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re: Phil and Kenny
- Subject: re: Phil and Kenny
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 96 14:02:00 GMT
JJM wrote:
-First of all, we have to realize that Jones was a better drummer than about
-90% of all professional drummers on the scene back then. That said, there
- were many, many reasons that Jones wasn't going to succeed with the Who-
(and
-the Who with him) with most of them not having anything to do with his
-"competence".
-What the Who got in Kenny was what the needed least; a staight-ahead,
- timekeeper type drummer. When he did try and become more active his fills
- were ordinary and unimaginative.
I understand that Keith couldn't be replaced and never blamed Kenny for
lacking in that area. But after hearing him with the Faces, then with the
Who, I would disagree with the 90% figure. I describe his career from those
two points as going from sloppy and sometimes horrible to competent with a
nice English heritage which I assume got him the job.
Mike