Dave Weckl Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.mp4

Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich

[@tomreschke80]

I like how he keeps looking at the music as though he hasn't had this arrangement memorized since he was 12

[@striker_1120]

Lmao

[@dubenstein6347]

Hahahaha!!!!

[@drumkitguy]

LOL

[@HouseJawn]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@Robert-ck7nm]

Dave is a genius who's always improving. Today, he'd play this song even better with more feel, more flow, and more swing. He's one of my all time favorites!

[@vgaportauthority9932]

Smoothest drummer we've ever had. His flow is incredible, no one is even close to that aspect of his playing. It's like his fills just pour out of his hands. Like he's spraying them.

[@michaelday6987]

Dave Weckl playing restrained is both beautiful and as rare as the hope diamond. So glad I found this.

[@SalRubino82]

Never seen Dave this under control…absolute beast

[@SoldatDeRigel]

Dave weckl une merveille. Aucun batteur n'égale ce feeling d'être toujours ou il faut. Impressionnant ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Complexité, sophistiqué dans la finesse. La carrière de dave weckl à prouvé un talent très particulier présent chez aucun autre batteur

[@tylercaskey1931]

Dave is a slick, smooth cat. He can play in your face or chill as fuck.

[@steveelam4810]

Wow a weckl.piece that doesn't melt my brain trying to figure out

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

Love IT!

[@fweddyfwintsone4491]

There is only one Dave Weckl! And.....there is only one Buddy Rich!

[@drumstudio2000]

all my life I thought dave was playing a fast 3 stroke with his right foot here 0:09 ...but now I realize he was using his double pedal with LRR sticking... god bless youtube for this.

[@cisquetj.g7298]

Are you sure of that? i think he is playing double strokes with single foot

[@autobluess]

@@cisquetj.g7298 I think the same, single foot doble strokes

[@Boognish_]

Watched that section about 20 times. Close your eyes and imagine playing it. Pretty sure it's a quick double pedal lick.

[@pacmanlp8876]

@@autobluess nope. Check his hihat stand. There is not a leg on it until the chop ends

[@ducky_futures]

Thank you for posting!

[@batera1234]

You're Welcome

[@ChannelMaster720]

Second time I have heard this young drummer and he is playing a "new" song, not from the 1940s. I love this guy! SYLVIA-FL

[@Gretsch0997]

Hey ChannelMaster720 This “young drummer” you’re talking about is in his late 50’s now. This video is quite old

[@ChannelMaster720]

@@Gretsch0997 Thanks for cluing me in, Brian. From where I am standing, late 50's is young! ha ha At any age I'm sure this man will always sound good! SYLVIA - FL 7/8/19

[@Boognish_]

@@ChannelMaster720 huh??? This is Dave Weckl!! He's been around forever.

[@ChannelMaster720]

@@Boognish_ I have been totally unaware of this drummer. He is good and I'm glad I found him.

[@kirjian]

@@ChannelMaster720 for real! He's one of the greatest without exaggeration

[@tryharder249]

Essa foi a melhor fase do Dave na minha opinião, segurando a baqueta na parte de trás, com mais feeling e raça, batia forte, um verdadeiro mágico na bateria. Não consigo ficar indiferente à isso!

[@ididyermom3273]

HA! We played this in High School Jazz band!! Not nearly as well...lol

[@staigh]

Hey! Do you by any chance have the arrangement on this one? Or do you know who wrote it? I have been searching for it but no luck so far..

[@MrHilldj]

@@staigh You'd have to transpose this yourself but its mostly just based on the original. This intro just leads straight into the start of where the sheet music would take you and from there they play around but mostly stick to whats written.

[@rayjamirargomedotorres1872]

Dave the Best

[@HardEdge53]

Dave’s surreal time sense is from another planet

[@alessandrobetti9070]

Da vedere anche la performance di Giampaolo Conchedda al memorial Lucchini. Da brividi

[@policeluber6720]

One of the few DW tunes I can play LOL

[@charlietrece7958]

One of the hardest song to play for a drummer. He makes it look easy breezy but you better keep the tempo damn right or you’re gonna mess it up really bad in a blink of an eye.

[@jesuscontreras124]

that's not true, it may not be the easiest song ever, but saying this piece is one of the hardest songs to play for a drummer is overreacting.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

@@jesuscontreras124 correct, very easy to play

[@randallbrown3317]

When you back and hear the Buddy rich Band with BUDDY! You then realize why Mr. Rich was heads and shoulders above the modern drummers!

