The legendary Steve Gadd

What's the item behind Steve's left elbow in this photo?
Is it some kind of stick holder?
 

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Happy Birthday Dr. God!

And some words of the day, taken from Tommy Igoe's FB page:

'In the approx. 100 year history of
the drumset, there have been only
two, possibly three transformative
artists on the drums. The ones who
change the way EVERYONE else
plays, who wholly establish a new
musical delivery for what we do.
That's it. Only two or three.
Some are arguable. One is not.

Happy Birthday, Steve Gadd.'
 
Happy Birthday indeed! What an incredible gift he has shared with the world...I'm gonna have to go all the way back through this thread now....oh well :)
 
Happy Birthday Dr. God!

And some words of the day, taken from Tommy Igoe's FB page:

'In the approx. 100 year history of
the drumset, there have been only
two, possibly three transformative
artists on the drums. The ones who
change the way EVERYONE else
plays, who wholly establish a new
musical delivery for what we do.
That's it. Only two or three.
Some are arguable. One is not.

Happy Birthday, Steve Gadd.'
I saw this, too.

The best part is there was some mugwump here arguing with me that Steve wasn't influential. Where is that mother****er now?

Happy Birthday, Steve Gadd.
 
Every note he plays is gold. Happy Birthday, Steve!

-John
 
.... The best part is there was some mugwump here arguing with me that Steve wasn't influential....

Really?? There's someone who is breathing air, that's a musician, and really thinks that?? I didn't know that could exist.
 
The best part is there was some mugwump here arguing with me that Steve wasn't influential. Where is that mother****er now?

Really? I had no idea man... so who's that Steve everyone speaking about?

















Just kidding Larry :)

Happy Birthday Steve, long may the inspiration continue...
 
Gadd is a great musician, and just happens to play drums.

No wonder he is in such demand by other musicians
playing whatever instruments they happen to play.
 
I usually shy away from the "my favorite drummer is better than your drummer" arguments but I look at it like this...Not everyone has done enough listening or had enough positive musical experiences to define( to themselves) what good is. So, it's somewhat subjective with some people being more right than others. Not everyone can decide on what's good or even great musically or even drumistically. And even though that may be from a lack of experience, you really can't tell them they're wrong, which, I suppose, is unfortunate...
 
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