Van and I are having a pissing contest intellectual discussion about whose badder on the Ventures' video Wipe Out ( couple of posts below)...the drummer or the bass player.

I say the drummer. He says the bass player. To bolster my side I submit this:

Mel Taylor, Venture's drummer...and one of all-time greatest drum solos...



It's pretty long, but watch how he 'kisses' those drums with the sticks. He's so amazingly fast at the same time he's so light-handed. It's just amazing. And wait till you see him play the bass with his sticks!

The bass player, good as he is, cannot play the drums with his ax.

I'm just sayin'...

The Gunslinger