HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK?! First Time Hearing BUDDY RICH IMPOSSIBLE DRUM SOLO Reaction!
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Buddy Rich, known as one of the greatest drummers of all time, was famous for his virtuoso technique, speed, and power. His performances are legendary within the jazz community and continue to inspire drummers across all music genres. This "Impossible Drum Solo" showcases his incredible skill and why he's often celebrated as the best.
Join us as we experience the jaw-dropping talent of Buddy Rich in his "Impossible Drum Solo" for the first time! Known for his seemingly effortless technique and explosive energy, Buddy Rich brings a level of mastery that's nearly superhuman. Watch our reaction to see how we try to comprehend the sheer brilliance of one of the greatest drummers ever.
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First Impressions: Our immediate reactions to Buddy Rich's speed, precision, and dynamism.
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Historical Context: Reflecting on the era of Buddy Rich’s performances and his legacy in the world of jazz and beyond.
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Having a heart attack during a performance, Rich was rushed to the hospital. In the emergency room, they asked if he was allergic to anything. He said "Yes, country music."
Gee, I thought I was the only person who had that allergy!! Hahaha. The great Mr. Rich!
Country Music is not just an allergy , it’s the f**king plaque😅
And he got a Hernia performing a solo as well ... There is only one Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich is the straight up GOAT!!!
Buddy was 64 when he played this. Think about that. He's pretty much the gold standard of all time for drummers, and you can clearly see why. I always hesitate to say that anyone was ever 'The Best' at anything, but with Buddy it's hard to argue against it. As a lifelong drummer, I know of what I speak 🙂
60 year old Danny Carry still touring hard.
Danny is 63. can't believe it.@Wilem35
@@Wilem35 Buddy Rich had his first heart attack in 1959. Lots of people are now aware. With the types of physical challenges he had, not too many have the perfect techique to relax like he did when he played.... He was the single greatest drumming talent of any era. That isn't saying "his is the best" or "greatest" just that his raw talent which really was not honed or practiced, was built via playing with bands and sharing pointers with musicians. He had a photographic memory when it came to music, knowing a piece after 1 listen. You could say, his greatest assets made for some weaknesses, in that it came so easy for him, he didn't really push himself like other drummers do.
My cousin is 78 and still plays professionally for theatrical productions whenever he has the chance and still keeps the sticks going at home.
John Bonham, Neal Peart
Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa influenced a legion of Rock drummers.
I bet they were both sorry too, lol
Buddy was a child prodigy. There has never been anyone before or since that could touch Buddy Rich the GOAT.
Buddy Rich was a freak of nature because he was so incredibly fast. He was the Best Drummer of all time and a cut above everybody else. There will never be another Drummer like him again.
Greatest drummer that ever lived. The hand speed is phenomenal
This is the "West Side Story Medley," adapted from the Broadway musical West Side Story. The tune was a Buddy Rich staple for years. I saw him live in the 1970's--in that concert he played a 20 minute solo. Best drummer ever--no one else will ever come close. When this was recorded, he had been playing professionally for about a half-century.
I don't see it mentioned yet but Buddy was actually having a heart attack while playing. He was rushed off stage as soon as the song finished and taken to a hospital. Even more impressive.
You could say it was literally a heart stopping performance.
Never knew that! That was the first song he performed. He later performed another tune.
Pretty much a myth. If anything he had some discomfort. He didn't have a heart attack until Jan 1983, he had one before in 1959.
@@edsmith3461-z7m Nope - just google "Buddy Rich heart attack during solo" and you will see that this recording, actually from late 1982, is indeed the referenced recording where he did actually have a modest heart attack during the performance of this solo. Not a myth. Multiple references and resources for fact-checking abound for thorough corroboration...
I'm surprised that reading through the comments no one mentioned buddy Rich's personality! He was a well-known jerk who at times showed up for shows in a brand new sports car while no one in the band had been paid in a several weeks.