[@joshuahornsby767]

Buddy's influence can't be argued, but Weckl is a far more well-rounded, versatile drummer.

[@randallbrown3317]

@@joshuahornsby767 Buddy born 1917; Weckl born 1960! Could be why you think Weckl was more well rounded, and versatile? But on the same comparison, you could say Vinnie Colaiuta and Dennis Chambers, were more well rounded and more versatile than Weckl!

[@joshuahornsby767]

@@randallbrown3317 What do their birthdays have to do with anything? Buddy was an awesome jazz/big band drummer, but he never really went beyond that. Dave simply has way more styles under his belt....Fusion, hard rock, pop, Latin.... He's also the ultimate soloist. His solos always BUILD, it's never just "look what I can do". And NO drummer is more versatile than Vinnie.

[@randallbrown3317]

@@joshuahornsby767 Buddy didn't have to go beyond that! Fact is he lead his own band for over 20+ years. He was considered the greatest drummer on the planet for DECADES! I am a big fan of Weckl, None of those drummers though could match Buddy's playing in those Memorial Tapes, when it came to playing with his band...NOT ONE OF THEM! As Steve Gadd said, Buddy's left hand was an entity of its own. To me his hands and feet were all equal in the sense that he didn't have a weak limb. His rolls on those tight heads, and especially on the snare left ZERO room for error. He was put on the planet to be a drummer! Remember Buddy for many decades has and still is the Benchmark, not Weckl, Chambers, Colauita, etc. etc.

[@joshuahornsby767]

@@randallbrown3317 The fact remains, versatility is a special skill and SHOULD be valued. Put Buddy in a Fusion band, or something requiring Latin grooves, and he'd have been lost. I'll gladly admit he was likely the most influential drummer of all time, but there are tons of more complete, well-rounded players. Regarding the BR tribute, that was Vinnie, Dave and Steve all bringing their unique styles and battling it out, not necessarily an attempt to copy Buddy note for note. Weckl is also far more musical than Buddy ever was, musicality was never his forte, not to mention his footwork was nothing above average.

[@mpcvore]

What a drum sound ...!

[@JuanGarro]

amazing! i had this track on my phone for years and never knew who was playing drums :) i can now die in peace haha

[@pvtrichter88]

don't die on us yet we need music fans like you ah WECKL master of groove!!

[@JuanGarro]

Hi, Jay, yes it actually is the exact same track, only this video sounds not like a recording and all the process a track goes thru before it is released, but it's the same drumming, exactly. :) It was only an expression PV, hahaha, I just thought I was never gonna find out who the drummer was. :)

[@douglasmendes6107]

excellent post this video had been excluded from youtube. obrigado!!!

[@rick3747]

Buddy's 1970 "Playboy After Dark" version remains the best of all the versions of this masterpiece.

[@davidpurcell86]

link?

[@yackyalaniz6259]

8 LUG SNARE, SOUND LOVELY

[@byronicman]

Goddamn... I always loved that fill at 4:23, where he drops out of time for a moment and comes right back in perfectly.. everytime I try it I fall down.

[@trevorwoolley7432]

He doesnt drop out of time, just changes the accents

[@Buddythunder1]

Soooooo nice.

[@trevorwoolley7432]

wish this was avail on apple music.

[@crissetetres]

A batera é o instrumento mais legal

[@Kellanrm]

I want to know who the 14 downvotes are, who can not like this? damn

[@postjazz1258]

king buzzo on soprano sax nice

[@maxim_hue6089]

4:25 Nice, thats a Steve Gadd lick

[@justinrensel8518]

Fuck man, there are levels to this game!

[@Gretsch0997]

I’ve looked over tons of BR albums today and can’t find Mercy Mercy on any of them. ...What the heck? Did the Burning for Buddy album have tunes from other artists on it?

[@maxim_hue6089]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4OWZmSfp8aKfrM Here's the album you're searching for

[@ronwise3069]

Interesting to think about Weckl influencing a Rush song but listen to the beginning of Armor and Sword from Snakes and Arrows. Very cool stuff.

[@burning4buddy639]

Not at all, Neil Peart was invited to the Buddy Rich Memorial 1991 and he and Cathy Rich hit it off as great friends and he produced the first of two Burning For Buddy DVD's where they invited world class drummers to play the tracks with the BR Big Band. Neil had no idea how to play Buddy Rich and he had to work hard to do it, where some of the more technical cats, like Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, and Dave could do it easily. Neil did well and had huge fan support, but it was after that he brought back the greats and produced the series, and in #2, he was fascinated by how great Steve Smith had gotten and asked him about it. Steve told Neil about Freddie Gruber. Neil said once that "anything Steve says is something I will listen to."

