Rock Drummer Cozy Powell

[@PurpleRecords1972]

One of the best drummers ever - Stargazer had all -- thanks for the music 👍

[@jamesrasmussen9132]

Stargazer was amazing Saw Rainbow Difficult to Cure tour. Great Show. Joe Lynn Turner not as good as Dio, but still good. Cozy is missed.Alas no Stargazer that night

[@batphink2655]

Of all drummers Cozy was the greatest to watch! He just had this 'Cool Factor" as he played with such control and super accurate sense of timing! His sound was usually amazing too! RIP Cozy gone but not forgotten!

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

I agree. He had that cool factor in droves!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Absolutely true ! I saw him with Whitesnake and he commanded the stage !

[@mattsabath]

And power. Don’t forget the power and finesse. You could hear over any guitar or vocal yet not a note was ever out of place.

[@motley123rock]

Which he showed in abundance playing Lake & Palmer.

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

I loved Cozy Powell he was incredible I had never heard anyone like him.

[@ricktrotta3096]

Thanks for bringing into wonderful focus the life and musical milestones that Cozy Powell etched into Rock n Roll Music History, Cheers!

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

There were so many milestones I couldnt get to them all. He is a huge loss to the rock industry. Thanks for your comment.

[@cdeck9867]

At 11 years old in 1984, Cozy was my first inspiration on the drums! I practiced to the Whitesnake Slide It In Album over and over and over again!!!!

[@toddwebb6216]

His big stick pounding style was awesome , I liked his contribution on the studio album; Emerson, Lake, and Powell

[@motley123rock]

Saw Cozy play at Glasgow Apollo with Whitesnake on the “ Slide It In “ tour. Those bass drums shook the floor. Fantastic drummer sadly missed.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

I also saw him with Whitesnake and he was superb !

[@motley123rock]

@@TheHumbuckerboy was a great show. Was it Great White that supported them ?

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

@@motley123rock Yes that is correct. It was a gig in The Ulster Hall in Belfast and has remained one of the best gigs that I ever had the pleasure to attend !

[@motley123rock]

@@TheHumbuckerboy agreed loved Whitesnake before “ Slide It In “ line up but the one I saw that night remains my favourite.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

@@motley123rock I was told recently that that line-up didn't play very many gigs. The line-up that I saw consisted of Coverdale, Jon Lord, Cozy Powell, Neil Murray, Mel Galley and John Sykes

[@SeaMark782]

To this day, when I hear my high school mate, Jeff Porcaro mentioned, it blows my mind. Cozy Powell liked his drumming? Geeze. I guess who didn't. Me and my school mates listened to The Jeff Beck Group albums and loved Cozy. Saw them at the Hollywood Paladium 1972, wild show, Beck at his best! At the same time, Porcaro was playing at dances in the gym. And fun to watch.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Another brilliant drummer. Well respected.

[@rhythmicbeast]

Absolute Legend of a drummer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@scottwhite2757]

Cozy,, I wish we could of had more of his work, man he left his mark Great drummer.,

[@mattsabath]

What a slew of great guitarists he played with. Amazing.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Yes , Cozy must have played with more legendary guitarists and rock vocalists than any other drummer.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

I am thinking the same thing. I tried to fit as many into this short video as I could.

[@jamestravenetti7970]

Cozy was one of the great "power" drummers. I loved his work on jeff becks rough and ready album.

[@barryrammer7906]

I like his work with Rainbow better. He's my favorite rock drummer.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Rainbow was like something else, but I do like album with Jeff Beck. I think I love it all lol

[@paris3220]

What a Great Drummer he was.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

He was brilliant!

[@robertcarli5803]

COZY 😍

[@halnit777]

100% agreed. The 2nd Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Thin Lizzy, MSG, his Solo work with Gary Moore etc etc….

[@rufus231]

@@robertcarli5803 are u a bot ?

[@andymcduffie5120]

Fantastic drummer! Also great to see my mate Pete Prescott pictured with the original Forcefield line-up. Bit odd to see the Emerson, Lake and Powell line up pictured but not mentioned as CP revitalised that band, even after his departure

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Youre not the only one to mention this. For the sake of brevity I had to leave out a lot of his projects. Sadly.

[@karate-baka1980goto]

Cool Drummer ！ Thank you!!!

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Rock on!

[@angelinathedrifter]

Thank you for covering Him' 💯❤ legends never die' 💜

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Thank you! Love his style. Just love to watch him play.

