Re: Master of the ghosts

[Rasmus Heide <rasmusheide@xxxxxxxx>]

Perry Justus wrote:
> 
> At 12:15 AM 6/10/01 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> >What ghosts? Sorry, forgot to mention this... Richie Hayward is the
> >perfect example of a drummer who employs plenty of ghost notes in 
> >his
> >playing. For the non-drummers, ghost notes are strokes that a just
> >barely indicated on the drum - sort of the opposite to Bonzo's 
> >massive
> >thundering. :-)
> 
> Excuse me? Bonzo effectively used ghost notes better than anyone 
> else, at
> least in rock. Listen to, oh hell, nearly every Zeppelin song. I 
> love the
> way he employed ghosts. Total funk, even on the unfunkiest songs.

Did I say Bonzo never used ghosts?! To the non-drummer I was merely
trying to explain the difference and Bonzo *is* better known for his
thundering than for his delicacy. Geez!

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