Doanne Perry
clair...@webtv.net
Does anyone else agree that Doanne is a really kick-ass drummer, and the
best they've ever had? I have come to the conclusion that either he is a
great player, or the drums he uses make really good beats; I'm not sure,
but his sound is awesome. This is especially evident on the live tracks
from "Essential Tull" on the 20th box. Also, he greatly improved the
drumming on "Aqualung" off of "Beacon's Bottom" on the 25th box. I just
think he has a certain energy and enthusiasm that really comes through
in his playing.
Incidentally, someone told me an interesting story about Doanne at a
Tull show at Montage Mountain, PA last summer. The guy supposedly went
to school with Doanne, and told me of how it was Doanne's "dream" to
play in Tull; he was a huge fan of the band. Doanne would practice all
the time and knew many Tull songs. It obviously paid off, and here he
is. So, my hats off to him. Also, I am curious about his "Thread"
project. Anyone hear any of the material? Thoughts?
Jim
"Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?"
Cro...@hamm.demon.co.uk
clair...@webtv.net wrote:
>Does anyone else agree that Doanne is a really kick-ass drummer, and the
>best they've ever had?
Whilst at college the way my friend started liking Tull was the drum
solos on Living in the Past, Thick as a Brick and Bursting out, he
does not feel that Doanne puts personality into his playing and does
not like the sound - he may not like change either. Not an expert
drummer, the only bits I listen to the drums are the little moments,
fills, or bits of percussion typified by Barrie Barlow on The Third
Hurrah, or...and the mouse police never sleeps.
Thomas Hacker
Hallo Jim !!!
I love Doane's drumming and also his band Thread!!!
I have the CD ad need to listen to it more than one time.
You can get it from M & M Music.
Ina
Reinder Dijkhuis
In article <5rrn09$32k$1...@newsd-103.bryant.webtv.net>,
>great player, or the drums he uses make really good beats; I'm not sure,
>but his sound is awesome. This is especially evident on the live tracks
>from "Essential Tull" on the 20th box. Also, he greatly improved the
>drumming on "Aqualung" off of "Beacon's Bottom" on the 25th box. I just
>think he has a certain energy and enthusiasm that really comes through
>in his playing.
For me, it's a close race between him and Barriemore Barlow. On the one hand,
I like the way Barriemore comes up with all these weird fills. But Doane Perry
is more of a composing drummer. In concert, he punctuates the musical phrases
perfectly and keeps the song's momentum going, whereas Barlow's ideas
occasionally stop a song dead in its tracks.
Reinder Dijkhuis
http://www.noord.bart.nl/~samizdat/rovers.htm (news and updates on Reinder
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Serdar Aytamaner
The band was in Turkey on July 1991 for a series of gigs, and I was lucky
to see them in one of those gigs. I have a great interest in playing drums,
so I watch the drummer for the most of the time in concerts, and that JT
gig was no exception. Doane was so energic, enthusiastic and symphatetic, I
liked him very much. In 1992, Doane's absence in 'A Little Light Music'
was a disappointment for me, because I thought that he left the band.
Now I'm glad he's still with the band, and I hope he will be, as long as JT
exists.
By the way , is there anyone who knows the answers of following questions ?
1. why they have toured with Dave Mattacks instead of Doane (A Little
Light Music Tour) ?
2. what is Doane's story with tambourines ? you know the lyrics to ' Like
A Tall Thin Girl' (Catfish Rising) : Big boy Doane, he's a drummer. Don't
play no tambourine...
Cheerio,
Serdar Aytamaner
Istanbul, Turkey
ser...@ibm.net
clair...@webtv.net wrote in article
<5rrn09$32k$1...@newsd-103.bryant.webtv.net>...
> Does anyone else agree that Doanne is a really kick-ass drummer, and the
> best they've ever had?
> . . .
Mike
While Doanne is a great drummer, Barrie really blew my mind.
But let's not forget Clive Bunker; his drumming on Stand Up, especially,
was incredible. His playing on Bouree, For a Thousand Mothers, etc, was
inspired and brilliant. He was a lot looser and swung more than later
Tull drummers (of course the music changed and became more arranged).
