mrthirsty Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 I found this link with real audio of Buddy Rich losing it with his band. You have to hear this to believe it, he obviously believes in shooting from the hip. http://carrothers.com/billyboy/mybuddy.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djarrett Posted July 14, 2001 Share Posted July 14, 2001 Hey, Guys: Mr. Thirsty is right, but before you go to listen ... be forewarned! This has a lot of choice and foul words in it. I am not saying you guys are not old enough to hear it, just that you should be aware in case you are sensitive about this sort of thing. Buddy did (obviously) have an ego and an anger management problem. I actually have these three acts of Buddy's saved on my Mac and play them when I want to remember how *NOT* to treat folks! In another thread on here, I told the story, but will again, about being in college at the University of South Carolina. We got a call at about 2pm from the Percussion Professor, Jim Hall, that Buddy was doing an impromptu concert in the "horseshoe" (an area of trees between frat row) at 4pm. Obviously, we all dropped what we were doing to rush over! When Buddy's bus pulled up, he hopped off carring a bat and softball and we played about an hour of softball with him before the concert! It was a blast. Apparently, the bass player was his drum tech. During the second number, he went for the swish cymbal above his floor tom, and when he did, it had been placed too close. His knuckle sliced open and the blood was flowing, but Buddy did not even miss a lick. He did however, call the Bass player ever name in the book for the rest of the song and for two songs after that. Was probably the guys last show! Goes to show, even guys that can be assholes can make it. I prefer the softer "kill them with kindness" approach. Has always worked better for me! Percussively, DJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnie c. Posted July 14, 2001 Share Posted July 14, 2001 I wonder what would happen if Buddy was alive and he knew who recored that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djarrett Posted July 14, 2001 Share Posted July 14, 2001 Hey, Vinnie, He'd kick the #@!*$I off the @#I#!er $%*##@Ing bus! DJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 Actually I think he did find out who recorded it, because the recordings were made by various musicians who were trying to cook up a lawsuit against him through the musicians' union. --Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td-devi Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 i was, and still am, a huge fan of buddy. this four act play pops up every once in awhile to remind me of what a poor human being he was. that truly breaks my heart. he gave me so much joy and hope as a young drummer.i do wonder if somebody just one time would have just kicked the shit out of him after one of his tantrums if he may have stopped treating people like that( don't let anybody say anything about him studying karate.If the right person connected.....). Sometimes people need to be humbled. nobody could humble buddy on the stage. but as a human being? i wonder if he had changed after his heart attacks. that tends to humble people. our own mortality. what a concept. my 2 cents. later - tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrthirsty Posted July 17, 2001 Author Share Posted July 17, 2001 It really was a disappointment to hear how out of control Buddy could get with his temper. I wonder how all the various musicians could tolerate that kind of atmosphere on and off the stage, it must of felt like having a gun to your head while you were playing. There is absolutely no good reason to treat people like that no matter how good you are, if Buddy wanted to motivate his players to reach a new level he had the best tool to do it, THROUGH HIS PLAYING, but I guess maybe he thought acting like an ***hole was the only way to get his point across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlhubley Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 Those clips are hilarious. I too am sorry that Buddy had such poor temper control, BUT, oh well. Buddy is in my opinion, ... one of the first true Rock Stars(the first one i'm aware of was Charlie Parker, read Miles autobiography). Sure, it'd be great if he was this wonderful person at all times, but he wasn't, and that's probably part of what made him so great. I mean, he was always an extreme, took his temper to the extreme, but pushed his band, and especially his drumming to the extreme. Without that extreme, we may have never heard of him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernDrummer Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Well, if you think about it, Buddy's personality, intensity and strong emotion is WHY he made it. Of course, unfortunately there's a 'downside' to someone who has that sort of intensity about them. They're just as intense about everything as they are about their musicianship. But it's one of the reasons why Buddy is a legend and we sit on our little computers to this day and chat about him, instead of him chatting about one of us. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif If you always do what you've always done, you'll always have what you've always had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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