I was okay one-on-one, but they speak much, much faster than we do. I enjoyed it though. When it happened, we got together in New York for two weeks to just play and see if they wanted to do it. Theres a great jazz community, too. Let me remember: Leee Kerslake. I grew up in Baltimore and it was back in the days of AM radio. Sat 27th Nov 2021 20.00 GMT. Phil Collins was always skittish about leaving the drum stool. You are using an out of date browser. I learned some people don't like unpleasant realities like a great drummer describing a falling out with Phil Collins followed by a decade-long silence between them. But they set up mics around the stage where he said he was going to be. There was a lady with the band I kind of had a crush on and we were very much in touch. Well, after the first tour they were like, Were going to bring you in for the next album. Phil was all for it. I actually kind of felt bad for him, he was trying to impart what it takes to be a working drummer (discussing things like getting no sleep with Zappa, his approach to odd times, prepping for touring, being versed in many styles, reading etc..) part of the audience was peppering him with Genesis questions like "what is Phil Collins like?," and the other half just wanted to hear some blazing solo.. odd crowd. There was no leader. Im fine either way. Does Phil Collins seem a Christmas card kind of guy to you? Much of the show is just you playing drums, but during a lot of the instrumental breaks, Phil would come back and play along with you. The guys work ethic he just worked. His guys werent fun, so he hung out in our tent the whole time before the show. [Weather Report bassist] Alphonso [Johnson] had been a friend for years. The worst thing you could do in Weather Report was play the exact same thing you played the night before. Just to mention a few key members that played drums. He was a guitarist that was comic relief, almost. By then, my son was starting college. Show more 8:40. Are there any salient quotes or paragraphs detailing why they fell out? After that, I went back to Baltimore to a community college for a couple of years. Beans and Corn Bread was probably my favorite Louis Jordan tune. We arent, like, chums, but we stay in touch. They just edited in that other day of his recording. I wasnt aware of any of that. Unfortunately, it really took off, so I dont think it worked as a tax write-off. How was the 2007 Genesis tour? It's just horrible. In the meantime, they had brought in [drummer] Narada Michael Walden. [Laughs] But Ive really been enjoying my life. They said to me, Youre playing it wrong. But the manager had gone out of his way to call me before we took the Christmas break since they were so happy with the tracks wed done. A lot of well-known names. Id always wanted to teach myself. Basically, after the first day, I was like, The only way this is going to work is if you give me a list of which tunes you want to go over the next day Ill have them ready.. Chester just says 'maybe' he wouldn't want to play the same Genesis songs yet again on a new tour, but IMO he doesn't give a definite no. Basically, I had to jump right into the deep end. We played songs and that was that. But I had let him know on the last Genesis tour that I was going to take a break from doing his tours since I thought he was going to keep doing the same every-year-in-between thing. Somebody would have their radio on the outside. Ive crossed paths with Joe many times since and he even apologized at one point for the way it all went down, but I didnt have a problem with it. As of late though, I think Phil Collins has sold out, but not the with Genesis. I got to be friends with some guys that managed an audio store. When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, Exactly as described! If hedidn't have considerable good qualities the band would not have stayed together for sixteen years which is like an epic length.As for him selling out I think what everyone underestimates is that the taste of the public had changed by the 80s. [Alarza] Lee Collins was the bass player on the session. Feb 7, 2021 #34 . Phil double-tracked all the drum parts. Every night after the show wed hang out. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time It was pretty valuable stuff. The keyboard player, Brad Cole, lives in Nashville. Basically, he tried to come up with stuff the band couldnt play, and we always managed to pull it off. I was totally gasping for air. I think it's best to keep this stuff to yourself, don't air grievances in public., especially not the press. The studio had tanks in the studio since they dealt with it all the time. You did well enough that he hired you. It was perfect timing and what a fun tour. I remember doing an arena after doing stadiums and it felt like an intimate club. None of the other members really knew how to communicate in a funny way with their audiences. This means nothing at all, it's almost a tradition. IN THIS 2014 INTERVIEW, PHIL COLLINS DESCRIBES HOW HE RECRUITED THE AMERICAN DRUMMER CHESTER THOMPSON TO PLAY DRUMS WITH GENESIS, REPLACING PHIL AS THE PRIMA. They were doing Cloudburst and all that stuff. It was a vocal version. Mike Portnoy, Lars Ulrich: I don`t know nothing about them. Genesis' The Last Domino? Tom Fowler would stand onstage with a pointer and would point to the notes he was supposed to play. Phil releases "My favourite Genesis tracks from the 70`s" - rerecorded with old friends. It was something called Kung Fu. Unfortunately, it never got released. Not at all. Well, yeah. And hes that good at them both. It was really cool. I have no idea where they would play. And then I ended up doing Phils Motown thing and that didnt go well. Id always be checking out the rhythm section because some of them brought their own rhythm section. [Laughs] He figured it out pretty quickly. But with Phil, youre one of a cast of thousands. We started playing the whole deal, the real stuff in the book. They are phenomenal musicians. I was never in a teenage band. Phil Collins had to hire Chester Thompson and Bill Bruford. He had seen what turned out to be my last Weather Report concert, but he was very familiar with the Zappa stuff. I certainly wasnt surprised that he was successful. He liked having a big band onstage, too. Frank was playing guitar. I saw everybody in those days. Phil Collins, Robert Colby . It is an impressing line up. The band was really good. Apparently Phil and Bill grew up near each other and knew each other fairly well. One tour, he bumped it up by bringing in this guy, Jeff Simmons. In the book Tony says that Phil liked Yes and brought some of their playing ability to Genesis. Why dont you come and jam with the band? I said, Man, Id love to, but I dont really want to audition.. Oh, and this blew my mind. You could hear that it was something special. I never really toured with an R&B band, but Id played it all my life. By then, I had heard a lot of the prog-rock stuff and was very interested to play with those guys. Her parents are now in her band. [Laughs] There was no way I could learn it by the next day. I dont know. And Caribou Ranch was magical. [Ed. He's also a competent singer, whether with prog., jazz, or pop. In fact, most of the names of the drummers appear almost always at the end of the credits in the album covers. 