Drum Teacher Reacts to Clive Bunker - Drum Solo

[@keithcarlson7267]

It’s so shameful that Clive never got any of the recognition he deserved. He in my opinion is one of the best drummers ever! And at 74 today he still murders it and then some!

[@leesaunders9102]

He isn't the only member that didn't get recognition. John Glasscock (bass player for Tull) died with 0 money while playing with Tull due to Ian as far as i'm aware and the drummer at the time paid for the bass players funeral due to John being paid very little with his time with Tull. John glasscock was a beast on bass and played with various decent bands of the time before joining tull.

[@heynow4512]

He's #3 on my list of top rock drummers. #1 Ginger Baker. #2 Keith Moon. #4 John Bonham (sorry Led heads) Buddy Rich beats them all, but I'm not into jazz. Seen them live.

[@davidperez5089]

He played in jenthro tull, how many drummers can say that!!

[@paulm9496]

Ever since I heard his monster drumming on “Dharma For One” on the “This Was” Album I loved his style. Some would say he was a little too busy, but I think his interpretations were excellent and just made the music that more powerful. I loved all their albums up to “TAAB”,with “Benefit” being my absolute favorite. Possibly due to the fact I personally related to it’s songs in the summer of 70’ and stirs my emotions to this day, 54yrs later. I would really like to know however why their live version of Dharma sounds totally different from the original.

[@georgecollins8542]

Clive is my great uncle, and I can remember the first time I met him. I had a drum set at the time but I barely knew how to play. He asked if he could show me some tricks and he did a little drum solo and then did exactly what he did at 3:15 in the video on my drum set… gave me goosebumps and I still remember it perfectly!

[@jamiebland2981]

He's still playing now, and he's still a bit of a beast, but what's really nice is the humour he brings to the show as well.

[@timothymckenna1702]

What makes a great drum solo is when a drummer can take a bunch of awesome ideas and make the solo musical! He nailed it! Thanks for sharing Garey.

[@robertcharbonneau2283]

A great soloist, a pioneer with a singular style and who is best remembered for his unforgettable and unique drum parts with Jethro Tull. Truly one of the best!

[@davidperez5089]

Clives sd is so friggin crispy!

[@richardpowellTV]

Yes, Clive was the original drummer and a great influence on me. He once told me he cut down the length of his sticks which apparently gave him more speed and if you look carefully you can see he has very short sticks with no tips!!! I think he eventually reverted to normal sticks. Great drummer and I agree that his passion stands out....

[@eddiepatton5746]

I was lucky enough to see him play live many times with a band called Poor Mouth who’s lead guitarist was Jackie McCauley who played keyboards with Van Morrison’s Them. I played in a band that supported Poor Mouth in the Mean Fiddler in London. Clive shared a home grown spliff with me backstage before the gig. An incredibly nice, down to earth man. I saw him play with Steve Simpson years later and spoke with him after the gig and he hadn’t changed at all. So friendly and approachable. What a drummer!

[@DrumsetArtistry]

Thanks for sharing!

[@martinsroofingandguttering8160]

Used to see him in the cock in Holloway Road in poor mouth.Brought back great memories one of the best drummers I've ever seen.

[@jamiebland2981]

So glad you got around to this, the best version is on the 'living in the past album' but this is still great

[@southernfriedawesomeness9464]

He is one of the most overlooked drummers ,Dharma for one? On Jethro Tull's debut album ,the studio version, is some of the most sick drumming I ever heard, Clive if you read this you're awesome and Im inspired by your playing?