Duonne's playing doesn't blow me away, conceptually, as much as the
first two drummers had, but he keeps a wide variety of songs together
very gracefully. But for me, Clive was the most passionate and Barrie
the most groundbreaking.
My 2 cents.
MH
ja...@the.green
On Fri, 1 Aug 1997 00:00:09 -0400, clair...@webtv.net wrote:
>Does anyone else agree that Doanne is a really kick-ass drummer, and the
>best they've ever had? I have come to the conclusion that either he is a
>great player, or the drums he uses make really good beats; I'm not sure,
>but his sound is awesome. This is especially evident on the live tracks
>from "Essential Tull" on the 20th box. Also, he greatly improved the
>drumming on "Aqualung" off of "Beacon's Bottom" on the 25th box. I just
>think he has a certain energy and enthusiasm that really comes through
>in his playing.
>
>Incidentally, someone told me an interesting story about Doanne at a
>Tull show at Montage Mountain, PA last summer. The guy supposedly went
>to school with Doanne, and told me of how it was Doanne's "dream" to
>play in Tull; he was a huge fan of the band. Doanne would practice all
>the time and knew many Tull songs. It obviously paid off, and here he
>is. So, my hats off to him. Also, I am curious about his "Thread"
>project. Anyone hear any of the material? Thoughts?
>
>Jim
>
>"Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?"
I'm right with you Jim, Doane is "a drummer and a half"
Jckalynn
>I have a great interest in playing drums,
>so I watch the drummer for the most of the time in concerts, and that JT
>gig was no exception. Doane was so energic, enthusiastic and symphatetic,
I
>liked him very much.>>
Hi there,
From what I've heard, Doane is a very nice guy, and extremely enthusiastic
about his playing. My sisters friend plays drums and Doane was an
instructer he had for awhile . He said that Doane is phenomanal. I guess
drum instruction is something that Doane does when not busy with Tull or
Thread.
Take care,
Jackalynn
Mark S. Clark
Mike wrote:
For the record, Mark Craney was not exactly chopped liver, IMO.
Mark
"Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?" - Frank J. Giblin II
March the Mad Scientist
In article <33e39d3c...@news.earthlink.net>,
be occupying the stool in the first place.
So, maybe I'll invent my own categories for this one - remember that I'm
not a drummer though! :)
Truly Inspired: Barrie
Head & Shoulders Above: Doane (literally)
Heads-Down-No-Nonsense: Clive
Highly Proficient: Every other drummer who's played with them.
To be honest, I think the three named above are the only drummers
who have ever been Tull members. Drums aren't even credited on one
album and I think that most drummers other than the above three
would regard their appearances as session work, albeit somewhat
extended in some cases :)
To Doane detractors, I'd mention that Barrie played with the band
for 9 years. To date, Doane has been there 13 years with no sign
of departing yet. Okay, so Doane has to live with the legacy of the
tracks recorded before his arrival, but it also means that a hell of
a lot of current material has been written since he joined, and
therefore with his style in mind and with his input. Doane is now the
fourth longest serving member of the band ever, after Ian, Martin
and Peggy.
Personally, the only difference I'd put between Barrie and Doane
is the decade between them. Doane has the latest technology
available to him and uses it to augment his abilities. Barrie,
due not least to the lack of many 1990s comforts, had to
improvise an awful lot, and he got bloody good at it.
I don't speak with the knowledge of some here, but that's my
assessment.
Ciao, March
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JPHP1997
Not to change the subject of this thread, but my favorite side man for the
Tull was pianist Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond.
Steve Potkanski
By the way, which one is Pink....
(By Roger Waters on behalf of Pink Floyd, from the song 'Have a Cigar', on
the album 'Wish You Were Here' ,1975)
clair...@webtv.net
Bass guitarist Jeffrey Hammond (Hammond) - Pianist John (Sad Clown)
Evan(s)
Jim
jimi
Semtpb wrote:
>
> >>Does anyone else agree that Doanne is a really kick-ass drummer, and the
> >>best they've ever had?
>
> I have always felt that Barriemore Barlow was the best Tull drummer,
> followed by Clive Bunker and then Doanne. However, Doanne is a very good
> drumer.
>
> Tim at sem.