[@terrydonegan1622]

Thank you for this amazing insight into a Giant in Rock and 🥁 drumming . God bless his memory

[@chefjameso]

I got to meet cozy once He was so nice and very cool Saw him live a few times as well Genius drummer

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

That's fantastic. I never had the opportunity to see him play

[@aleocampos9547]

I saw him live with Brian May here in Argentina, in 1992. Man, he blew me away!!

[@matthewpaluch777]

👍💗🇬🇧🥁🔥🎼💣🔊))COZY!!! Rest easy bro, we really miss ya!

[@matthewpaluch777]

😎👍💗🇨🇭🔥🎼🔊)) PAISTE!!!

[@MoveitorLoseit2]

I liked him in Rainbow & The Black Sabbath albums he did with Tony Martin on vocals

[@blndrckr]

He was GREAT with Michael Schenker too!!!!🙏 also that Gary Moore album After the War was also very good

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

After the War is a brilliant album. One of my all time faves!

[@bobl6139]

Brian may band!

[@allen-rp3gm]

Fan all these years and just now discovered we have the same birthday!

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Hey thats cool!

[@jimilove7773]

The best rock drummer! Best tuning/style live sound!

[@buzzyfuzzsaw]

In my top 5 all time drummers--maybe top 3.

[@b.lloydreese2030]

Very nice. We need more shows

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

I have more in the pipeline!

[@barryrammer7906]

To me the greatest rock drummers ever rip 🙏 Cozy Powell ✨️

[@Mmm.780]

I saw Cozy with MSG. I think he was the greatest Drummer ever.

[@aleocampos9547]

Hear hear!!!!

[@misfit2022]

One of the greats

[@stefhan4667]

Beck, Blackmore, Schenker, Malmsteen, Moore, Iommi, Tipton, May...can't all be wrong! Halleluja!

[@AlexAlexon3897]

And John Sykes.

[@aleocampos9547]

No way!!! And Coverdale, Emerson & Lake, let alone many contributions including Cinderella or Warlock. Cozy was the guy everybody wanted in their band.

[@aleocampos9547]

Graham Bonnett as well...

[@gtdrummer6429]

Cozy is one of my all time favorite drummers! Btw…Yngwie is pronounced like “ing-vay”

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Yngwie such a great playef

[@edljnehan2811]

For the life of me I can't understand why you did not mention Emerson Lake and Powell. Being able to play with Emerson and Lake should have been one of his top accomplishments along with Jeff Beck.

[@robert2948]

Agreed

[@Oth3rSph3r3]

I didn't know anything about Cozy when I saw E, L & powell at the Greek Theater in L.A. in 86 or 87. They opened with " Fanfare For the Common Man" and cozy added a little bit of heavy metal style double bass drumming and it worked. It's s always dangerous to replace an icon like Palmer but I left that show hoping they would continue with Powell.

[@brianlobo7163]

yeah even though that band was short lived they had some degree of success and he more than filled the shoes of palmer, especially live

[@edljnehan2811]

@@brianlobo7163 I have to disagree with you there's nobody better than Carl Palmer. Just the pedigree of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake they should have mentioned his stint with Emerson Lake and Powell no matter how short-lived. Whoever did this video drop the ball on that one

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

I am trying to keep the episodes short. I do long form podcasts as a rule so I am new to short form. I cant cover everything. That being said, you are correct, Emerson, Lake & Powell was certainly a highlight in a career that I think is full of highlight.

[@ianfarquhar5592]

thanks great video didnt know much about cozy but do now sure stuffed up driving his saab,never did like those cars and hate working on them

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Thanks. I always liked the look of them but never had one. Are they a pain to work on? What goes wrong with them?

[@dynasticlight1073]

Cozy ,was a well advanced Drum designer. Not ,many can produce such parts , most are borderline hacks. Well,thought out and executed ..The, way He implemented the Drums -His way, etc. Saw, Him w/ The Jeff Beck group in N.Y. at Carnegie hall, no opening act. He ,pretty much carried that Band to perfection,what a show and experience..

[@Marcus_C51]

Wow, that must've been some gig!! Loved him on both of those albums with Beck.

[@dynasticlight1073]

@@Marcus_C51 Hey Man, Yes ,it surely was. They,Sounded exact or better than the Records. We ,just sadly experienced the loss of 'DINO DANELLI '. Another, I put right up there w/ Cozy ,as the Best Drum Designers

[@robertstanfordcam2649]

Headless Cross... Black SABBATH

[@nickbaldwin1668]

I saw him drumming in Peter Green’s splinter group at the waterfront,Norwich

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Have you listened to our deep dive on Pete Green? I will link it here but it is on this channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6S1eaBujd-JmqM

[@robulusx2]

He kept that Jeff Beck haircut , just as Jeff does

[@caramanico1]

My "Holy Trinity" of classic rock drummers consists of Bonzo, Paice and Palmer. The next three are Cozy, White and Peart.

