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Originally Posted by maxwell silver
Do you mean Carl Palmer from prog rock dinosaurs Emerson,Lake & Palmer? He was voted best drummer for several years in the NME back in the 70's
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A prog rock dinosaur drummer is just about the last sort of skin-basher I'd vote for! As Shakey quite rightly says, Earl Palmer was a highly versatile drummer who was much in demand in the 50's/60's. Apart from the artists he mentions, he also played on a whole host of classic rhythm & blues records by people you've never heard of. The point about him was, he didn't play at 200 beats per minute, or attack the kit like he was building a garden shed - instead, he followed the classic New Orleans tradition of playing just behind the beat, thus endowing his playing with an innate sense of funkiness and "swing".