StickPeople Episode 1: Dennis Chambers

Five of the world's best-known drummers, all with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, chat for a half hour with jazz/funk drumming great Dennis Chambers! Their stories are epic and you will laugh.
THE STICKPEOPLE ARE:
Mike Clark (Headhunters)
Greg Errico (Sly & the Family Stone)
David Garibaldi (Tower of Power)
Michael Shrieve (Santana)
Lenny White (Return to Forever)
Dennis Chambers solo excerpts from "Tony"
Produced by Mike Charlasch, Morphist
Graphic design: Hélène Paulette Côte, Morphist
Video editing: Artur Gevorgyan
StickPeople art: Christo Downs
Photos: John Fell, Tina Abbaszadeh, Steve Korn, Michael Weintroub and others
(c) 2021 StickPeople LLC

[@asimnicholsmusic]

These guys are the Jedi Council of Drumming! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@dadduorp]

Being a musician myself (keyboards/guitar) and having been in at least a dozen bands from 1971-1992, I left the biz in my early 30's for a more lucrative and steady/career after dealing with petulant, narcissistic, moody, back-stabbing, and flakey types. There was a commonality I observed that the drummers were always the logical, introspective, self-aware, cerebral and most leveled-headed among all of the instrumentalists. In fact, of all the bands I was in, the drummers have been the ones I've remained friends with after all these years. That said, everyone of these gentlemen here were considered true legends if not "Gods" among the musicians I played with. ToP, Santana, Azteca, RTF, Sly, Herbie...and these cats were KEY components to their sound and success. Their contribution to the music world is incalculable. BTW, I heard that Shrieve was recently hospitalized and underwent surgery. I hope he's doing ok.

[@DeeWhy618]

Holy crap! I cant belive Dennis has all those historic kits!

[@davidedwards7448]

Great job Lenny!! Thank you guys for these great stories. Peace & Love to you all!!

[@borgullet3376]

Mike and Lenny are gangster AF, lol... Great Episode !

[@cephoras]

Lenny \!

[@ThePsychedelicDrummer]

I love lennys personality.. He sees everything from a spiritual side.. 🙏💜✌️

[@Simonewhitesim-1music]

So wonderful and deep. These days legendary or legend gets tossed about. Those cats are super legends. Blessings.

[@rhythmfield]

Joy healing and the assurance from a panel of Master Elders assuring us all will be well in the world, everything will be OK ❤️ 🥁 👍🏾👍🏻👍👍🏿

[@mr.lindsaymcdonald2065]

"The Best of the Best!!!

[@violentmorgan]

Thanks for posting this - fantastic to see Dennis looking so well after his recent health issues.

[@thestickpeople939]

AGREE 100%!!

[@Zach-dd9eq]

Wow these stories are amazing. The famed “Philly Joe lick” from the Riley book is due to Philly pawing the drums! The truth is stranger than fiction. Love to hear it tho this is an amazing pod for drum nerds. Musicians don’t tell the truth enough this is great!

[@Batteristo]

once I was rehearsing in brooklyn and my snare was miising a lug so the trumpet player, Calvin said, I know a drummer in the building, I'll be right back. It was Grady tate's snare drum!!!!!!!!! I ran up the stairs when I got home & told my dad I played Grady Tates snare drum!!!! Loving these

[@Johne.8250]

What a group this is! 🥁🔥💯

[@conversacionesbaterapeuticas]

This is priceless

[@jordanswaindrums]

Wow, what a watch. Absolute legends dropping gems. Thanks gents

[@violao206]

I love Dennis! Met him standing in line for coffee at the King Kat Theatre (Seattle) during intermission for his gig with John McGlaughlin. He is a sweetheart and disarmingly kind.

[@nige3801]

He came over to Leeds, England with Mike Stern, Bob Berg and Victor Bailey. It was a small venue and they hung about a little, and were all really friendly with us

[@johnsmith-ln7ni]

this is beautiful!!!

[@ACLOCKWORKDRUMMER]

Great channel!!

[@spyrospanagiotopoulos5527]

Great stories

[@stevevalerio4968]

A privilege to be a fly on the wall with you guys. Thanks so much.

[@rutherfordBHAZED]

AWESOME!!!!