[@edljnehan2811]

Very good list however I would have taken out Bonzo and put in bill bruford. And replaced White with Terry Bozzio.

[@lionelalias4561]

@@edljnehan2811 Absolutly.

[@Pythagarous]

I know Cozy was a drummer but I once had the opportunity to buy a Gibson Les Paul Custom which he swapped a set of drums for. It was from a shop in Southport which is no longer there unfortunately. It was a white Custom but had slightly yellowed from age. It had the paperwork to prove it also. I didn’t buy it as I was getting a lot of earache off the mrs about the amount of guitars I own. I regret not buying it.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Shame. I know a lot of us have regrets with regard to instruments we have sold or should have bought. I love the old (60s/70s) Hagstroms. I wish I never sold mine. I gave it away for a song (metaphorically speaking)

[@chadbarker3564]

One of the best! Cozy FCKn Powell.

[@dannilaser16]

He had a weird middle name.

[@francispower1418]

Like Chefjamiso I once met him. It was a funny story and says much about his kindness, especially to young people, and his sometimes mischievous personality, as well as his driving skills… This is a bit long so apologies in advance. It was the morning of Sunday 27th February 1977. I was a snotty 16 year old and had been for two whole weeks, and was hitch hiking along the A417 from the small market town of Wantage in southern England to Rowstock Corner, close to the village of Harwell, for the purposes of visiting friends in another near by village, where we were intending to spend the day listening to Allman Brothers records (and the like) and smoke some pot! The A417 is a main but notoriously bad road overtaking/passing. I only needed a five mile ride and in 1977 people picked up hitchers. Kids hitched everywhere in the UK then. So I raised an optimistic thumb to the first car, an old Austin 1100 that was never going to be driven at more than 40MPH by the gentleman in his Sunday suit taking his wife for a Sunday morning drive after church. And I wasn’t surprised when they didnlt stop. The second car was a flashy ‘executive express’ like a Granada or something, being driven my someone far too self important to pick up a sixteen year old kid. Again I wasn’t surprised. Next up the most beautiful car I had ever seen in my life… It was red. It looked Italian. It looked more exotic than Bianca jagger (It was actually a 1973 Ferrari Dino, which is one of the most beautiful cars ever built). And it stopped! I asked if he was going too Rowstock Corner, he said jump in. I jumped in. It was a gorgeous, sensory experience just sitting in this thing. He was tall with long black hair, big shades, white silk shirt, black leather trousers and alligator skin boots. He didn’t say anything. He just drove. OMG he drove! I was riveted for a few miles until we came up behind the Austin 1100 doing its Sunday morning 40MPH. It was a particularly difficult stretch and I knew the road well enough to know that was the end of the ‘Steve McQueen’ impersonation that had been rendering me speechless for the previous three minutes. But I didn’t know what a Dino does. He saw an opportunity, dropped it down a gear or two and went past it as if it were a static object. I had never been in a car that did anything like that in my life! So now slightly more emboldened I thought I’d better find out who this guy is. So I asked coyly, “are you in the music business”? He said “Yeah”. So I asked “so who are you then”. He said “I’m Keith Richards”. Wow! I go to my friends house and said “you’ll never believe who I just got a ride from”. They said who? I told them. Then they said “you are right we don’t believe you” at which point someone turned on the television for the BBC midday news, headlining reports of Keith Richards being busted for heroine possession earlier in Toronto. It took two years before I met someone, a new college friend who lived in also near by the Village of Harwell, where Cozy lived then, and who knew the car and was able to tell me who it really was! Oh well, he, Jeff Beck and Kieth Richards did look a lot like each other back then. Maybe it was his idea of an anti drugs lecture for a young person? The more I’ve discovered about his personality since the more I understand both how driven he was and how invested he was in promoting drive and ambition in all kids. My testimony is this. I know how he died but boy, that man could drive.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Love that story! Thank you for sharing.