My favorite Buddy Rich story came from a friend of mine whose dad was a professional sax player and had played, not only with Buddy Rich but also Stan Kenton and others. Because Dad was a professional musician, he slept during the day and the house rule was to never wake Dad unless the house was on fire. My friend was just a kid and learning to play drums when the phone rang one day and caller asked "If John was home" and "tell him Buddy Rich was on the phone"; my friend, who was about 10 at the time, freaked out & ran to his dad, woke him up (which obviously infuriated him) leaving him asking why was he being awakened and was told, "DAD, DAD, DAD, BUDDY RICH IS ON THE PHONE!!" to which he replied "tell that *sshole I'm not home" and rolled over to go back to sleep.
It was said that he hated everyone, LOL.
That's a brilliant story
Rich was the best and he knew it. Part of his abrasive personality was that he demanded perfection from his musicians--many of which in his later years were young musicians not used to being pushed to produce at top notch level all the time. I met him before one of his live concerts--he was not abrasive toward me at all--in fact, he was very gracious. At the time, I was just a young college student.
@@rockymountainjazzfan1822 I find that very easy to believe as I've known numerous young musicians who had the opportunity to meet him and he always seemed to be gracious to each one.
And yes, he did demand perfection from those in his band, but that doesn't excuse not paying them, not putting them up in nicer hotels, etc etc...
I was fortunate to see Buddy perform at Disneyland in the 70's. I was a teen who knew a lot about rock drummers and was blown away by Buddy's skills.
Many times on the stage at Carnation Plaza, I (and another drummer friend) would stand at stage right just few feet from Buddy and watch in awe.
I was in grade school in the 70s; my dad took me to see Buddy Rich in concert. I loved drums. Blew my mind.
Yeah, you just watched the drummer's drummer. The late great Buddy Rich. You'll notice when he's just playing on the high hit cymbals, he's still doing a beat from under the cymbals with that same hand that he's holding the cymbals with. One of the things about Buddy that a lot of people don't really know is that he was that good but hardly ever practiced. I always remembered hearing that for years, but I didn't think it was possible to be that good without hours of practice. Then I watched an interview with his daughter, and she was asked that same question and she said: "Yes, that's right. Dad hardly ever practiced. As a matter of fact, I never even seen a drum set at the house". How crazy is that! The great Neal Peart even played a session with Buddy's old band. Then he also did a live drum solo tribute to Buddy as well. Buddy even once played at a benefit and there were several other well-known famous rock drummers there and after he did his solo, they didn't even want to go on a play after him. lol but some of his drum offs with other great jazz drummers was unreal, like Gene Krupa, Ed Shaughnessy, Louis Bellson. Those are some awesome drum battles. Louis Bellson was the first jazz drummer I ever saw that used double bass drums. Both Louis Bellson and Ed Shaughnessy played at different times as the house drummer for Johnny Carson's " The Tonight Show".
Ed Shaughnessy also played for several years as the house drummer for "The David Letterman Show". Everybody has the person they looked up to, even Buddy Rich and one of his favorite drummers was the late great Chick Webb. Chick Webb's band had a battle with Gene Krupa's band and they both did drum solos and Gene openly admitted that Chick won. He said in a newspaper article; "Chick ripped me to shreds that night". I remember when I was a kid taking lessons from my Jazz drum teacher, he had mentioned that he had seen Buddy Rich play live and I asked him what it was like, and he said: "After watching Buddy, no matter how long you've been playing, he makes you feel like only been playing for a few weeks. He makes you want to take your drums and put them in the paper for sale the next day". lol
I saw Buddy play live at least 3 times, and I can honestly say as a former drummer that he was the greatest drummer who ever lived. While there have been drummers who came after him who have pretty much met his level of skill, he did so at a time when no one else was doing what he did - he invented the style of drumming he used. Sure, he had his influences, but he took those influences and turned them into something far more than those drummers had played. The fact that he could play this amazingly well in his mid 60's, with all the health problems he had, while wearing a freaking tux - UNREAL! His band (the one from 1966 to 1986) was unbelievably tight and powerful. He was a taskmaster (often an angry one), but he also had a great sense of humor. The Roar Of '74 remains my favorite Jazz album. Powerful, grooving, swinging Jazz, with some hints of Progressive Rock and Funk in there - just a phenomenal album.
