cantstandyourfunk
Senior Member
mad drummer.
but I do love jon thodore. I love that guy's groove.
but I do love jon thodore. I love that guy's groove.
I saw Thomas play at the Modern Drummer Festival this year and was not impressed. Well, let me clarify... I was impressed by his hand-foot coordination and the speed of his singles. However, that was all he had at this event. He jammed with a few other musicians and a majority of his fills were just those fast single strokes that crescendo and decrescendo. That's it. It felt to me as if he relied on them way too much - no variety.
That's just my humble opinion, though.
Word around the interweb is he's not doing the gig anymore. Bad news for us Volta fans (who were hip to the Pridgen "era" stuff i.e. it's a contentious topic; who's their better drummer). From what I've been able to find and if my chronology of events is correct. They did a show (their "actual" last show) in Charlotte, N.C. on the 22nd, cancelled the Raleigh show scheduled for the next night during sound check (apparently Pridgen and Zavala got into it), Pridgen got in a cab and left. And Omar, Juan, and Thomas were supposed to play at the Key Club in Hollywood for an event for Bass Player magazine. Pridgen didn't show so Gene Coye filled in. He's apparently removed a bunch of people from his Face Book page as well (not quite sure what the hell that's supposed to mean).
http://bbs.311.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60452
Anymore info on this from any of you cats would be much appreciated, I'd hate to find out that this is true.
Geez he was just on youtube talking about his grammy and how much fun he was having with those guys.
Things change pretty fast I guess...