[@francispower1418]

@@PhilosopherRock2020 I had posted my reply before I had watched the whole of your video and sure enough, you found a photograph of that very Dino for your film. I think I know the photo, which if I am right came from a 2004 Bonhams auction house catalog, when they sold the car as the ‘Cozy Powell Ferrari’ for (I thought a poultry) forty four thousand English pounds (not that I had that kind of money sitting about so I didn’t buy it)! It turned out the car had been sold ‘boxed’ in around 1984 (from memory) by Powell’s first wife, because it was registered in her name! Meaning maybe Cozy had at some point dismantled it like the spanner monkey he was and not quite got around to putting in back together again! Or perhaps it meant Jeff Back hadn’t come over yet to help put it back together again! I amuse myself with these speculations. But maybe it just tells us he was sometimes a more normal ‘drummer’ than we tend to think remember him as being! Thank you for including the photo of his Dino. It was nice to see it again.

[@mattskustomkreations]

He told you he was Keith just as a gag, I’m sure. He probably would say “Jeff Beck” to the next person who asked.

[@francispower1418]

@@mattskustomkreations It was probably a joke he had played before. Those three were all pretty famous then, to varying degrees, and they did look very much like each other if you didn’t know them personally, especially if you put a pair of Aviator sunglasses on them! He was having some fun whilst giving some random kid what he knew was the ride of his life (it was). But he did know Keith Richards definitely wasn’t in the country (which was more than I did that morning)! And he was openly ambitious, driven and regarded himself as highly professional, all qualities he was frequently on children’s television for, putting himself forward as a role model for young people. There was a ‘live’ Saturday morning ‘must view’ television program for younger viewers on British TV then called Tiswas and he would occasionally turn up in their studio to do something cool with drums and make some kid’s day. Mind you they had a presenter called Sally James who the whole country was in love with and maybe he was mostly popping in on the sniff! Who knows?!!!

[@mattskustomkreations]

@@francispower1418 He also resembled Nigel Tufnel! I’ll have to check out Sally…

[@jaguarm.]

He was great! I loved his style to play. I hope he's in the arms of god!! Jaguar mercury

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

I do too!

[@franciscocardenas9074]

He also played in Cinderella 's Long cold winter.

[@re8746]

Rainbow!

[@C0zyDunt]

For some reason you missed out his time in Whitesnake, he played some classic tracks with them, like Crying in the Rain and Here I go Again. Plus some great work on Don Airey albums.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

There was so much more I could have added with regard to his work but with the short from type of videos I am making I cannot cover everything. He was just so prolific it would be almost impossible to discuss it all. Thanks for your comment.

[@edljnehan2811]

@@PhilosopherRock2020 I understand but Jesus how in the hell do you miss Keith Emerson and Greg Lake? The greatest musicians of that whole era that's Criminal that's why I didn't give a like to this.

[@roytheboy1963]

I don't think I heard a mention of his famous hit "dance with the devil" which he would often play as a solo with whatever band he was with at any given time!

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Yes Roy I tried to fit in as much as I could in a short video.

[@troyelliott390]

Sharing

[@Anthonymcnamee1]

Not a mention of Dance with the Devil ?

[@MrMichaelbsmith6420]

You didnt mention his playing on the Phenomena Project in 1985 and ELP in 86.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Thanks Michael. He played with so many and on so many projects there was too many to list.

[@MrMichaelbsmith6420]

@@PhilosopherRock2020 I was told something regarding Rainbow at donnington, Cozy wanted tp play Stargazer since he was leaving the band after this performance. They never played it with Graham Bonnett on that tour ,only that one time

[@edljnehan2811]

@@PhilosopherRock2020 lousy excuse man. You don't forget the great Keith Emerson and Greg Lake that should be Criminal.

[@antrygis1]

How Michael Schenker and his time with MSG is not included I don't know. After Michael's 1st album Cozy toured with them. He recorded with them on their 2nd album and then was on the live double disc One Night at Boudakon. Yes, Cozy was great, but it was a privilege for Cozy to play with them too. I had two of Cozy's solo albums. It was sad he passed. But he loved cars and died the way he lived. Hard and fast. No disrespect to Cozy at all. As he was one of rocks greatest drummers ever. However, Ted McKenna had to replace him in MSG and he had a great resume too. You should do a retrospect on Ted also professor. Or Philosopher. Regrettably I did not see Cozy live. I saw some greats but the best drummer that I ever saw live was the guy who toured with Frank Marino for his amazing yet not properly acclaimed Juggernaut album and tour. The best.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Thanks for your insights

[@aleocampos9547]

The live Budokan album with MSG is a gem. I still have the vinyl from 1981, and there's a deluxe versionnon Spotify with Cozy"s solo. Every time I listen to it, it's like and earhquake!!!

