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[mojosmoothy]

The Baked Potato is on Cahuenga in Universal City, and is owned by the same guy who first owned Sneeky Pete's next to the Whisky.  

The Manne Hole was in Hollywood, on Cahuenga also, between Hollywood and Sunset on the east side, if I remember rightly.  There's a photo here http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2008/08/m...ole-part-1.html

I never went to the Manne Hole,thanks for that cool link.I used to work for a director when I started out who was directing an Earnest Thompson play at the Ahmanson so I'd have to go to Shelly's horse ranch in sun valley to pick him up for weeks of rehearsals and then drive him home.Shelly loved horses and one horse kicked him and broke his femur bone so he couldn't drive and he did'nt like being a gimp,but man he was the only music in that show,Jack Lemmon and Estelle Parsons,Polly Holiday ,Shelly only played timpani drums,fantastic.

[violentblossom]

Danny Carey from Tool is STELLAR.  

[mewsical]

Levon Helm, Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), Bobby Elliott (the Hollies), Charlie Watts, Abe Laboriel, did we mention Hal Blaine?, Mitch Mitchell (RIP), the great Gene Krupa, Sandy Nelson (Let There Be Drums).

[countless_zero]

Anyone got some absolute favourite drummers (other than John). My personal favourite drummers are Max Weinberg and Don Pyle

Neil Peart.

Also:
The guy from the Grateful Dead who wrote that awesome book. Forget the names, so many years.

[Cupcake]

I enjoy Stewart Copeland and Ginger Baker

[mewsical]

I enjoy Stewart Copeland and Ginger Baker

I've seen Ginger live.  Scary how much energy he put into it.  I can only compare him to Keith Moon, also scary.  

Charlie Watts, a subtle master of the art.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozgd-DPeY7o...PL&index=16

My dear friend, South African percussionist Rocky Dzidornu, whose work can be heard on the Stones albums.  You can see him in this live clip, which also features Brian.  Some of the comments are interesting.  Sympathy for the Devil.  We see Lennon at 4:49 and a close up of Rocky at 4:59.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuTiTfbfy7Q

[Cupcake]

Ooh yes, you've gotta love Charlie Watts.

And what with all this Woodstock nostalgia in the air for the 40th anniversary, how about Santana's boy wonder, Michael Shrieve doing a jaw-dropping solo on "Soul Sacrifice":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLDalZ4-53g