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

I was lucky enough to see JT several times in and around this era. Being a drummer too, I was aways amazed to see Clive rip some tasty beats and solos. One of my favorite drummers! Glad you presented this.👍🎶

[@justgivemethetruth]

Clive was the original drummer for Jethro Tull from "This Was" ( where Dharma For One was hatched ... as a completely different song ), "Stand Up", "Benefit" and "Aqualung". After the release of Aqualung Clive quit the band. I found Jethro Tull one night on the radio about this time when I heard Aqualung on FM radio as a 14 year old teen-ager and was crazy about the power and raw violence in the music, and yet its humanity and refinement ... a brilliant juxtaposition of ideas and themes all in one song. It was the first or one of the first record albums I ever bought, to be played on my newly bought Radio Shack, Modular, bookshelf stereo system. While I was at the record store, behind the new Aqualung albums were all these other strange looking albums by Jethro Tull that I eventually ended up buying and loving. At that time Jethro Tull was putting out an album a year, or a little bit more .. a very amazing time in music. The first album "This Was" had a wonderful version of Dharma For One, and then in 1972 "Thick As A Brick" came out and the retrospective "Living In The Past" came out with an amazing whole live side of one album where a live version was singled out and added. It sounded much like this version, but better. It took me a while to get used to such free form improvised music and it chaotic order, but that is my favorite now. Later Clive joined the group Aviator with a couple of really great songs, ( "Your Lovin Is My Home and Cleveland Ohio were a few ) but a band that never hit the bigtime.

[@JesseBatesDrums]

Great find mate ! I haven’t seen this solo .lots of cool ideas cheers for the video🥁🕉

[@paulchristopher2135]

Excellent analysis of an under appreciated, largely self taught (!) drummer.

[@DrumsetArtistry]

Thanks!

[@Lorenzo1950]

Clive Bunker was on their first album and I heard he was primarily self taught. I love natural drummers and not drummers that are too perfect. I would rather hear a raw drummer than a classically trained drummer in certain situations. Maybe it's because I was self taught for the first 12 or 13 years. I love Clive's drumming. I noticed the sticks clicking on the rim when he does fast fills but it's part of his charm. He even does it on the records.

[@AWKDAWK]

You cant split all these guys. they all have their own style. As a drummer I would just want to aspire to any one of them. Never will.

[@enricomoretti4984]

Io credo che il miglior batterista che abbia suonato con i Tull sia stato Barrie Barlow che ha sostituito Clive ne 1971 forse perché più adatto alla musica che facevano begli anni 70 però Clive, per me viene subito dopo di lui. I critici dicono che il migliore sia stato Mark Craney venuto dopo Barlow, può essere vero ma non ha avuto tempo di dimostrarlo.

[@howardgreene8720]

Still my favorite Tull drummer. Perhaps not as technically accomplished as some of the later guys, Barlow, Craney or Perry. He just had this funky quirkiness that I really enjoy.

[@AWKDAWK]

Bottom line its all about feel.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

He has that thing that Bonham had that you can't put your finger on. The first time I heard Song For Jeffrey, I was like, "Whoa! Who is this guy!?" And he's really not doing much in it... there's just something special there.

[@rtalbot87]

Clive is very good. You should review Barriemore Barlow. Different styles but both worth a study.

[@Twotontessie]

Clive was a beast of a musician. Covered so much ground and you always knew it was him.

[@DavidLeBlanc]

This video reminded me of two things. 1. What a superb drummer Clive Bunker is. 2. How much I miss Garey Williams analysis videos, particularly when he reviews a drummer who impresses and excites him. That brought out Garey's passion for drums and drumming.

[@alessiomanueddu1330]

Super drummer

[@covfefemaga9567]

Amazing!!

[@z_855turboR]

I enjoyed your insight very much sir, I can see that you are very passionate yourself. Take care, cheers

[@michaelmarino3013]

Clive does a very nice solo on lp this was tune dharma fir one...I seen tull at central park NYC SCHAEFER music festival. He played on tolls first 4 or 5 studio lps.again the tune dharma for one .thanks GAREY. Always entertained

[@alanharris5716]

Clive was an awesome drummer even before Tull, with local band The Warriors (later Yensons Trolls). Even then he added humour to his performances and his speed was phenomenal (rubber wrists!). Definitely underrated.

[@somenoonsomenoon8874]

Clive needs a place in DRUMMERWORLD do they have kids running the site?