[@timothyslaughter476]

I believe Powell played on journeys wheel in the sky wich is a truly great drum track. Its actually not easy to play in fact kinda really difficult. Surprised me but I finally got it. Cozy is a cool dude anyway.

[@peterpiwoski]

Not quite. That was Ansley Dunbar.

[@Monkeyspankerelite]

The legendary concert with MSG at Rockpalast in -84, was it??

[@AlexAlexon3897]

Cozy actually died a hero. I believe his girlfriend couldn't shake off an ex, and that guy was physically threatening her. Cozy lived near Hungerford, Berkshire, around 50 miles from Bristol, and he was hurrying to get home and sort the bloke out. If only he'd got there unscathed - he'd still be alive, and a wife-beater would've got his face punched in, something all abusive men deserve. RiP CP.

[@BrockTheHeathen]

She wasn't his girlfriend, she was his married mistress. She and her husband were both young enough to be his children, they were in their twenties and he was 50. Between that and being drunk at the wheel what he did was disgusting, and there are other incidents before that as well. I am not trolling here, Cozy is my lifelong drumming hero but the kind of guy he was offstage took a bad turn in the 90s. I wish I didn't have to say this stuff, it actually pains me. I looked up to him like an uncle when I was a teen.

[@bobl6139]

I’m not sure what these commentators are talking about he mentions Keith emerson,Gary Moore After the War ,white snake and Michael Schenker!

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Thank you!

[@lionelalias4561]

ELP?

[@nikolausbuchholz2404]

okay okay!

[@blaineedwards8078]

Are you related to that Kraut bass player, Francis Bucholz?

[@BigSky1]

Photo at 1:51 on bike is Keith Richards and not Cozy Powell.

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Thank you for the info

[@Qingeaton]

As a drummer growing up in the 80's, I copied lots of his chops.

[@zigman8550]

I thought Cozy did a great job with ELP. Although Carl Palmer will always be The ELP drummer.

[@TheLarry82]

I don’t think it was mentioned the Emerson Lake and Powell studio album… you forgot a good one sorry

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Thanks. I think a few people have mentioned that. I thought I mention that one?

[@SuperQdaddy]

He bought sports cars from my uncle Josh in Stoke *

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Amazing! Love to hear stories like that.

[@operasinger2126]

Stargazer was his greatest drumming.

[@antrygis1]

Stargazer live at Donington. yeah.

[@speeddevil8763]

Just a curious question. What were the injuries did Cozy suffer?

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

I could not find any reference to the specific injuries he suffered

[@speeddevil8763]

@@PhilosopherRock2020 ook

[@mickb44]

he died wasnt that enough

[@pascaldeslongchampsmoncton1490]

Yeah when he was in rainbow in the 70s he was horse riding and fell of the horse and broke something, I don't know what but heard the story a few times. One was from Ronnie Dio.

[@maverickminstrel1557]

151...is Keith Richards in.the photo!!!

[@giuseppecastelluccio7163]

Peccato che dio la voluto. La sua tecnica era inimitabili. Il maggior successo la raggiunto con Rainbow di quello stronzo di ritchie blackmore ma il più grande chitarrista di sempre. Cozy riposa in pace

[@thejuggernaut5327]

At 6:20, he says “Wangy”

[@PhilosopherRock2020]

Yes!

[@ferglesnerk]

170kph. Talking on mobile. Drunk. Puncture. No seatbelt. Would've thought he'd have the coordination to handle all that.

[@jamesfarrington9030]

Powell had something CPalmer didnt; He could play in the pocket. As great as Carl was/is, his meter was always suspect.

[@edljnehan2811]

Carl could indeed play in the pocket he actually had Jazz training. He personally stated that even though he could keep time very easily he preferred not to. That's the style that Emerson Lake and Palmer preferred each musician doing their own thing within the context of the band. I swear I will never answer that question again or comment on it I get so sick of it.

[@brianlobo7163]

it was such a relief to hear the ELP catalog with Powell's heavy simpler style. Although the music and goals of each version of ELP were different, there's hardly a missed timing or beat with Powell, especially live. Emerson himself said at times it felt that it was a competition between him and Palmer on who was the lead instrument in the band. With the heavy drums and synths, the ELPowell album has some similarity to Led Zep's "In through the out door"....which is certainly not a bad thing..

[@endasims3443]

RIP Cozy Powell

[@jamesrasmussen9132]

Cozy Rocked

[@lorenzodeimoz6028]

He didn’t know speed and ego are terrible combo