks Man!
Nice ride work. I also like your tom rhythm choices in the second half. And the stick spins between chokes. When I played it, I never made it through that song happy. Great job Adam!
The hemispheres tour 1979 was fantastic. That was the best concert from Rush that I saw. Moving pictures in 1981 came in second.
Absolutely mind blowing.
Drummer to drummer, I like your set up. Your drum fills have good discipline and a character of your own style.
It's nice to see people our age still playing good music, nice cover, I enjoyed that.....
Thanks so much Kerry. This was a challenge to cover for sure but what fun.
Fantastic! Perfect dynamics!!!
Thanks so much!
That was awesome !! thanks for putting that on here ! Cheers !
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it.
woo indeed! excellent!
Thanks Bob.
Bravo !!! Thank you
No... Thank you!
De poca madre... Eres el BEST cover de NEIL PEART..... Congrats from Spain and well done guy.. You are the "son" of the RUSH BAN TEACHER... 😎
Thank you so much!
My favorite album and first tour. Poughkeepsie April, 3 1979.
This was my first tour seeing Rush too. Tour of the Hemispheres. Pat Travers opened. IT WAS MIND BLOWING EPIC! INCREDIBLE.
it's really amazing, I'm impressed. If I couldn't see, then I would think it's the Great Master himself. Greetings from Warsaw.
Thanks so much Marek. This was one of the hardest ones to cover.
Bro you knocked it out of the park because something this difficult should not look that easy to play. Looked like you had just a little bit of fun doing that one. Precision playing with tons of showmanship, that was awesome
Thanks Christopher! This was a huge challenge to pull off.
Awesome job Adam
Thanks Greg. Glad you liked it.
10/10!! Awesome!
Thanks so much!
Awesome !!
Thanks!
Nice job! La Villa was the gold standard of drumming when I was a kid.
Thank you! This was a HUGE challenge to learn and cover.
99.99% close........Great !!!! In my opinion its one of the hardest piece to play. Like you said it has everything in it. Very nice !!!
Great job , well plaid , Canadian Rock Gods RUSH 👏🇨🇦🇨🇦
@@rioborzeli147 thanks so much! Glad you liked it.
Bravo! Bravo! Through all the years of watching and waiting, you are the only one that even comes close to the real deal. That shows your level of commitment and skill par excellence. Neil, RIP, is smiling, too, I bet.
Thanks so much. You’re too kind.
Adam... you CRUSHED it. Congrats. Beautiful work brother.
Thanks man! This was a huge challenge to cover.
@@adamjohnston2311you need to do some interviews and talk about your gift.
Excellent work my rock and roll brother. Neil would be proud.
Thanks so much Bruce.
Neil was a genius. Great job.
Fuckin amazing. Peart is proud. 👍
DUDE!!!!!😊
Fantastic subtitle. Great snare sound!
Thank you!
Me again. You just nailed the toughest song ever wrote by Neil!! Your camera angles are great. I can really see what going on the kit as you play. I showed my wife your mammas boys videos and that you and I had been communicating. She smiled. If you ever come to Texas give me a look up.
Right on John!
Nice job
The best !
Thank you!
Yeah man
Pure excellence ! Must read Rush drumming technics !
Thanks Frank. This tune and A Camera Eye were the hardest to cover.
Damn man, way to go
Thanks for watching.
OK, first of all, I'm on my sixth faze of Rush being my favorite band. Which leads into even seeing your videos. This pops up and I stopped to watch. My goodness, perfection, the twirls too, you show off. As stated earlier, Neil has a grin on his face. I'm sharing, magnificent ✨️
Thanks so much Harry!
Ótima execução, o timbre e mixagem também ficaram muito boas, bem próximos ao áudio original.
Great job dude! Just like the master himself!
Thanks so much Rick. This was a tricky one to learn.
Hell ya!!!!
Spot on!!
Job well done Sir!!! This has forever been my most FAVORITE RUSH TUNE they've ever done! Loved watching this one!!! : >)
Well done.
Great job, this is an extremely difficult Neil song to emulate, I know. It's drummers like yourself that " RUSH " needs to audition in order to keep the band alive... Great Job !!!
Copy cat lol! Rush needs to have no drum aditions, no one could ever replace neil peart! his presence, energy, drumming, there are many drummers that can play rush well, This guy did a great job.
Fantastic
Very good ..very, very good! There is not one other drummer on the planet that has inspired & influenced so many, like the master Neil Peart ; With that in mind it's fair to say that this is a commendable tribute to the genius of the master .. the one & only, 'The Professor' , Neil Peart! 👏👏👍
@@Aurumina136 wow! You’re too kind. Thanks so much!
Dude! That was awesome. Neil would be proud 👍🏼
Thanks so much! You’re too kind.
Holding my breath through the tricky part that starts 5:16, hoping that you won't stumble. You nailed it buddy. From a fellow drummer in Sweden who was also obsessed with learning this song in my youth.
Whew! I know right! This whole tune is tricky. A great challenge to learn.
Truly remarkable! Best I've seen as far as a drum cover! Soooooo good! Definitely worth a sub! 66carpenter
Thanks again! Glad your digging these videos. Cheers!
KILLED IT! thank you for sharing your skills and impeccable taste in bands.
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
Beautiful snare sound!
Great Job Adam! this is one of the hardest songs to play on drums
Thanks so much Marqus. This was a huge challenge to get even close to how Neil plays it.
Simply brilliant...........
Thank you!
That was perfection Adam, I’m a big fan, would love to jam with someone like yourself!
Nice! Neil would love this!
Thanks so much.
Well played!
Love the chokes around the cymbals, nice touch!
Thanks!
Espectacular el cover. Gracias
Just found you today. Outstanding work! This is, as other fans have said, the best Neil cover out there. Great talent brother!