I fell in love with Buddy Rich and his drumming as a young girl seeing him on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson! So glad you got to "meet" the great Mr. Rich! And what an introduction...
The Greatest and King of Drummers of all time.
he was my dad's favorite drummer. he was on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson often.
He came to my home City here in England and he was fantastic, he was the man who got me interested in drumming. Here I am at 70 yrs old still loving Buddy, oh yea and I shook the great mans hand. Legend.
One of the very first modern drummers. Started as a toddler drumming in a circus-like act around the 1920's. The modern set up of a drum-kit evolved together with him. When he was a kid , there was no combined kick drum, hi-hat, cymbals and toms setup that everyone now uses and is used to calling it drums.
When I was a young drummer, my dad took me to see a Buddy Rich concert at the Montreal Jazz festival, that was very enjoyable and inspiring !
Buddy Rich was still touring almost till the day he died, in 1987. I remember going to a concert at my local high school, when I was still in Middle school, to watch a concert featuring him. I'm guessing that was either 1984 or 1985.
Every time I see a drum solo in Rock N Roll You Tubes. And everyone says how great they are. All I can think about is. Ya but you haven't seen Buddy Rich.
In his 60's and in a suit no less - killing it! I've seen him live in small clubs 3 times and close enough to touch him and believe me he's all that and more.. There's many great drummer's out there but at the end of the day Buddy stands alone!
One of the greatest, if not the greatest drummer to ever live.
The greatest of all time. I knew a Saxophone player who played with him back in the 70s. He had the best stories. Thanks for sharing
Buddy Rich once told Karen Carpenter he was his favorite drummer. Now that's a HUGE compliment coming from this man. You need to watch her kickass drumming skills as well.
He said he was his favorite drummer. lol
The dreaded typo (she, of course, not he).
Karen Carpenter wasn't as good a drummer as Buddy but she could sing, as well, at the same.time she's playing some really tough rudiments.
Skilled lady but not my kind of music.
The song is from "West Side Story" the Jets song. When I was a kid, it was argued who was better Buddy Rich or Gene Krupa and Carson used to have them on the Tonight Show doing solos frequently because he himself was a drummer and loved it. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion it was Buddy but many great drummers mention Krupa as well.
I've always felt that Buddy was better technically but Gene was a more musical player, if that makes sense. Louie Bellson was sort of a combination of the two, and comes in third in my view.
Most drummers looked up to Buddy Rich. He was fast/strong/stamina for days on the drums. His left hand independence is insane
From my late teen years I tried to collect every Buddy Rich album I could find. I started out as a Rush fan, being a drummer, but when I discovered Buddy, I wanted to hear everything he ever played and try to learn from him. After many years of listening and watching him, it always seemed to me that he just got better with age, right to the end; he refused to quit. Comparing Buddy to Neil, it is much harder to be creative with less drums, for a stroke by stroke comparison. When it comes to technique, give a guy just a snare and see what he can do. That being said, though I, along with many drummers, have long considered Buddy to be the G.O.A.T., I have come to appreciate Neil’s arrangements and colors, and how he supports each song so uniquely. Vastly different styles, but much to enjoy from both of them.
Greatest of all time!
He's also got the kick drum going insane 😳
Yes, very much aware of the great Buddy Rich. Thanks to my Dad. He is who raised me on great music. That was the great Frank Sinatra who introduced Buddy.❤
I"M A DRUMMER AND BUDDY RICH IS AWESOME. ANOTHER GREAT DRUMMER IS GENE KRUPA. THESE TWO DRUMMERS WERE THE BEST.{M.G}orig TORONTO, CANADA.
