Drummer Reacts To| BUDDY RICH UP CLOSE LOOK AT TWO AMAZING PERFORMANCES First Time Hearing REACTION

Ed Shaughnessy was pretty phenominal too!

He's doing this with 1970's era equipment. No double or triple bass drum pedals, or even high tech lightning fast single pedals. It would be interesting to see how some of these amazing drummers of today would do on old equipment.

Well I say he is the GOAT. I actually watch this drum off on tv in my parents living room.

I've been a Buddy Rich fan for 60 years. He is still a timeless all time great. I need to hear El Estepario Siberiano play with a big band to get a real sense of his musically brilliance.

There's effortless speed and precision in his drumming like he was born with two sticks in his hands. Clean hits, smooth, beautiful dynamics, musical interpretation, and a certain joy in his playing. Never does he ever get cramped up at mega-high speed and his movement around the kit is also lightning fast. Buddy was a drumming athlete with no comparison. Gifted and did he ever perform and give people their money's worth. What an entertainer. I understand he was quite the perfectionist, part of what made him great.

He may not be your favorite drummer but he very well could be your favorite drummer's favorite.

The quick grabbing of the cymbals comes from the great Buddy Rich, and Neil Peart was a huge fan of Buddy's. You can see Buddy's influence here, and Neil even participated in several Buddy Rich tribute albums. What an amazing performance!

Nobody could play or lead a band like Buddy . I would love to see any modern drummer transcribe this or any other performances and play it note for note .

he played at my high school around 1975. he had a broken arm and still killed it with one arm. lol when I listen to El Esteperio doing his one handed stuff it reminds me of that.

I never like to say anyone is "THE" greatest of all time, too many variables to account for. But Buddy Rich can be called the Godfather of drums because he influenced so many of the great drummers from the 60's, 70's, 80's and beyond.

i thik that the shoot out showed the fastest two left hands in all of drummer world.....ever

Ed Shaughnessy from Johnny Carson show

“Look at his left hand!” I see a blurry appendage….. no hands…..

When you talk about Buddy Rich, you really can't just discuss him in the arena of 'greatest drummers ever.' More accurately, he is in the discussion of greatest musicians ever!

As you can see, Ed Shaughnessy was no slouch

I saw this live....they had at least 5 Battle offs that I saw, Ed Shaugnessey amazing drummer, the Tonight Show drummer at the time for Johnny Carson....maybe more battles possibly.... This is the type stuff that inspired me to play years ago... Gene, Buddy, Louie, Chick, Roy, Tony, Ian, Ginger, Bonham, Cobham, etc. so, so many greats but Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Ginger Baker, Ian Paice are my greatest early influences first inspirations...

At 7:25 start of solo Buddy's hi hat on + of every beat.

I saw Buddy perform, up close & personal - THIRTEEN TIMES. As great as these videos are - it was TEN times better in person. The tunes he played prior to his big solo at the end, were like the greatest foreplay before the greatest climax you ever had - the beautiful foreplay made it, as I said TEN times better in person. His lead sax player, Steve (don't remember his last name) was great too & always had a big solo before Buddy would perform his. What made Buddy the best was he made my adrenaline flow & hair stand up on the back of my neck ten times more than any other performer & shouldn't that be the measure of who was the best? And I saw some other great big bands perform - Maynard Ferguson, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Harry James, Weather Report....

Eddie Shaughnessy was one of Buddy's best friends and they were both great.

He demanded perfection from his fellow musicians much the same way Benny Goodman did. In the 80's my wife and me would go to Disneyland just to watch Buddy perform in the Carnation Plaza. No extra fee. What a treat that was.