[@ThePsychedelicDrummer]

I love this episode.. Its so relaxed and full of knowledge.. Nice jam..

[@DaveHillJr]

Love these interviews

[@crosnest4969]

Not sure if it's wisdom earned with age, or something thats always been there, I'm in awe of the sense of community, lack of ego, and openness these gentlemen illustrate. Every craft, art, discipline can learn from this. Legends!

[@ryanhallwrites]

Man. Dennis looks healthy! Really good to see after the last few years.

[@Riddim4]

Thanks for doing this.

[@dhmtbr2551]

“I ain’t talkin’ to you Dennis…”😂

[@alexanderednie1205]

These are AMAZING!!!

[@Sharing13]

Hell yeah this was awesome thank you

[@PianoMadeEasy]

Awesome stuff thanks for sharing your stories 🥁🎶

[@pacoside1092]

Incredible video I laughed the whole time.

[@cephoras]

All of my drum heroes in one chat room - loving it!

[@karlsballs]

I just discovered this channel from Mike Clark's IG. Oh man this made my day!!!!!!!!

[@kennethlambden8887]

Oh wow. This is brilliant. Fav comment was DG “do I have to play like I’m %£&@# chartreuse or something?” 🤣

[@westleedrums]

This is great stuff, very informative

[@PoppieFieldsForever]

This is excellent

[@opamuller626]

What a treat! I just learned about this channel at Lenny White's Facebook forum. This is so delicious! I feel like I'm family now. Stupid feeling and not true, but I feel it. Swear I do.

[@thestickpeople939]

That's good, Opa. Welcome to the family!

[@electronicdrummervincepizz7915]

I love what you guys are doing this is so fantastic I love all your influences and all your perspectives it's really cool it's really neat

[@RonaldRumRaisin]

Awesome

[@gazg1978]

Wow this channel is the best! Thank you! I just heard about it from Michael on Make Weird Music! Subbed!

[@gazg1978]

We all need a But man in our lives, thank god for Lenny! lol

[@gabecorreia1670]

All my heroes on one zoom. Life is complete.

[@nige3801]

Yeah it's great, I'm new to the party and gonna binge watch!

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

love it!!

[@beatkitchen]

Loved it... keep 'em coming!

[@ntbcreative1969]

That was awesome!!!

[@artilasyart1787]

The stories are so awesome from these awesome musicians.

[@KaitsuDrums]

Great stories :)

[@rhythmfield]

Dennis’s story about the rap artists hating each other and the brawls on the tourbus reminds me of something I recently heard about Duke Ellington’s arguably greatest band with Ben Webster etc., and that those guys despised each other, yet had to basically live together days, nights… Sounds miserable. And yet, they came up with some of the greatest music. And hip-hop artists, it’s not my thing, but they are doing something artistically valid and powerful and meaningful, just the whole scene is filled with rivalries and macho energy.

[@electronicdrummervincepizz7915]

I love what you guys are doing I don't know if we can put in request or not but I would love to see an interview with Joey heredia

[@kevinshoemaker5466]

Love this, and thank you for your amazing contributions to all of us people of the drum! My son is a RAP-Hip hop artist, and says he is a poet who expresses his art through Rap and Hip Hop (Now some cross over to new pop). When I think of the Beat Generation, those New York and Chicago clubs featured the spoken word and a guy on the bongos hitting the poetry hard. The definition of RAP is "Rythm and Poetry"

[@victhomas3479]

Any chance that someone has a chart of the opening drum lick? Funky AF.

[@dynasticlight8706]

Went ,to a clinic one time .In a High School of all places ,must have been late 90's.Well ,it was Lenny White ........and Louie 'Bellson' -Ya. The ,real effect and uniqueness of it . They spent the whole time on Stage -"Talking" .Did not play for 5 minutes. This is what Drummers Need the most . Forget about Chops , dbl . bass ass dribble, and chocolate chip spashes.Learn from listening .Was ,the best Clnic if that what it was ,that I can recall.Peace.

[@jakeo3678]

These great stories were never in Modern Drummer LOL

[@Rhythm911]

The worst is the robot music where basically non-musicians rely on a complete tune made by algorhythmic software presets with no human talent, skill, inventiveness or creativity. I call it Fake Music !!!