7/21/13

The Never Ending Drums!!

This next song's deceiving. It starts off with a very catchy guitar riff, and has several mini guitar solos throughout, but this is not known for its guitar. It's the drum solo that really catches your attention Moby Dick by Led Zeppelin has one of the greatest drum solos of all time. It was created after the guitarist, Jimmy Page, caught the drummer, John Bonham, jamming out on his own. Page would record it, and eventually he pieced it all together into one awesome drum solo. There's one thing about this solo, though. It's really short. Let me explain: The solo on the album is approximately 3 minutes long. That's the shortened version. The full solo is about 6-30 minutes long. The rest of the band would often play the opening riff, and then walk off stage and take a break while Bonham played the solo. Bonham would often break his drumsticks, throw them into the audience, and continue playing the solo with his hands. Sometimes he would play so hard his hand actually started bleeding. You can check it the awesome song, and especially the solo, here: Until next time, roll the Mellow Dice and hope for Midnight.

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