What song has the best drum solo?

[Duke]

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I once went to an Allman Brothers concert and the guy lashed out into a 35 minute drum solo. I will never go to an Allman Brothers concert again. Drum solos are worthless and although I appreciate great drumming, there is never such a thing as a good drum solo. It just doesn't work.

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Not missing much without Duane.

~D

[MonkeeMan]

Add:

Toad - Cream

[TheWorstPlayer]

A friend told me of an old Santana concert where the drummer was so high he didn't notice that he had hit his hand on the rim of the drum and split it open. So he continued the drum solo with a large cut in his hand, spraying blood all over the stage and front rows of the audience. Now that is one hell of a drum solo.

I play drums and I think most drum solos are pretty lame. Drum breaks are cool though because they are in the context of the song. Anything from Tool, Rush, Hendrix drummer was real good, Dave Weckl(insanely good jazz guy), Tony Williams and Buddy Rich are couple more kick ass jazz guys. All these players play technical parts within the framework of the song which is pretty impressive.

-Ernest

[Jeebus]

The drum solo during Achilles:Agony and Exstacy in 8 parts by ManOWar is pretty tight.

[wayabvpar]

No love for Keith Moon? The Who had several song with good drum solos- "Won't Get Fooled Again" leaps instantly to mind.

[freehat]

Beatles "The End", end of thread.

[Fishwhenican]

Todd Rundgren's Utopia, The RA album has a song called "Singring and the Glass Guitar" where John "Willie" Wilcox does a fun Drum Solo.

The solo itself on the album/CD is really probably only OK ( I am sure I have seen better drum solos at some of the Jazz shows I had been at) but it is interesting because it is intertwined with this silly story they are trying to tell with the song. It was also mixed pretty well which shouldn't be any surprise since it was produced by Todd.

Where it was really cool was in the live concert. They had this crazy water fountain setup all around him that was kind of like a mini Bellagio fountain sort of thing that was all synced to the drum solo. Probably had to be there to really appreciate it but it was cool at the time. The drum solo was also WAY longer during the concert.

[Raza]

Tool - Ticks and Leeches

[Benal]

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Tool - Ticks and Leeches

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I second this even though there's no actual solo in the song.