@@coffeewmike thanks so much!
Another thoroughly enjoyable performance! Essence captured.
Thanks so much! This was one the harder ones to play. A fun challenge.
Another great performance Adam!! Well done sir!!
Thanks so much and thanks for watching too. More fun stuff to come.
@@adamjohnston2311 I can't remember the last video of yours that I watched, but I remember the sound quality was great, same as this one. Looking forward to more, take care.
Wow you run That song whit All concentration and at this Time your the best man or you play this All like the professeur
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it.
I’m going to have to really practice my guitar before I can play along with you but it’s going to be great when I do!!!
WHOO is RIGHT man, HOLY COW! Ive been playing forever could never even come close. GREAT job.
Thanks so much.
Damn!
Total master!!
Amazing 😮congrats😮
Best chover ever
Thanks so much! You're too kind.
Adam great performance of a great Rush song! Thanks for inspiring my Saturday morning. Time to get out the sticks!
@@stevenjones9364 hell yeah! Do it!
Once again, over the top awesome! So proud of you!
Check out Professor Johnston drop into the pocket at 1:33
Alex and Ged - are you boys listening?
Canadian winters are dark cold and boring
You better pick him up before Maynard does
He’s got his landline phone right behind his stool ready for the call
The essentials in a time of essentialism:
killing the fill right at 3:51
Drumgasm 4:51 to 5:55
We may not need more cowbell, but can I get some more stick twirls around 6:30?
Congrats, dude this is very well done!
LOL! Thanks buddy!
Thats some pretty fine playing sir! Well done and thanks for keepng him alive.
Thanks David. My pleasure. I have been having a blast covering all these Rush songs.
You nailed it once again main! absolutely perfect! keep on rocking!
WOW!! AMAZING!! Great job Adam!
Thank you! And thanks for subscribing.
What a treat...the best LVS.
Thanks so much Richard.
OutF#&*)”g standing Adam, bravo🙌
Thank you so much!
theirs no replacement for Neil but if there ever was one YOUR IT!
WOW! That is a HUGE compliment. You are way too kind. Neil are Big shoes to fill. LOL!
@@adamjohnston2311 your channel popped up and I'm in awe, watched all of them, and would like to see more, sharing them with my friends!!!!!1
@@adamjohnston2311 used to like terry bozo when he was with zappa
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admirable sir
What a pleasure to watch and hear. Just fantastic
Thanks so much.
Great job again buddy. That little wooh at the end just ends it perfectly. This is a drumming workout and you nailed it
Thanks so much!
Wow great job you 'ved done here Sir, superrr!!!
Thank you!
I think that one thumbs down was just from the coffee shakes ...... I only heard one hihat strike out of place by a nanosecond ......... think I might have heard a jogging fart in the overheads during a drum roll ..... other than those two items, the almost atomic precision and the atomic fart this is a master piece.
Lol! Good one Stuart.
I concur... lol! Good job!
Fantastic, Cheers from Brazil!!
Thank you!
Wow! Great drumming Adam! That's a very difficult song to play on the drums. Looked like you had fun playing it.
@@MarcKlokow thanks so much!
VERY VERY WELL DONE,HELL OF A WORKOUT A
Thanks so much! This tune was a huge work out. A fun challenge to say the least. Thanks for watching.
Great!
Well done! Loved your The Camera Eye as well. Playing anything Peart is incredibly challenging but you knocked it out of the park. I think you have honored his memory and he would have enjoyed it.
Thanks so much! This tune was a huge challenge to cover.
Im speechless! You rock!
WOW! Thanks so much. This tune kicked my butt for sure. Thanks again for watching.
Awesome job. Played Alex my whole life growing up. Great band. Great song. Outstanding cover. Your kit sounds phenomenal btw. Looks great as well.
@@matt360360 thanks so much Matt!
You just nailed it!
Thanks so much Clay. This was one of the harder ones to play. No doubt.
That was AWESOME!!! Neil APPROVES!!!😊🙌
Thanks Tom. I really appreciate it. Rush is always fun to play.
Fk’n awesome !
Thanks Charlton. This was a huge challenge.
Wow! Great job Adam!!😎🤘
Thanks so much!
Can you, like, re-unite Rush with your Neil playing?
I wish. LOL!
Really. The best cover of this song I've seen. I've even played with someone who had it almost this good. Just great!
Wow! That is too kind of you to say and thanks again for watching.
Sounds great! Keep it up! :)
Thank you! A fun and hard piece to play.
@@adamjohnston2311 Yeah, I can imaging that it's a lot of work to learn such a piece :)
Great digging job !!!! One of my favourite rush tunes ! You did it justice for sure
Thanks so much John! This tune was a fun challenge.
Bad ass drumming
Thanks so much Frederick!
And thanks for watching. Super fun tune to cover. Huge challenge for me.
Such a complex piece. Defiantly one of the best songs in my catalogs. You did a superb job sir, and you had fun, it shows. 👍
Thanks so much! Super fun stuff to play.
I got a big smile on my face at around 5:51! Well done!
Right on! Thanks man!
He still has the land line phone. This man is persistent.
LOL!! Good eye!
Just watched this, plus Camera Eye and Bad Reputation. Songs I know and love so well since I was a teen. I simply have no words for how stellar and out of this world your drumming level is. Especially this one - La Villa. I mean, the drumming complexity of this song - it's almost beyond human! Don't know how you do it. Am speechless. 😲
Wow! You’re too kind Andy. Thanks so much. It was a lot of work but super fun to re learn these songs again.
Wow!! Great job Adam! Just remembering all the parts to this song is impressive and you played it perfectly as well.
Thanks so much Stephen. This and the Camera Eye were the hardest to learn and play close to what Neil did.