I'd like them to react to Billy Cobham & Tommy Bolin doing Taurian Matado from Billy's 1st solo album.
Krupa was great. He came off as a gentleman on stage, too.
Great choice. He could be a taskmaster with his musicians, but he pushed them to greater heights. Started at the age of 4.
I saw him perform several times including at the Chicago Jazz Fest in 85, and each time it was pure magic. He was incredible. So fluid and effortless. The best!
Sam, that's "trad grip" (traditional grip), which was the norm back then. It's more difficult in ways, but I mostly love drummers that can switch back and forth easily between trad grip and modern grip, and that's exactly what Neil Peart does (and many other great drummers, including John Bonham from Led Zeppelin). But yeah, he was mind-blowing for the time, the way he pushed that genre so hard. He really had it. ❤
Another famous drummer that many of the younger generation doesn't know about is Gene Krupa. You'll see some of his wild drumming
on the song "Sing Sing Sing". There was also a movie made about him starring Sal Mineo. You'll find a good segment of this movie if you
check out: Sal Mineo As Gene Krupa - Best Drum Solo in Film.
My friend was trained by Max Roach, another drummer along the same vein as Buddy Rich.
thank youtube and videos for keeping true geniuses alive way after they move on from earthly existence
Buddy’s homage to West Side Story, awesome
Use to watch Buddy Rich on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson all the time. Because of him ,I learned how to play the drums. One of the greatest ever! Enjoy.
If you think this drum solo is "impossible," you'll be even MORE impressed by Buddy Rich's performance in 1970 at The Hague, Netherlands.
Saved me time typing this!
And even more impressed with the ultimate drumming showdown, Buddy Rich vs Animal from the Muppets!
You should watch the drum battle between Buddy Rich and Ed Shaughnessy (who was the drummer on the Tonight Show)
It’s the overture of “West Side Story”
Unbelievable hand speed. For a long time he was absolutely the best on the planet, and to a lot of drummers he's still the best ever and a huge inspiration.
He and Gene Kruppa were THE great drummers back then. And all great drummers since know these guys and have learned from them.
"His little drum sticks..." Sam is so lovable!
I got to see Buddy Rich live once and it was amazing. ❤
Buddy Rich is to drumming....what muhammad Ali was to boxing, what arnold Schwarzenegger was to bodybuilding, what Wayne Gretzky was to hockey.....He was just on another level and in a category on his own. No one comes close.
What Page is to guitar ! !
With Neil's vs Buddy's drum set, the difference is almost hilarious. I am old enough to have seen Buddy Rich live. It was amazing. That was in the 70s when I was a serious trumpet player. Watching him and his band reminded me I wasn't "all that." I don't think you will find any confirmation that he had a heart attack during this solo. He WAS on tour in New York, and DID go to the hospital... they thought he had a stroke. He had a brain tumor removed, and had a fatal cardiac arrest weeks later. BUT... I can find nothing about a heart attack DURING this performance. I suspect it's urban legend.
The story I heard AND read was a mild stroke. Taken to the hospital after this performance, checked out okay and went home.
One of the greatest drummers of all time
I'll stand on "the greatest" till my last breath.
I saw Buddy Rich with my Dad in Hastings, England in 1986 (a year before he died) he was still brilliant then.
The band he had with him that night were all in their 20s and we're great but Buddy at nearly 70 was sublime that night.
That night he did a drum solo with just a spotlight on him. Halfway through his solo the spotlight failed. Buddy stopped and stood up and said "is the sound man trying to tell me something?" the audience just cracked up laughing. What a great showman he was.
Rich was notoriously short-tempered. He would often get in fights, even brawling with Frank Sinatra in their early days. He was also a black belt in karate.
