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Old 12-05-2005, 12:20 PM   #142 (permalink)
Kashmir86
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Originally Posted by stymie
of the drummers listed, moon would get my vote. got to see he, bonham, and baker live. baker holds nothing comparatively. he wasn't/isn't that good. power wins out with this instrument.

a couple that probably don't cross many radar screens here are carl palmer of emerson, lake, and palmer. and richard hayward of little feat. hayward is incredible. palmer played in a very heavy, british power trio with a jazz drummer's style. everything was from the shoulders down. no arm flailing, nothing in the kit above head level (including cymbals). very impressive, extremely underrated.

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i was so close to including palmer in the poll but i wanted to keep it down to just 5, and i knew he would not get the amount of votes he deserves. he is very underrated however
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