Keith and Billy Cobham

[William Spencer Watson <wswatson@indiana.edu>]

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Brian Steven Cady wrote:

> Here's Keith on the subject:
> 
> "No, I’m not really into technical drumming.  I don’t play a technical drum
> at all.  That Billy Cobham kind of control and discipline is incredible,
> beautiful but it just isn’t me.  Then again, I’d be lousy at playing what
> he does and he’d be lousy at playing what I do.  I don’t really get off on
> being able to do so many paradiddles.  It doesn’t impress me too much.  I
> feel much more at home being very brash and spontaneous."
> 
> 			-Brian in Atlanta
> 
And here's Billy Cobham on Keith:  "I don't know what it is you're doing,
but whatever it is, just keep doing it." (Richard Barnes, "The Who Maximum
R&B" p.125)