Hi,
It's good to hear from another Barriemore Barlow Fan. I remember when I
saw Jethro Tull on the Stormwatch Tour. I was a bit afraid after seeing
the drummer for UK thinking will Barrie be that good? WOW! I am still
amazed by his drum solo!
Jimi.
BRAD GREENSPAN
right on the money-- doane cannot compare with earlier tull drummers-he
is 3% short of complete average talent!!!
Matt Auckland
Sorry, I can't agree with Jim.
Having seen 'Tull a number of times I think he pulls their sound towards
the "same as every other rock band" catagory.
A couple of years ago I managed to see them at the start of a tour in
Manchester and at the end of a tour in Sheffield (this time without
"Doanne" and with a guy they borrowed from Fairport Convention). The latter
gig can only be said to be in a different league. O.K. they were generally
tighter, but the drumming was technically better and made a major
difference.
Sorry, Matt Mat...@zetnet.co.uk
Thomas Hacker
I must say that I would miss him, if he would leave the band!!!!!!!!!!!
C.D.Barran
Matt Auckland wrote:
>
> Sorry, I can't agree with Jim.
>
> Having seen 'Tull a number of times I think he pulls their sound towards
> the "same as every other rock band" catagory.
Perhaps this is a deliberate "ploy" on IA's part. It has certainly been
done by Richard Thompson. He will record an album with american
musicians, producing a sound more acceptable to an american audience but
will then get all his old mates from fairport to do the gigs.
Dave Mattacks the drummer in question in both cases even comments on
this in RT's biography.
I also think that Tull have a much more mainstream rock sound at the
moment which may be IA trying to prove he is not TOTRAR, and from what I
have seen of Doanne he would be a home in any Heavy Rock / Metal band.
DM is by far and away the better drummer, his list of sessions is enuogh
to prove that he is rated as one of the handfull of top drummers in the
world, I just think he doesn't fit in with IA's image of a rock drummer
( He is small, quiet, middle aged and has short hair).
>
> A couple of years ago I managed to see them at the start of a tour in
> Manchester and at the end of a tour in Sheffield (this time without
> "Doanne" and with a guy they borrowed from Fairport Convention). The latter
> gig can only be said to be in a different league. O.K. they were generally
> tighter, but the drumming was technically better and made a major
> difference.
>
> Sorry, Matt Mat...@zetnet.co.uk
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jimi
For my money, it's still barlow!!
jimi.
R. Andrew Bowyer
Is he really so good?
GIMME A BREAK! If you'd seen the Divinities show and heard a Doanne Perry
original piece (The Ballaneise Curtain--forgive the spelling) you'd NEVER
question the shear talent of the man. Being a drummer is one thing, but to my
estimation, DP fits in with the musicianship of Tull just fine, thanks.
No, if Doanne didn't fit Ian's "image" of the band, he'd most likely be out on
his ear. But let me end that train of thought, lest I fall into the trap of
making assumptions on behalf of Mr. Anderson.
Doanne Perry is technically one of the most precise drummers I've seen live,
and a heckuva performer.
So, to my thinking, YES. He really is so good.
DM is good, too, but I feel that's a poor comparison, as the styles of the two
men differ greatly. And for the record, on "A Little Light Music", for which
DM was the chosen drummer, I found the drum sound a bit...lacking in
excitement.
Andy
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Alex Brands
On 18 Aug 1997, R. Andrew Bowyer wrote:
> GIMME A BREAK! If you'd seen the Divinities show and heard a Doanne Perry
> original piece (The Ballaneise Curtain--forgive the spelling) you'd NEVER
> question the shear talent of the man. Being a drummer is one thing, but to my
> estimation, DP fits in with the musicianship of Tull just fine, thanks.
I was thinking the very same thing, Andrew. I didn't ever really give
Doanne much thought until the Divinities show. His mostly electronic drum
kit was way cool!
> DM is good, too, but I feel that's a poor comparison, as the styles of the two
> men differ greatly. And for the record, on "A Little Light Music", for which
> DM was the chosen drummer, I found the drum sound a bit...lacking in
> excitement.
He didn't have much to work with...his drum kit for that tour was so
small! If I remember correctly, Ian wanted minimal drumming for those
tours. Doanne's kit seems to be the size of a large room.
Alex Brands