slingerland755
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That is awesome! Great pic. I skipped school the day after he died.
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http://www.drummagazine.com/images/...ham-traps07.pdf
the best bonham article yet. great pics and transcriptions.
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Not quite sure what he had left to acheive.....
Not quite sure what he had left to acheive.....
...Of course, Bonzo was... let's just say... very self-confident, but you never know what could have been in his future. ...
At any rate, he changed the scope of drumming forever.
Hey Ian,
I agree that it's a fool's game to predict what "could have happened". John Bonham was both very talented and creative. He probably would have continued to grow and improve.
However, he may not have been as self-confident as you think. According to Robert Plant quoted here: http://www.drummagazine.com/images/bonham/bonham-traps07.pdf, John was not feeling very confident in his abilities. Plant quotes John, on the day before his death, as saying: “I’ve had it with playing drums. Everybody plays better than me. I’ll tell you what, when we get to the rehearsal, you play the drums and I’ll sing."
Apparently, even the very best doubt their abilities.
He is truly missed!
Without his drumming, that would not be such an effective lesson. There are thousands of people destroying themselves with even more gusto at this very moment, and few will heed their lessons.
That isn't at all my point.
Life is more precious than drumming ability. I'd rather Bonzo have quit drumming AND alcohol, over what happened to him.
Somebody could be a alcoholic drummer with a family and decide (for whatever reason) to quit both. I'm sure the wife and kids would be just fine with dad being a construction worker who's still alive, than a dead drummer.
If Bonzo's life lessons mean anything, it should be that you pick life before partying... and even before drumming.
Do you see what I mean?