mellis said:John Blackwell came down for a few drum clinics in australia. I was happy to be the theatre technician at kaliede when he came down to melbourne. The day after he did the clinic he appeared on bert, a melbourne tv show, with some of melbournes many great musoes. I recorded that session and have it avaliable to download.
They play a prince classic
http://www.mellisdesigns.com/blackwell
Its a high quality 80mb divX file. It is a great session that runs for about 4 minutes and 40 seconds.
cdawg_2010 said:i really like his playing!! i think hes a great funk drummer, but does anyone know why he has his china way up in the air and behind him like that in the videos on here
Poncho86 said:The "Funky John" Video on this site truly leaves me picking up my jaw off of the floor. How he keeps the hi-hat and snare going throughout the song while twirling his sticks crashing and cymbal mutes. A truly "tight" drummer.