[@burning4buddy639]

check it out. explains a lot. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ranOi6WljL6jbKM

[@salfaimusic]

2:35

[@hechogamermx4812]

Tasteful

[@timpricedrums]

That’s a take!

[@kenbrooks5242]

Actually the tempo is slow, I used to play the Buddy Rich arrangement, the way he played it. This is the same arrangement but changed to suit Weckl.

[@udokrauss8896]

Superb playing by Dave....a shame that the cymbals are recorded to Low.The beautiful Breaks and Sax ..high class

[@policeluber6720]

Listen to the real version it’s fine

[@toddsoesbe9251]

Awesome big band chops. Say, is that the sax player (soloist) who is in the SNL band?

[@sethcashman1011]

Buttah!

[@djangorheinhardt]

Was that Stevie Marcus on soprano sax ?This band sounds really well drilled .Think the tune could be a tad faster

[@scottawes921]

@djangorheinhardt "a tad faster"? funny... im sure Dave will try to pick it up for you next time. The guy is one of the top players in the world. You're gonna tell him he's dragging the tempo, given the chance?

[@rkdrumss]

@@scottawes921 This feels slow to me too. I’m used to the album version from live at caesars palace in 1968 which is definitely faster. It’s not an insult to dave to say this, I’m sure it was a creative decision by him or the bandleader to take it at this slower tempo.

[@stevedriscoll2539]

Had to like this video (or should I left it at 666). Really cool tune and Dave does it right

[@alvarocordova3664]

I dig Dave Weckl today. But right here there's a tremendous lack of swing.

[@morghino1497]

Bravissimo ❤

[@ferminbarajaspazos6853]

El grupo suena de puta madre, y Welk sobresale, como siempre.

[@weezypeezy4366]

Produced by Neil Peart Rip 🪦

[@sarahforeman1450]

Who wrote the arrangement for this? Fantastic!

[@westleedrums]

Joe Zawinul wrote this song when he played for Cannonball Adderley

[@jiyujizai]

🙄🌼💚🌱

[@firstlast189]

Needs more Cowbell!

[@mustard_96]

Who’s the guy who does the sax solo

[@tkyfujii]

The soloist from 02:35 is Steve Marcus, a member of original Buddy Rich band.

[@jiyujizai]

🌾💙🌱🙄

[@bryanhuble8165]

I had no idea Jerry Seinfeld could play the drums!

[@artysanmobile]

Totally wrong syncopated beat in intro! Literally tears the groove to pieces. Surprising.

[@admeenhanger]

what the year of the record and where?

[@batera1234]

I think it's around 1986 but I don't know where

[@envisionelectronics]

1994 Burning for Buddy, Volume 1. I have the original CD - just learned today it was produced by Neil Peart. Wow!!

[@KevinGenus]

No, first time I've ever said I'm conservative.

[@10ccdd]

What year was this???

[@batera1234]

I believe it was 1989, the year of the famous Buddy Rich Tribute

[@misterfunnybones]

This was recorded in May 1994 at The Power Station in NYC.

[@alexandrerodrigues9844]

Good, but sounds a little slower than the original.

[@batera1234]

Thanks for your comment, but a like this version!

[@manu7342]

Thats because its a tribute bro

[@salfaimusic]

The original by Cannonball Adderley went even slower than this

[@thomasnichol4138]

Slower?

[@geraldramsey4905]

@@thomasnichol4138 Check it out. Whole different approach. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWXViXiBqahrn7s

[@jama3335]

What a soulless rendition of this classic.

[@timpricedrums]

If you took Steve Gadd and Tony Williams and put them in a blender… you’d end up with a right mess.

[@jacko222333]

kind of dragging.

[@ag052976]

Sync is off.

[@mikekelly9851]

Dave is great but the King of the mountain, Buddy Rich played it better.

[@seppoinnanen5577]

A bit of a shame that soprano player has to compete against the horn section... not much room for dynamics in this kind of arrangement

[@saintbees2088]

Dave you are not funky

[@kittydynastyfluffy]

so bad

[@Odthean]

It sounds all wrong and heavy handed. Take a classic and overcomplicate it big time

[@morghino1497]

🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🇮🇹

[@HardEdge53]

Steve Marcus is a genius

[@HardEdge53]

How many of you knew the Burning series was produced by Neil Peart and Cathy Rich?

[@batera1234]

I didn't know