[@kevinhodgson8508]

Clive is an incredible force of nature ... Check out his playing with Steve Hillage on the 1977 German TV / Rockpalast performance ... He also played with former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth in Electric Sun ... I saw him play a solo show with Uli which was largely neo classical rock . At the same show ( a multi line up event ) Clive , Uli and Jack Bruce performed a set of Cream numbers .... Fantastic . He's definitely one of the greats .

[@kgrant6527]

Clive Bunker!!!

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

seeing him tonight with Martin Barre ...

[@waynegram8907]

GARY, what is so special about Clive Bunker drumming? any trademark techniques he does or rhythms?

[@DrumsetArtistry]

He has a unique feel, sound and approach as I commented on in my video. I have not studied his playing as much as other drummers so can't offer you a specific answer. Thanks for sharing!

[@waynegram8907]

@@DrumsetArtistry can you make a more drum analysis video about Clive bucket

[@z_855turboR]

What he plays to the songs is unbelieveble to me..huge dynamics and accents, unpredictable and then there is live show..what an locomotive, he is always waving his hands hard, even when playing quiet. And his bodt posture looks so uncomfortable, like he became one with the kit. Holy hell

[@AlexAlexon3897]

There's a more recent video of him doing a solo with Blodwyn Pig. Although he had no hair by then (like me), he was possibly even more fierce than here with Tull!

[@garysexton8840]

Look at the 1979 video of Barriemore Barlow and do a review please. I consider him to have been Tull’s best as I think there are no two songs with the same drum beats Also check the drumming on Flying Dutchman from the Stormwatch album Barrie was with Tull from 1972 - 1979 So enjoy the music beginning with Thick as a Brick and each album in succession and ending with Stormwatch

[@77news97]

Neil Pert and Keith Moon and Buddy Rich and all those greats aside, my favorite drummers have always been Mitch Mitchell, Clive Davis and Mick Fleetwood. Mick because he just keeps it basic and it's all about the song. Mitch and Clive for their jazz influence and individuality.

[@timbeaton5045]

Had a quick search on your channel... can't see this, so you should have a look at Aron Mellergard (Dirty Loops drummer) specifically here... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJCqhZqmmdR2npI (Shame about the lyrics, and the name of the song,) but the solo starts around 5:10 onwards... you might enjoy it.

[@orazioscardace911]

🙏

[@Iamadrummer]

All the early rock drummers either came from a jazz background or were heavily influenced by jazz.

[@z_855turboR]

Yeah, such a rich playing, groovy and always on the edge..

[@goaway2013]

review YoYoKa

[@rosssparrow8384]

do a Travis Barker review. one of his newer solos.

[@rosssparrow8384]

@@billyjoeboomboom lmao all these guys on here are dead or in their fifties or older. Travis Barker is more relevant than all of them fool

[@markwilmeth3082]

What year was this shot?

[@DrumsetArtistry]

1970

[@jondoe8816]

Yep Clive kool. But left early

[@orazioscardace911]

Grande cliver😅

[@breadwigballinger2609]

Love Clive, like you said his passion and energy are awesome! I'd love it if you reacted to my all time favorite drummer Trilok Gurtu sometime. Here are two very different solos of his: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rV6me6mPapmNnKs kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaW9koh9irh4o80

[@CharlesPopple-e3f]

I’ve always thought that Clive was one of rocks greatest drummer. I think he, Ian Paice and Carl Palmer were the best rock drummers (sorry Bonzo.)

[@godbluffvdgg]

Clive is best appreciated for his Work with Ian Anderson..Drum solo's, IMHOAD ( in my humble opinion as a drummer...:) ), are a poor way to judge a drummer...E.g. Bruford's solo on Perpetual Change; Good stuff; but hardly an encapsulation of the man's body of work... Personally, except for some of Buddy's and other top level jazz drummers, drum solos are kind of boring...Just sayin...

[@hombreenojado]

I'm in the same camp. I tend to sleep through them unless it's something very unique.