best cowbell rock

[crispycritters]

They sound like crap and belong in the junk pile right next to china cymbals.

Must admit I'm not exactly in love with the sound of cowbells or chinas, but if you ride 8th notes on a china, quarters on the cowbell and have metronome running on sixteenths in the background they're wonderful.
The trick is to have the metronome just audible for that extra 'something'

[JoePasko]

They sound like crap and belong in the junk pile right next to china cymbals.

A $100K Stradivarius violin would also sound like crap ....if I was playing it.

[rickthedrummer]

Must admit I'm not exactly in love with the sound of cowbells or chinas, but if you ride 8th notes on a china, quarters on the cowbell and have metronome running on sixteenths in the background they're wonderful.
The trick is to have the metronome just audible for that extra 'something'

I think someone should ride the china back to China. The cowbell should be put back on the cow. The quarters should be given to the person taking the china to China to cover tolls.

The metronome should be in the background. Somewhere like Malaysia would suffice.

The extra something, for me, would be a 2nd glass of scotch.

A $100K Stradivarius violin would also sound like crap ....if I was playing it.

If I were playing it, I would make crap sound like a viable alternative.



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[js218]

^^^^^^^ Rick as usual laughing so hard I'm crying...... hope you had a good holiday......



Jim

[Rich_in name only]

All good suggestions.

I don't think that's a cowbell in "All Right Now" by Free. Sounds like claves to me.

Check out the live version of "You Fool No One" by Deep Purple (1976's Made in Europe album)! Now there's some friggin' cowbell!

[crispycritters]

All good suggestions.

I don't think that's a cowbell in "All Right Now" by Free. Sounds like claves to me.

Check out the live version of "You Fool No One" by Deep Purple (1976's Made in Europe album)! Now there's some friggin' cowbell!

You're probably right there, I suspect my recollection is from countless bands covering the song in the 70 and my memory was beer assisted.

[rickthedrummer]

All good suggestions.

I don't think that's a cowbell in "All Right Now" by Free. Sounds like claves to me.

Check out the live version of "You Fool No One" by Deep Purple (1976's Made in Europe album)! Now there's some friggin' cowbell!

AH HA, exactly what I thought. It had to be a clave subbing for the cowbell. The subtle changes in tone gave it away. Finally, after all these years, I am proven right..................now



WHAT THE HELL IS A CLAVE.

[rickthedrummer]

^^^^^^^ Rick as usual laughing so hard I'm crying...... hope you had a good holiday......



Jim

I've been married twice, so you either develop a sense of humor or you buy some rope and look for a decent size tree.

[js218]

yes you have a great sense of humor, I enjoy reading your post.....




Jim

[rickthedrummer]

yes you have a great sense of humor, I enjoy reading your post.....




Jim

Thanks Jim, I appreciate that.

[JoePasko]

Well how about this :

I prefer a cowbell attached to drum kit, and used creatively by a drummer .... rather than a cowbell (or tambourine or maracas), in the hands of the "lead singer", just so they don't feel or appear superfluous to the band during extended guitar solos or instrumental numbers.

[SpazApproved]

the thing about a cowbell you really really have to try a bunch of them to find one you like the sound of most. I have like 10 cowbells and some are awesome and some not so much. I've also put tape inside and underneath my main cowbell to help deaden the sound.

[Rich_in name only]

AH HA, exactly what I thought. It had to be a clave subbing for the cowbell. The subtle changes in tone gave it away. Finally, after all these years, I am proven right..................now



WHAT THE HELL IS A CLAVE.

Claves are those two rosewood sticks you click together to make those high-pitched 1/4 note sounds you're hearing on All Right Now..

https://www.google.ca/search?q=clave...DqzA8gemwKu4BA

Best to you, sir!

Rich

[Rich_in name only]

You're probably right there, I suspect my recollection is from countless bands covering the song in the 70 and my memory was beer assisted.

LOL! Yup...guilty!

[rickthedrummer]

Claves are those two rosewood sticks you click together to make those high-pitched 1/4 note sounds you're hearing on All Right Now..

https://www.google.ca/search?q=clave...DqzA8gemwKu4BA

Best to you, sir!

Rich

Rich, with all due respects, the question was rhetorical.

[inthpktplayer]

Rich, with all due respects, the question was rhetorical.

What does rhetorical mean?

[pgm554]

Humble Pie-30 Days In The Hole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdXjm8pZMws

[rickthedrummer]

What does rhetorical mean?

Rhetorical is basically a statement asked with no answer expected.

[rickthedrummer]

the thing about a cowbell you really really have to try a bunch of them to find one you like the sound of most. I have like 10 cowbells and some are awesome and some not so much. I've also put tape inside and underneath my main cowbell to help deaden the sound.

Spaz, Spaz, please don't tell me that you walk around with a pair of sticks looking for that perfect cowbell.

Don't the cows get pi$$ed or do you have to get them drunk?

[Olimpass]

My cowbell has it's own drum kit...with another cowbell

[inthpktplayer]

Rhetorical is basically a statement asked with no answer expected.

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