He was a bad boy for sure.
Can't forget Gene Krupa. He did one of the most practiced and classic drum solos ever.
Hey, guys, I'm old enough to have watched buddy riches. Appearances on the Johnny Carson show and there were many appearances because he was considered to be one of the regulars. Anyway, I think it's very cool that you guys decided to go down this path because everybody talks about some of the greatest rock drummers of all time. And they always refer to John Bonham and ginger Baker and that whole group of guys. But when you see Buddy Rich perform on those drums, it's hard to imagine anyone being better or faster. Let's remember anytime you see videos on buddy. Rich, it's always him doing solos, not being part of a group and as great as the half, a dozen excellent drummers from the rock era. They still don't have any solo videos for us to really focus on them and them alone. Me myself? I think John Bonner may have been the greatest, although I'm sure some people would argue, but he certainly in the top 2S3. But with that being said, I do believe that Buddy Rich may be better. But he's absolutely most definitely at least as good.
Buddy was and is the greatest drummer to ever take breath
My dad knew Buddy Rich. Mom and dad visited with him on his tour bus when he came to North Newton , Kansas. My dad was a fine musical director, and he knew some of the greats.
Just absolutely unbelievable
He is doing parts of the main theme from West Side Story
This is the arrangement of a music suite from West Side Story composed by Leonard Bernstein. Buddy was 64 and as others have said he had a heart attack in the middle of this.
all class
The GOAT !
I delivered news papers to his house in Vegas when I was 11. That was 1964. He was amazingly nice man and the GOAT!
My husband and I saw him live at a free concert at a shopping mall in Cupertino, CA (a million years ago). My husband (who was an ex-drummer) went up to him before the show to ask for his autograph. He was a bit star struck and gushed "You're my hero!" to which Rich commented on my husband's Hawaiian shirt "That's a really loud shirt!"
this performance was just 5 years before he passed.
Maybe another great drummer, probably the technical best drummer i know. It is Kai Hatho from Nightwish. There are a few warming-up drum video's from him. I hope you pick one to enjoy his high skills. Greetings from the Netherlands
Saw him twice from a few feet from the stage!! Also got his autograph 😊.. he was a freak of nature on drums
OH YEAH Buddy Rich !!! He is way up there with the all time greats. He was who I was hearing about in high school Circa 1970. I got the ... Buddy Rich Mercy Mercy ...at Caesars Palace Album...it has the best versions of those songs. This kind of music that does not stay the same as there is a lot improvisation.
I got to see him live in the early 80's. Still one of the best concerts I have seen.
That's why BUDDY is the MASTER 😅
Many years ago my wife and me would go to Disneyland just to see Buddy play in the Carnation Plaza. No extra charge. He never disappointed.
Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra were roommates and sometimes adversaries in the Tommy Dorsey Band back in the ''40s getting into it numerous times...
He started with Artie Shaw's band in the late 30's. He disliked band leaders and considered himself as the star and the true quarterback of a band. Shaw finally asked him, "Just who exactly are you playing for? Me, yourself or the audience?" Buddy admitted he played for himself. Shaw told him, "then you would be better off with Tommy Dorsey's band", So Buddy left and joined Tommy Dorsey. Buddy was the top notch drummer but he was also the ultimate perfectionist. He had a _very_ bad temper and was not a pleasant person to be around at all according to stories by band members. He once berated all his fellow band members on a bus one night after a show hurling insults and profanities at them because he didn't like the way they performed.
Firstly thanks for playing the whole tune as it puts it in context as a piece of Jazz. He was probably the greatest drummer of all time but if you like this try Art Blakey "Caravan"
Buddy was Neil Peart's hero, Neail performed at Buddy Rich Tributes 2 times, they are available on TH-cam and are definitely worth a watch
Thanks guys for posting this....he is the GOAT! Yes, a little James Bondish sound but the tune was actually "Something's Coming" from the musical West Side Story.