153K views, 2.9K likes, 787 loves, 221 comments, 2.6K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Genesis Reunion 2020: Phil Collins and Chester Thompson Genesis The Last Domino Tour . Chester Thompson on Decade-Long Rift with Crab Apple Phil Collins. I found Richard Mc'Phaill here, at that point and due to the 1973 in memorian, I thought McPhaill was dead, later I found an interview by him (2001) and new he was alive and healthybutonlytoday found he made backing vocals in Genesis Revisited. This is the live version of Inside Out, recorded in Berlin in 1990. What happened with the Calling All Stations period with Genesis? Phil Collins on lead vocals. Man, I still love to play. I called Frank immediately and he wasnt happy about it, but he knew that my background was more jazz and stuff. Weird. I kind of fell in love with the flute. Well, basically, I hadnt prepared in as much detail as I usually did. Max Roach and Art Blakey were first. I think Onion Head's communication skills are obnoxious. And the tour was that way too. [Laughs] Not very much. She scored one of Spike Lees movie. What was he like? Keith Moon, John Bonham: great drummers, yes, key members, because their band never sounded the same without them, butthey weren`tthe main composers in their bands. Just trying to make the best use of the time. We played together a lot in L.A. between Genesis tours and stuff. Some of his hits are cheesy. Unfortunately, they never had enough of his clear vocals to release it, or anything. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Rolling Stone suspended its policy on Genesis not being cool enough to report on for a long interview with Chester Thompson. Drummers are kept in the background because DRUMS CAN'T MOVE AROUND THE SCENARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no memory of that whatsoever. I know people were caravanning from here to see it, but it was still a little too raw at that point. The very first one, and I had to beg my older brother to take me, was Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. Ill get back to you. Sure enough, he got back and said, You were right. You were there to see what he did with your own two eyes? Im pretty excited about this project with them. I have a big MS Word file with interviews about the "Union" album of YES. It took me a while to get over it, but I really wish him well. He actually double-tracked all that stuff. Bill knew that world. But there was always a second kit near him, and. Most of the people i know think he is dead, even when the death man is healthier than ever. When did you start doing professional gigs? most great drummers won't ever do that, because they live for their drums. So I continue quite off topic! Daryl and I came back. However he did turn Genesis into a pop group and laughed all the way to the bank. She was with Michael Jackson and was actually working with Prince when he passed. But Im over it now. [Laughs] That was fun. Phil Collins is a top ten drummer, a good backing vocalistr, an average lead singer and a lousy songwritter, that's my opinion. It was a much bigger band, Thompson told Rolling Stone in a new interview. Still his guitarplay wasvery important to the music even if his composing didnt reach the albums. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. That's All. He had proven to be really close friends with those guys and I never related culturally, so there was always this gap between us. 1; 2; 3; . When Chester Thompson joined Genesis as a drummer for the Wind and Wuthering tour in 1977, he had every reason to think it would be a short-term gig. If you know the history, Joe [Zawinul] and Wayne [Shorter] were real good friends. I thougfh the consensus was that Collins was not the only reason, but just a small part of Genesis's evolving intoa pop band? And at the end of the show, he just went off. I cant scroll fast enough to the good parts! Phil Collins Takes The Drum Quiz | The Jonathan Ross Show 4.1M views 6 years ago IN THE AIR TONIGHT-PHIL COLLINS-THIS SONG MADE ME JUMP OFF THE COUCH!! Exactly. But at this point in life, if I could do my own stuff, Id really love that. Unknown to me, he quit over the Christmas holidays. Chester Thompson sheds some light on relationship with Phil Collins. But he still had that American stuff. Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Progatron, Feb 4, 2021. . They kind of assumed that he would. Early life [ edit] He must have a contract for a hundred and one sappy stereotypical songs for Disney movies. Hes passed away now, but we were in about 10 or 12 bands together growing up. I hadnt done that. But what a great tour and what a great band. Steve saw it as a compromise joining the band. Watcher of the skies is very good and solid vocals by John Wetton, Fountain of Salmacis is great with an acoustic guitar intro and Steve singing ections with vocodsr , but my favorite is the Orchestral version of Firth of Fifth, very beautiful. and (apart fromthe bluesalbum)he hasstayed on the same ground, progrelated and close to classical guitarmusic. Part of that was no matter how well I prepared, he always made some pretty intense changes. He asked me if I read [music] and he showed me a chart and asked me if I could learn it by the next day. It was a huge deal. Well appreciated, keep up enjoying Phil Collins! You guys did a drum duet at that first Genesis show in 1977 and it never left the set list after that. All three members of the trio Genesis played a part in the decision to simplifiy their sound, with Banks being the most in charge. We learned how to deal with it. And I have to say, as much as I always felt separate and apart from the whole thing, seeing everyone together was an amazing and surprising feeling. It was fun. But I understand a totally different thing from your quotes, but again it's only my opinion. Somehow, they offered me the gig. I said to those guys, I dont care if you use another drummer on parts of the album.
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