BTW, if it matters, the music is an adaptation of the "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story" so......not James Bond. 😁
Admired Buddy starting in my teens, 13 to be exact in 1965. My dad passed and I bought a trap set for $150 with money I made bailing hay @ $1.25 an hour. Mom always said she knew where I was , what I was doing, who I was with when those drums were pounded so she never complained. My real initials are BR so with a magic marker I copied his logo on my kit. Always my favorite, always will be.
Hitting with (so called) "back" of stick is called "backsticking". His left hand, especially fingers hold the secret.
I need to try it all dressed up!
To some extent the music was from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (rearranged).
I'm a drummer and learned from Buddy, Neil Peart and others. He was a pioneer and, as you say, probably the most difficult to copy. He produced a snare alphabet book of 26 variations to perfect. Obviously Buddy, a natural, started young and created his own unique style encompassing speed and precision. To my mind, for all the above, such a phenom, I will give my vote to him as the greatest drummer ever.
When you get Frank Sinatra to introduce you and it comes with a hug. You know you have made it to the GOAT level.
I'm a drum teacher and I have been playing for 36 years. On my best days, I couldn't even come close to what Buddy was doing. And that's with having a heart attack in the middle of the performance. Imagine what he would have done if he was healthy. Astonishing.
100% familiar w/ Buddy Rich. I think as fortunate to get to see him 3 times back in high school & early college between 1980-83 as he and his orchestra were guest performers at jazz competitions in Oklahoma. Phenomenal skills that still hold up as inspirational.
Buddy Rich is undoubtedly one of the greatest drummers of all time another one to check out would be Gene Krupa I've got an album I think it's from the 50s with Gene and Buddy on it and it's legendary I would argue that literally all drummers stand on the shoulders of Jean and Buddy
The best!
AMAZING!!!!
heart attack pains are about 4 minutes into the show. They took him to the hospital after the performance. A pro always putting the performance first. Same happened to Liberace and some others of that era.
Smile when you say "older", and then watch his hands baby!
The left hand drumstick was the more traditional way drummers were taught how to hold the stick for the snare drum. What I find impressive is how he's not really doing any big motions with his arms. Watched him in the 60s on the Ed Sullivan show live.
I am not familiar with Buddy Rich, let alone knew that he was Peart's inspiration. Thank you for introducing me to him. I have to say, comparing this to Peart's performance in Frankfurt - I see so many of the same moves. I can see so many similarities, so I am that much more thankful for Buddy Rich. Now I wonder if that's the same music they play at the end of the Frankfurt performance?
Besides buddy this band is top notch. A high school friend payed for buddy. We didn’t see it coming!
Glad you watched the Maestro!!
he was amazing! straight up legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loved your reaction to this guys.....Buddy was incredible for sure, his stick holding technique is called the "Traditional or Orthodox" grip method, which as the name suggests is how many drummers 'originally' learned to hold their sticks (marching band style), the more common style you see nowadays by far is the "Matchstick or Matched Grip" and there are also slight variations on these two.... some people still believe you have more control and sensitivity using the Traditional grip, but this is up for dispute..... and also the music you're playing can depict a preferred technique. Buddies left-hand technique is legendary, in the way he kept really fast rolls going independently....really enjoyable thanks!
Buddy was, to me, the greatest drummer ever. He started when he was a very young child, his parents being vaudeville performers.
The music is actually from West Side Story.
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When I was young it was general knowledge he was the best drummer. The opening ochestra number was from West Side Story.
As someone who played drums for 20-years I can tell you that if you're not a drummer, then you have no idea just how incredible Buddy really was. That's saying a lot since even non-drummers marvel at the man. Also, keep in mind that jazz is much harder to play than rock. Rock drummers, while great, can't come close to jazz players for the most part. That's why they say rock drummers make easy stuff look hard while jazz players make hard stuff look easy. 😉😉😊😊